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Posted by: Tigerman May 28 2005, 10:29 AM

Running for President
Charlotte, March 20 1976 Evening Show

01 2001/Amen
02 Love Me
03 Let Me Be There
04 You Gave Me A Mountain
05 Steamroller Blues
06 All Shook Up
07 Teddy Bear/Don't Be Cruel
08 Hound Dog
09 Heartbreak Hotel
10 Polk Salad Annie
11 Introductions
12 And I Love You So
13 Hurt
14 Burning Love
15 America
16 Funny How Times Slip Away
17 Fairytale
18 How Great Thou Art
19 Can't Help Falling In Love
20 Closing Vamp

the little part of 2001 is taken from Cincinnati, March 21 1976.
Why they decided to put a little part of 2001 before amen is a mystery to me.
Anyway this release shows that Elvis had a strong voice in 76. Higlight: Burning Love.

Posted by: NightRider Jun 3 2005, 09:45 PM

One of my favourites from 1976. Everyone always raves about the Late '76 shows and rightly so...they are terrific , but i would always recommend this show also.

Elvis in very good form....and excellent sound. Great 1976 show

Posted by: elvisfan57 Jun 3 2005, 09:49 PM

i don't have this one but i have had the opertunity to hear it, and your right it is a great show. i agree they could have left out the 2001 intro befor amen but it doesn't take away from the show itself. thank's for the info tigerman

Posted by: mrsongman Jun 20 2005, 11:44 AM

Funny, In How great thou art interupted Elvis the song and asks the drummer if he could roll the drums a little harder :-)

Greetz,

mrsongman

Posted by: stefan Jun 20 2005, 12:02 PM

This happend during the afternoon performance (I know, the orginal topic stated that this cd was the afternoon performance while in fact it is the evening performance), which can be found on http://www.thekingscourt.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=168

Posted by: mrsongman Jun 20 2005, 12:45 PM

yeah you're right Stefan......... I see my mistake now.
Clicked the wrong concert in my documents :-)

Posted by: stefan Jun 20 2005, 04:25 PM

Mistakes can happen. Still a good show (certainly when compared to the afternoon performace, but that's a another storry .....)

Probably the worst version of Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel ever .. don't know who screws it up more: Elvis or the band

Burning Love is indeed a highlight and possibly one of the best versions I've ever heard him do. For once he gets the lyric right (that same afternoon he false started the song more than 1 time) and the tempo is quite good too. A brilliant version in stereo (as is the whole cd) with a great James Burton.

Posted by: Gordon Jun 27 2005, 02:42 PM

indeed an above average show...you would wonder if it's really Elvis in '76

Burning Love is certainly brilliant, unlike the Teddy Bear/Don't Be Cruel medley!

At NRD, you'll find the best alt.cover ever made for this release! (Excellent work Chris )



http://www.kennyelvis.net/reviews/running_for_president/index.htm

Posted by: NightRider Aug 16 2005, 10:22 PM

Thanks Gordon... Nice review of a splendid cd

Posted by: Vital Aug 28 2005, 10:45 AM

The song I like most from this show is "Let Me Be There". Don't know exactly why it thrills me so much, but I really like the way he sang it there, especially the last verse.

Vital

Posted by: Brad May 20 2006, 02:31 AM

I agree guys, this is a great show, especially coming from 1976. The version of Burning Love is simply awesome, one of the best versions done for sure. James Burton's guitar on it sounds amazing, the whole show is very good all the way around expect for the TeddyBear/Don't Be Cruel, but other than that a great show indeed. Another good performance from this concert is How Great Thou Art, it kicks but [img]style_emoticons/default/thumbup.gif[/img] .

Another thing cool about this concert is the tracklist, they are all great songs, different, kind of refreshing you have the oldies, gospel,country, just an awesome cd all around, I would for sure recommend this cd to all Elvis fans [img]style_emoticons/default/notworthy.gif[/img] .

Posted by: colonel snow Oct 27 2013, 11:12 AM

The CD was re-released in 2010 on CD Springtime tours 76-77 (Audionics 2010-01-2).



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Posted by: colonel snow Nov 5 2013, 08:43 AM

Here is a clip with the full album version.


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