Elvis Presley - In Person At The International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
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Artist: Elvis PresleyEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 1992-10-27
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Johnny B. Goode
- All Shook Up
- Are You Lonesome Tonight?
- Hound Dog
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- My Babe
- Medley: Mystery Train/Tiger Man
- Words
- In the Ghetto
- Suspicious Minds
- Can't Help Falling in Love
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Free Music Review: From Memphis To Vegas...
Hit: 5 Stars
Elvis Presley had every reason in the world to be nervous when he got onto the stage of the International Hotel in Las Vegas on July 31, 1969. While he had managed to extract himself from B-movie Purgatory with the NBC-TV special and the Chips Moman American Sessions recordings, he also knew that Vegas was the only place in the world where he had flopped as an entertainer, back in '56 when he was all the rage and the outrage. If he blew it this time, that would all but be the end for the King.
But as this album (originally the first LP of the 2-LP 1969 set FROM MEMPHIS TO VEGAS/FROM VEGAS TO MEMPHIS) of live performances from that month-long Vegas extravaganza proves, Elvis remained the King. Even though Las Vegas would prove in the long run to be the bane of his existence, at this initial stage he brought that hard-core original rock and roll energy which made him famous to a town once known for its Rat Pack and its mob connections. This time around, with a crack band that included the legendary guitarist James Burton, Elvis once more redefined the definition of performance. Many of the King's most significant hits are here--"All Shook Up"; "Blue Suede Shoes"; "Hound Dog", each given a modern and often blistering treatment by the Man. He also gets more contemplative with his then-recent hit "In The Ghetto", and gives a ferocious live performance of "Suspicious Minds" (still unreleased as a single at the time) that goes for seven and a half minutes. As would be the case for most of his live performances from this point forward, he closes it all with what is arguably his best post-Army film song, "Can't Help Falling In Love", from 1961's BLUE HAWAII.
The massive success of these initial Vegas shows, sadly, had a terrible side effect in the end, as the Colonel turned his client into little more than a cash cow designed to fuel a growing gambling habit and, on Elvis' side, a growing prescription drug habit that could only lead where it did, to August 16, 1977. But for this occasion, Elvis showed to the once-staid Las Vegas sect what true rock and roll really was, and what he himself really was. The King lived and breathed like nobody else when he was at the top of his game.
In Person At The International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada Poster
When Elvis Presley's late-1960s comeback is discussed, talk generally centers on two events--his 1968 NBC-TV special and the recordings made in Memphis at American Studios shortly thereafter. There was actually a third key event--Presley's first Las Vegas engagement in 13 years (he flopped the first time), which kicked off at the brand-new International Hotel on July 31, 1969. The event is downplayed now since Vegas has become so synonymous with the King's decline--but this was a revitalized Presley, and, for the most part, he rocked. The white jumpsuits and "My Way" would come later; for this show, Presley wore a black karate suit and was backed by one of the hottest rockabilly bands on earth, with the legendary James Burton on lead guitar. Presley does early hits, Sun stuff, a Willie Dixon blues tune, and his latest singles ("In the Ghetto" and "Suspicious Minds"). The furthest he steps outside his oeuvre is a cover of the Bee Gees' "Words." If only he'd continued in this vein. As it is, this stands with Onstage, February 1970 as his finest live recording. --Bill HoldshipPop Music CDs
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