elvis on tour cd review

Back in mid-2002 I asked Ernst Jorgensen about the possible release of ‘Elvis On Tour’ hoping that it would be released for the 30th anniversary later that year. He explained...

‘On Tour’ is a little bit complicated. Obviously everybody, including Roger and I, thought that 2002 would be the year. Especially when Turner recreated TTWII it was with hope of critical acclaim and financial rewards for Turner and although I think TTWII has done fairly well it was never a big commercial success. .. It’s a younger Elvis, a leaner Elvis in TTWII. They are very nervous about putting out ‘On Tour’ and spending the same kind of money. So they are trying to find a way to make ‘Elvis On Tour’ available in digital format but it’s not going to be a restoration for scratch like TTWII. The reason why we haven’t put out anything on either FTD or RCA at this time is that we would ideally like to do it with them. So we are giving them a little more time but eventually if they don’t come around, we will release the material that we have which is pretty substantial.”

- Go here for the full 2002 interview about FTD & future Elvis releases.

EIN notes that in 2010 Turner finally did put out the ‘On Tour’ DVD / BluRay but for some unfathomable reason RCA / SONY did not match it with the CD box-set.

The movie’s 50th anniversary was in November 2022 and again SONY / RCA still did not make the hoped for release date, instead the new box-set being finally released in late January 2023.

I am not joking when I say that all-too-many EIN Fan Club members have died between 2010 and 2023. They died waiting for a product that should have been released twenty years ago.

Perhaps this would be forgivable had this new ‘Elvis On Tour’ box-set contained some revelatory new material – such as a few movie outtakes that have been available on bootlegs for year – but sadly no, all we get is the four concerts, two cds of rehearsals and a direct copy of 2010’s ‘Elvis On Tour’ BluRay without the correct ‘Johnny B Goode’ introduction.

However rather than moan about my personal disappointment with perhaps the last major "new" Elvis Presley product that will be released by RCA / SONY, let’s first look at the positives.

The Packaging Released as the usual 8 inch format box-set, it includes a 32-page booklet, a 4-page fold-out for the concert CDs plus a three page fold out for the two rehearsal cds and Blu-ray disc.

The photos, most of which come from the MGM archive, all look fairly familiar although some neat shots from San Antonio (pg6 +25) and Jacksonville (both fold-out cover pics) do appear to be new to my collection.

And even if Elvis had put on little weight since TTWII, he sure appears involved in all the performances and still looks terrific / iconic in most of the deliciously selected shots.

The concerts fold-out includes a lovely spread of “contact prints” from the film which neatly explains the narrative of the movie. However if you think you’ve seen this idea before you are right as it was also used in the booklet of the 2010 DVD/ BluRay release.

The booklet features an interesting article by Warren Zanes ‘Elvis’ Road To Freedom’ that helps to explain where Elvis’ legacy sat in 1972 in respect to the on-going ‘Rock’n’Roll fifties’ revival as well as RCA’s handling of Elvis’ legacy.. He writes,

“Being a fan often means loving the image while continuing to search for the human being… Elvis On Tour is a document of the vitality of Elvis Presley, a collection of pictures and sounds and moments that capture an artist still excited, inspired and engaged by what remained possible for him as an artist.” “The energy, intention, and approach of the film, all elevated by the calibre of the shows themselves, make it arguably the most important document of Elvis Presley’s ‘70’s career”

Jerry Schilling also provides a nice personal story of his involvement in the tour and the movie. He also comments on the bad decisions by Col Parker and also the real positive from both directors Bob Abel and Pierre Adidge. He also notes..,

“The fact that Elvis gave me an opportunity to be a part of this film shows just how great a friend he was.”

The book also contains pages of memorabilia as well as a few neat excerpts from Elvis' On Tour interview (as arranged by Jerry Schilling) across five pages. However I feel that the better idea would have been to include the previously unreleased recorded interview in full - described in the booklet as "the most rare personal interview Elvis ever did" - on a bonus cd. This would have at least been something new and collectable and would have truly captured Elvis' feelings about these full-on tours at the time.

AUDIO Quality All the RCA recordings have been re-mastered by Matt Ross-Spang and they sound fabulous. The mixes also vary slightly depending on the venue and concert.

Hampton Roads – This concert was never previously released as complete. The bootlegs were fairly narrow stereo with almost no piano in the mix, and also with tape hum as well as missing three key tracks. Now the audio is beautiful stereo, with great mix of piano, clear & cutting James Burton guitar and it runs at the correct speed.

The power and dynamic of ‘An American Trilogy’ is stunning and it also lowers the previously loud JD Sumner in the mix. The whole tape has a beautiful dynamic but “the shriek” @03.08 is absolutely stunning.

Regrettably one minute of Elvis’ vocal is missing at the start of ‘I Got A Woman’ – which could have easily been fixed – but I still prefer this version to anything I already own. To be honest, the 1 minute of missing audio to me actually adds some of the tension of RCA engineers grappling with the problems of recording their first concert of the tour.

Richmond - This was always a great sounding concert but here the mix is beautifully spread. There is a lovely clear top-end and it also places Elvis’ vocal lower in the mix compared to the bootleg.

Greensboro – This has always been a great concert including the first ever version of ‘Burning Love’ but all the bootlegs have been in mono. And the old bootlegs also had some peak-clipping. So finally we get to hear all the musicians and orchestra in stereo and it’s a fabulous mix. I’ve always enjoyed this performance but the STEREO mix makes it even more enjoyable. A song like ‘You Gave Me A Mountain’ has an amazing dynamic range with the quiet sections revealing even more emotion because of it. ‘Until It’s Time For You To Go’ now features some wonderful work from Glen D Hardin and ‘Polk Salad’ rocks.

San Antonio – The mix here emphasises the rhythm section with Jerry Scheff’s bass and Ronnie Tutt’s drums really powering along the whole performance. While it is perhaps a show with not so many highlights the power of the new mix makes it one of the most enjoyable performances to play loud and get totally absorbed listening to the complete power of Elvis’ band.

The Four Concerts. These are all fabulous 1972 performances by Elvis and each one is totally enjoyable. Elvis has a wonderful relationship with each audience and puts his heart and soul into every performance. The TCB Band are playing tight as ever, while the loose southern-funk interaction from both the musicians and backing-vocalists add something really special.

It is a real positive that these “On Tour” concerts don’t have the TCB Band rush of the MSG concerts nor the slight sterility-of-perfection required from them for the ‘Aloha’ recording.

For me the highlight is finally getting the complete Hampton Roads evening show in all its power and glory - and also in a beautiful stereo mix. This is my real positive in buying this new box-set. …

The magic continues with a delicate ‘Never Been To Spain’ and then a delightful ‘You Gave Me A Mountain’ which is far less O-T-T than Aloha. As featured in the movie this new mix has a really clean rhythm section, sparkling Glenn D piano and perfectly placed Orchestra.

Even if Elvis gets a little distracted by the audience on ‘Until It Is Time For You To Go’ it’s still a fine performance of his last single and afterwards the crowd roar with their obvious approval. (In the UK charts this single made number five whereas in the US it disappointingly only made number 40).

‘Polk Salad Annie’, again included in the movie, has a great Jerry Scheff sound and pumping Ronnie Tutt drums. The “do it to me” chick-a-boom finale is brilliant – although I would have liked to hear more of the Sweet Inspirations “soul-clapping” in the mix. The massive audience reaction again gives you an indication of the physical action Elvis was putting into the song - as can be seen in the film.

The ‘oldies but goodies’ are fairly standard crowd-pleasing performances, however the inclusion of ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight’ is a delightful addition. Perfectly performed, with none of the usual jokes, this version is pretty unique. Elvis sings it earnestly and there is a delightful “I want to talk to you, man” comment. At the end Elvis says, “Thank you, thank you for listening”. It is very cute, truly one of the very best.

Elvis and the band were full-bore this night. Elvis is really involved on ‘Please Release Me’, puts some real effort into ‘Hound Dog’ and goes straight into a very fine ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ with no break or breather.

