THE KING STRIKES BACK – SUMMER FESTIVAL 1974

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Released: 21 November

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L’etichetta Audionics ha annunciato l’uscita di un nuovo box di ben 10 cd intitolato “The King Strikes Back – Summer Festival 1974” dedicato alla grande stagione estiva del 1974. Per la prima volta in cd in qualità soundboard i rehearsal e i concerti del tour, dal 16 agosto al 2 settembre. Ogni registrazione è stata trattata singolarmente e ripristinata da zero, utilizzando la tecnologia avanzata di oggi per ottenere la migliore qualità del suono possibile. Ogni cd è inserito in una custodia di cartone accompagnato da un opuscolo di 16 pagine, ricco di foto scattate tra agosto e settembre 1974 (tra cui alcune rare) e riproduzioni di recensioni dei fan, pubblicate per la rivista “Elvis News Service Weekly”, nel 1974.

Tracklist

CD1 – 16.08.1974, RCA’s Studios, Hollywood, CA, rehearsal:

01. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) #1- 02. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) #2 – 03. Promised Land #1- 04. Promised Land #2 – 05. Down In The Alley #1 – 06. Down In The Alley #2 – 07. It’s Midnight – 08. Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming – 09. Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues – 10. Softly As I Leave You #1 (with Sherrill Nielsen) – 11. Softly As I Leave You #2 (with Sherrill Nielsen) – 12. I’m Leavin’ – 13. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – 14. Proud Mary – 15. If You Talk In Your Sleep – 16. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) #3- 17. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) #4.

CD2 – 16.08.1974, RCA’s Studios, Hollywood, CA, rehearsal:

01. The Twelfth Of Never – 02. Faded Love – 03. Just Pretend.

Binaural rehearsal tracks:

04. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) #1 (previously unreleased version) – 05. Promised Land -06. Down In The Alley – 07. It’s Midnight – 08. Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming 09. Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues – 10. Softly As I Leave You (with Sherrill Nielsen) – 11. I’m Leavin’ – 12. Proud Mary 13. If You Talk In Your Sleep – 14. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) #2 – 15. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) #3 – 16. The Twelfth Of Never – 17. Faded Love – 18. Just Pretend.

Bonus:

19. The Twelfth Of Never (1995 original single version) – 20. The Twelfth Of Never (1994 version overdubbed by David Briggs).

CD3 – 19.08.1974 Opening show, Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV:

01. Opening Vamp / Big Boss Man – 02. Proud Mary – 03. Down In The Alley – 04. Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues – 05. Never Been To Spain – 06. It’s Midnight – 07. If You Talk In Your Sleep – 08. I’m Leavin’ – 09. Let Me Be There (with reprise) – 10. Softly As I Leave You (with Sherrill Nielsen) – 11. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – 12. Love Me Tender – 13. Polk Salad Annie – 14. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra – 15. Introduction of Gunther Gebel-Williams – 16. Promised Land – 17. Introduction of Telly Savalas – 18. My Baby Left Me – 19. Bridge Over Troubled Water – 20. Fever – 21. Hound Dog – 22. Can’t Help Falling In Love (incomplete).

CD4 – 20.08.1974 Dinner show, Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV:

01. Opening Vamp / C. C. Rider – 02. I Got A Woman / Amen – 03. Love Me – 04. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – 05. It’s Midnight – 06. Proud Mary – 07. Trying To Get To You – 08. Big Boss Man (incomplete) – 09. Fever – 10. Promised Land – 11. Love Me Tender – 12. All Shook Up – 13. I’m Leavin’ – 14. Softly As I Leave You (with Sherrill Nielsen) – 15. Hound Dog – 16. You Gave Me A Mountain – 17. Polk Salad Annie – 18. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra – 19. If You Talk In Your Sleep – 20. Why Me Lord – 21. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel (incomplete) – 22. Hawaiian Wedding Song (incomplete) – 23. Let Me Be There – 24. Can’t Help Falling In Love – 25. Closing Vamp.

CD5 – 20.08.1974 Midnight show, Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV:

01. Opening Vamp / C. C. Rider – 02. I Got A Woman / Amen – 03. Love Me – 04. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – 05. It’s Midnight – 06. Big Boss Man – 07. Fever – 08. Trying To Get To You – 09. Love Me Tender – 10. All Shook Up – 11. I’m Leavin’ – 12. Softly As I Leave You (with Sherrill Nielsen) – 13. Hound Dog – 14. You Gave Me A Mountain – 15. Polk Salad Annie – 16. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra (incomplete) – 17. Introduction of Freddy Cannon / Higher & Higher (one line) / Introducion of Jackie Wilson – 18. If You Talk In Your Sleep – 19. Why Me Lord – 20. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel – 21. Heartbreak Hotel – 22. Bridge Over Troubled Water – 23. Hawaiian Wedding Song – 24. Let Me Be There (with reprise) – 25. Can’t Help Falling In Love – 26. Closing Vamp.

