Elvis - Murfreesboro '74

FTD is pleased to announce the release of "ELVIS: MURFREESBORO '74". Released as a 5" digipack, this 2-CD set features Elvis in great form from two shows on March 14th and 19th at the Murfreesboro Middle State Tennessee University. The sound quality and performances from Elvis and the band are really powerful. "Steamroller Blues" will knock your socks off!.

TRACKLIST

Disc 1 - March 14, 1974

01 Also Sprach Zarathustra
02 See See Rider 3:36
03 I Got A Woman / Amen 4:13
04 Love Me 1:41
05 Trying To Get To You 2:09
06 All Shook Up 1:01
07 Steamroller Blues 3:01
08 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 2:06
09 Love Me Tender 1:53
10 Johnny B. Goode 1:40
11 Hound Dog 1:11
12 Fever 3:06
13 Polk Salad Annie 3:38
14 Why Me Lord 3:58
15 Suspicious Minds 3:55
16 Introductions 1:58
17 I Can’t Stop Loving You 2:41
18 Help Me 2:44
19 American Trilogy 4:04
20 Let Me Be There 3:59
21 Funny How Time Slips Away 2:42
22 Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:41)
23 Closing Vamp 1:00

Disc 2 - March 19, 1974

01 Also Sprach Zarathustra
(Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:15
02 See See Rider 3:37
03 I Got A Woman / Amen 5:56
04 Love Me 1:46
05 Trying To Get To You 2:12
06 All Shook Up 1:02
07 Steamroller Blues 2:56
08 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 1:58
09 Love Me Tender 1:55
10 Medley: Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On/Mama Don’t Dance / Flip, Flop and Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound Dog 3:37
11 Fever 3:08
12 Polk Salad Annie 3:39
13 Why Me Lord 4:00
14 Suspicious Minds 3:51
15 Introductions 2:37
16 I Can’t Stop Loving You 2:32
17 Help Me 3:11
18 American Trilogy 4:00
19 Let Me Be There 4:15
20 Funny How Time Slips Away 2:32
21 Mystery Train 0:45 (incomplete)



Quelle: FECC und www.elvismatters.com/index.php?pagina=nieuws&id=16854

Könnte ja halbwegs nett werden.

Im FECC heißt es übrigens, dass die erste Show bisher nur als sehr schlechte AR existiert und die andere komplett unbekannt ist.

So ist es u. die März 74 Tour ist ohnehin spitze. Sehr willkommen diese FTD.

Der Promotext ist vermutlich von Ciscoking? Aber okay, wenn der Sound echt was kann, die erste Show scheint ja komplett zu sein, und die Shows aus dieser Phase sind ja tendenziell auch noch ordentlich, dann ist das sicherlich ne passable Veröffentlichung. Das Cover ist zumindest nicht zum Kotzen. Wenn die ersten (vertrauenswürdigen) Reviews aufschlagen und positiv ausfallen sollten, dann könnte es sein dass ich die irgendwann mal kaufe.

king77 schrieb: So ist es u. die März 74 Tour ist ohnehin spitze. Sehr willkommen diese FTD.

Wobei man schon sagen muss dass es da doch schon einiges gibt, und eben auch in sehr sehr guter Qualität.

Also ich beispielsweise bin jetzt nicht so spitz, da ich ja gerade erst die "Hometown Shows" bekommen habe. Soundmäßig lässt sich das ja sicherlich nicht toppen und programmatisch ist es auch noch identisch.

Klar, aber im Endeffekt ist eben alles was uns an Konzertaufnahmen noch erwarten könnte mehr oder weniger redundant. Spitz wird da wohl niemand mehr. Deswegen, seriöse Reviews abwarten und dann, vielleicht, mal bei einer größeren Bestellung mit in den Warenkorb packen. Problematisch ist natürlich dass sich die Shows dieser Tournee auch abgesehen vom recht feststehenden Set nicht so sehr voneinander unterscheiden, Elvis ist ja nicht so kommunikativ. (Was absolut keine Kritik sein soll, im Gegenteil, nur macht es die Shows halt recht ähnlich)

Atomic Powered Poster schrieb: Der Promotext ist vermutlich von Ciscoking?

Genau dasselbe habe ich auch vermutet



Zwar keine Reviews der CDs (verständlicherweise), aber dafür vom ersten der beiden Konzerte:


CONCERT DATE: March 14 1974 (8:30 pm). Murfreesboro TN.

Elvis Performs; Crowd Pleased"
by Mike West
Murfreesboro Daily News
March 1974

He is "the King." No one who witnessed Elvis Presley's performance last night at MTSU's Murphy Center will disagree - unless they just like to argue. To begin with, the concert had no major flaws. Most similar performances have something drastically wrong with them. An amplifier might blow, the performer might be tired or the sound system might be out of balance. At any rate, something always goes out of "kilter". But not last night.

The only flaw was the warm-up comedian's jokes which were stale, to say the least. Who cares about jokes anyway? Elvis' warm-up group, "The Sweet Inspirations" were great - but not as great as the "Big E." The audience, the largest in Murphy Center's brief history, was tense but not vocal. After all, Elvis fans are a different breed from any other set of fans. They're "rabidly" loyal, but they're also hard to please, but: When you get down to it, Elvis did more than please them.

He opened with a rock-a-billy number See See Rider and closed with his classic Can't Help Falling in Love. Everything in between was fantastic. Personally, the high point was a moving, well orchestrated version of Kris Kristofferson's Why Me Lord which featured the super bass of J.D. Sumner. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet served in a backup role, along with the Sweet Inspirations and Kathy Westmoreland. However, it was Sumner who almost stole the show. His gravely bass voice can hit rock bottom - and then some.

Another "high point" was Suspicious Minds. The amount of musical drive achieved during this number was incredible. Increasing the effect was the power of the musical arrangements, handled very capably by Elvis' backup band. American Trilogy - a Mickey Newbury concoction - was also enough to make one feel patriotic which is amazing when you consider the nation's current disenchantment. Perhaps this feeling points to the reason for Elvis' success. He offers his fans a musical world that's quite an improvement over their daily, often disenchanting grind.

Elvis can sing with "hurt." But he also sings with hope - the hope that life is a little better than it seems. His music serves very efficiently as an escape vehicle. Hope plus escape from the day-in-day-out drag. What more can an entertainer offer his fans? Would you believe professionalism? The ticket takers almost messed things up by inefficient ticket taking methods, etc. but the professionalism of the Elvis road show pulled them through. The show was ready to begin at 8.30 PM but all of the crowd hadn't arrived yet. So the show "waited." This has got to be the most amazing fact about the entire concert. I want to see Elvis again.

Quelle: www.elvisconcerts.com/newspapers/news1974.htm