Live In Las Vegas (Live In Las Vegas - Elvis Presley)

Member Name: vernonpresley

Product:	Live In Las Vegas - Elvis Presley
Date:	12/11/08 (19 review reads)
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Advantages: It's Elvis! Live! In Las Vegas!

Disadvantages: None

Having given so many live concerts in Las Vegas in the final 8 years of his life, there have been a great many Elvis Presley CD releases in recent years called LIVE IN LAS VEGAS. However this set beats them all hands-down. This is a 4CD set featuring 89 tracks, including 53 which had never been released before.

The tracks run the entirety of Elvis' Las Vegas career. He first performed in the city in 1956 at the New Frontier Hotel, but was not particularly successful - at this time he was more a performer for young people whereas Vegas was a place where the older crowd went for vacations and so the audience was not particularly receptive. A set of recordings from this early season are included here, including the songs HEARTBREAK HOTEL and LONG TALL SALLY.

The majority of tracks on the CD box set however are taken from late in Elvis' career when he seemed to make Vegas his second home. There are songs on this set from 1970 (such as the classic THE WONDER OF YOU), reaching right up to 1975 (such as a very powerful version of the gospel song HOW GREAT THOU ART).

I really love this CD set and highly recommend it to anyone with a passing interest in Elvis' live performances.

Summary: Live In Las Vegas