New clip !
Elvis as recorded live in Dayton, Ohio. October 6, 1974. 2:30 PM show.
This concert is taken from 2009 2 CD's bootleg "A DAY IN DAYTON" ("Gravel Road Music" label).
The show is available since 1996 ("A profile-The king on stage, volume 2", 4 CD's box by "Fort Baxter" label but this release features improved sound (soundboard obviously).
The second CD will feature the evening show.
On October 6, 1974 Elvis played Dayton twice. The matinee-show (released on "A Profile, Volume 2") showed us already that Elvis was in much better shape than the week before, when he was hardly able to stand on his two legs. Listening to this show you'll find out Elvis was really having a good time himself. The ending of 'Fever' really shows that, and also all jokes he made during the show sound 'real'. Elvis delivers a great version of 'Big Boss Man', is teasing JD Sumner (as usual) during 'Why Me Lord?'. By the way, the background singers sound marvelous on 'Why Me'.
Probably James Burton wasn't able to hold his guitar after 'Johnny B.', because it must really have been hot. It's a pity Elvis dropped 'Promised Land' and 'It's Midnight' from the matinee-show, but we got 'The Wonder of You' and a great refreshing version of 'That's All Right' instead.
Taken from a superb soundboard tape, one may for the first time enjoy the complete evening performance from 06 October 1974. Unlike just a week prior, Elvis flies high on the collective spirit of 13.500 fans attending the gig. Like the matinee set, available from a mixing board tape on Fort Baxter¹s 4x CD set "A Profile - The King On Stage Vol. 2", Presley is more focused, a lot less chatty. They¹re both superior to the Maryland debacle. Although low in the mix, it's obvious from the moment Presley hits the boards that Dayton is wild for the man from Tennessee. Elvis dances through his usual set openers like "C.C. Rider", playing the crowd's affection, hard.
The University of Dayton is awarded three more songs than earlier in the day, including Presley taking a spin on acoustic guitar for "That's All Right, Mama" and "Blue Christmas"! "I have a lot of people that ask me if I play the guitar and the answer is no ... I mean, uh, yes I can!" Elvis claims. And he backs up those words. His very first single from 1954 is given a nice ride, Presley even asking the band to slow it down a bit. What a treat!
Most of his other 50's tunes are run through with the same unfortunate casualness that makes one wonder why he sings them at all. Presley chooses to dig down, in his own magical way, on the uptempo blues of "Big Boss Man" and both of Olivia Newton-John's current hit singles, "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" and "Let Me Be There". Imagine how enjoyable creatively arranged, well-recorded studio versions of these singles might have been, given Presley's obvious affection for them! Deep bass gospel singer J.D. Sumner's spotlight number "Why Me Lord" (with help in the choruses and jokes throughout by Elvis) and "Hawaiian Wedding Song" are extended with Presley-led reprises. "The whole ending was wrong, it wasn't romantic enough, we have to re-shoot it", jokes Elvis to backing vocalist Kathy Westmoreland at the conclusion of the Hawaiian classic Presley originally recorded in 1961. Not surprisingly, laughter replaces romance during a second stab at their harmony ending.
The night concludes with a decent run through Chuck Berry's peerless 1957 single "Johnny B. Goode", lead guitarist James Burton "ringing a bell" on his red Fender Stratocaster guitar as usual, and the Elvis concert-closing staple, "Can't Help Falling In Love". This isn't Elvis Presley at his most intense, but the mutual warmth between singer and audience makes for a perfect time capsule of something now a quarter of a century gone: the 1974 Elvis Presley Show.
Tracklisting
Dayton - October 6 1974 (2:30 pm). Dayton OH.
2001 Theme / See See Rider / I Got A Woman / - segued medley with - / Amen / Love Me / If You Love Me (+ reprise) / Its Midnight / Big Boss Man / Fever / Love Me Tender / Hound Dog (+ reprise) / Band Introductions / Guitar Solo ( featuring James Burton ) / Drum Solo ( featuring Ronnie Tutt ) / Bass Solo ( featuring Duke Bardwell ) / Piano Solo ( featuring Glen D Hardin ) / All Shook Up / Teddy Bear / - segued medley with - / Dont Be Cruel / Heartbreak Hotel / Why Me Lord ? / Promised Land / You Gave Me A Mountain / Let Me Be There (+ reprise) / Hawaiian Wedding Song (+ reprise) / Cant Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp
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A day in Dayton [CD 1. #6]by marco3107681,969 views
a little bit halfheartedly on his early-songs medley, isn't he? is it just me or...?
thank you for the upload Marco
simonetr81 2 years ago
Sensational clip 10 **********
AdemPresley 2 years ago
This was the very first time that I'd ever heard these unreleased performances. You've introduced me to way more new Elvis recordings than anyone else here at Youtube has. "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy", "All Shook Up", "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear", "Don't Be Cruel" and "Heartbreak Hotel" are all such absolutely spectacular songs and Elvis definitely has the very best renditions of all of them. Your Elvis videos are easily the greatest Elvis Youtube videos without a shadow of a doubt.
ElvisSacramento 2 years ago