On the crowd-pleasing ‘Suspicious Minds’ Elvis does lose concentration a bit in the second verse but there is the fabulous and funny, ”Are these yours, honey?” moment when Elvis places a pair of red women's underwear on his head - as seen in the clip of the movie. Yet more “Elvis Magic” !

‘For The Good Times’ is unfortunately played a little faster than the June MSG version but as Elvis notes at the end, “That's a pretty song”.

After the short and sweet Introductions comes the real stunner. Elvis’ ‘American Trilogy’ single had only been released in the previous week and his performance here is sensational.

It's amazing to think that to a fair number of his audience that ‘American Trilogy’ would be a brand new song. The audio emphasises Ronnie Tutt's tight military beat and the overall mix is beautifully clear. Elvis’ pacing along with the incredible dynamic ambience - from quiet as a pin to the huge power-ending - is perfect here for this all-important song. And, as any keen Elvis fan knows, there is that astounding audience shriek at the perfect spot in the ‘All my trials’ section. This is an absolutely brilliant top-notch version. Afterwards Elvis says a sincere “thank you ” to his audience.

The screams from his fans during ‘Love Me Tender’ again show the amazing interaction Elvis had with his audience, and again a short clip from here features in the film.

Elvis jokes, “We gonna’ work for you, hang loose” and he sure does with the sensational version of ‘A Big Hunk O’ Love’ that follows. Brand-new in the set list in 1972 this is one of Elvis’ best ever versions.

The stunning ‘How Great Thou Art / Sweet Sweet Spirit’ - “just listen to them, please” - combination is so well-known from the movie that fans might think that these were a regular inclusion of this tour, but it was quite the opposite. Apart from the previous show in Knoxville these were a unique performance and again something that makes this concert and the filming of it extremely special.

‘Lawdy, Miss Clawdy’ is a beautifully paced, sweaty version and again one of the very best. The audio mix is extremely good here with clean piano plus James Burton’s rockin’guitar (which for some reason this faded down in the movie). There is a real Gospel swing to this old rock 'n' roller with nice work by the Sweet Inspirations. Elvis is really reacting with his band, there is a cute, “take it baby” before the break and then he pushes, “one more time” with a great smile on his face.

With that, and two stunning performances done in Hampton Roads that day, it was time to “Take it home”.

Even then Elvis finishes with a serious version of, “Can't Help Falling In Love” including the great “Oh, Lord” power ending.

Even Al Dvorin’s “Elvis has left the building” works extremely well with the strange wail of a solo trombone sounding the end to a truly brilliant performance.

To be honest each of the four concerts are glorious, and worth playing loud on your Hi-Fi or listening to on headphones. Of course there are alternate highlights and differences in each performance. In short …

Richmond – Elvis rocks straight in with a fabulous and funky 'Proud Mary' before the nicely adlibbed “Only made it to Virginia” in 'Never Been To Spain'. 'Until It's Time For You To Go' is the version from ‘Elvis On Tour’ movie where you can see Elvis playing with his microphone. After a sweaty ‘Polk Salad Annie' Elvis rolls on to his back on the stage to calm down noting, “That’s a funny looking thing up there, I hope that think don’t fall. I’d be flatter than a pancake!” There’s the highlight of ”This song is a favourite of mine” and the rarely performed ‘It's Over' (the only time Elvis performed it in the tour) .

A lovely and tender 'For The Good Times' is followed by a powerful ‘I Can't Stop Loving You' in the second half with a fine 'American Trilogy' (if not up to Hampton Roads).

The magnificent 'Lawdy Miss Clawdy' is at last complete with Elvis noting “I was here 14 years ago man, when I was a baby!” A fine ‘Funny How Time Slips Away’ “How, am I doing?… Well I’m sweating a lot!” features some very cool piano-work from Glen Hardin. So overall while not up to the energy of the previous night this is still a very, very fine show.

Greensboro – Previously only bootlegged in mono this is brilliant to revisit in stereo ‘You Gave Me A Mountain’ is now superb with the lyrics “my woman got tired of the heartaches” even more poignant.

Until It’s Time For You To Go’ was always one of Elvis’ best versions but here it is even better in this gorgeous open stereo mix. The movie included the deliciously paced ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ as well as the great line “Sneakin' up on me, man” from a very fine ‘Suspicious Minds’. ‘For The Good Times ’ is also a favourite featuring some wonderful crowd interaction,.

‘An American Trilogy’ – as in the movie - hits a heartfelt chord with his southern audience and is another superlative performance of this great song. The way Elvis raises and lowers the power of his voice at critical moments is amazing to listen to.

Of course the most important song this night would however be the very first concert performance of 'Burning Love. ' “We’re gonna’ spring a new song on you tonight, we don’t know it too well. If we goof it up just bear with us”. James Burton’s plays some cutting lead guitar and Ronnie Tutt pounds the drums. It is a lovely first attempt and even the mess of the ending is a treat - and the crowd love it. Little did they know it would make #1.

‘Release Me’ also has a lovely funky gospel groove more very different to the “max- power” On Stage version.

Finally ‘Funny How Time Slips Away’ has to be noted for its wonderful Elvis line describing his belt, “For those of you that can’t see back there this is an owl”! It’s a lovely ending.

San Antonio - The last recorded RCA concert, the penultimate show of the tour and two weeks since the first Buffalo concert. Elvis had performed 17 energy draining concerts in the previous 15 days. While tonight Elvis might have been more ‘business mode’ the new mix / remaster with its great focus on the rhythm section truly delivers the goods.

‘Proud Mary’ as featured in the movie, Elvis comments "bring that bass up!" and they do. A deliciously juicy mix emphasising Jerry Scheff’s funky bass work. You can really hear the band slowly build up and up as Elvis pumps the crowd. This was going to be a great night!

‘Never Been To Spain’ also included in the film and it another great version and ‘Polk’ gets another serious work-out.

‘For The Good Times’ (rehearsed so many times) has the crowd exploding with excitement at the start of this new song. There is a great clarity to the mix and you can imagine yourself right on stage with Elvis & Charlie Hodge duetting.

‘How Great Thou Art’ "We’d like to do a gospel song for you…" is another great version. One has to wonder why Elvis would drop this absolute stunner from his ‘Madison Square Garden’ set just 2 months later. This version is at a slower tempo and the new dynamic mix emphasises Elvis’ belief and love for gospel music.

Again the classic ‘Burning Love’ - "We’d like to do a new song for you tonight, and if we goof this up just bear with us” as featured in the movie is a gem. Only the second time that he had performed it live and the crowd must have been stunned as they would have never heard this classic before – amazingly it wasn’t to be released for another 4 months.

The penultimate ‘Funny How Time’ ends with Elvis cutely joking about hitting the last note, “think I can’t hit that note... watch this”.....

The Rehearsals: These two discs sound so clear on this remaster compared to other bootleg releases or even the fabulous FTD “On Tour- The Rehearsals’ compilation. The mix is crystal clear as if they had been recorded for album release and you can really enjoy the ambience of the RCA studio. I still find these fascinating listening and they have been somewhat edited down from the complete session.

The early versions of Elvis and The Stamps harmonising a Capella on ‘For The Good Times’ are delightful and the open audio mix stunning. Similarly the ‘Burning Love’ rehearsal on the second day with Elvis explaining the “Hunka, hunka” ending to the band is so cool.

Tracks such as ‘Never Been To Spain’, 'Release Me', 'See See Rider' and 'Johnny B. Goode' without any orchestra backing or overdubs are real collectors’ material. The new audio mix here also makes ‘Until It’s Time For You To Go’ sound so beautiful and tender with a really special emphasis on the lyrics of separation and loneliness.

Here Elvis sings the songs at a slower pace than he would on stage which also gives a more relaxed, sincere feel to the songs, especially the ballads.

