Live 1969
Live 1969
Elvis Presley’s comeback of the late 1960s is often reduced to his spectacular reemergence in 1968, an event designed for a mass audience watching at home on television. That NBC special from December 1968 certainly earned the attention of an audience who hadn’t paid attention to Elvis in years, but in many ways, Elvis’ real comeback didn’t happen until 1969.
During 1969, he recorded a series of sessions with producer Chips Moman in American Sound Studio, music that put him firmly at the crossroads of contemporary pop, rock, soul, and country while also reviving his commercial fortunes. Just as importantly, Elvis didn’t limit his comeback to the studio: he performed on-stage for the first time in eight years.
| Dimensions: | 20.83 x 20.37 x 3.18 cm; 739.36 Grams |
| Manufacture: | Sony Music Cmg |
| Origin: | Portugal |
| Reference: | CDRCA40642 |
Although the setlist doesn’t change, and the music is pretty much the same throughout the different concerts, listening to this is the best way to enjoy Elvis live. Elvis forever!
Me la regalaron para mi cumpleaos. Caja nagnifica con 11 de los 12 conciertos que la RCA grabo en la temporada que Elvis volvio
a los escenarios. Sonido genial y estupenda presentacion de la caja. Larga vida al Rey.
Super Box, nur fr die extrem schwer zu entnehmenden CD’s gibt es 1.Pkt Abzug.
Excellentes performances pleines d’nergie. Par contre, ce coffret est pour les fans qui auraient assist tous ces concerts s’ils en avaient eu l’occasion ou encore qui aiment dtecter les nuances. Pour les autres, l’album Elvis in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas est une excellente option.
Wonderful recordings of eleven live concerts. The size and booklet are nice with great pictures of the king in the beginning (and the best) years of his reign in Vegas. Although, a bit pricy, I got a good deal with a damaged box (which I repaired to my satisfaction).
11 conciertos de Elvis en Las Vegas en 1969.
Actuaciones geniales, con sonido espectacular y un Elvis pletrico. Libro detallado y muy interesante. Al ser las fechas de los conciertos tan seguidas el repertorio es muy parecido entre los diferentes conciertos, pero son una autntica maravilla. SUPERCONTENTO de ampliar las actuaciones en ese ao l!!!!! Como siempre Elvis BRUTAL.
Imprecindible
A historical window into the world of Elvis during his 1969 live performances comeback.
es beau album les coins un peu abim rien d autre a dire superbe album acheter achete
Very fast delivery in excellent condition. I am totally satisfied……:)
Satisfait du produit,de sa protection…..suite son envoi.
Beau coffret, je ne l’ai pas ouvert!!!
j’ai les fichiers AutoRip de bonne qualit. dj la c’est le Top.
la suite …je vais attendre un petit peu …pour dcouvrir son contenu..
Spettacolare raccolta di live avvenuti nel 1969….Las Vegas presso l’ International Hotel.
Fu il ritorno del King su in palco e potrete ascoltare la tigre che aveva dentro!!!
Great sound and performances by Elvis. However, most songs and jokes are the same on each disk.
If you’re not as big a fan of Elvis as I am, I’d recommend saving time and money by purchasing Elvis: In Person At The International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.
you feel like you’re there at the international!
elvis at his best!!
Although I shall never open this box set it takes centre stage in my ever growing collection of over 50 years
Box molto curato ricco di foto e molto compatto per un agevole l’archiviazione. Servizio Amazon sempre all’altezza
A great record of that part of Elvis’ career. Great sound quality.
A little repetitious since most shows in this set are the same, but an Elvis fan will surely like it.
pues muy bien la verdad para los aficionados : super guay!
Kook for a start nobody is going to buy this item unless their big Elvis fans , all the shows are the same (more or less) but as a fan you know this and expect this what comes over to me is his sense of humour he is absolutely nuts at times but one things for sure the man is glad to be back on stage again, The band behind him (later known as theTCB band are brilliant hard rocking and never misses a beat (even when Elvis is fooling around )His excitement for these shows show much and only enforces the fact that he was the most exciting entertainer of his generation,and we all know he had plenty of competition the king of Vagas ,Love i
merci pour cette vente et un de plus dans la colectio
Non c’ molto da dire. Confezione perfetta con CD di Elvis.
Love Elvis. BOUGHT THIS FOR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR SON.
Ich habe es als Geschenk fr einen groen Elvis Fan gekauft und der ist total begeistert!
Elvis in his prime. The sound quality is great . and you can never go wrong with the king
Most comprehensive release of live music from the 1969 Live Vegas shows ever released. Sound quality is superb on this beautifully remastered box set.