CD6 – 21.08.1974 & 22.08.1974 Midnight shows, Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV):

21.08.1974 Midnight show:

01. Opening Vamp / C. C. Rider – 02. I Got A Woman / Amen – 03. Love Me – 04. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – 05. It’s Midnight – 06. Big Boss Man – 07. Fever – 08. Love Me Tender – 09. All Shook Up – 10. Dialogue / Stop The World (And Let Me Off) (one line) – 11.  I’m Leavin’ – 12. Softly As I Leave You (with Sherrill Nielsen) – 13. Hound Dog – 14. You Gave Me A Mountain – 15. Polk Salad Annie – 16. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra / Take These Chains From My Heart (one line) – 17. If You Talk In Your Sleep – 18. Why Me Lord – 19. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel – 20. Hawaiian Wedding Song – 21. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – 22. Let Me Be There (with reprise) – 23. Can’t Help Falling In Love – 24. Closing Vamp.

22.08.1974 Midnight show:

25. Suspicious Minds / The Blue Danube (An der schönen blauen Donau, excerpt)- 26. Help Me (with Sherrill Nielsen).

CD7 – 24.08.1974 & 27.08.1974 Midnight shows, Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV:

24.08.1974 Midnight show:

01. Opening Vamp / C. C. Rider – 02. I Got A Woman / Amen – 03. Love Me – 04. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – 05. It’s Midnight – 06. Big Boss Man – 07. Fever – 08. Love Me Tender – 09. All Shook Up – 10. The Wonder Of You – 11. I’m Leavin’ – 12. Softly As I Leave You (with Sherrill Nielsen) – 13. Spanish Eyes (with Sherrill Nielsen) – 14. Hound Dog – 15. You Gave Me A Mountain – 16. Polk Salad Annie – 17. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra
18. If You Talk In Your Sleep.

27.08.1974 Midnight show:

19. The Wonder Of You – 20. An American Trilogy – 21. Monologue / We Shall Overcome (excerpt) – 22. Hawaiian Wedding Song – 23. Monologue  – 24. It’s Now Or Never.

CD8 – 28.8.74 & 29.08.74 Dinner shows & first part of 30.08.1974 Midnight show, Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV):

28.08.1974 Dinner show:

01. Help Me – 02. My Boy – 03. How Great Thou Art.

29.08.1974 Dinner show:

04. Why Me Lord? – 05. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel – 06. How Great Thou Art – 07. Let Me Be There (with reprise) – 08. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra – 09. Early Morning Rain – 10. Hawaiian Wedding Song – 11. Can’t Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp (incomplete).

30.08.1974 Midnight show:

12. Opening Vamp / C. C Rider – 13. I Got A Woman / Amen – 14. Love Me – 15. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – 16. It’s Midnight – 17. Big Boss Man – 18. Fever – 19. All Shook Up – 20. Softly As I Leave You (with Sherrill Nielsen) – 21. Hound Dog – 22. An American Trilogy – 23. Introduction of Dean Nichopoulos – 24. Suspicious Minds.

CD9 – second part of 30.08.1974 Midnight show & first part of 02.09.1974 Closing show, Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV:

30.08.1974 Midnight show:

01. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra – 02. Monologue (about karate) – 03. If You Talk In Your Sleep – 04. Dialogue (about karate) – 05. Introduction of Kang Rhee – 06. Help Me – 07. Let Me Be There (with reprise) – 08. How Great Thour Art (with reprise) – 09. Hawaiian Wedding Song – 10. You Gave Me A Mountain – 11. Can’t Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp (incomplete).

02.09.1974 Closing show:

12. Microphone Dialogue – 13. I Got a Woman / Amen – 14. Dialogue (about karate) – 15. Until It’s Time For You To Go – 16. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – 17. It’s Midnight – 18. Big Boss Man    – 19. You Gave Me a Mountain.

CD10 – second part of 02.09.1974 Closing show, Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV:

01. Dialogue (about Priscilla) – 02.Softly As I Leave You (with Sherrill Nielsen)  – 03. Hound Dog – 04. An American Trilogy – 05. It’s Now Or Never #1 – 06. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra – 07. Guitar Solo (James Burton) – 08. Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt) – 09. Bass Solo (Duke Bardwell) – 10. Piano Solo (Glen D Hardin) – 11. I Couldn’t Live Without You (Voice) – 12. Bringing It Back (Voice) – 13. Aubrey (with Voice) – 14. Introduction of Vikki Carr, Bill Cosby – 15. It’s Now Or Never #2 – 16. Let Me Be There (with reprise) – 17. If You Talk In Your Sleep – 18. Monologue (about drug rumours) – 19. Hawaiian Wedding Song – 20. Dialogue (about jewelry) – 21. Can’t Help Falling In Love – 22. Closing Vamp.