However while the ‘Separate Ways’ rehearsals were a very fine end to the lengthy first day yet there is no indication of it being the end to the filmed session and so there is an odd jump to ‘Proud Mary’ which was the start of the session the following day.

The work Matt Ross-Spang did in editing the studio banter on the “Way Down, In the Jungle Room Sessions” to create a really dynamic session was very commendable so I wish that he had done more of the same here. The ten versions of rehearsing 'For The Good Times' become a little repetitive with Elvis giving very few clues as to what he was striving for and the six versions on Day 1 would surely bore a mainstream listener before they even get to the excitement of ‘Johnny B Goode’ and the delight of ‘Always On My Mind’.

For the "general public" I think the complete rehearsal session should have been an FTD release and then the 2004 ‘Elvis On Tour: The Rehearsals’ FTD ( remastered and extended ) would have been the perfect compilation for this mainstream release.

An article on what these rehearsals were about – Were they genuine rehearsals or only for the film-crew? – Why was Jerry Scheff not there? How many were used in the movie? Why does the second day suddenly jump to mono and the “Gospel jam”? – would have also helped explain their importance.

The BluRay The Blu-ray here is exactly the same edit as the previous 2010 Blu-ray / DVD version. I can see no improvement in mastering. The fact that Chuck Berry's 'Johnny B. Goode ' hasn't been corrected for the intro is truly disappointing. I can't imagine any Elvis fan not already owning a copy of this film so without any new Bonus Clips (at least add the six performances from 'The Lost Performances') it seems a waste. And if negotiating with MGM / Turner over its inclusion increased the box-set price, I think that factor would have only turned off some mainstream purchasers as well as some Elvis fans. The package is not cheap.

Having pointed out how much I have enjoyed this new ‘Elvis On Tour’ box-set there is no doubt that it is a pretty expensive product, especially when it includes the same old Blu-Ray version.

As this is probably the last “major” General Public ELVIS release it really should have been so much better for the price. Purchasing the ‘TTWII’ Deluxe set or “Young Man With The Big Beat” was so much more satisfying - and what Elvis’ legacy deserved.

After fifty years from the first 'Elvis: On Tour' movie and twenty years since Ernst and Roger told us that they were “giving Turners a little more time” there are a pile of missed opportunities in this box-set.

Having written 3,700 words of general praise above - and I have truly enjoyed listening to each concert multiple times - this list below is the simplest way that I can now explain my disappointment.

The Negatives 1. This box-set should have been released mid-2022 to coincide with Elvis Week and the 50th anniversary. There really was no acceptable excuse.

2. This ‘Elvis On Tour’ box-set should have been a 12x12” package similar to TTWII and YMWTBB. After all there is no other RCA package of Elvis on-tour. It is what Elvis was known for from 1970 – 1977 and fans deserve something impressive and collectable.

3. The overall package needs more photos, many more photos.

4. The price of around US$110 is very high for what it is. Bob Dylan’s similarly priced SONY 5-cd ‘Fragments’ box-set came out recently but with proper hard-cardboard sleeve and 120 page book. Why did Elvis deserve less?

5. The Blu-Ray is a straight copy of the 2010 version without the ‘Johnny B. Goode’ fabulous original intro. Chuck Berry died five years ago. This should have been fixed.

6. The book lacks so much relevant information that would explain to a mainstream buyer why each concert actually differed and what highlights to listen out for. Similarly it is unbelievable that the book doesn’t state which song from each concert - and rehearsal - were included in the final film.

7. When every CD in the 'Elvis Live 69' set was clearly labelled with which concert and date why are the six cds here only numbered? They should be noted as CD1 ‘Hampton Roads’ etc. I’m sure that mainstream listeners would never differentiate between the four concerts just by listening after all they do start fairly the same.

8. There is no list anywhere in the package of the actual 1972 tour and concert dates. Elvis performed nineteen concerts over fifteen days and he did not slow down for the filming. This was an amazing workload for Elvis and his crew and it’s not even mentioned.

9. There is no indication that the stunning Hampton Roads show happened to be his second concert that day. That makes Elvis’ evening performance even more mind-blowing.

10. It is also surely of some interest that San Antonio was the penultimate concert of the tour. It is not mentioned.

11. The Rehearsals are again just ‘CD 5’ and ‘CD 6’ and either needed some text to explain what they represented or should have been more tightly edited for the mainstream audience as a stunning ‘Best Of’

12. The 2018 ‘Amiga’ 'Elvis On Tour' bootleg – a 13-inch boxset plus 128-page hardcover book - is by far the best celebration of ‘Elvis On Tour’ including impressive text, details, photos and is a real commemoration of the excitement of Elvis on stage in 1972. Why RCA / SONY could not produce a product even half its size is a sad indication of their belief in Elvis’ legacy.

13. Finally while obviously “just” an oversight, the fact that Ronnie Tutt is not credited in the list of musicians is a little sad. On the first double-page photo in the book Ronnie Tutt is also sitting right behind Elvis playing drums but again his name is missed from that page’s musician credits. How did this happen?

Overall Verdict: Ernst Jorgensen noted that, “In 'On Tour' Elvis was still finding something new.. and was courageous and controlled in his performances. It all comes together for him, for real, in 1972.” That is true and “Elvis On Tour” provides the only real major package for the general public that shows Elvis’ stunning energy and amazing presence as he hammered around the states on a never ending series of amazing one-night stands. It is what he was famous for in his final years. The fact that these four wonderful performances have finally been released, both remixed and remastered in glorious quality, is a real joy. I was happy to pay the money purely for these brilliant performances. However the fact that SONY / RCA didn’t make it for the 50th anniversary is a real embarrassment. And the fact that this “deluxe package” includes such a small booklet lacking in any detail and depth and without including anything remotely unreleased on the BluRay is disappointing. Usually a RCA /SONY official release makes collectors frustrated that they have previously wasted their hard-earned money on a substandard bootleg version but here the 2018 ‘Amiga’ bootleg set the standard that RCA needed to emulate but they have failed badly. Here I think that keen Elvis fans need to decide how much they actually listen to these concerts and whether it is worth the cost of £93 / US$110 purely for the audio upgrades. There's not much else they need. If, after a 50-year wait, this is the last major box-set release of “new” Elvis material by RCA / SONY it should have been a total blast of large-formatted stunning packaging including some exciting previously unavailable material whereas this sadly feels more like a final whimper.

Note that back in 2018 EIN wrote, "This AMIGA bootleg is an incredible, all-encompassing Deluxe presentation of ‘Elvis On Tour’ in pictures and sound. SONY will never release a project as big as this." - Unfortunately we were right.

Please note that the low-res p/c scans used in this review do not show the true clarity of the images or text.

Review by Piers Beagley. -Copyright EIN April 2023 - EIN Website content © Copyright the Elvis Information Network.

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SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: ELVIS PRESLEY – ELVIS ON TOUR

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From January 1972 through to November 1972, Elvis Presley performed 96 concerts in 15 cities, which included his famous and quite frankly, triumphant shows at Madison Square Garden. Several of the shows were recorded and filmed. The film Elvis On Tour, which featured segments supervised by Martin Scorsese, debuted in November of 1972 and became the only Presley film to win an award (it won a Golden Globe for best documentary). There was no soundtrack and the only concerts released were the shows performed and recorded at Madison Square Garden. That has been corrected with this seven-disc set. Four CDs of concerts, two CDs of rehearsals, and one DVD of the classic Elvis On Tour .

A couple of things come to mind when listening to this box set. Elvis seems to be enjoying himself. He has fun with the songs, which can be heard in the rehearsals, and has fun with his audience. The other thing that one notices is that he did not use these shows to promote his current albums. In fact, many of the songs he performs on stage were never recorded by Presley in the studio, or at least released during his life on his studio albums. In fact, in 1972 (during this tour), Presley had one of his biggest hits, “Burning Love” but was only performed a handful of times during the tour. The rehearsals are quite interesting, by the way, to hear Presley grapple with a new song. “Here we go,” says Presley. This is quickly followed with “wait, wait, I lost…” The live version of the song in this collection (Live at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC – April 14, 1972) is actually exciting and brilliant. Again, the excitement comes through very clearly.