Book and photos included, one of my favorite Elvis releases in recent years.
This is elvis at his BEST great cd’s a must for everyone fans an non fans go out and get it they have done elvis the king proud. An absolutely fab collection of this groundbreaking come back to live performance at The International Hotel, Las Vegas.
The box set is so nicely done – I cant recommend this collection enough – listen & enjoy
Un super concert avec un nouveau son
a a pourtant 50 ans
The wait staff must have been able to do the concerts themselves after the first ten shows. If they weren’t such croakers and groaners they might have taken that bet.
J’ai reu le tout en parfait tat et le cadeau offert fait plaisir un fan, il correspond tout fait aux attentes
Otra joya para los que gustamos de la musica del rey del rock
On y est dans cette salle de l’International Htel pour partager un moment unique avec le King …. un pur plaisir et bonheur…
Excellent sound, although a little repetitive, but good to hear Elvis at the beginning of his live comeback.
C’tait pour offrir un ami qui en est ravi!
Merci
The whole box set is beautiful. Nice photos and notes. Clear sound and great mixes in the production. A must have, and the Rip it for me provided by Amazon is a game changer to purchase the set from. Highly recommend!!
Mooie presentatie van deze uitgave en de ” sound” is van adembenemende kwaliteit.
En dit ook nog, het booklet, is voortreffelijk met mooie foto’s en de nodige uitleg.
Na vijftig jaar het beste van Elvis’ zijn optreden in Las Vegas op cd.
Deze uitagave is voor mij persoonlijk “Platina.”
le king 1969 que dire que du bonheur note from an elvis fan tcb
Excelente producto, tanto para coleccionistas (que ya tenamos casi todos los conciertos) como para gente que es la primera vez que escucha este material. Aunque los set lists estn repetidos en algunos casos, la intensidad de cada concierto es nica. Es un personaje que se disfruta de pe a pa. Es cosa de sentarse a tomarse un caf y disfrutar.
Great to get this box set of Elvis good sound quality item arrived same day delivery very impressed
Il prodotto bellissimo h ascoltato il cd veramente bello ogni volta che ordino un articolo mi stupisco per la confezione ,la novit il cotinuo tenere vivo qualcosa ch non c’ piu. Poi la puntualita,professionalit nella consegna.
An absolutely fab collection of this groundbreaking come back to live performance at The International Hotel, Las Vegas.
The box set is so nicely done – I cant recommend this collection enough – listen & enjoy
The product is good apart from the booklet which has one or two errors with the concert dates although the correct information is on the disc. If anyone has a corrected booklet, I would love a copy rather than shelling out for another boxed set to find ou
fan d’elvis depuis tres longtemps article le moins cheres des autres ‘commerants’ et seriieux
When I first read Elvis: A life in Music, the Complete Recording Sessions by Ernst Mikael Jorgensen and realized there were 11 complete concerts recorded during Elvis’ August run at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, I was hoping someday they would release all those shows. FTD and BMG released a few of the shows, but Legacy finally put them all together in this fabulous package. If you’re a hardcore Elvis fan, then you need to get this set. Certainly, there is a lot of repetition in the set list, but being able to listen to these shows in their entirety in such high quality is treasure trove worth digging into.
The highlights are all of the versions of “Suspicious Minds” which range in timing from 5:56 to 7:42 followed by a raucous version of “What’d I Say.” The medley at the beginning of the show: “Blue Suede Shoes,” “I Got a Woman,” “All Shook Up,” “Love Me Tender,” “Heartbreak Hotel,” and “Hound Dog” break the listener in to the show with a bang. These renditions tend to be done at quite a fast tempo, except for “Heartbreak Hotel.” Elvis does these songs justice, and even though the rendition of “Hound Dog” is perfunctory, Elvis does a good job of mixing the melody of Big Mama Thornton’s original and his own. The prelude to each version or “Hound Dog” finds Elvis taking a long time to get to it and you can tell he sings the song with tongue in cheek. I think if he had his druthers, he never would have sung that song again except for the fans wanting to hear it so badly.
The versions of “Memories” and “Baby, What You Want Me To Do” that were done on the television special get decent treatments from Elvis, though I wish he would have extended “Baby, What You Want Me To Do” for a little while longer or had as much fun with it in Vegas as he did in Burbank. “Runaway” is delivered well each night with appropriate seriousness. Most of the versions of “Yesterday” are ruined by Elvis singing “I’m not half the stud” and then giggling, but the renditions of the fade out of “Hey Jude” are done with energy and spirit. Each version of “In the Ghetto” are performed well by Elvis. It’s obvious he really liked the song at that point in his career.
