From the „booth tapes“ Vol. 7

Thursday, February 20th, 1973 Dinner Show, Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

Label: Straight Arrow Special Products SA/SP 2015-36-02
Coming out soon is the new Straight Arrow CD titled "BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY", featuring the Las Vegas, February 20th, 1973 Dinner show. This recording is taken directly from an original Rex Martin „booth recorded“ mastertape. When Straight Arrow started releasing the Rex Martin tapes a few years ago, they caused quite a sensation in the Elvis world. For years they were known to exist, but here they finally were, in a quality that's rare for off-line recorded tapes. In fact, these tapes are so good sonically, that they can easily match anything that's out there. They are certainly as good as the Rick Rennie tapes and bring us the true joy of Elvis Presley on stage in a way that many sterile / unbalanced soundboards were never able to do. The cassette A-side label is marked „20th Feb. 73 Dinner show“, and on flipside there's „20th Feb. 73 Midnight show.“ To the producers big disappointment, the B-side was completely empty, perhaps recorded over / erased by mistake! So the recording of the 20th February 1973 Midnight show is – very likely – lost forever…

Nevertheless, the Feb. 20th, 1973 D/S is another completely new concert recording, even for die-hard Elvis fans. It has never been in circulation - in any form, and the sound quality is exceptionally good! Ask your local dealer for samples!

As usual, our new release is presented in Straight Arrow's standard deluxe digipack. Since there is a hand written notice on the cassette label: „Blue Suit / Silver Stars”, the producers assume that Elvis appeared in the „Owl suit“ - the only blue jumpsuit designed with silver stars. For this reason, we have decided to design the digipack with a collection of photos of Elvis wearing the „Owl suit“, as taken in November 1972

Tracklist:
01. Orchestra Intro - 02. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra - 03. C. C. Rider - 04. I Got A Woman / Amen - 05. Love Me Tender - 06. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 07. Steamroller Blues - 08. You Gave Me A Mountain - 09. Fever - 10. Love Me - 11. Blue Suede Shoes - 12. I’m Leavin’ - 13. Hound Dog - 14. What Now My Love - 15. Suspicious Minds - 16. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra - 17. Introduction of actor George Montgomery - 18. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear) / Don’t Be Cruel - 19. Can’t Stop Loving You (with false start) - 20. An American Trilogy - 21. Can't Help Falling In Love - 22. Closing Vamp / Announcements.

Habe gehört, es kommt noch eine von Straight Arrow, zumindest wird sie angekündigt.

Sollen die DS und die MS vom 27. 08. 1971 sein, Bisher unveröffentlicht, zumindestens auf CD.

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Die MS gabs hier.

http://www.elvisoncd.com/EIGENECD_a-...hoetovegas.htm

Die DS wäre neu. Gabs auch nicht auf cd-r.

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Thanks to Ernst Joergensen, Roger Semon and Erik Rasmussen for the great work. Keep the spirit alive !

Neixx Material, unveröffentlicht.

Für die Solid as Rock CD guckst Du hier -->

https://www.elvisnachrichten.de/showthread.php?t=28573

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Wirklich guter klarer Sound, allerdings hie und da mit einem eigenartigen Knistern. Dachte schon, die CD hätte einen physischen Schaden, aber bei I´m Leaving ist es so deutlich zu hören, dass mir klar wurde, was das ist.
Ganz offensichtlich läuft da nämlich auch noch ganz nahe eine Filmkamera. Nicht immer, aber ab und an.

Elvis selbst spult sein Standarfprogramm runter, mit nur mehr halb so viel Einsatz wie zu Beginn der Saison. Ein paar Witzchen, und das war´s dann.

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