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Drug Story
Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. --- September 2, 1974 --- Closing Show
Sound: Audience

CD1:

01 intro
02 C.C Rider
03 I Got a woman
04 Amen
05 Until it's time for you to go
06 If you love me let me know
07 It's midnight
08 Big Boss Man
09 You gave me a mountain
10 Softly as i leave you
11 Hound Dog
12 An American Triology

CD2:

01 It's Now or never
02 Introductions
03 Medley: I could'nt live without you/Bring it back/Aubery
04 It's Now or never
05 Let me be there
06 If you talk in your sleep
07 Drug story
08 Hawaiian wedding song
09 Can't help falling in love

Yes, here it is again. The famous closing show Elvis held in Las vegas on september 2, 1974. There are many opinions about this show, some like Elvis little rant, others find it utterly disturbing.
If you are in the last cathegory, just skip the track, because the show itself is bloody marvelous. Some top notch performances of grate songs.

I would like to mention tracks like "it's Midnight", "You gave me a mountain","It's now or never", "If you love me let me know" and "Let me be there"... To me these are worth the price alone. Some say Elvis lost focus during this period, but listen to the passion this guy performs with, "Mountain" an "It's midnight" will give you chills. "Let me be there" and "If you love me" will make you applaud. None can match Elvis when he delivers so much.

Also "Hound Dog" is delivered with the right spirit, and the best version ive heard from the 70's of "It's now or never".

There are some differances between Drug Story and the more famous Dessert storm releases. First of All Dessert Storm is a soundboard release, while Drug Story is a Audience recording. That said Drug Stroy includes more tracks that where not on the sounboard released by Fort Baxter. These tracks are "2001 theme", "C.C Rider" and "I could'nt live without you!.
The sound quality is good, but if you are a sound freak go for Baxters "Dessert Storm".

Track 3 on CD2 is performed by Voice.

[JohanD]

The sound is indeed pretty good.
This was the first time the "complete" show was released on cd, before that we only had the closing parts including the "drug" monologue.(Kinckin back' lp and later on cd with same title "and forth").

Since the soundboard was released this version is almost forgotten.
The reviews of this show where only based on that soundboard.
The lack of audience-reaction (not picked up through the soundboard-mike) was almost that "everyone was silent and shocked" to what they heard.
This is not the case at all.

The fans where cheering all the way through.
I'm not saying that Elvis was 100% "clean", but boy, he wasn't "fucked up" either.
He sings remarkable good versions, sings with emotion.
An addict could not have done this.
Also, what a cool instrumental piece of music after "I got a woman", imagine seeing EP move on this!!

About this cd again, the sound is VERY good, sometimes we even got a "stereo" effect, wich is awesome.
Though i'm glad we have it on soundboard, the REAL feeling of that evening, from the audience point of view, is this cd.