Elvis Kicked out his first Las Vegas August 1972 week with determination and pleasure. He added new songs into his repertoire such as '' What Now My Love '' , '' My Way '' and went back into his post-army days with '' Fever '' who will become a favorite for many fans at that time . The first CD features the opening show of August 4, 1972 recorded from the audience and in great quality for such recordings, certainly one of the best sounding audience from that year. The original tape is missing a few songs and those were replaced with the songs from the first concert of the second night and extra bonus tracks from that dinner show, including his first live version of '' Fever ''. The sound of these audience recordings were remastered from the original recordings for the best quality possible.
The line-up songs of the opening night gave a very different and dynamic performance with '' A Big Hunk 'O Love '' as the second number followed by '' Never Been To Spain ''. '' Mystery Train / Tiger Man '' took the spot of '' Polk Salad Annie '' that night ( not performed ) and the medley part of the show was of great quality and sung with sincerity. His two new ballads were also added and '' My Babe '' made a comeback into the show replacing '' Suspicious Minds '', but unfortunately only for his opening show. '' An American Trilogy '' was the show stopper of this season and often performed before the closing number.
A week later at the August 12, 1972 M.S. was still in control and has changed a bit the line up and went back to what would become his standard, however since his opening he added some songs performed that year like '' For The Good Times '' and '' Until It's Time For You To Go '', a few others just made it back into the show ; Polk Salad Annie, Suspicious Minds, I Got A Woman / Amen and Proud Mary. This second CD features a show of excellent quality and recorded from the soundboard.
Altogether these two performances recorded during the first week of August 1972 in Las Vegas are an excellent demonstration of what would become the rest of the season.
CD 1: August 4, 1972 Opening Show.
01 - Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra
02 - C.C. Rider
03 - A Big Hunk 'O Love
04 - Never Been To Spain
05 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
06 - Love Me Tender
07 - Mystery Train / Tiger Man
08 - What Now My Love
09 - Love Me 10- Little Sister / Get Back
11 - Blue Suede Shoes
12 - The Wonder Of You *
13 - One Night
14 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
15 - Hound Dog
16 - My Way **
17 - My Babe
18 - An American Trilogy *
19 - Elvis introduces Sammy Davis Jr.
20 - Can't Help Falling In Love / Closing vamp
Bonus Tracks:
21 - Polk Salad Annie
22 - What Now My Love
23 - Fever **
24 - A Big Hunk 'O Love
25 - Suspicious Minds
CD 2: August 12, 1972 Midnight Show
01 - Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra
02 - C.C. Rider
03 - I Got A Woman / Amen
04 - Proud Mary
05 - Never Been To Spain
06 - Until It's Time For You To Go
07 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
08 - Polk Salad Annie
09 - What Now My Love ( with false start )
10 - Fever
11 - Love Me
12 - Blue Suede Shoes
13 - One Night
14 - All Shook Up
15 - ( Let Me Be Your ) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
16 - Heartbreak Hotel
17 - Hound Dog
18 - For The Good Times
19 - Suspicious Minds
20 - Band introductions
21 - My Way
22 - An American Trilogy
23 - A Big Hunk 'O Love
24 - Tiger Man ( opening only )
25 - Can't Help Falling In Love
26 - Closing vamp
Tracks 23 - 26 recorded on August 11, 1972 Dinner Show