This is what makes this box set so wonderful–hearing Elvis with his rocking and swampy version of “Polk Salad Annie” and his lovely rendition of “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. He is singing what he loves and clearly making the sets full of songs he wants to sing. Of course some of his hits are here (“Hound Dog”, Heartbreak Hotel”, “All Shook Up”, “I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You”, “Suspicious Minds”) but this is not a ‘greatest hits’ show. Quite the opposite. It is exciting hearing Presley take on “Never Been To Spain” or “Proud Mary” or even “Until It’s Time For You To Go”, which was featured on his then current studio album Elvis Now , and was a top 40 hit for him. And of course, the majesty of “American Trilogy” is stunning. “See See Rider” may just be the greatest concert opener of all time. It just works after the over the top intro of “Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey )” which opened all of his concerts.

This new box set of previously unreleased concerts and rehearsals demonstrates that Presley was a strong live performer. He had a tight band and excellent backing singers and the songs were arranged beautifully. There is also an element of fun on stage and the crowds certainly enjoyed themselves. Casual fans may find the additional rehearsals a bit much, he does rehearse “For The Good Times” a lot) but these rehearsals provide an insight into his creative process and just how much Presley did in terms of arranging and producing his music. Elvis On Tour is an important document of an historic tour. It is great to have complete concerts included and again, the differences in the shows are interesting. Songs added and dropped as the tour rolled on. Presley toured a great deal in the 1970s, and there are some fantastic concerts during those tours as well, but the 1972 tour stands as the year Presley got back out on the road and had something to prove. He succeeded and Elvis On Tour shows you why.

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‘Elvis on Tour,’ a New Box Set, Offers an In-Depth Look at a 1972 Concert Series

In 1972, though, Presley was still in relatively good shape. That’s when he delivered his last big pop hit (“Burning Love”), as well as a concert series that resulted in the bestselling album Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden and a Golden Globe-winning film, Elvis on Tour . A new seven-disc, 145-track boxed set that shares that film’s title offers a closer look at the concert series.

A follow-up to 2019’s gargantuan Elvis Live 1969 , the 2023 release features four complete April 1972 shows, three of which are previously unreleased. (The fourth, which has been remixed for this box, also appeared in a 2003 collection.) The anthology, which includes a 32-page booklet with essays and photos, also incorporates two discs’ worth of material from Presley’s rehearsal sessions for the tour.

Finally, the set embraces a Blu-ray edition of the hour-and-a-half-long Elvis on Tour film, which includes excellent footage of Presley’s early years in the music business but focuses mostly on the spring 1972 concert series with performance clips and offstage material.

The documentary—which is well-done, aside from the overuse of split screens—shows Presley enjoying himself and mostly performing well, though at times he appears to be just going through the motions. He seems particularly engrossed with the music when he’s offstage and singing just for fun, during which times he largely sticks to gospel material. (In fact, he won a Grammy in 1972 for a gospel album called He Touched Me .)

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Presley deemphasizes his hit singles in these concerts, preferring to concentrate more on an ostensible attempt to update his image with covers of material by songwriters such as Paul Simon (“Bridge Over Troubled Water”), Mickey Newbury (“An American Trilogy”), Buffy Sainte-Marie (“Until It’s Time for You to Go”) and Kris Kristofferson (“For the Good Times”).

He does run through some of his early hits, but any concertgoer who made a brief trip to the lobby for popcorn might have missed most of them. In the Hampton, Virginia, show that fills the first disc of this box, for example, he features “Love Me,” “All Shook Up,” “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Are You Lonesome Tonight?,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Hound Dog,” “Love Me Tender,” “A Big Hunk of Love” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”—10 songs in a combined total of less than 18 minutes.

More recent chart successes also garner little attention. Though Presley didn’t capture top positions on the Billboard singles charts nearly as often in the late ’60s and early ’70s as he did in earlier years, he did score some big hits during this period: “Crying in the Chapel” (#3 in 1965), “Suspicious Minds,” “In the Ghetto” and “Don’t Cry, Daddy” (#1, 3 and 6, respectively, in 1969), “The Wonder of You,” “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, and “Kentucky Rain” (#9, 11 and 16, respectively, in 1970), and the aforementioned “Burning Love” (#2 in 1972). The shows in this boxed set, though, include only two of these eight songs: “Suspicious Minds” and “Burning Love,” the latter a song, originally performed by Arthur Alexander, that Presley’s label released about four months after the tour.

Even casual fans will likely find the film absorbing. The backstage material gives a good sense of what life on the road was like for Presley in 1972, and on many of the songs, his voice remains powerful, and his stage presence is still strong. The two discs of rehearsal material, which include candid moments and some songs that did not make it into the shows, are particularly interesting. That said, it would be difficult to argue that Presley’s glitzy, Las Vegas-styled, big-band act ever equals the electrifying nature of his 1950s and early 1960s work on Sun and RCA—or even the best parts of his famous 1969 TV “comeback special.”

Unless you’re an Elvis completist, moreover, you’ll likely find too much redundancy in these concert recordings, especially if you already own the Madison Square Garden release. Unlike, say, Bob Dylan, Presley rarely varied either his setlists or his approach to particular tunes. So, what we have here, at least on discs one through four, is mostly just four indistinguishable renditions of each of a couple dozen songs. In fact, some of these numbers also appear on the rehearsal recordings, so Elvis on Tour includes, for example, five performances of “Polk Salad Annie,” six of “See See Rider” and a whopping 14 of “For the Good Times.” It’s probably safe to say that, for most listeners, the good times will be over by the third or fourth version.

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The King is back in the building with this massive box set documenting his 1972 tour.

T HE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “As Elvis Presley ’s national tour played to sold-out secondary markets across the country in 1972, Elvis was enjoying himself onstage and finding electrifying new ways of connecting to audiences at every show. Working with a band and set lists of his choosing, Elvis was channeling the music he loved most — from pop and gospel and traditional country to blues and rock and contemporary hits — while transforming his own greatest hits with fresh arrangements, turning nostalgia into an unforgettable concert experience packed with immediacy.

Award-winning filmmakers Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel ( Mad Dogs & Englishmen ) went on the road with Presley and his band with all-access passes, cameras and crew to chronicle the King of rock ’n’ roll at his onstage peak in MGM ’s Elvis On Tour documentary film. The film captures Elvis — the human being driving the myth — behind the scenes and backstage with his eyes open and his defenses down. According to the original press release, the Elvis On Tour film “offers the first intimate look at the enigmatic country boy who became the world’s most celebrated musician.” The documentary featured montage sequences supervised by Martin Scorsese . The film was released on Nov. 1, 1972.

Now, 50 years later, the new Elvis On Tour box celebrates Presley’s monumental 1972 concert trek with a multitude of previously unreleased Elvis concert performances and studio rehearsals. The seven-disc set includes six audio CDs and a Blu-ray edition of Elvis On Tour , winner of Best Documentary at the 30th Golden Globes Awards in 1973 and the last feature starring Presley to be released during the artist’s lifetime.

The Elvis On Tour box was produced by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen and mixed by Grammy -winning Memphis producer Matt Ross-Spang . The original recordings were made by Felton Jarvis and Al Pachucki .

Disc 1 was recorded live on April 9, 1972, at Hampton Roads Coliseum , Hampton, Va., and contains all previously unreleased material.

Disc 2 was recorded live on April 10, 1972, at Richmond Coliseum , Richmond, Va., and contains all previously unreleased material.

Disc 3 was recorded live on April 14, 1972, at Greensboro Coliseum , Greensboro, N.C., and contains all previously unreleased material.

Disc 4 was recorded live on April 18, 1972, at Convention Center Arena , San Antonio, Texas, and includes previously released material (from 2003’s Elvis: Close-Up box), remixed for this release.