The highlight of every show though is the incredible versions of “Suspicious Minds.” The longest version, 7:41, performed on the August 22 Midnight show, are worth the price of admission for this set. The best version is the one RCA chose for the Live at the International Hotel in Las Vegas which runs at 7:02. Just listen to Jerry Scheff’s bass line on each version. I mean this bass line is thunderous and absolutely riveting.
There are a few tunes that Elvis doesn’t perform very often such as “Words,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “My Babe” (the best of the lot) included in the set. These are welcome variations from the standard set list that permeates this collection. It seems like Elvis really enjoys these variations as he tends to perform them with more seriousness than some other songs. There’s also the twenty second snippets of “Loving You” that you wish Elvis would have done with just the acoustic guitar, but such is life.
The one-off songs like such as “Reconsider Baby” (the best of the one-offs), “Inherit the Wind,” and “Rubberneckin'” are a major welcome for this listener as I plowed through this set. It would have been great if Elvis would have challenged himself more and played some other songs from the American sessions, but such is life.
Overall, this is a huge must for Elvis fans, but there are some things that get irritating on this set. The monologue and the introductions to “Hound Dog” tend to get on a person’s nerves after a while. Elvis’ giggling and guffawing during many parts gets tiring, and his making rifle shot sounds gets old after the first time. For the most part, there is really only 45 to 50 minutes of music for each 70 to 79-minute show. This means that there is only at the least 60% music on one show (August 23 dinner show) to 73% music for the August 24 dinner show. I think what happened was Elvis was told to shorten the show by shortening the amount of time he was talking to the audience and making some inappropriate jokes and double entendres. The last show Elvis even belches into the microphone.
My favorite show is the one from August 24 Dinner. Elvis is focused and is really down to business. The monologue is only 7and a half minutes and the babbling before “Hound Dog” is kept to a minimum, and he sings “Yesterday” without singing “Half the stud” My least favorite show, though it has the most one-off of all 11 shows, is the midnight show of August 26th (the famous laughing version of “Are You Lonesome Tonight”). Elvis was in a particularly silly mood and I think it affected the performances. Not that they were bad, just not performed as well as they could have.
Here are some statistics for those who are interested. Also, these are my timings, so they may be inaccurate. Disc 1: 72:18. Disc 2: 70:48 Disc 3: 76:45 Disc 4: 77:13 Disc 5: 79:47 (the longest show in the collection) Disc 6: 61:31 (the shortest show in the set) Disc 7: 62:41 Disc 8: 72:05 Disc 9 75:10 Disc 10 73:28 Disc 11 74:52. That’s over 13 and a quarter hours of live Elvis!
Below are the timings I did for each song. This does not include the spoken intro (unless the music had begun) and any of the applause before or afterward.
Intro- :10/:10 /:11/:10/:10 /:10/:10/:10/:10/:11/:10
Blue Suede Shoes- 2:07/2:04/2:09/2:15/2:14/2:13/2:02/2:24/2:02/2:14/2:10
I Got a Woman- 2:10/2:01/2:04/2:08/2:03/2:06/2:03/2:15/2:10/2:14/2:09
All Shook Up- 1:27/1:24/1:27/1:27/1:25/1:26/1:26/1:24/1:28/1:24/1:25/1:25
Love Me Tender- 2:16/2:10/2:11/2:11/2:07/2:11/2:08/2:11/2:08/2:12/2:11
Jailhouse Rock- :47/:44/:45/:45/:45/:44/:45/:44/:44/:44/:44/:44
Don’t Be Cruel- 1:22/1:20/1:21/1:20/1:19/1:25/1:20/1:20/1:28/1:20/1:19
Heartbreak Hotel- 2:11/2:12/2:14/2:13/2:09/1:53/2:09/1:51/2:12/2:09/2:10
Hound Dog- 1:42/1:39/1:11/1:26/1:12/1:25/1:24/1:12/1:26/1:25/1:23
Memories- 2:43/2:20/2:31/2:34/2:34/2:35/2:25
Mystery Train- 1:25/1:22/1:19/1:19/1:13/1:18/1:19/1:18
Tiger Man- 1:55/1:51/1:51/1:47/1:55/1:53/1:28
Monologue- 10:37/10:21/10:18/13:33/10:15/7:37/8:59/11:34/8:30/9:03/11:31
Baby, What You Want Me To Do- 2:12/2:11/2:12/2:13/2:15/1:54/2:13/1:51/1:51/2:10/2:10
Runaway- 2:13/2:14/2:07/2:10/2:10/2:08/2:08/2:16/2:10/2:09/2:12
