Monday, April 19, 2021

April 19 - Love Me Tender In Las Vegas

The Follow That Dream collector's label announced the May 2021 releases.  

As part of its ongoing live on tour series the label will release 'Elvis: Las Vegas 1973', a double CD featuring the August 20th Midnight Show performance and the September 2nd Afternoon Show, both recorded at the Las Vegas Hilton. These shows come housed in the standard 5-inch digi-pack format. 

Disc 1 – August 20, 1973 (midnight show)

Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra - See See Rider - I Got A Woman / Amen - Love Me - Steamroller Blues - You Gave Me A Mountain - Trouble - Blue Suede Shoes - Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On / Mama Don’t Dance / Flip, Flop And Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound Dog - Love Me Tender - Fever - What Now My Love - Suspicious Minds - Introductions By Elvis - My Boy - Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) - American Trilogy - Mystery Train / Tiger Man - Help Me Make It Through The Night - How Great Thou Art - Can’t Help Falling In Love

Disc 2 – September 2, 1973 (3AM show):

Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra - See See Rider - I Got A Woman / Amen - Love Me - Steamroller Blues - You Gave Me A Mountain - Trouble - Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On / Mama Don’t Dance / Flip, Flop And Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound Dog - Love Me Tender - Fever - What Now My Love - Suspicious Minds - Introductions By Elvis - Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) - American Trilogy - Mystery Train / Tiger Man - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - How Great Thou Art - Can’t Help Falling In Love

The label will also release 'Love Me Tender - Through The Lens of Robert Vose'. A new book / CD project by Pål Granlund and David English. The authors visited the 20th Century-Fox Studios archive several years ago, which proved to be an amazing experience. These stunning photographs captured by Robert Vose - the majority of them unseen and unpublished since September 1956 - reveal life on the movie set with Director Robert D. Webb, his cast and crew. 

Accompanying the book are two CD’s: Disc 1: The original EP, Outtakes, Stereo Masters and The Truth About Me interview. Disc 2: The 13 recordings made at Radio Recorders between September 1-3, 1956. 

Happy Birthday

Estelle Brown, former member of the Sweet Inspiration, celebrated her 78th birthday, congratulations!

(Source: FTD / FECC / UEPS)