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ELVIS - Summer of '76 3CD

As part of its ongoing live on-tour series, FTD is pleased to announce the release of ELVIS: SUMMER OF ’76.. Released as a 3-CD 5” digipak, this set features three 1976 concerts: Civic Center, Charleston, West Virginia. Afternoon show July 24; Civic Center, Springfield, Massachusetts. Evening show July 29; Hampton Coliseum, Hampton Roads, Virginia: Afternoon show August 1.

DISC 1 – Charleston, West Virginia, Afternoon Show, July 24
1) Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 Theme)
2) See See Rider
3) I Got A Woman/Amen
4) Love Me
5) If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
6) You Gave Me A Mountain
7) All Shook Up
8) (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel
9) And I Love You So
10) Jailhouse Rock
11) Fever
12) America The Beautiful
13) Introductions
14) Early Morning Rain
15) What’d I Say
16) Johnny B. Goode
17) Introductions continued
18) Love Letters
19) School Day
20) Hurt
21) Funny How Time Slips Away
22) Can't Help Falling In Love
23) Closing Vamp

DISC 2 – Springfield, Massachusetts, Evening Show, July 29

1) Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 Theme)
2) See See Rider
3) I Got A Woman/Amen
4) Love Me
5) If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
6) You Gave Me A Mountain
7) Help Me
8) All Shook Up
9) (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel
10) And I Love You So
11) Jailhouse Rock
12) America The Beautiful
13) Polk Salad Annie
14) Introductions
15) Early Morning Rain
16) What’d I Say
17) Johnny B. Goode
18) Introductions Continued
19) Love Letters
20) School Day
21) Hurt
22) Hound Dog
23) Funny How Time Slips Away
24) Can't Help Falling In Love
25) Closing Vamp

DISC 3 – Hampton Roads, Afternoon Show, August 1.

1) Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 Theme)
2) See See Rider
3) I Got A Woman/Amen
4) Love Me
5) If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
6) You Gave Me A Mountain
7) All Shook Up
8) (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel
9) And I Love You So
10) Jailhouse Rock
11) Fever
12) America The Beautiful
13) Return To Sender
14) Introductions
15) Early Morning Rain
16) What’d I Say
17) Johnny B. Goode
18) Introduction continued
19) Love Letters
20) School Day
21) Hurt
22) Hound Dog
23) Funny How Time Slips Away
24) Can't Help Falling In Love
25) Closing Vamp

Hard pass for me. Tired of that many 76 shows.

one of my favorite tracks is #18, "introductions continued".
I always set this for repeat play.

Despite the rare Return to Sender, Aug 1 was not a good show.

Rickeap wrote:Despite the rare Return to Sender, Aug 1 was not a good show.

Yes, it's really hard to listen to him struggling through this concert, he's clearly not feeling well and ironically the excellent sound makes it even worse, cause there's nothing to hide... Surely a quite controversial decision to release something like this officially - even it's a special collector's label.

According to Sid Shaw on EIN, probably "the worst Elvis photo" of all time was taken at this show, too:



To be honest, I have seen much worse pictures of him that I would like to delete forever off of my mind and actually find this "funny face" shot quite amusing... So it's a pity that FTD didn't dare to choose it as front cover shot, in the sense of a disarmingly self-ironic answer to all the expected critical comments on their latest concert box set.
[Don't take the last sentence to serious, I'm just kidding here ]

cadillac-elvis wrote:one of my favorite tracks is #18, "introductions continued".
I always set this for repeat play.

It’s not as good as #17 on disc one though.
That’s my go to for repeat.

This is a tough one and I won't be playing these concerts very often, but I'm always gonna get new EP shows, no matter what. FTD still offers good value for money, despite the numerous complaints.

I was fine with this release. It featured shows which I had not heard previously. Maybe I am a fan who is not hard to please, but I sat back and accepted the shows and enjoyed them. Always appreciate these FTD releases....., regardless of the year of Elvis' career represented on the disk....,

But do the shows run at the correct speed?

javilu wrote:But do the shows run at the correct speed?

Yes.

javilu wrote:But do the shows run at the correct speed?

More importantly, does Elvis run at the right speed?

Don't really need to hear any more '76 shows, especially this one. Elvis is not well at all in this show. I don't think it should have been released.

IMHO this is a good release from FTD. Each show taken on its own, is entertaining. The August 1st show, Elvis voice does sound weak, but we do get a rare rendition of "Return to Sender." The other shows feature good interaction between the entertainer and the fans and feature good performances. I grateful that FTD made these three shows available to us fans. I am one fan that does not mind Elvis' 1976 performances.

Just to be clear, my comments were mainly directed towards the specific concert featuring "Return To Sender."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUz5JQedyNA


Review
http://www.elvisinnorway.no/bicent.html

Elvis clearly sounds unwell.

All three CDs are on youtube. I've listened to a couple of snippets, but not downloaded them. The poor guy sounds awful.