Are You Lonesome Tonight?- 2:35/2:26/2:37/2:40/2:39/2:42/2:33/2:40/2:33
Yesterday- 2:21/2:16/2:20/2:18/2:15/2:18/2:15/2:18/2:18/2:23/2:16
Hey Jude- 1:53/2:14/1:33/2:03/3:24/1:32/2:07/1:51/2:40/2:06/2:07
Introductions- 2:46/3:10/3:46/4:49/3:57/2:52/3:20/3:15/4:42/4:51/4:01
In the Ghetto- 2:40/2:36/2:32/2:34/2:30/2:34/2:27/2:35/2:32/2:33/2:32
Suspicious Minds- 7:33/6:34/7:41/7:25/7:38/6:15/5:56/6:40/6:52/7:02/6:21
What’d I Say- 3:55/4:02/2:59/1:51/5:30/3:37/2:13/3:19/
Can’t Help Falling in Love- 1:58/2:00/2:00/2:01/1:56/1:59/1:58/2:04/1:57/2:01/1:57
My Babe- 1:52/2:02/2:25/
Funny How Time Slips Away- 2:18/2:30/
Loving You- :25/:20
Reconsider Baby- 3:03
I Can’t Stop Loving You- 2:25/2:20/2:21/2:26
Johnny B. Goode- 1:59/1:58
Words- 2:26/2:33/2:32
Inherit the Wind- 2:43
Rubberneckin- :47 (false start)/ 2:16
This Is the Story- 2:25
un peu repetitif mais pour la collection quel grand moment de revivre ce retour sur scne du King
gnial concert d ELVIS 1969 seul bmol les cd sont dur a enlever des pochettes
Box che raggruppa i concerti registrati professionalmente durante la stagione agosto 1969 … suono fantastico e un Elvis al meglio per il vero Ritorno on stage .. assolutamente da avere per ogni collezionista di Elvis
Great box set of 11 elvis concerts from August 69 fantastic set a must buy for new and old fans
Fans who know about the specialist ‘Follow That Dream’ label will be aware, for example, that the forthcoming Memphis Sessions (American Sound) box, despite containing five discs and costing around 60, holds less than fifteen minutes of unheard music (no new songs, and mainly only false starts of already heard recordings). And so we have a similar situation with this new live box. I can’t remember the exact details, but I think somebody somewhere worked out that if you take all the unheard music and stick it together, you’ll just about fill one CD. No completely unheard shows (although one did previously exist on vinyl only, released earlier this year as a Record Store Day special edition) but a couple of shows which had been picked at for compilation albums over the years and which are now brought together for the first time. So you could say, if you were being cynical, that you’re paying not far off a hundred pounds (depending when and where you bought it) for one CD.
That’s not a fair review however, that’s just me moaning, and a review should be about what we get and how it’s put together. And the answer to that is, it’s (very, very) good in parts. For a start, this is the live comeback year, so we’re not talking about drugged up and slurred speeches, fifteen minute band introductions, and Karate demonstrations. This is Elvis at his (almost) live best. Personally I think he got better the following year, but you may disagree, and what’s not in question is his commitment to the music. So that’s the first tick.
Secondly, the sound quality is about as good as you’d want. Or is it? I’ve seen people complaining that it’s too bright, people listening on stereo systems costing tens of thousands of pounds – and then I’ve seen others saying that it’s amazing on regular real-people systems, through headphones and Bluetooth speakers and car stereos. Sound quality is subjective. We’re also in the era where Elvis fans talk about their favourite ‘versions’ of recordings, where one mix or one re-mastering is preferred to another. This is great news for the record companies because it means they can reissue CDs at regular intervals after having given the tapes to a different engineer to mess around with. Yay…. For me, this new set sounds good enough, and I play everything on headphones or Sonos speakers. Even a kitchen radio. Just like most normal people do.
Third, the packaging. Eurgh… Buy it, take the discs out (if you can prise the cardboard slots open without ripping them) put them in a laptop and turn them into nice little MP3s or FLAC files, then put the box back on a shelf. Never open it again, and occasionally remind yourself that you paid a lot of money for something you never look at. After a while the guilt will go away, and you’ll be at peace. “At least I don’t do drugs and I’ve never been in trouble with the law.” That’s what I tell myself.
