H o l d i n g   B a c k   T h e    Y e a r s   dae3595-3 / 1995

Track Listing
Also sprach zarathustra / See see rider / I got a woman - amen / Love me / Let me be there / Love me tender / Steamroller blues / All shook up / Teddy bear - Don't be cruel  / You gave me a mountain /  Polk salad annie / Introductions / Hail hail rock and roll / And I love you so / Hurt (& reprise) / Announcement by Elvis / Burning love / America, the beautiful / Hound dog /  Funny how time slips away / Can't help falling in love / Closing vamp


Recorded live at the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati/OhioSunday,  march 21, 1976 - 8.30 pm

The first tour of the year started of without Ronnie Tutt and Glen D. Hardin, and James Burton was just about to leave.  Ronnie Tutt was replaced by Larry Londin, while Shane Keaster took place behind the Piano. Another new man added to the band was David Briggs on the electric clarinet, which gives a kind of a strange sound to this CD,  being very prominent on this recording. This disc contains the seventh show os this particulair tour and Elvis and the musicians found each other very well. There is a great Steamroller Blues, a powerfull Polk Salad Annie, with a spotlight on the rythm-section, especially when they bring down the music at the ending of the number, where Elvis goes to the ground. Brilliant drumming by Larry Londin.! Elvis messes up the words of And I Love You So (he needs a start-over for And I Love You So, claiming 'that's the only way to do it......'.) and Burning Love, but gives a real fine performance, maybe a bit inspired by all the new faces in the band.  Both versions of Hurt are well performed, and the ending of America the Beautiful is shivering. Elvis takes his voice at least one octave up. Nice show in a very good sound. If you don't have this one get  it if you still can find it.!

 

Review:     Hans / Elvisbay

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