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Posted by: stefan Aug 8 2006, 06:44 PM

Fire In Vegas

Genre: live recording
Format: Audience
Sound: decent
Tracks: 24
Playing Time:

Recorded live: Las Vegas, Ne, August 6th 1973 ~ Opening Night


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01 Also Sprach Zarathustra
02 See See Rider
03 Trouble / Raised On Rock (1st/last live version Raised On Rock)
04 Love Me
05 Steamroller Blues
06 What Now My Love
07 Blue Suede Shoes
08 Memphis Tennessee
09 Rock Medley
10 Love Me Tender
11 Hound Dog
12 My Boy (1st live version)
13 Suspicious Minds
14 Introducing Petula Clark / Introductions
15 I Can't Stop Loving You
16 An American Trilogy
17 Bridge Over troubled Water
18 How Great thou Art
19 A Big Hunk O' Love
20 Help Me Make It Through The Night
21 Can't Help Falling In Love
22 Closing Vamp

Bonus Songs

23 The Elvis Medley (1982)
24 I've Lost You (studio version, unreleased in 1993)

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Notes:

Elvis Opening Night show from his August/September '73 season. A decent show with a good tracklisting. Too bad he dropped Raised On Rock as soon as the 2nd show, it sounds actually quite good. Also Memphis Tennessee is a surprise, and a pleasant one at that, to hear.

Posted by: colonel snow Aug 8 2006, 07:52 PM

some of the highlights were available on the LP: To know him is to love him (1979)
here we find the show complete.

colonel snow

Posted by: JohanD Aug 9 2006, 05:41 PM

Fantasic show,rare versions,this opening night rocks.

Note,the 2001 theme(cut on this cd) had a "disco" style version as opening theme.
Weird to hear,but not so over the top as Albert Goldmann put it in his "ELVIS" book.
Next day the theme was back to normal.

The complete show with the "disco"theme included,was put on a CDR named "I was raised on rock" in slight lesser sound then this one,but more complete.

Posted by: stefan Aug 9 2006, 05:44 PM

Those were the days a audience recording could get everyone excited ! [img]style_emoticons/default/wink.gif[/img]

Posted by: colonel snow Aug 11 2006, 01:58 PM

that's the reason to collect audience recordings; there are collectors who want everything but for me there are standards to keep an AR in the collection or not.
when the sound is too poor it goes out.

colonel snow

Posted by: colonel snow Aug 30 2006, 07:12 PM

the concert is in 2004 re-released with the title " Caught in a trap " (label Back2front BT4 00202)

colonel snow

Posted by: Memphis-Man Mar 20 2007, 02:52 AM

A terrific opening night show! The inclusion of "Trouble" is always a treat, and "Memphis Tennessee" is a really nice song! The rare "Raised on Rock" is a nice surprise. While not one of Elvis' more notable songs, it would have been nice to have Raised... sing in a few other concerts.

M-M

Posted by: colonel snow Mar 23 2007, 08:10 PM

after 1993 a better tape with this concert turned up; I have no idea if this better source is used for the 2004 release "Caught in a trap";

colonel snow

Posted by: stefan Mar 27 2007, 07:20 AM

This better source may have been used for the bonus disc that came with the 1st 100 copies of http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/index.php?showtopic=5206.

Posted by: Kenny Mar 29 2007, 10:01 AM

" Those were the days a audience recording could get everyone excited "

Your so right Stefan, i wanted all i could get back then

And this release was on hell of a concert for me back then, i just loved that opening "disco 2001" super cool

I think i still have that cd, but bet the sound will be a big turn off, if i play it today

Posted by: colonel snow Aug 13 2008, 06:47 PM

QUOTE (colonel snow @ Mar 23 2007, 10:10 PM)

Posted by: Ciscoking Aug 14 2008, 05:25 PM

QUOTE (colonel snow @ Mar 23 2007, 10:10 PM)

Posted by: colonel snow Aug 15 2008, 02:49 PM

comparing the 1993 tape with the Memory release it is the same source;
however a great release.


colonel snow