Disc 5 features tour rehearsals, recorded live at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood, on March 30 and 31, 1972. The disc is comprised primarily of previously unreleased tracks in addition to performances previously available on the collector’s releases Elvis On Tour – The Rehearsals (2004) and 6363 Sunset Boulevard (2001) as well as The Great Performances (1990).

Disc 6 completes Elvis’ rehearsals with his band at RCA Recordings Studios with performances recorded March 31, 1972. The disc includes previously unreleased takes on Kris Kristofferson ’s For The Good Times as well as performances previously available only on 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Elvis On Tour – The Rehearsals and Amazing Grace (1994).

The Elvis On Tour box includes fascinating behind-the-scenes liner notes by Jerry Schilling , a longtime personal friend and member of Presley’s inner circle.

The set also features an illuminating essay by rock historian/musician Warren Zanes , founding member of The Del Fuegos and professor at New York University . According to Zanes: “The set lists and the performances of the Elvis On Tour period bring a rare thing: A ’50s legend working in the early ’70s who was still taking his audiences to new places … The core band, including Ronnie Tutt , James Burton , Glen D. Hardin , Jerry Scheff , John Wilkinson , Charlie Hodge , The Sweet Inspirations , J.D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet , and an orchestra led by Joe Guercio , had gotten to a place at which Elvis could inject spontaneity, allowing the arena shows to have a measure of the unexpected … 1972 was a year of 165 performances. In Jorgensen’s words, it was a ‘climax of his career.’ While the ’68 Comeback Special marked the significant point at which Presley returned to live performance, 1972 was the year in which the artist revealed most completely what he wanted to do with the creative energy such a return kicked off.”

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50th anniversary 6cd+blu-ray collection.

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Sony are to release a new Elvis Presley box set called Elvis On Tour . This 6CD+blu-ray package follows The King on his 1972 North American tour and includes audio from four of the shows, two rehearsals and the concert film on blu-ray.

The first three CDs in this set feature performances from 9th, 10th and 14th April 1972 respectively; that’s Hampton Roads Coliseum, Virginia; Richmond Coliseum, Virginia; and Greensboro Coliseum, North Carolina. All three are previously unreleased. The fourth CD features the 18th April gig at the Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Texas, and includes material that was part of 2003’s Elvis: Close-Up box set, however it has been newly remixed for this release.

Tour rehearsals constitute CDs five and six. CD 5 has audio recorded live at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, on 30th and 31st March 1972. This is mostly unreleased, although some were issued on a couple of the specialist ‘Follow That Dream’ releases in 2001 and 2004 ( Elvis On Tour – The Rehearsals and Sunset Boulevard , respectively).

CD 6 is all completely unreleased and offers more of the 31 March rehearsals at RCA and includes unreleased takes on Kris Kristofferson’s ‘For The Good Times’. In total, this Elvis On Tour box set features a total of 145 audio tracks, 91 of which are previously unreleased .

The documentary on the blu-ray exists because filmmakers Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel went on the road with Elvis Presley to chronicle this tour. As well as the on-stage performances, the film includes backstage footage, with the original press release boasting that Elvis On Tour offered “the first intimate look at the enigmatic country boy who became the world’s most celebrated musician”. The MGM film would go on to win ‘Best Documentary Film’ at the 30th Golden Globes Awards, in 1973. This was released on VHS/Laserdisc in the early 1980s and was issued by Warner Home Video in 2010 on DVD and blu-ray.

The Elvis On Tour box set will be released on 27 January 2023 (was 2 December 2022) via RCA/Legacy Recordings

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Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:20
See See Rider 3:12
I Got A Woman / Amen 2:59
Never Been To Spain 3:34
You Gave Me A Mountain 3:14
Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:30
Polk Salad Annie 3:03
Love Me 1:38
All Shook Up 1:06
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 2:11
Are You Lonesome Tonight? 2:42
I Can’t Stop Loving You 2:26
Hound Dog 1:29
Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:08
Suspicious Minds 5:19
For The Good Times 3:08
Introductions 1:29
American Trilogy 4:54
Love Me Tender 2:41
A Big Hunk O’ Love 2:05
How Great Thou Art 2:54
Sweet, Sweet Spirit 2:46
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 2:11
Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:42
Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:17
See See Rider 3:00
Proud Mary 2:44
Never Been To Spain 3:37
Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:32
Polk Salad Annie 2:51
Love Me 2:00
All Shook Up 1:01
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 1:49
Heartbreak Hotel 2:05
Hound Dog 1:21
Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:12
Love Me Tender 1:43
It’s Over 2:18
Suspicious Minds 4:47
Introductions 1:59
For The Good Times 3:06
I Can’t Stop Loving You 2:24
American Trilogy 4:17
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 2:41
Funny How Time Slips Away 2:41
Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:41
Closing Vamp 1:50
Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:14
See See Rider 3:09
You Gave Me A Mountain 3:15
Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:37
Polk Salad Annie 3:15
Love Me 1:36
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 2:27
Hound Dog 1:31
Heartbreak Hotel 1:50
A Big Hunk O’ Love 2:00
Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:14
Suspicious Minds 4:46
Love Me Tender 1:38
Introductions 1:23
For The Good Times 3:05
American Trilogy 4:45
Burning Love 2:46
Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 3:04
Funny How Time Slips Away 2:50
Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:40
Closing Vamp 1:49
Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:20
See See Rider 2:52
Proud Mary 2:32
Never Been To Spain 3:36
You Gave Me A Mountain 3:13
Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:29
Polk Salad Annie 3:05
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 1:46
Heartbreak Hotel 1:45
Hound Dog 1:25
I Can’t Stop Loving You 2:28
Love Me Tender 1:39
Suspicious Minds 4:21
Introductions 1:17
For The Good Times 3:23
Burning Love 2:02
American Trilogy 4:44
Funny How Time Slips Away 3:09
Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:46
Closing Vamp 1:22
Burning Love (incomplete) 2:14
Burning Love 3:34
Burning Love 3:36
For The Good Times (incomplete) 1:12
For The Good Times (incomplete) 3:00
For The Good Times 4:39
For The Good Times 4:03
For The Good Times 4:34
El Paso (fragment) 0:52
For The Good Times (incomplete) 3:04
For The Good Times 3:29
Johnny B. Goode 4:56
Always On My Mind (incomplete) 1:46
Always On My Mind (incomplete) 2:15
Always On My Mind 4:25
Separate Ways 3:26
Separate Ways 4:34
Proud Mary 2:52
Never Been To Spain 3:57
You Gave Me A Mountain (incomplete) 1:21
Until It’s Time For Me To Go 3:59
Love Me 2:37
All Shook Up 1:12
Heartbreak Hotel 2:13
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 1:57
Hound Dog 1:26
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:27
A Big Hunk O’Love 2:09
A Big Hunk O’Love 2:30
See See Rider 3:03
For The Good Times 3:22
For The Good Times (incomplete) 1:30
For The Good Times 3:37
Funny How Time Slips Away 3:41
Burning Love 6:11
Help Me Make It Through The Night 2:57
Can’t Help Falling In Love 2:08
Young And Beautiful 3:16
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 2:28
Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 2:38
See See Rider 2:31
Proud Mary 2:45
Never Been To Spain 3:46
I, John 2:22
Bosom Of Abraham 0:53
You Better Run 2:06
Lead Me, Guide Me 2:39
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus/Nearer My God To Thee 3:59
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Elvis On Tour 6 CD + 1 Blu-ray box set | January Release

RCA/Legacy Recordings Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's monumental 1972 concert trek with Release of Comprehensive Elvis On Tour Box Set January 2023.

Seven-Disc Set Includes Unreleased Recordings from Three Elvis Concerts plus San Antonio Concert Remixed, Pre-Tour Rehearsals and Complete Golden Globe Winning MGM Film on Blu-ray

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Fans can get their first taste of Elvis On Tour when the previously unreleased 'Burning Love (Rehearsal 2),' recorded live at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood in March 1972.

