Post by deke on Jan 1, 2010 15:38:52 GMT 1
ELVIS PRESLEY - On Stage: Legacy Edition 2CD (RCA/Legacy)
Our 75th birthday celebration continues with this 2CD set
celebrating Elvis' platinum-selling 1970 live album On Stage. Home to
the hit single "The Wonder of You," On Stage has now been upgraded with
new liner notes by Presley biographer Ken Sharp and rare photos from the
peak of the artist's latter-day career. The original album's 10-song
tracklist is now expanded with three rarely performed songs from the
same Las Vegas engagement that produced the album: "Don't Cry Daddy",
"Kentucky Rain" and "Long Tall Sally." The disc's final addition is a
unique glimpse of Elvis working on his repertoire, as he runs through
"The Wonder Of You" at an afternoon rehearsal, only hours before the
original album recordings were done later that night.
The second disc in the On Stage: Legacy Edition package is a
newly-remastered version of Elvis' first live album, In Person
(originally released as one half of the From Memphis To Vegas - From
Vegas to Memphis double album in November 1969). Six bonus tracks from
the same August 1969 engagement during which the original album was
recorded, are included. Like its partner On Stage, the album In Person
has also been certified platinum by the RIAA.
This 2-CD set is a potent reminder that Elvis was enjoying
one of many career peaks during these engagements in Las Vegas. During
the August 1969 shows that yielded In Person, the artist prowled the
stage like a panther and shocked audiences with his full-throttle
intensity. Conceived similarly to his '68 Comeback Special, these
tracks capture Elvis doing what he did best, but now with a full stage
band and an hour-long setlist.
By the 1970 gigs that comprise On Stage, the artist now
included songs of contemporary writers like John Fogerty ("Proud Mary"),
Dion ("Runaway"), Joe South ("Walk a Mile In My Shoes"), Tony Joe White
("Polk Salad Annie") and even The Beatles ("Yesterday"). His choice in
covers, alongside his own new material, signalled that Elvis no longer
had to rely on his past, and that he was now as much a part of the
contempary scene as anybody.
Our 75th birthday celebration continues with this 2CD set
celebrating Elvis' platinum-selling 1970 live album On Stage. Home to
the hit single "The Wonder of You," On Stage has now been upgraded with
new liner notes by Presley biographer Ken Sharp and rare photos from the
peak of the artist's latter-day career. The original album's 10-song
tracklist is now expanded with three rarely performed songs from the
same Las Vegas engagement that produced the album: "Don't Cry Daddy",
"Kentucky Rain" and "Long Tall Sally." The disc's final addition is a
unique glimpse of Elvis working on his repertoire, as he runs through
"The Wonder Of You" at an afternoon rehearsal, only hours before the
original album recordings were done later that night.
The second disc in the On Stage: Legacy Edition package is a
newly-remastered version of Elvis' first live album, In Person
(originally released as one half of the From Memphis To Vegas - From
Vegas to Memphis double album in November 1969). Six bonus tracks from
the same August 1969 engagement during which the original album was
recorded, are included. Like its partner On Stage, the album In Person
has also been certified platinum by the RIAA.
This 2-CD set is a potent reminder that Elvis was enjoying
one of many career peaks during these engagements in Las Vegas. During
the August 1969 shows that yielded In Person, the artist prowled the
stage like a panther and shocked audiences with his full-throttle
intensity. Conceived similarly to his '68 Comeback Special, these
tracks capture Elvis doing what he did best, but now with a full stage
band and an hour-long setlist.
By the 1970 gigs that comprise On Stage, the artist now
included songs of contemporary writers like John Fogerty ("Proud Mary"),
Dion ("Runaway"), Joe South ("Walk a Mile In My Shoes"), Tony Joe White
("Polk Salad Annie") and even The Beatles ("Yesterday"). His choice in
covers, alongside his own new material, signalled that Elvis no longer
had to rely on his past, and that he was now as much a part of the
contempary scene as anybody.