The Greensboro Concert

Na hoppla, hier gingen ja einige Beiträge verloren!

Danke Coolozz gute Erklärungen, von deinen Ausführungen kann man echt immer ne Menge lernen als Laie.
Mir gefällt der NEUE Sound auch sehr gut. Bin da wie taniolo, egal was und wie´s gemacht wurde, es muß sich für meine Ohren toll anhören. Bin nach wie vor ein begeisterter Fan der D.A.E. Cd´s welche ja oft niedergemacht wurden, da diese Bänder bearbeitet seien und das Original verfälschen würden usw. Wenn ich mir diese CD´s aber anhöre bin ich immer wieder auf´s neue begeistert. Lege ich danach dann die Tuscon 76 ein verstehe ich die Welt nicht mehr. Wenn ich Ernst wäre, wäre mir dieses FTD Release ganz besonders peinlich )

Genau meine Meinung.

CD Review: The Greensboro Concert - "Simply Sensational Release!"
By: Nigel Patterson - September 17, 2003
Source: EIN

The Greensboro Concert, Triangle Productions (TP03002)


In brief: sensational release of Elvis' evening show in Greensboro, North Carolina on 14 April 1972 with 23 tracks, attractive artwork, 8 page booklet and a running time of 61' 45".

Audio Quality: allegedly taken from the Elvis On Tour master tapes and it shows. Fantastic sound quality (pump up the volume) apparently digitally re-mastered at the Graceland Studio.

Packaging: the packaging is first rate with eye catching artwork designed by Management III.

The Booklet: a very attractive 8 page booklet, nicely designed with some great color photos from Greensboro and San Bernardino and short liner notes written by "General Flunky".

The Music: Question: would you like to hear crystal clear vocals, a highly appreciative audience and near perfect audio balance between Elvis and his backing musicians? If your answer is yes, then the new release from Triangle Productions, The Greensboro Concert, is a must listen to experience. Quite simply, it is one of the best Elvis live concert releases in years!

From the opening words of See See Rider, it is apparent Elvis is in good form. A solid version of the bayou classic, Proud Mary really gets the large and appreciative crowd of 16,300 in the groove before Elvis goes into You Gave Me A Mountain, turning the powerful ballad into a crescendo of heartache.

Elvis obviously identifies with the (then) contemporary feel of Three Dog Night's 'Never Been To Spain' as his musical empathy oozes out of each word of the song. I've always thought it a great pity Elvis didn't record more Three Dog Night's hits. Mama Told Me Not To Come and One (Is the Loneliest Number) would have made great Elvis recordings.


Polk Salad Annie hits you right in the face with Elvis' high energy vocals and very tight musicianship from the band. On Hound Dog James Burton kicks things off with some sublime, bluesy guitar as Elvis delivers one of his best 'live' interpretations of this overdone classic. A top notch rendition of the Simon & Garfunkel monster hit, Bridge Over Troubled Water, has your thoughts drifting off with the soothing images colorfully painted by its evocative lyrics.

Suspicious Minds is nicely sung, a fast paced crowd pleaser with The King urging his love to realise what she's done to him! You can virtually see Elvis' body gyrating, flailing about during the lyric breaks, and the song almost gets a reprise. Something unusual happens to Elvis during Love Me Tender - it turns his suit blue! Elvis always uses this song to recover physically from the exertions of his up-tempo numbers and physically interact with the audience, and you can tell he is well satisfying the needs of women in the front rows of the coliseum. Enough said!

Elvis really does justice to the beautiful Ray Price hit (penned by Kris Kristofferson), For The Good Times. You can instantly tell how much he enjoys performing this song. The pace changes, and with An American Trilogy, Elvis touches a heartfelt chord with his southern audience. The King effortlessly demonstrates his incredible vocal control over each and every lyric. The way he raises and lowers his voice at critical moments is amazing to listen to. This is indeed a superlative performance.

It was on this tour that Elvis introduced a new single, Burning Love. It is said Elvis was never comfortable with the awkwardly phrased and paced #1 hit song, and you can sense this as he belts out the tune. It was the Greensboro concert version of Burning Love, together with other tracks on the night like Suspicious Minds and An American Trilogy that were used in Elvis On Tour.

On Release Me, Elvis hits high notes that would make Gerry Dorsey proud, while Funny How Time Slips Way gets The King "sweating". A nicely paced (not too fast), Can't Help Falling In Love, fittingly closes what has been a superb concert experience. Rounding out the recording is a full 1 minute plus 'closing vamp' with those immortal words, "Elvis has left the building, thank you and good night".

