Sunday, November 02, 2014

November 02 - Elvis, American Style Rhythm Revisited

The Gravel Road import-label announced two new release. "Elvis, Love American Style" and "Elvis, Vegas Rhythm Revisited" respectively containing performance from June 28, 1974 and February 3, 1973.

From the press-release - Elvis, Love American Style:
Directly from soundboard recordings Series no.1. June 28, 1974 Milwaukee at the Milwaukee Arena. Coming out soon is Gravelroad Music brand new - Deluxe 100+ pages book with Soundboard CD “Elvis, Love American Style” featuring the 28th June, 1974 concert. “On April 25, 1974, A Thursday, The journal ran a four paragraph story on page 15 of the first section under the headline, “Elvis To Be Here In June 28” A one head column shot of Elvis..” This was the only announcement, No Printed ads, No TV commercials. It was sold out!   2 months in advance 11,800 seats !!! Even today fans who heard the concert, say: “it one of the best shows ever of 1974”. All reviews on this show were raving, but it took almost 13 years to redo this hard to find and rare show justice and made available again to the fans.  The concert is now included with a beautiful deluxe hardcover book featuring amazing shots and stunning artwork!


It is time for the ultimate re-release of this special concert! This is “Elvis - Love American Style” a deluxe hardcover book with 100+ pages and many (80+) amazing beautiful page size photos of the show with the light blue “Phoenix” pattern jumpsuit, essential liner notes, background information and news reviews AND the concert is fully re-mastered audio. In crisp dynamic sound!  The audio is taken directly from the original soundboard tape transfers made in 2004. Every second was digitally restored from scratch to achieve optimal listening pleasure. Gravelroad Music’ “Elvis, Love American Style” is Limited to 550 copies worldwide, in the best possible artwork & audio!

Tracklisting: 01. See See Rider.02. I Got A Woman-Amen.03. Turn Around Look At Me (Excerpt).04. Love Me.05. Tryin’to Get To You.06. All Shoop Up.07. Love Me Tender.08. Hound Dog.09. Fever. 10.  Polk Salad Annie. 11. Why Me Lord.12. Suspicious Minds.13. Band Introductions.14. I Can’t Stop Loving You.15. Help Me.16. Bridge Over Troubled Water.17. Let Me Be There.18. Funny How Time Slips Away (with reprise).19. Big Boss Man. 20. Steamroller Blues.21. Can’t Help Falling In Love.


From the press-release - Elvis, Vegas Rhythm Revisited 
Directly from the Soundboard-recordings Series no.2. February 3rd, 1973 Las Vegas. Coming out soon is the second release from our new soundboard recordings series. Gravelroad Music brand new Deluxe 110+ pages book with Soundboard CD “Elvis, Vegas Rhythm Revisited" featuring the February 3rd, 1973 Dinner show. Plus on Multi Media DVD in full format 2 extra shows February 2nd, Midnight Show and February 3rd, 1973 Midnight Show and 45 Minutes 8 mm footage of the January/ February Vegas Season.


“We received many request to reprint of this fantastic CD, we never did… At the time not too many were printed. Why did we do it now?  Because we could seriously upgrade it! A deluxe full color hardcover book with 45+ minutes 8 mm Footage of January/ February 1973 and 3 soundboards fully re-mastered in amazing sound! And over 85+ amazing and rare photos many page size. Extended liner notes, a lot of background information about the CD in one package!! It is time for the ultimate re-release of this special concert! This is “Elvis – Vegas Rhythm Revisited” a deluxe hardcover book with 110+ pages and many (85+) amazing beautiful page size photos of the show, essential liner notes, background information and news. All in crisp dynamic sound! The being there feel is present with all 3 soundboards  Fully re-mastered in the way it should have been!  Some fans will revisited their opion to about these other shows, The Elvis show sounds simply fantastic! The audio is taken directly from original soundboard tape transfers and it shows…. Every second is digitally restored from scratch to achieve optimal listening pleasure. Ask your dealers for samples! If you liked Vegas Rhythm before, you're going to love the Vegas Rhythm Revisited ! Gravelroad Music’ “Elvis, Vegas Rhythm Revisited” is Limited to 550 copies worldwide, in the best possible artwork & audio!

Tracklisting; (Las Vegas Hilton February 2, 1973 Midnight Show); 01. Also Sprach Zarathustra 02. See See Rider 03. I Got A Woman – Amen 04. Until It’s Time To Go 05. Sweet Caroline 06. Steamroller Blues 07. You Gave Me A Mountain 08. Fever 09. Love Me 10. Blue Suede Shoes 11. Love Me Tender 12. Johnny B. Goode 13. Hound Dog 14. What Now My Love 15. Suspicious Minds 16. Band Introductions 17. I Can’t Stop Loving You 18. American Trilogy 19. Can’t Stop Falling In Love - Closing Vamp

(Las Vegas Hilton February 3, 1973 Dinner Show); 01. Also Sprach Zarathustra 02. See See Rider 03. I Got A Woman – Amen 04. Until It’s Time To Go 05. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me 06. Steamroller Blues 07. You Gave Me A Mountain 08. Fever 09. Love Me 10. Blue Suede Shoes 11. Love Me Tender 12. Johnny B. Goode 13. Hound Dog 14. What Now My Love 15. Suspicious Minds 16. Band Introductions 17. I’ll Remember You 18. I Can’t Stop Loving You 19. American Trilogy 20. Can’t Stop Falling In Love - Closing Vamp

(Las Vegas Hilton February 3, 1973 Midnight Show); 01. See See Rider 02. I Got A Woman – Amen 03. Until It’s Time To Go 04. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me 05. Steamroller Blues 06. You Gave Me A Mountain 07. Fever 08. Love Me 09. Blue Suede Shoes 10. Love Me Tender 11. Johnny B. Goode 12. Hound Dog 13. What Now My Love 14. Suspicious Minds 15. Band Introductions 16. I Can’t Stop Loving You 17. American Trilogy 18. Can’t Stop Falling In Love - Closing Vamp.

The CD "Love, American Style" was planned to be the title of the release of one of the Chicago 1976 shows back in 2010 until the FTD label released that show and the Gravel Road import-label decided to not release it.

(Source: FECC)