At The Forum.

[michael grasberger]

schön, mal ein bild von diesem forum zu sehen. fast genau 3 monate vor elvis hatte dylan dort mit 3 shows seine tour beendet.
ob es damals wohl fans gab, die sich beide acts ansahen?

[Andylon Lensen]

ELVIS .. AT THE FORUM - Update.

ELVIS .. AT THE FORUM - Update.

Hi Andylon,
Thank you for having me for a short Interview where I have the opportunity to give some more details for the EpGold readers.
Here is a A – B sample for your site: A - B test mp3.
Just to satisfy a little the curiosity of the fans.
The first 15 seconds are from the original recording, which is the similar to the 1993 incomplete Tiger release.
B is from the original tape. Since we worked with the original recording it was much easier to remove the background noise.
It was a mono recording so we had to copy the track and spread it left and right.
In this way the sound is much richer.
We also decide not to edit anything just to make sure nobody will be disappointed with the results.
Also the remarks so you can hear that the fans are really as crazy about Elvis as they are now.
The search for the photos was very difficult, we had to look really everywhere.
Luckily we discovered that a part was photographed professionally like on the album Promised Land.
We also found some little photo gems, like the action shots. Even the background action photo at page 18 is different from the others.
This was from a news paper the quality wasn't that good, we didn't wanted to leave it out, so its been used as background. As you notice we tried to put in everything we could find of the afternoon show.
Every photo was needed since you can only do it right once and the photos belong to the show , that's why we decided for 20 pages instead the standard 16 we wanted to do.
We also encountered the same problem as FTD had with their photos. Some of them are not in to great quality. We restored everything and luckily we managed to get most of them in very good condition.
I think just after Hound dog or love me tender Elvis says, "Hey this isn't a football". We actually found the photo were he's holding the ball on page 19. These are the small things which make the research worthwhile.
We of Graceland records believe to have created a very complete package.
ELVIS at THE FORUM intent as addition to the book / CD Live in LA.
More we can't give, hope this release is satisfying for all the Elvis fans, because better isn't available.
We believe that At the forum is a small historical document to the LA shows.

We hope with this small interview to have given some answers which are floating round.
Take care , Graceland records.

Finally after a few technical problems ... ELVIS .. AT THE FORUM (GRACELAND RECORDS CD GR 7403-2).

The unreleased complete afternoon show May 11th 1974 in Los Angeles.
This is the follow up to LIVE IN LA by Follow That Dream.
It makes the 1974 Forum performances a complete set
This is the better of the two shows given that day. Only the segment "You can have her" has been used by FTD since they didn't have the concert on Soundboard, otherwise they certainly would have used the complete afternoon show.
We offer, straight from the original tape this show, (of which FTD has used a x generation copy for their "You can have her" segment), the complete show . This means for the die-hard fans really everything is there!!!
The recording has been digitally transferred to a24 Bit / 96 khz (in normal language high end quality) to get the best possible sound from this 33 year old tape.
The full 64 minutes Elvis experience.

Also a deluxe 20 page booklet in full color with every photo available of the afternoon show and professional and historical liner notes Over 35 photo's with absolute rare ones in between.
The sound is excellent for an audience. Only at the beginning, there are some imperfections but the sound is by far superior to what has been partially released (this includes FTD).
This is a truly historical release and for the first time the complete show in the best sound available!
Track listing:
Also Sprach Zarathustra - See See rider - I Got A Woman/Amen - Love Me - Trying To Get To You - All Shook Up - Teddy Bear/ Don't Be Cruel - Love Me Tender - You Can Have Her - Steamroller Blues - Hound Dog – Fever - Polk Salad Annie - Why Me, Lord? - Suspicious Minds - Introductions - I can't Stop Loving You - Help Me - An American Trilogy - Let Me Be There (reprise) - Funny How Time Slips Away - Big Boss Man - Can't Help Falling In Love - Closing Vamp – Announcer: Elvis has left the Building - Souvenir Announcement

2007/07/02 E-Mail / www.epgold.com

[Johnny B.]

Gefällt mir saugut
Und wenn das was da zum Sound steht stimmt, dürfte es auch schön für die Ohren werden

[Ciscoking]

Also, ich werd sie mir zulegen...100 pro..empfehlenswert, zumal sie komplett ist. Polk Salad Annie fehlte seither.

[burroughs]

Schöne Aufmachung, tolles Booklet..
ABER wenn man nicht grade AR-fan ist und sich dabei auch mit mieser Audio-quali zufrieden gibt, nur um eine Show auch mal komplett zu haben..
sollte man tunlichst die Finger davon lassen

[Johnny B.]

Bin von der Quali auch schwer enttäuscht

[Herbi]

Bin von der Quali auch schwer enttäuscht

The recording has been digitally transferred to a24 Bit / 96 khz (in normal language high end quality) to get the best possible sound from this 33 year old tape.
The full 64 minutes Elvis experience.

...dann war das wohl nur ein gag oder was !?

[burroughs]

auf was die das im Endeffekt transferiert haben, weiß ich nicht
aber es klingt nicht viel besser als die damalige Version

[Johnny B.]

...dann war das wohl nur ein gag oder was !?

Eher ein (falscher) Kaufanreiz

[Muhoberac]

hätte man bei dieser scheibe nicht so so große erwartungen ausgelöst, man könnte sie vielleicht mehr genießen. wie auch immer, das booklet ist sehr fein und für mich ist sie auch - besonders im auto - gut hörbar.

[michael grasberger]

ich bin recht angetan von der scheibe. ich meine, wer den 24 bit-bullshit ernst nimmt, ist sowieso selber schuld.
die elvisversion von "you can have her" sollte man echt mal gehört haben (auch wenn die band zeitweilig den boden unter den füßen verliert).

[Herbi]

...ich hatte mir eigentlich das teil auch bestellt, ..bekomme jetzt aber dafür die Red Hot In Vegas !!

[marquardt72]

@Herbi:
Eindeutig die bessere Wahl.

[Herbi]

@Herbi:
Eindeutig die bessere Wahl.

...ich weiss !!

[Ciscoking]

Bin von der Quali auch schwer enttäuscht

Ich hab`s woanders auch schon geschrieben..Jungs, das ist ne AR und kein SB..!!!
Und dafür klingt sie sehr gut, besser als alles andere, was ich von dieser show bisher zu hören bekam.
Auch das booklet find ich klasse..
Alles in allem eine solide 74er show, erstmals komplett und für ne AR in ansprechenden Klang..empfehlenswert..!!!