Elvis On Tour (For The Uk)

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Other rehearsal cuts appeared on RCA's earlier The Great Performances (1990) and Amazing Grace (1994), and FTD's 6363 Sunset Boulevard (2001). Canby remarked that the film "remained unconvincing", as he suggested that the documentary portrayed Presley as he appeared in the Hal Wallis films he starred in instead of showing his private persona.

Elvis is at the top of his game and these concerts are better than his Madison Square Garden concerts the same year. The documentary on the blu-ray exists because filmmakers Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel went on the road with Elvis Presley to chronicle this tour. Most disappointing to me is the neglect of Ronnie Tutt's drums - a bit more present in the quiet parts, but way too much in the background especially in the groovy parts. Though the set is by its nature aimed at collectors and completists, the energetic performances are broadly enjoyable, capturing a period in which Presley was still introducing fresh and varied material into his setlists.

With the success of the show, his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, arranged a residency for Presley at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1969.

This is mostly unreleased, although some were issued on a couple of the specialist ‘Follow That Dream’ releases in 2001 and 2004 ( Elvis On Tour – The Rehearsals and Sunset Boulevard, respectively). VERY present drums, a nice L/R channel split for lead and rhythm guitar, as well as female/male chorus. Aididge's crew shot Presley behind the scenes in Jacksonville, Florida, where they captured what would become the documentary's final scene. So they are trying to find a way to make ‘Elvis On Tour’ available in digital format but it’s not going to be a restoration for scratch like TTWII.The shows are bookended by the now-famous "Also Sprach Zarathustra" introduction and the final announcement that "Elvis has left the building" (plus a few words reminding audience members to pick up souvenirs on the way out). Elvis is really involved on ‘Please Release Me’, puts some real effort into ‘Hound Dog’ and goes straight into a very fine ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ with no break or breather. Usually a RCA /SONY official release makes collectors frustrated that they have previously wasted their hard-earned money on a substandard bootleg version but here the 2018 ‘Amiga’ bootleg set the standard that RCA needed to emulate but they have failed badly. Elvis on Tour is a 1972 American concert film starring Elvis Presley during his fifteen-city spring tour earlier that year. Though attired in a flamboyant jumpsuit and backed by a grandiose ensemble, Elvis frequently projects intimacy on the poignant likes of Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away" and Kris Kristofferson's "For the Good Times" while bringing reverence to "How Great Thou Art.

The early versions of Elvis and The Stamps harmonising a Capella on ‘For The Good Times’ are delightful and the open audio mix stunning. A lovely and tender 'For The Good Times' is followed by a powerful ‘I Can't Stop Loving You' in the second half with a fine 'American Trilogy' (if not up to Hampton Roads).Finally while obviously “just” an oversight, the fact that Ronnie Tutt is not credited in the list of musicians is a little sad.

According to MGM’s original press release, the Elvis On Tour film “offers the first intimate look at the enigmatic country boy who became the world’s most celebrated musician.Greensboro – This has always been a great concert including the first ever version of ‘Burning Love’ but all the bootlegs have been in mono. The directors told Presley that they did not like Elvis: That's the Way It Is, as they felt he was acting for the cameras. I bought this set because the only time I saw Elvis in concert was in 1972, the year of these recordings. The stunning ‘How Great Thou Art / Sweet Sweet Spirit’ - “just listen to them, please” - combination is so well-known from the movie that fans might think that these were a regular inclusion of this tour, but it was quite the opposite.