Despite the high production qualities of the audio re-mastering and color booklet, the disc itself is apparently (and very surprisingly) a CDR! In fact there has been some criticism of the release for this reason. In my opinion, that criticism is totally unwarranted. The concert was originally released on the Vicky label as Sweet Carolina. However, the audio mastering on the Triangle Productions release makes it a superior listening pleasure.

Tracklisting :2001 A Space Odysee - See See Rider - Proud Mary - Never Been To Spain - You Gave Me A Mountain - Until It's Time For You To Go - Polk Salad Annie - Love Me - All Shook Up - Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel - Hound Dog - Heartbreak Hotel - A Big Hunk O' Love - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Suspicious Minds - Love Me Tender - Band introductions - For The Good Times - An American Trilogy - Burning Love - Release Me - Funny How Time Slips Away - Can't Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp

Verdict: The Greensboro Concert is an essential inclusion in every Elvis fan's CD library. This rock & roll concert is one of The King's best , with superior audio balance between singer, band and audience! (And I still can't believe it's a CDR)

© Copyright 2003 by Elvis Australia

NEW INTERVIEW WITH THE PRODUCER FROM TRIANGLE


From www.kennyelvis.com messageboard.


Hi, yesterday i sent an email with some questions to my friend at TRIANGLE label.
Here it is.
Kenny,
The Perfect Gift was your first release right ?
Triangle,
Yes it was the first Triangle release. Release date 13-05-2003
Kenny,
That show are my favorit show, and it have been out on cd many times, the sound on your release have a fantastic sound, much better than any of the other labels that have given this out, what are your source ?
Triangle,
Our source was the original Rick Renny tape. The tape had an extreme lot of distortion, but our sound engineer did a hell of a job on that.
Kenny,
Is the band intro edit out of this show ?
Triangle,
Yep.
Kenny,
Wasent it The Live Outtakes that was sepposed to be your first release ?
Triangle,
The idea behind this release was, to release highlights from different concerts in superb soundquality and make it look like a new concert. It’s just that we always skip through a lot of songs on a live cd. Or do you listen to every “See See Rider”. “Love Me Tender” and “Hound Dog” ? In fact we put “The Live Outtakes Soundboard Edition” (as MP3’s) on a NG to see what the reactions would be. Due to the positive response, we’d planned to do a “Soundboard” edition of “The Live Outtakes” with different songs, some were really exiting. But, as you know, reactions on the internet were so negative, that we decided NOT to release it.
Kenny,
Why was it canceled ?
Triangle,
Just because we got sick of all those guys who knew better what we have than we do. It was just a “go to hell”-reaction to those “fans” who ruin a lot for the others.
Kenny,
Wasent it a few songs from Hamton Rodes on this tape ?
Triangle,
Yep.
Kenny,
Do you have the Hamton Rodes show in the same quality as the Greensboro show ?
Triangle,
It’s better than Greensboro.
Kenny,
Do you have access to more "on tour" material
Triangle,
There’s a lot available.
Kenny,
Will The Live Outtakes ever see the light of day ?
Triangle,
Probably not.
Kenny,
Do you guy`s have the last concert in good sound ? and Will you give it out ? it was rumers that it was going to be released from you guys.
Triangle,
Yes we have that concert in great soundquality and it’s stereo. Somehow a pre-design of the cover was shown on some websites. We have no plans to release it right now, we’re working on other projects. Can’t tell you what it is right now, but it will blast away “Greensboro” !!
Kenny,
Your latest cd have the best sound i ever have heard on a bootleg live cd, is it a soundboard ? is it from the same source that VICKY LABEL used ?
Triangle,
Don’t know what the Vicky source was, but we had the original reel to reel.
This is from sixstrings,
Would it be possible to ask the Greensboro re-mix engineers, how they went about remastering their Triangle release. What audio packages they are using e.g. Pro-Tools and what's next in the pipeline.
Also, remastering at a higher bit rate what are the pro's and cons.
Triangle,
Just sit back and enjoy the sound. Don’t worry about any technical stuff, we don’t either. All our releases are remastered professionally in a studio. As Elvis said: Leave the driving to us.
Kenny,
What is your next move ?
Triangle,
No comment,
Kenny,
Would it be possible for you to mix the opening night august 74 into the same sound you have on the Greensboro show ?
Triangle,
If we get the right source.

Thanks guy`s You are the best
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www.kennyelvis.com

Great Interview!!!

..i love this Triangle label!! ..i can't say why, but they're really great!!