Lastly, the repetition. Well, I’m assuming that a casual music fan isn’t looking at the Amazon listing and thinking to him or herself, “I’m in the market for some Elvis. I know… I’ll buy these eleven virtually identical live shows.” If you’re buying it, you know what you’re getting and (presumably) you’re OK with it. But it is very samey, there’s no getting round that. Mostly the same songs, in roughly the same order, with the same dialogue in between. And that’s fine if it’s 1969, and you’ve got a ticket for your once in a lifetime Elvis show. You wouldn’t expect a performer to come up with a new set of quips and speeches every night, would you? But fifty years later, listening to the same speeches almost a dozen times can be a bit – a lot – boring. There’s only so many times that you can hear the same joke before you stop laughing. (It’s three times, in case you were wondering.)
In some ways it’s remarkable that four decades after somebody dies, there is still a big enough market that boxes like this can be considered viable. We, the fans, should consider ourselves well served. There’s no way that this isn’t a four star release, and it’s only the thoughtless packaging (oh, there’s a book in there as well, but I’ll be honest – I never look at them) and the lack of new material that stops me giving it five. I don’t know where we go from here, but I’m in no doubt that at some point in the next couple of years my credit card will be debited with a similar amount for yet another box of material that I am only buying because, ‘It’s all in one place”.
What could I possibly dislike about this box set. It’s Elvis for goodness sake, it’s wonderful, beautiful and very very special. Plus it was delivered much quicker than originally predicted.
It was pure, raw, unadulterated Elvis giving it his all, as only he can. Rock n roll at its best by the King himself. It was raw, but polished and his voice was harsh when rocked, smooth when crooning for the women in the audience. Elvis was BACK and he was in total control, the leash was cut and the Colonel was no longer the puppet master.
Elvis was having fun on stage and it was contagious and he brought the band along with him and held the audience in the palm of his hand. You want to listen to Elvis live, then this 11 CD box set is the definitive of live.
The recordings are fabulous, you can feel and hear Elvis, you can hear the guitar licks and almost hear James Burton’s fingers on the strings. the only let down, especially on the first show is that Ronnie Tutt’s drums are too far back in the mix, maybe it was the way it was recorded but thems the breaks, but they got it right in the end. You can hear everyone coming together, better and better each show. This box set is value for money, unlike the 68 Comeback Special box set, double the price for less than half the discs. That was a rip-off especially as 80% was previously released. I didn’t purchase it.
If you are an Elvis fan, then this is a box set not to be missed and if you’re not, then this is the best box set to start of with. Get this and you’ll learn why Elvis is the best. Forget the rest this is Elvis showing the world that he is King, not just of rock n roll but every gene that was, is and yet to come. No one could or ever will again be able to sing and cover so many styles as Elvis.
More of this, More, More, More, do you hear u SONY?
We want Pure 100% Elvis. The real deal not the regurgitated rubbish that we’ve been offered lately. We want Elvis as recorded and produced by Elvis. No to artificial new backing tracks1
This set is perhaps the best, and most fun, of them all. And I would argue among the most important.
Physically, the set is more compact than many of the more recent ones. But the book is terrific, with enough background and history for the novice and collector alike. The discs may not be stored ideally, but that may be its only drawback.
Yes, a lot of duplication, but that’s how the shows went down fifty years ago. A set list was composed, a script was written, and each night featured both. But each performance is top notch. Presley is in peak vocal form, and the band behind him sparkles. The mixing job on this set is top notch. You can groove with the vocals and band well. If you change the EQ on each show, it’s interesting to note the difference.
This is a vital document. Thankfully RCA had their recorders running. If only someone had thought of a video for posterity. Elvis is finally liberated from the lousy movies and wretched soundtracks on this set.
The booklet has lots of unseen photos beautifully presented
A must have for all Elvis fans
Ce splendide coffret nous retrace en 11CD du midnight show du 21 Aot au midnight show du 26 Aot ce retour fulgurant.La prsentation contenant un livret de 52 pages est superbe et les photos sont splendides.
Cependant,les disques qui sont insrs dans la conception dpliable en carton o figure de trs belles photos sont difficiles d’accs.Il faut s’armer de patience pour retirer chaque CD sans abmer l’insert en carton et c’est un peu dommage.Quoiqu’il en soit je ne peux me rsoudre retirer une toile,tant ces enregistrements pleins de fougue sont historiques.
Il est dommage aussi qu’il n’y ait pas de suivi dans le format des coffrets 32cm comme that’s the way it is deluxe 8cds/2dvds , 68 comeback 50th anniversary 5cd/2 bluray, young man with the big beat 5cds.Nous avons droit ii pour ces 11 cds incontournables dans l’oeuvre du King qu’ un petit format de 20 cm qui tranche en qualit et grandeur avec les autres coffrets dj cits.De plus les cds sont trs difficiles extraire de ce genre d’emballage.Mesure d ‘conomie? qui dcide RCA?
Ultimately it does what it says on the tin, and it does it well.