October 01 - Stronger Than Vinyl

The release "Stronger Than Pride" from the new VV import label was released. 

From the press-release:
Stronger than Pride, that is the first release of the new label “VV”, after 40 years….. if we look closely at the first Vegas act of 1972, in spite his personal problems or thanks to these we can see that Elvis concentrates on the music to produce great shows. The in-between song chat and banter have gone and each number is delivered promptly without even a pause for applause. The 'new' songs introduced do reflect the mood of the man and for sure the rocking days are over but the rendition of the early seventies repertoire is solid and sung with great ability. The Elvis show is short, 45-50 minutes and is basic with little variation in the tracklisting, this theme is continued throughout, always including the new repertoire. Here We present Elvis to the end of the season the closing night the afternoon show.

There are no surprises in the tracklisting but the show is extremely solid and good, almost supernatural if we consider, it comes after one month of daily routine. The sound is good and powerful it comes directly from the original tape, the mix is rough giving us the possibility to listen very clear all the band in action. This vinyl pressing include a bonus cd, where you have the possibility to listen the same concert + the six “news” songs from the opening night in this way you can compare too the evolution of Elvis’ performing during the season. The LP 140 vinyl gram is a limited edition hand numbered 500 copies . It comes with an inside high quality glossy paper booklet of four LP sized. We hope you can enjoy this our first product in the way to give life to more of his kind in next future.

LP February 23 DS unreleased live audience recording 
Running time  45,00 Minutes 
Side A 
01.2001 Theme 02.C C Rider 03.Proud Mary 04.Never Been To Spain 05.You Gave Me A Mountain 06.Until It’s Time For You To Go 07.Polk Salad Annie 08.Love Me 09.All Shook Up 
Side B 
01.Teddy Bear /Don’t Be Cruel 02.Hound Dog 03.A Big Hunk O’ Love 04.Help Me Make It Through The Night 05.Suspicious Minds 06.Band Introductions 07.An American Trilogy 08.Can’t Help Falling In Love 09.Closing Vamp

Bonus CD running time 73 Minutes 
01.2001 Theme 02.C C Rider 03.Proud Mary 04.Never Been To Spain 05.You Gave Me A Mountain 06.Until It’s Time For You To Go 07.Polk Salad Annie 08.Love Me 09.All Shook Up 10.Teddy Bear /Don’t Be Cruel 11.Hound Dog 12.A Big Hunk O’ Love 13.Help Me Make It Through The Night 14.Suspicious Minds 15.Band Introductions 16.An American Trilogy 17.Can’t Help Falling In Love 18.Closing Vamp 19*.Never Been To Spain 20*.You Gave Me A Mountain 21*.Until It’s Time For You To Go 22*.A Big Hunk O’ Love 23*.An American Trilogy 24*.I’ll Remember You 25+.It’s Impossible 26+.The Impossible Dream 27°.It’s Over *January 26 opening night + February 16ms°February 17 ds
Tracks previously released soundboard recording.

(Source: FECC)