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A seven-disc set, with the audio selections available in digital and physical configurations, the Elvis On Tour box set includes six audio discs (premiering previously unreleased Elvis concert performances and studio rehearsals) and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's Blu-ray edition of the MGM Film, 'Elvis On Tour,' winner of Best Documentary Film at the 30th Golden Globes Awards in 1973 and the last feature film starring Elvis Presley to be released during the artist's lifetime.

RCA/Legacy's Elvis On Tour box set is produced by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen and mixed by Grammy Award®-winning Memphis-based producer Matt Ross-Spang. The original recordings were made by Felton Jarvis and Al Pachucki.

Disc 1 was recorded live on April 9, 1972, at Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia, and contains all previously unreleased material.

Disc 2 was recorded live on April 10, 1972, at Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia, and contains all previously unreleased material.

Disc 3 was recorded live on April 14, 1972, at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina, and contains all previously unreleased material.

Disc 4 was recorded live on April 18, 1972, at Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Texas, and includes previously released material (from 2003's Elvis: Close-Up box set), remixed for this release.

Disc 5 features the tour rehearsals, recorded live at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, on March 30 and 31, 1972. The disc is comprised primarily of previously unreleased tracks in addition to performances previously available on the official Elvis Presley collector's releases Elvis On Tour – The Rehearsals ( Follow That Dream CD 2004) and 6363 Sunset Boulevard (Follow That Dream CD 2001) as well as The Great Performances (RCA 1990).

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Disc 6 completes Elvis' rehearsals with his band at RCA Recordings Studios with performances recorded March 31, 1972. The disc includes previously unreleased takes on Kris Kristofferson's 'For The Good Times' as well as performances previously available only on 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Elvis On Tour – The Rehearsals and Amazing Grace (RCA 2CD 1994).

As Elvis Presley's national tour played to sold-out secondary markets across the country in 1972, Elvis was enjoying himself on-stage and finding electrifying new ways of connecting to audiences at every show. Working with a band and set lists of his choosing, Elvis was channeling the music he loved most–from pop and gospel and traditional country to blues and rock and contemporary hits–while transforming his own greatest hits with fresh arrangements, turning nostalgia into an unforgettable concert experience packed with immediacy.

Award-winning filmmakers Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel (Mad Dogs & Englishmen) went on the road with Elvis Presley and his band with all-access passes, cameras and crew to chronicle the King of Rock & Roll at his on-stage peak in MGM's Elvis On Tour documentary film. The film captures Elvis, the human being driving the myth, behind-the-scenes backstage with his eyes open and his defenses down. According to MGM's original press release, the Elvis On Tour film 'offers the first intimate look at the enigmatic country boy who became the world's most celebrated musician'. Both documentary and concert film, Elvis On Tourfeatures montage sequences supervised by Martin Scorsese. The film was released on November 1, 1972.

The Elvis On Tour box set includes fascinating behind-the-scenes liner notes by Jerry Schilling, a longtime personal friend and member of Elvis' inner circle.

The set also features an illuminating essay by rock historian/musician Warren Zanes, founding member of The Del Fuegos and Professor at New York University. According to Zanes: 'The set lists and the performances of the Elvis On Tour period bring a rare thing: a fifties legend working in the early seventies who was still taking his audiences to new places….The core band, including Ronnie Tutt, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, Jerry Scheff, John Wilkinson, Charlie Hodge, the Sweet Inspirations, J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, and an orchestra led by Joe Guercio, had gotten to a place at which Elvis could inject spontaneity, allowing the arena shows to have a measure of the unexpected…. 1972 was a year of one-hundred-sixty-five performances. In Jorgensen's words, it was a 'climax of his career'. While the '68 Comeback Special marked the significant point at which Presley returned to live performance, 1972 was the year in which the artist revealed most completely what he wanted to do with the creative energy such a return kicked off.'

A definitive portrait of the artist in 1972, the Elvis On Tour box set arrives in the wake of the release of Warner Bros. Pictures' epic big-screen drama, ELVIS, from filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, starring Austin Butler in the title role and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis' longtime manager and technical advisor.

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The RCA/Legacy Elvis On Tour box set includes the songs:

See See Rider • I Got A Woman / Amen • Never Been To Spain • You Gave Me A Mountain • Until It's Time For You To Go • Polk Salad Annie • Love Me • All Shook Up • (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel • Are You Lonesome Tonight? • I Can't Stop Loving You • Hound Dog •Bridge Over Troubled Water • Suspicious Minds • For The Good Times • An American Trilogy • Love Me Tender • A Big Hunk O' Love • How Great Thou Art • Sweet, Sweet Spirit (Performed by The Stamps) • Lawdy, Miss Clawdy • Can't Help Falling In Love • Proud Mary •Heartbreak Hotel • It's Over • Funny How Time Slips Away • Burning Love • Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) • Johnny B. Goode • Always On My Mind • Separate Ways • The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face • Help Me Make It Through The Night • Young And Beautiful • I, John • Bosom Of Abraham • You Better Run • Lead Me, Guide Me • Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus / Nearer My God To Thee

1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:20 2. See See Rider 3:12 3. I Got A Woman / Amen 2:59 4. Never Been To Spain 3:34 5. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:14 6. Until It's Time For You To Go 2:30 7. Polk Salad Annie 3:03 8. Love Me 1:38 9. All Shook Up 1:06 10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel 2:11 11. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 2:42 12. I Can't Stop Loving You 2:26 13. Hound Dog 1:29 14. Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:08 15. Suspicious Minds 5:19 16. For The Good Times 3:08 17. Introductions 1:29 18. American Trilogy 4:54 19. Love Me Tender 2:41 20. A Big Hunk O' Love 2:05 21. How Great Thou Art 2:54 22. Sweet, Sweet Spirit 2:46 23. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 2:11 24. Can't Help Falling In Love 1:42 25. Closing Vamp 1:46

1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:17 2. See See Rider 3:00 3. Proud Mary 2:44 4. Never Been To Spain 3:37 5. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:14 6. Until It's Time For You To Go 2:32 7. Polk Salad Annie 2:51 8. Love Me 2:00 9. All Shook Up 1:01 10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel 1:49 11. Heartbreak Hotel 2:05 12. Hound Dog 1:21 13. Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:12 14. Love Me Tender 1:43 15. It's Over 2:18 16. Suspicious Minds 4:47 17. Introductions 1:59 18. For The Good Times 3:06 19. I Can't Stop Loving You 2:24 20. American Trilogy 4:17 21. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 2:41 22. Funny How Time Slips Away 2:41 23. Can't Help Falling In Love 1:41 24. Closing Vamp 1:50

1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:14 2. See See Rider 3:09 3. Proud Mary 2:44 4. Never Been To Spain 3:37 5. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:15 6. Until It's Time For You To Go 2:37 7. Polk Salad Annie 3:15 8. Love Me 1:36 9. All Shook Up 1:01 10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel 2:27 11. Hound Dog 1:31 12. Heartbreak Hotel 1:50 13. A Big Hunk O' Love 2:00 14. Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:14 15. Suspicious Minds 4:46 16. Love Me Tender 1:38 17. Introductions 1:23 18. For The Good Times 3:05 19. American Trilogy 4:45 20. Burning Love 2:46 21. Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 3:04 22. Funny How Time Slips Away 2:50 23. Can't Help Falling In Love 1:40 24. Closing Vamp 1:49

1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:20 2. See See Rider2:52 3. Proud Mary 2:32 4. Never Been To Spain 3:36 5. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:13 6. Until It's Time For You To Go 2:29 7. Polk Salad Annie 3:05 8. Love Me 1:38 9. All Shook Up 1:01 10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel 1:46 11. Heartbreak Hotel 1:45 12. Hound Dog 1:25 13. How Great Thou Art 2:54 14. I Can't Stop Loving You 2:28 15. Love Me Tender 1:39 16. Suspicious Minds 4:21 17. Introductions 1:17 18. For The Good Times 3:23 19. Burning Love 2:02 20. American Trilogy 4:44 21. Funny How Time Slips Away 3:09 22. 22 Can't Help Falling In Love 1:46 23. Closing Vamp 1:22

