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Elvis Presley - 1976-04-25 AS & ES, Packing The Arena (2 CD-set) [mxf Records]

Label: Mxf Records (Released: 2017)

Recording Type: Live Audience Recording
Location: Long Beach / California, Long Beach Arena
Date: April 25 - 1976 , Afternoon & Evening Show

Tracklisting:

CD 1: April 25, 1976 AS

01 - Also Sprach Zahratustra
02 - C. C. Rider
03 - Got A Woman / Amen
04 - Love Me
05 - If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
06 - You Gave Me A Mountain
07 - All Shook Up
08 - Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel
09 - Tryin’ To Get To You
10 - America The Beautiful
11 - Polk Salad Annie
12 - Band Introductions /Solos
13 - Hurt
14 - And I Love You So
15 - Burning Love
16 - How Great Thou Art
17 - Hound Dog
18 - Funny How Time Slips Away
19 - It’s Now Or Never
20 - Can’t Help Falling In Love
21 - Closing Vamp

CD 2: April 25, 1976 ES

01 - C. C. Rider
02 - I Got A Woman / Amen
03 - Love Me
04 - If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
05 - You Gave Me A Mountain
06 - All Shook Up
07 - Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel
08 - Tryin’ To Get To You
09 - My Way
10 - Polk Salad Annie
11 - Band Introductions / Solos
12 - Hurt
13 - And I Love You So
14 - America The Beautiful
15 - Burning Love
16 - Help Me (with false start)
17 - How Great Thou Art
18 - It’s Now Or Never / Elvis introduces The Eagles
19 - Funny How Time Slips Away
20 - Hound Dog
21 - Blue Suede Shoes
22 - Can’t Help Falling In Love
23 - Closing Vamp

Concert: Afternoon Show: The Long Beach show features Elvis in high spirits and he definitely enjoyed his time on stage. Probably one of the best concerts from 1976. We have a very interesting set list with songs like Tryin' To Get To You, My Way, Polk Salad Annie, America, Help Me, How Great Thou Art or Hurt. A really good show, I am sure you will like it, too.

Evening Show: The sound is a bit dull throughout but not bad considering it was a great hall. The show belongs to the better ones of this time. Elvis tries hard to please the crowd and he succeeds with it. We hear good versions of Trying To Get To You,  America, The Beautiful, How Great Thou Art or Hurt. Although the concert doesn`t offer anything new it is in contrast to many indifferent shows before and to come in this year.

Incl. covers