On Facebook, Marty Lacker posted this reply:
"Joe Espositio as the King's Best Friend? He's gonna have to fight Klein and Schilling for that role. If Elvis had a Best Friend it was Billy Smith. The Best Friend claim by all three is self claimed, neither Elvis nor the rest of us thought so.
Such A Night
Due for release from the RedeMptioN import label is the 4 CD set "Such A Night - The Definitive Live Rarities Collection". It is packed in an 8 panel deluxe longbox.
Tracks: Disc 1: The Soundboard Recordings:
01. Loving You 23-08-69, 02. Memories 23-08-69, 03. Baby What You want me to do 24-08-69, 04. Runaway 24-08-69, 05. Yesterday-Hey Jude 24-08-69, 06. My Babe 25-08-69, 07. Rubberneckin’ 26-08-69, 08. This Is The story 26-08-69, 09. True love travels on a gravel road 26-01-70, 10. Let it be me 15-02-70, 11. Walk a mile in my shoes 19-02-70, 12. Don’t cry daddy 23-02-70, 13. Kentucky rain 23-02-70, 14. Patch it up 10-08-70, 15. The next step is love 10-08-70, 16. Words 10-08-70, 17. Twenty days and twenty nights 12-08-70, 18. US Male / I was the one 12-08-70, 19. Stranger in the crowd 13-08-70, 20. Make the world go away 27-01-71, 21. Only believe 27-01-71, 22. There goes my everything 27-01-71, 23. The impossible dream 29-01-71, 24. Snowbird 29-01-71, 25. Something 23-02-71, 26. It’s impossible 16-02-72, 27. I’m so lonesome I could cry 12-01-73
Disc 2: The Soundboard Recordings:
01. Welcome to my world 14-01-73, 02. Faded love 13-05-73, 03. Adios me tender 03-09-73, 04. Bridge over suspicious minds 03-09-73, 05. Guadalajara / trouble 03-09-73, 06. The most beautiful girl in the world 27-01-74, 07. My baby left me 28-01-74, 08. The first time ever I saw your face 01-02-74, 09. Spanish eyes 24-05-74, 10. I apologize 27-05-74, 11. Turn around, look at me 28-06-74, 12. When my blue moon / Blue Christmas 29-06-74, 13. Down in the alley 19-08-74, 14. Good times Charlie’s got the blues 19-08-74, 15. If you talk in your sleep 21-08-74, 16. Take these chains from my heart 21-08-74, 17. Bringing it back 02-09-74, 18. Allright ok you win 29-09-74, 19. Green green grass of home 22-03-75, 20. I’ll be there / You’re the reason I’m living 22-03-75, 21. Promised land 30-03-75, 22. My boy 25-04-75, 23. Happy birthday 04-05-75, 24. Jambalaya 04-05-75, 25. The eyes of Texas are upon you 04-06-75, 26. Wooden heart 13-12-75, 27. Just pretend 13-12-75, 28. Danny boy 01-06-76, 29. Return to sender 01-08-76, 30. Blueberry hill 13-02-77, 31. Unchained melody 16-02-77, 32. Where no one stands alone 16-02-77, 33. Moody blue 21-02-77, 34. Reconsider baby 21-02-77, 35. Bosom of Abraham 29-03-77, 36. You better run 29-03-77, 37. Trouble 03-05-77, 38. I really don’t want to know 21-06-77
Disc 3: The Audience Recordings
01. Kentucky rain 03-02-70, 02. Folsom prison blues – i walk the line 14-08-70, 03. Oh happy day 14-08-70, 04. You don’t know me 14-08-70, 05. Ave maria 19-08-70, 06. Memphis Tennessee 20-08-70, 07. More 20-08-70, 08. Sweet inspiration 20-08-70, 09. When the snow is on the roses 24-08-70, 10. San antonio rose 01-09-70, 11. I John 01-08-71, 12. I ain’t about to sing a song 12-08-71, 13. I need your loving everyday 14-08-71, 14. Rip it up 14-08-71, 15. His latest flame 03-09-71, 16. Faded love 15-02-73, 17. I’m so lonesome I could cry 15-02-73, 18. Memphis Tennessee 06-08-73, 19. Trouble – Raised on rock 06-08-73, 20. Tiger man (slow version) 11-08-73, 21. Crying time 12-08-73, 22. Trouble 12-08-73, 23. Amazing grace 14-08-73, 24. It’s a matter of time 25-08-73, 25. What a friend we have in jesus 28-08-73, 26. When my blue moon turns to gold again 09-02-74, 27. You can have her 11-05-74, 28. Roses are red 22-03-75, 29. Jingle bells 01-04-75, 30. Mickey Mouse march 01-04-75, 31. The great pretender 01-04-75, 32. You do something to me 01-04-75, 33. Ku-u-i-po 07-05-75, 34. Bossom of Abrahama you better run 19-07-75, 35. You’ll never walk alone 19-07-75, 36. Suzie Q 20-07-75, 37. Shake a hand 22-07-75, 38. Why me lord 22-07-75, 39. Turn around look at me 23-07-75, 40. Pieces of my life 24-07-75, 41. Return to sender 24-07-75, 42. Shake a hand 24-07-75, 43. Wooden heart 24-07-75, 44. Crying in the chapel 19-08-75, 45. Loving you 19-08-75
Disc 4: The Audience Recordings
01. Young and beautiful 19-08-75, 02. That’s all right – CC Rider 20-08-75, 03. When my blue moon turns to gold again 10-12-75, 04. Wooden heart 13-12-75, 05. Wooden heart (part only) 31-12-75, 06. Crying in the chapel 06-05-76, 07. Loving you 06-05-76, 08. Hawaiian Wedding Song 07-05-76, 09. Happy birthday 09-05-76, 10. Young and beautiful 09-05-76, 11. What now my love 04-12-76, 12. Such a night 12-12-76, 13. Auld lang syne 31-12-76, 14. Rags to riches 31-12-76, 15. Reconsider baby 31-12-76, 16. Rip it up 30-04-77, 17. I really don’t want to know 30-05-77, 18. I really don’t want to know 26-06-77 -
The Stage Rehearsals:
19. Any day now 02-08-72, 20. Portrait of my love 03-08-72, 21. True love travels on a gravel road 03-08-72, 22. Faded love 04-08-72, 23. True love travels on a gravel road 04-08-72, 24. I’m so lonesome I could cry 25-01-73, 25. Welcome to my world 25-01-73, 26. I’m leavin it up to you 25-01-73, 27. Faded love 25-01-73, 28. Seperate ways #1 25-01-73, 29. Seperate ways #2 25-01-73
The Bonus Songs:
30. Charlie Pride song 00-00-70, 31. When the swallow comes back 00-02-70, 32. We three 06-09-70, 33. Detroit city 11-09-70, 34. Wooden heart 03-09-71, 35. Faded love 01-07-73, 36. Faded love 07-08-73, 37. That’s amore 29-03-75, 38. Shake a hand 06-06-75, 39. Killing me softly 19-07-75, 40. Memphis Tennessee 22-07-75, 41. Auld lang syne 31-12-75
(Source: ElvisMatters / Globe / email)