1. Burning Love (incomplete) 2:14 2. Burning Love 3:34 3. Burning Love 3:36 4. For The Good Times (incomplete) 1:12 5. For The Good Times (incomplete) 3:00 6. For The Good Times 4:39 7. For The Good Times 4:03 8. For The Good Times 4:34 9. El Paso (fragment) 0:52 10. For The Good Times (incomplete) 3:04 11. For The Good Times 3:29 12. Johnny B. Goode 4:56 13. Always On My Mind (incomplete) 1:46 14. Always On My Mind (incomplete) 2:15 15. Always On My Mind 4:25 16. Separate Ways 3:26 17. Separate Ways 4:34 18. Proud Mary 2:52 19. Never Been To Spain 3:57 20. You Gave Me A Mountain (incomplete) 1:21 21. Until It's Time For Me To Go 3:59 22. Polk Salad Annie 2:51 23. Love Me 2:37

1. All Shook Up 1:12 2. Heartbreak Hotel 2:13 3. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel 1:57 4. Hound Dog 1:26 5. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:27 6. A Big Hunk O'Love 2:09 7. A Big Hunk O'Love 2:30 8. See See Rider 3:03 9. For The Good Times 3:22 10. For The Good Times (incomplete) 1:30 11. For The Good Times 3:37 12. Funny How Time Slips Away 3:41 13. Burning Love 6:11 14. Help Me Make It Through The Night 2:57 15. Can't Help Falling In Love 2:08 16. Young And Beautiful 3:16 17. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 2:28 18. Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 2:38 19. See See Rider 2:31 20. Proud Mary 2:45 21. Never Been To Spain 3:46 22. I, John 2:22 23. Bosom Of Abraham 0:53 24. You Better Run 2:06 25. Lead Me, Guide Me 2:39 26. Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus/Nearer My God To Thee 3:59

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Music & Film Reviews: ‘Elvis on Tour,’ plus a Moon Mullican Tribute and JD Clayton

Elvis Presley ’s precipitous decline, which led to his death in August 1977, appears to have begun about four years earlier. He did perform a hugely popular TV special in January of 1973 ( Aloha from Hawaii ), but that’s the year when his divorce was finalized, the hit singles stopped coming, his drug use was rising, and his health was sinking.

A new seven-disc, 145-track box set that shares that film’s title offers a closer look at the concert series. A follow-up to 2019’s gargantuan Elvis Live 1969 , it features four complete April 1972 shows, three of which are previously unreleased. (The fourth, which has been remixed for this box, also appeared in a 2003 collection.) The anthology, which includes a 32-page booklet with essays and photos, also incorporates two discs’ worth of material from Presley’s rehearsal sessions for the tour.

The documentary—which is well-done, aside from the overuse of split screens—shows Presley enjoying himself and mostly performing well, though at times he appears to be just going through the motions. He seems particularly engrossed with the music when he’s offstage and singing just for fun—during which times he largely sticks to gospel material. (In fact, he won a Grammy in 1972 for a gospel album called He Touched Me .)

Presley deemphasizes his hit singles in these concerts, preferring to concentrate more on an ostensible attempt to update his image with covers of material by songwriters such as Paul Simon (“Bridge Over Troubled Water”), Mickey Newbury (“An American Trilogy”), Buffy Sainte-Marie (“Until It’s Time for You to Go”), and Kris Kristofferson (“For the Good Times”).

He does run through some of his early hits, but any concertgoer who made a brief trip to the lobby for popcorn might have missed most of them. In the Hampton, Virginia show that fills the first disc of this box, for example, he features “Love Me,” “All Shook Up,” “(Let Me Be) Your Teddy Bear,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Are You Lonesome Tonight?,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Hound Dog,” “Love Me Tender,” “A Big Hunk of Love,” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”—10 songs in a combined total of less than 18 minutes.

More recent chart successes also garner little attention. Though Presley didn’t capture top positions on the Billboard singles charts nearly as often in the late 60s and early 70s as he did in earlier years, he did score some big hits during this period: “Crying in the Chapel” (No. 3 in 1965), “Suspicious Minds,” “In the Ghetto,” and “Don’t Cry, Daddy” (No. 1, 3, and 6, respectively, in 1969), “The Wonder of You,” “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” and “Kentucky Rain” (No. 9, 11, and 16, respectively, in 1970), and the aforementioned “Burning Love” (No. 2 in 1972). The shows in this box set, though, include only two of these eight songs: “Suspicious Minds” and “Burning Love,” the latter an Arthur Alexander cover that Presley’s label released about four months after the tour.

Even casual fans will likely find the film absorbing. The backstage material gives a good sense of what life on the road was like for Presley in 1972, and on many of the songs, his voice remains powerful, and his stage presence is still strong. The two discs of rehearsal material, which include candid moments and some songs that did not make it into the shows, are particularly interesting. That said, it would be difficult to argue that Presley’s glitzy, Las Vegas–styled, big-band act ever equals the electrifying nature of his 1950s and early 1960s work on Sun and RCA—or even the best parts of his famous 1969 TV “comeback special.”

Unless you’re an Elvis completist, moreover, you’ll likely find too much redundancy in these concert recordings, especially if you already own the Madison Square Garden release. Unlike, say, Bob Dylan, Presley rarely varied either his setlists or his approach to particular tunes. So, what we have here, at least on discs one through four, is mostly just four indistinguishable renditions of each of a couple dozen songs. In fact, some of these numbers also appear on the rehearsal recordings, so Elvis on Tour includes, for example, five performances each of “Polk Salad Annie,” six of “See See Rider,” and a whopping 14 of “For the Good Times.” It’s probably safe to say that for most listeners, the good times will be over by the third or fourth version.

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Various Artists, Moon and the Stars: A Tribute to Moon Mullican . Many people will undoubtedly be surprised to learn that this is not the first or even second tribute album devoted to Moon Mullican (1909–1967). A distinctive country singer and piano player who incorporated elements of honky-tonk, Western swing, and even polka, he was also a notable songwriter who reportedly co-authored “Jambalaya” with Hank Williams. For whatever reason, though, he is not well known today.

As journalist Ben Sandmel says in his liner notes, however, “if you haven’t heard of Moon Mullican, you’ve either heard his music or felt his influence.” And he has lots of fans among musicians, including Johnny Nicholas, the former frontman for Asleep at the Wheel, a group that once recorded Mullican’s “Cherokee Boogie.” Nicholas co-produced the terrific Moon and the Stars , which is available on two LPs or one CD. It features a versatile instrumental ensemble and an eclectic mix of veteran and young artists taking turns on lead vocals.

The album offers 20 numbers associated with Mullican, including nine that he wrote or co-wrote. Nicholas takes center stage on six songs, among them “You Don’t Have to Be a Baby to Cry,” which was first recorded by Mullican in 1950 and became a pop hit for the Caravelles 13 years later. Also here is “I’ll Sail My Ship Alone,” sung by Linda Gail Lewis, whose brother Jerry Lee recorded the number in 1973. (According to Peter Guralnick’s biography of Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, Mullican was “one of the few piano players Jerry ever acknowledged as an influence.”)

Among other standouts on this release: “Good Times Gonna Roll Again,” featuring blues pianist and singer Marcia Ball; “I’m Waiting for Ships That Never Come In” and “Downstream,” both spotlighting the great Peter Rowan”; “Pipeliner Blues,” with Sir Douglas Quintet cofounder Augie Meyers; and “Leaving You with a Worried Mind,” which profits from spirited vocals by Emily Gimble, granddaughter of famed Western swing fiddler Johnny Gimble.

JD Clayton , Long Way from Home . This is the debut full-length album from Arkansas native JD Clayton, a country rocker whose best work recalls artists like Guy Clark and John Prine.

