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* spliced with August 23, 1972 MS version
** recorded on August 23, 1972 MS
*** spliced with August 22, 1972 MS versionPress note:
The new Straight Arrow CD release titled "WALKIN‘ TALKIN‘ GLITZ CITY BLUES",
featuring the August 23rd, 1972 Dinner show. It is taken from an original mono
audience recording in remarkably good sound. Yes, we used the original actual
cassette that was used to record this concert in the first place, and we were
able to improve the sound-quality noticeably.
It’s unlikely that anyone who saw Elvis Presley on stage during the Summer ’72
engagement came away disappointed. Presley looked fabulous: he had a nice tan,
he was slim, and both the jumpsuit and the jacket / pants combinations that he
was experimenting with looked rather good on him. His shows that season were
tight and highly professional, and truly offered something for everybody. The
setlist was largely based on the MSG one, with new additions like ‘What Now My
Love’ and ‘My Way’ adding extra spice to the show. The dinner show from August
23rd, 1972 is a topnotch performance. He’s right in the middle of the
engagement, with still about two weeks left, but he delivers the goods and puts
his soul especially into the power ballads. It’s not unlikely that he may have
wanted to impress journalist Joe Delaney, a reviewer for the Las Vegas
Sun and an old friend of the Colonel’s, who was in the audience
that night.
It should be noted that the August 23, 1972 Dinner show is completely new, even
for die-hard Elvis fans. This concert has never been in circulation in any form.
Unfortunately the tape ran out before the finale of „My Way“. The producers
decided to use (great sounding) original tapes of the August 22nd, 1972 M/S and
the August 23rd, 1972 M/S from their vaults, to fill out the missing part.
This release is presented in Straight Arrow‘s traditional deluxe digipack,
designed by one of the best graphic artists in the Elvis world, rare photos from
this engagement (he actually wore the blue swirl at this show) as well as
intelligent liner-notes that give you the low-down on this show. No need for us
to toot our own horn really, since you all know it by now: Straight Arrow
delivers.
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