January 14 - Las Vegas Concert Series and More

The Elvis One (import) label announced the release of four live CDs in their ‘The Bootleg Series’ series and one single disc titled ‘Life - The Alternate Nashville Recordings 1970 / 1971’.  

From the press-release: Elvis One presents ‘The Concert Recordings’ a collection of 4 CDs containing soundboard live recordings, recorded at the International Hotel in Las Vegas between January and February 1971 with several additional bonus tracks.

The series includes all known recordings from January 26th (Opening Night), 27th (Midnight Show), 28th (Midnight Show), 29th (Dinner Show) and February 23rd (Closing Show).

These season's shows were quite short (due to hotel management) but Elvis is in an enjoyable mood. There are many highlights including great live recordings from 'Sweet Caroline', 'Make The World Go Away', 'Only Believe', 'Can't Help Falling In Love' (dedicated to Hal Wallis), 'The Impossible Dream', 'How Great Thou Art', 'Something', and many others including some false starts, one-liners and lyric changes.

'Also Sprach Zarathustra' is played for the very first time during this engagement and the first rendition of this magic opening theme is also presented on this set (Opening Night, January 26th) Bonus tracks are recordings from the January 28 Dinner Show, the complete Elvis’s Acceptance Speech of the Jaycees Award from January 16, 1971, and a telephone conversation from April 1971.

All recordings have been remastered for optimum sound quality and each CD contains a 16-page booklet with photos and recording information and all titles are limited to 500 copies each.

Las Vegas 1971 | Part One - February 23, 1971 | Closing Show

Also Sprach Zarathustra - That’s All Right - I Got A Woman / By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Excerpt) / I Got A Woman - Elvis Talks / I Walk The Line (Excerpt) - Love Me Tender (Excerpt) / Love Me - Mystery Train / Tiger Man - Sweet Caroline - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ - Polk Salad Annie - omething - Johnny B. Goode - How Great Thou Art - Don’t Be Cruel - Heartbreak Hotel - Blue Suede Shoes - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Little Sister / Get Back - Hound Dog - Suspicious Minds (First Part Only).

January 26, 1971 | Opening Show: Also Sprach Zarathustra - That’s All Right - Mystery Train / Tiger Man - Elvis Talks / I Walk The Line (Excerpt) - Love Me Tender - Johnny B. Goode - Band Introductions - The Wonder Of You - Elvis Introduces Hal Wallis - Can’t Help Falling In Love - Make The World Go Away - Something (With Encore).

Las Vegas 1971 | Part Two January 27, 1971 | Midnight Show

You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me - Elvis Talks / Love Me Tender - Elvis Talks - There Goes My Everything - Sweet Caroline - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ - Polk Salad Annie - Musical Intermezzo - Only Believe - How Great Thou Art - Band Introductions - Johnny B. Goode - The Wonder Of You - Something - Make The World Go Away - Elvis Talks / Love Me - One Night - Blue Suede Shoes (With 3 False Starts) - Hound Dog.

January 28, 1971 | Dinner Show: Release Me - It’s Now Or Never - Suspicious Minds - The Impossible Dream - Closing Vamp.

Las Vegas 1971 | Part Three - January 28 1971 | Midnight Show 

Also Sprach Zarathustra - That’s All Right - I Got A Woman - Elvis Talks - Love Me Tender - Elvis Talks - You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me - Sweet Caroline - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ - Polk Salad Annie - Band Introductions - Johnny B. Goode - Band Introductions - Something - Band Introductions / Something (Encore) - The Wonder Of You - Heartbreak Hotel - Blue Suede Shoes - Hound Dog - One Night - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Suspicious Minds - Coming Home Baby (Instrumental) - The Impossible Dream - Closing Vamp.

Memphis, Tn. Ellis Auditorium - January 16, 1971 | Jaycees Awards: Elvis’ Acceptance Speech of Jaycees Award.

