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Bright Lights, Big City

Bright Lights, Big City - From The „Booth Tapes“ Vol. 7 - Elvis Presley Bootleg CD Bright Lights, Big City - From The „Booth Tapes“ Vol. 7 - Elvis Presley Bootleg CDBright Lights, Big City - From The „Booth Tapes“ Vol. 7 - Elvis Presley Bootleg CD

 
    
 Title: Bright Lights, Big City - From The Booth Tapes Vol. 7 
 Label: Straight Arrow 
 Label Number: SA/SP 2015-36-02 
 Release Date: 2015 
 Recording Type:Live Audience Recording (Soundbooth) 
 Location: Las Vegas / Nevada, Hilton Hotel 
 Date: February 20 - 1973 Dinner Show 
 Sound: Excellent 
     
  Track Listing:  
01 Orchestra Intro       00:22
02 Also Sprach Zarathustra       01:03
03 C. C. Rider       03:22
04 I Got A Woman / Amen       03:00
05 Love Me Tender       01:47
06 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me       02:22
07 Steamroller Blues       02:23
08 You Gave Me A Mountain       03:00
09 Fever       03:20
10 Love Me       01:21
11 Blue Suede Shoes       01:16
12 I’m Leavin’       03:55
13 Hound Dog       01:08
14 What Now My Love       02:57
15 Suspicious Minds       04:12
16 Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra       01:35
17 Introduction of actor George Montgomery       01:29
18 Teddy Bear) / Don’t Be Cruel       01:51
19 Can’t Stop Loving You (with false start)       02:27
20 An American Trilogy       04:21
21 Can't Help Falling In Love       01:35
22 Closing Vamp / Announcements       01:36
         
 
     
Notes :  Announcement:
The new Straight Arrow CD titled "BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY" featuring the Las Vegas, February 20th, 1973 Dinner show. This recording is taken directly from an original Rex Martin „booth recorded“ mastertape. When Straight Arrow started releasing the Rex Martin tapes a few years ago, they caused quite a sensation in the Elvis world. For years they were known to exist, but here they finally were, in a quality that's rare for off-line recorded tapes. In fact, these tapes are so good sonically, that they can easily match anything that's out there. They are certainly as good as the Rick Rennie tapes and bring us the true joy of Elvis Presley on stage in a way that many sterile / unbalanced soundboards were never able to do. The cassette A-side label is marked „20th Feb. 73 Dinner show“, and on flipside there's „20th Feb. 73 Midnight show.“ To the producers big disappointment, the B-side was completely empty, perhaps recorded over / erased by mistake! So the recording of the 20th February 1973 Midnight show is – very likely – lost forever…

Nevertheless, the Feb. 20th, 1973 D/S is another completely new concert recording, even for die-hard Elvis fans. It has never been in circulation - in any form, and the sound quality is exceptionally good! Ask your local dealer for samples!

As usual, our new release is presented in Straight Arrow's standard deluxe digipack. Since there is a hand written notice on the cassette label: „Blue Suit / Silver Stars”, the producers assume that Elvis appeared in the „Owl suit“ - the only blue jumpsuit designed with silver stars. For this reason, we have decided to design the digipack with a collection of photos of Elvis wearing the „Owl suit“, as taken in November 1972
 
       
  Sound Sample:  Fever  
       
       
  Concert:  A solid show with excellent sound (recorded with 2 mikes near the stage) and unreleased in any form before. Highlights are Steamroller Blues, I’m Leavin’, What Now My Love or Fever. For collectors a must-have, without any doubt. (Ciscoking)