• Elvis : Rocks The Hilton

Between 2007 and 2016 Straight Arrow has released 20 of the so called sound booth recorded concerts. Starting with "Kicking and Rolling" in 2007, "Faded Love" and "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" in 2010, we decided to create a miniseries called "From the booth tapes." From 2013 to 2016 we have released 9 volumes, and now the right time has arrived to introduce the volume 10.

The August 20th, 1973 Midnight show sound booth recording was first released by the legendary "Fort Baxter" label on "A Profile - The King On Stage Vol. 1" box set in 1995, since then it has been re-released several times but never from the original source and totally complete - until now! The pitch was incorrect on all previous individual releases of this show.

The August 31st, Dinner & September 2nd 1973, Midnight shows were released (by our own sub-label called "Vegas Strip") in 2008 on "Getting Down The Business" & "High Spirit In Vegas" CDs. The sound of these CDs was speed-corrected by one of our colleagues back then, but unfortunately, the pitch was still not right.

 

For our final release all 3 shows came directly from the RCA tape duplications chromdioxide compact cassettes. You can see the reproductions of individual cassettes on the CD artwork.

Please note that the August 31st, Dinner show was mislabeled on the cassette as the August 30th Dinner show. All 3 shows were meticulously   pitch-corrected by a professional musician.

We were able to edit the missing parts of August 31st Dinner and September 2nd Midnight shows, using another source recorded by our dear friend from the UK. These tapes were never in circulation and they are of an excellent quality.

We have repaired the incomplete "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "How Great Thou Art" from the August 31st, 1973 Dinner show to make it complete.
As usual, this release is presented in a deluxe triple digipack with a collection of images taken on and off the stage during Elvis' 1973 Las Vegas Summer season.

 

If you have enjoyed our previous "From the booth tapes" releases, we believe that you will love this one as well. Ask your local audio vendor for trials!

Track-list:

Disc 1:

Monday, August 20th 1973 Midnight Show

01. Orchestra Intro

02. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra

03. C. C. Rider

04. I Got A Woman / Amen

05. Love Me

06. Steamroller Blues

07. You Gave Me A Mountain

08. Trouble

09. Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Your Mama Don't Dance / Flip Flop And Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound Dog

10. Love Me Tender

11. Fever

12. What Now My Love

13. Suspicious Minds

14. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra

15. Introduction of Bob Hope

16. My Boy

17. Release Me

18. An American Trilogy

19. Mystery Train /Tiger Man

20. Help Me Make It Through The Night

21. How Great Thou Art

22. Can't Help Falling In Love

23. Closing Vamp / Announcements.

Disc 2:

Friday, August 31st 1973 Dinner Show

01. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra

02. C. C. Rider

03. I Got A Woman / Amen

04. Love Me

05. Steamroller Blues

06. You Gave Me A Mountain

07. Trouble

08. Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Your Mama Don't Dance / Flip Flop And Fly /Hound Dog

09. Love Me Tender

10. Fever

11. Bridge Over Troubled Water

12. Suspicious Minds

13. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra

14. Introduction of Charlton Heston & Lisa Marie Presley

15. My Boy

16. I Can't Stop Loving You

17. An American Trilogy

18. A Big Hunk Of Love

19. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

20. How Great Thou Art

21. Can't Help Falling In Love

22. Closing Vamp.

Disc 3:

Sunday, September 2nd 1973 Midnight Show

01. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra

02. C. C. Rider

03. I Got A Woman / Amen

04. Love Me

05. Steamroller Blues

06. You Gave Me A Mountain

07. Trouble

08. Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Your Mama Don't Dance / Flip Flop And Fly / Hound Dog

09. Love Me Tender

10. Fever

11. Bridge Over Troubled Water (with reprise)

12. Suspicious Minds

13. Introductions of singers, musicians, orchestra

14. Introduction of Hugh O'Brian, Marty Allen & Vernon Presley

15. My Boy

16. I Can't Stop Loving You (with false start)

17. An American Trilogy

18. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

19. Mystery Train / Tiger Man

20. How Great Thou Art (with reprise)

21. Can't Help Falling In Love

22. Closing