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Elvis Presley - From Burbank To Vegas [moon M-6872]

Label: Moon M-6872 (Released: 1991)

Recording Type: Rehearsals / Live Soundboard Recordings
Location: Burbank - California / Las Vegas - Nevada
Date: June 24, 1968 / February 16 - 17, 1972

Tracklisting:

01 - I Got A Woman (June 24, 1968)
02 - Blue Moon /Young Love / Happy Day (June 24, 1968)
03 - Guitar Man (June 24, 1968)
04 - When It Rains It Really Pours (June 24, 1968)
05 - Blue Christmas (June 24, 1968)
06 - Are You Lonesome Tonight / That's My Desire (June 24, 1968)
07 - That's When Your Heartaches Begin (June 24, 1968)
08 - Baby, What's Wrong / Peter Gunn
09 - Love Me (June 24, 1968)
10 - When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again (June 24, 1968)
11 - Blue Christmas / Santa Claus Is Back In Town (June 24, 1968)

12 - An American Trilogy (February 16, 1972 MS)
13 - Never Been To Spain (February 17, 1972 DS)
14 - You Gave Me A Mountain (February 16, 1972 MS)
15 - A Big Hunk O' Love (February 16, 1972 MS)
16 - It's Impossible (February 16, 1972 MS)
17 - The Impossible Dream (February 16, 1972 MS)
18 - It's Over (February 17, 1972 DS)

Tracks 1 -11 recorded June 24, 1968 at the Burbank Studios, Hollywood
Tracks 12 - 18  recorded live in Las Vegas, February 16 - 17, 1972

Notes: Recorded on a personal tape recorder in the dressing room of the infamous Burbank , Ca studio. Joe Esposito owns another tape recorded in the same fashion from a different date , and BMG has released some songs from this date.

First released on the vinyl release "Elvis Rocks And The Girls Roll" , to date, this is the only cd release to have this material in it's entirety. It is unknown if more material from this rehearsal session exist from the same master tape.

Elvis is very relaxed in this environment , quickly going through songs that were to have been included in the televised special. Several of the Memphis Mafia are in attendance , helping add a "loose" environment for Elvis to experiment in.

Tracks 17 -23 have been released on numerous bootleg releases since the 1980's - these soundboard songs were to have been released on a RCA album titled "Standing Room Only" in 1972 , but the announcement of Elvis playing Madison Square Garden in June quickly killed that pending release.

Incl. covers