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Elvis Presley - Elvis in Concert Audio CD

A fair review of the Elvis Presley "Elvis in Concert" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Elvis Presley reviews here, or go back to the Elvis Presley tabs.

Elvis Presley Band: Elvis Presley
Title: Elvis in Concert
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Release Date: 1992-05-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: [Elvis Fans' Comments/Opening Riff] 2: Introduction/Also Sprach Zarathustra 3: See See Rider 4: That's All Right 5: Are You Lonesome Tonight? 6: Medley: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear/Don't Be Cruel 7: [Elvis Fans' Comments II] 8: You Gave Me a Mountain 9: Jailhouse Rock 10: [Elvis Fans' Comments III] 11: How Great Thou Art 12: [Elvis Fans' Comments IV] 13: I Really Don't Want to Know 14: [Elvis Introduces His Father] 15: Hurt 16: Hound Dog 17: My Way 18: Can't Help Falling in Love 19: [Closing Riff/Special Message from Elvis' Father] 20: Medley: I Got a Woman/Amen 21: [Elvis Talks] 22: Love Me 23: If You Love Me (Let Me Know) 24: Medley: O Sole Mio/It's Now or Never - Elvis Presley, 25: Trying to Get to You 26: Hawaiian Wedding Song 27: Fairytale 28: Little Sister 29: Early Morning Rain 30: What'd I Say 31: Johnny B. Goode 32: And I Love You So

great concert....disragarded by fans

Sure he was overweight, heck, the had health issues, but we get the King singing at the last stages of his life, why deny us of that!
He still belts out great verssions and adds a bluesy flair to many of the songs, the band lead by Glenn Burton and Ronnie Tutt were in top form. I dont care what the nay sayers will argue, this album is very very good, and why to this day they havent released the tv show version of this is just dumb. Produced very well and this CD adds tons of bonus songs, a must own!.


The Final Curtain
And while I agree ELVIS IN CONCERT isn't really the best place to discover the King (the '68 Comeback, the '69 Memphis sessions, and the '73 ALOHA FROM HAWAII are better efforts), in order to understand him at his most complete, it is a painfully essential document of those last days of touring in June 1977. As bloated and horrid as he may have looked in 1977, and how so obviously close to the end he was, Elvis just couldn't stop trying to please people as he had done since he burst onto the scene in the mid-1950s and helped revolutionize American popular music.

I had an inkling, before listening to the album, of what I was in for, as portions of that infamous 1977 CBS-TV special had been inserted into the 2005 TV documentary ELVIS BY THE PRESLEYS, of the King in performance, dripping sweat, perspiring, his voice showing the strain, and still giving every last thing he had in him. Understandably, a great deal of his fans, to say nothing of those in the King's inner circle, hate being reminded of that hideous special because of what it showed. I agree; it was painful just to watch those few snippets in that '05 special. And yet, we see arguably the single most influential figure in American popular music history pouring everything left inside him for the service of a song. This is most poignantly reflected in how he handles the Paul Anka standard "My Way", which became as squarely identified with him as it had always been with his one-time nemesis, Frank Sinatra.

If nothing else, ELVIS IN CONCERT reveals that the man everyone thought immortal was in fact every bit as human as the rest of us, and prone to the kinds of demons that a lot of us are prone to everyday. In his case, of course, he had even worse ones: bad diets; abuse of prescription pills; and, maybe worst of all, a manager that seemingly saw the King as nothing but a cash cow, if turning him into a Vegas lounge lizard and keeping him on the road almost non-stop for the final eight years of his life were any indication. And if he had only been given time to conquer those demons in the manner by which he had revived his career in 1968 and 1969, he very well might have staged another revival. Sadly, of course, that time never came for him.

Thus, ELVIS IN CONCERT, which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart in December 1977, four months after that tragic day in Memphis, is that final curtain that Elvis sang of facing in "My Way"--a requiem of sorts. And still, the spirit lives on, which is how the King should always be remembered.


Elvis always rocks!!
This is an Elvis original and official testament. Forget about critcs. If you like. . . good , if not. . . . , try another thing. . . . I like it and it makes me happy!!! Cheers!!.


Sad ending
It serves more to show the decline of Elvis more than anything. As a historical document I suppose the album has merit, but was what a shame this was released. He should have been in the hospital rather than on stage. It is still enjoyable on some level- I mean this is Elvis we're talking about.


Elvis In Concert
That is why he always gave his all to please his fans no matter how bad he felt. I loved this CD the performance i thought was very good in spite of his bad health his voice never failed him and that was a gift from God and Elvis knew it. This is what sets Elvis apart from all the other musicians in the world he cared and he never forgot where he came from and especially his fans he gave his all that's why i recommend this CD to every Elvis fan who doesn't own it.

Anne.


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