Las Vegas 1971 | Part Four - February 29 1971 | Dinner Show 

Also Sprach Zarathustra - That’s All Right - I Got A Woman - Elvis Talks / Love Me Tender - You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me - Elvis Talks About The LA Show - Sweet Caroline - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ - Polk Salad Annie - Band Introductions - Johnny B. Goode - Band Introductions - Something - Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Talks / Blue Suede Shoes - Loving You (Excerpt) - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Hound Dog - Elvis Talks / Snowbird (With 2 False Starts) - Elvis Talks - The Impossible Dream - Closing Vamp.

Bonus - April 1971: Telephone Call From Denver, CO To Memphis, TN: Conversation With DEA Detective Ron Wentz.

Note: the content on these 4 CDs has previously been released on 'Showroom Internationale 71' (January 28, 1971 Midnight Show and February 23, 1971 Closing Show), 'All Things Are Possible' (January 27, 1971 Midnight Show), 'Snowbird' (January 29, 1971 Dinner show) and the Follow That Dream 1971 compilation 'The Impossible Dream' (Thanks to the Elvis information Network).

Life - The Alternate Nashville Recordings 1970 / 1971

A new label announced the CD 'Life - The Alternate Nashville Recordings 1970 / 1971'. Presented as an addition to the sensational 'From Elvis In Nashville' and 'Back In Nashville' albums as released by Sony Legacy. 

The CD is presented as a promo release with artwork is in the style of Elvis' 1971 single 'Only Believe / Life'. It contains 17 alternate takes and duets, including alternate recordings that were missing on official releases according to the publicity. Also included are 2 duet versions of 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face', one with Ginger Holladay and one with Temple Riser.

Stranger In The Crowd (Rehearsal / Alternate Take 7) - Life (Rehearsal / Take 1) - Heart Of Rome (Overdub Take 3) - Heart Of Rome (Overdub Work Part 1) - Cindy Cindy (Overdubbed Unedited Master) - Make The World Go Away (Overdub Work Part 1) - When I’m Over You (String Overdubs / Unedited Master) - Tomorrow Never Comes (Take 13 / Ending Only) - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Duet With Ginger Holladay) - Sylvia (Take 7) - Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off It (Additional Brass Overdubs / Unedited Master) - Life (Take 17) - Life (Take 18 & 19) - Mary In The Morning (Backup Vocal Overdub / Unedited Master) - It’s Your Baby You Rock It (Backup Vocal Overdub / Unedited Master) - I’ll Be Home On Christmas Day (Take 7) - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Duet With Temple Riser).

Note: Most tracks taken from the Venus "Unedited Masters" series  (Thanks to the Elvis information Network).

Elvis Country - Legacy Edition

Available on February 26, 2022 from the Music On CD label is a re-issue of Sony’s ‘Elvis Country - Legacy Edition’ which contains the original album plus 14 bonus tracks Including 8 B-sides

CD 1: Snowbird / Tomorrow Never Comes / Little Cabin On The Hill / Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On / Funny How Time Slips Away / I Really Don't Want To Know / There Goes My Everything / It's Your Baby, You Rock It / The Fool / Faded Love / I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water / Make The World Go Away / I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago / A Hundred Years From Now (Studio Jam) / Where Did They Go, Lord.

CD 2: Love Letters / When I'm Over You / If I Were You / Got My Mojo Working / Heart Of Rome / Only Believe / This Is Our Dance / Cindy, Cindy / I'll Never Know / It Ain't No Big Thing / Life / The Sound Of Your Cry / Sylvia / Rags To Riches.

Dallas Frazier Died

Singer-songwriter Dallas Frazier, a multi-Grammy winner who is enshrined in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, died. He was 82.

Frazier (co-)wrote four songs that were performed by Elvis Presley; 'He Is My Everything', 'There Goes My Everything', 'True Love Travels on a Gravel Road', 'Wearin' that Loved-on Look' and 'Where Did They Go, Lord?'.

(Source: FECC / Music On CD / Sounds / Elvis Club Berlin / NY Post/ Elvis information Network)