The folksy 10-track CD—which incorporates all four selections from a 2022 EP—includes a back-to-back pair of amiable love songs (“Beauty Queen” and “Goldmine”) as well as a sweet, banjo-spiced number called “Sleepy Night in Nashville” in which Clayton sings, “You just go ahead and shut those eyes / There’s gonna be some rain and a little thunder / Come morning time, the sun is gonna shine.” In the excellent title track, he addresses his mother and talks about chasing his musician-world dreams while “Different Kind of Simple Life” finds him ostensibly trying to reconcile those dreams with his roots and new role as a husband and father.

Not everything here impresses. “American Millionaire,” for example, feels like filler, as does a cover of the traditional “Midnight Special” that adds nothing to the Creedence Clearwater version it appears to emulate. But much of this album marks Clayton as an artist with considerable potential.

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Inside Jimmy Buffett’s Tribute Concert: McCartney, Margaritas, and One Hell of a Parrothead Party

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“Good evening, Hollywood-fucking-Bowl!” Paul McCartney exclaimed to the flock of Parrotheads gathered before him. A sold-out crowd had assembled in the famed Los Angeles venue on Thursday to celebrate the legacy of Jimmy Buffett at “Keep the Party Going,” a laid-back, one-night-only tribute show full of eclectic guests.

“I had the great pleasure of knowing Jimmy , and like everyone else on the bill tonight, I said, ‘This is one great man.’ He was generous. He was funny. He’d done just about everything in his life,” McCartney said, before launching into “Let It Be .” It was a song that McCartney said he’d played for Buffett at his home during the final week of his life. Buffett died in Sept. 1, 2023, at 76 after a battle with Merkel cell skin cancer.

Along with the stacked musical lineup, “Keep the Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett” featured introductions — some via video, some in person — from Dolly Parton, James Taylor, Woody Harrelson, Pat Riley, and Dave Matthews. Harrison Ford was there in the flesh.

“There is no other way to say it: There will never be another like Jimmy,” Ford told the crowd, before introducing the Zac Brown Band as “one of Jimmy’s favorite and most-frequent collaborators.” The group jammed through the new track “Pirates & Parrots,” out April 19, and their collab with Buffett “Knee Deep,” with Brown literally taking off his pants to play the song in shorts and a tee backed by Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band.

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“Jimmy enjoyed living life more than any person enjoyed living life,” the country star said. “I can remember we were hiking one day and we were heading up this vista and we started talking about music and songwriting and our careers and his life and my life, and death. And, ‘You know, Eric,’ [Jimmy] said, ‘Guys like us, we don’t really die.’ He said, ‘because the songs live forever.'”

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In the latter half, the set list shifted to songs that Buffett wasn’t exactly known for: Snoop Dogg took the stage for a performance of “Gin and Juice,” alongside psychedelic visuals of Buffett in the 2019 Matthew McConaughey film The Beach Bum . And Pitbull appeared to perform his own “Don’t Stop the Party” before being joined by Jon Bon Jovi for “Thank God & Jimmy Buffett.”

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“DCD Rights has a long history in representing music content thanks to our founder Nicky Davies Williams’ background in the music industry. We’ve worked with a variety of artists and formats as the requirements of our buyers have evolved over recent years. There is certainly a strong appetite for concerts, both classic and new, from buyers and the music documentary has seen a big resurgence in recent years,” Anderson shared.

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'Elvis On Tour' Deluxe Edition- EIN Indepth Review
In-Depth review by Piers Beagley. 'Elvis On Tour' is a 6CD + 1 Blu-Ray box set comprised of the audio from four of the shows (and two rehearsals) that were part of Elvis' 1972 North American tour. Originally recorded for the Elvis On Tour concert film that was released later that year, the set features a total of 145 tracks, including 91 ...
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When Elvis on Tour hit the big screen in 1972, Elvis Presley was no longer the frequent cinema fixture of the 1960s, when he would crank out two or even three motion pictures a year. His last movie appearance was the 1970 documentary Elvis: That's the Way It Is, chronicling the Elvis Summer Festival of 1970 at Las Vegas' International Hotel. Elvis on Tour painted with an even larger canvas.
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Elvis Presley Elvis On Tour RCA/Sony From January 1972 through to November 1972, Elvis Presley performed 96 concerts in 15 cities, which included his famous and quite frankly, triumphant shows at Madison Square Garden. Several of the shows were recorded and filmed. The film Elvis On Tour, which featured segments supervised by Martin Scorsese, debuted […]
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By Gillian G. Gaar. The new Elvis On Tour (RCA/Legacy) set marks the first time all four concerts filmed for the documentary have been officially released on audio (the San Antonio show was previously released on the Elvis: Close Up box set). The set lists of the shows are largely the same, with the April 9 show in Hampton Roads, Virginia, being the liveliest.
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'Elvis On Tour' directors and members of Elvis' backing band tell about the experience — with the film now reissued as an expanded edition in a Blu-ray/CD set. Visit the Goldmine store — it is a music collector's one-stop shop of vinyl, CDs, box sets, collectibles, collecting supplies, audio equipment, music history books and Goldmine-only ...
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This edition, which replaced the original opening of "Johnny B. Goode" with "Don't Be Cruel," was released to DVD and Blu-ray and is included on Legacy's upcoming box set. The first CD was recorded on April 9, 1972, at Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia. The second CD was captured on April 10, at Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia ...
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The Elvis On Tour box was produced by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen and mixed by Grammy -winning Memphis producer Matt Ross-Spang. The original recordings were made by Felton Jarvis and Al Pachucki. Disc 1 was recorded live on April 9, 1972, at Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, Va., and contains all previously unreleased material.
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This 'Elvis On Tour' Deluxe | 9 CD | Hardcover Book boxset set contains 4 concerts, 'Hampton Roads', 'Virginia' (Richmond), 'Virginia' (Greensboro), and 'San Antonio' on 4 CDs, plus 4 CDs of rehearsals and 1 CD of interviews with Elvis. The concerts, with one exception ('Hampton Roads'), are Stereo. And the rehearsals, again, with one exception ('Buffalo'), are Stereo.
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CD 6 is all completely unreleased and offers more of the 31 March rehearsals at RCA and includes unreleased takes on Kris Kristofferson's 'For The Good Times'. In total, this Elvis On Tour box set features a total of 145 audio tracks, 91 of which are previously unreleased.. The documentary on the blu-ray exists because filmmakers Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel went on the road with Elvis ...
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All Elvis Fans Must Have This CD !!!!! Sound quality and mix are excellent and the CD with 19 songs runs 51 minutes. As a long-time Elvis fan, I've found this CD to be one of my all-time favorites. Full of rehearsals recorded during the making of the 'Elvis On Tour' documentary, it contains optimum versions of many of his circa-1972 songs.
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Editorial Reviews. Elvis On Tour is a 6 CD + 1 Blu-ray box set comprised of the audio from four of the shows (and two rehearsal)s that were part of Elvis' 1972 North American tour. Originally recorded for the Elvis On Tour concert film that was released later that year, the set features a total of 145 tracks, including 91 tracks that have ...
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RCA/Legacy's Elvis On Tour box set is produced by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen and mixed by Grammy Award®-winning Memphis-based producer Matt Ross-Spang. The original recordings were made by Felton Jarvis and Al Pachucki. Disc 1 was recorded live on April 9, 1972, at Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia, and contains all previously unreleased ...
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CD 6 was so jammed in, there was glue on the edge of the disc which annoyingly caused scratches when trying to clean up. ... It's great to have together the concerts that were recorded for the Elvis On Tour film, as well as quite a lot of rehearsal material too. You hear Elvis trying out 'Burning Love' on an audience for the first time ...
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Elvis On Tour celebrates the 50th anniversary of Elvis' monumental 1972 concert trek. The 6 CD + 1 Blu-ray box set is comprised of audio from four of the shows and two rehearsals that were part of Elvis' 1972 North American tour. Originally recorded for the Elvis On Tour concert film that was released later that year, the set features a total of 145 tracks, including 91 tracks that have been ...
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