FTD is pleased to announce the release of 'Elvis: Let Me Be There'. This first new releases for 2023 has an estimated release date of March 6. eleased as a 3-CD 5" digi-pak, this set features three 1974 concerts recorded at The Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas on January 28, 29, February 1, 1974.
Tracklist
Disc 1 - January 28, 1974 Dinner Show
01 Also Sprach Zarathustra
02 See See Rider
03 I Got A Woman / Amen
04 Love Me
05 My Baby Left Me
06 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
07 Sweet Caroline
08 Love Me Tender
09 Trying To Get To You
10 Medley: Long Tall Sally / Whole Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On / Your Mama Don't Dance / Flip, Flop And Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound
11 Fever
12 Polk Salad Annie
13 Killing Me Softly With His Song (Performed by Voice)
14 Spanish Eyes
15 Why Me Lord (Performed by J.D. Sumner & the Stamps)
16 Suspicious Minds
17 Introductions
18 I Can't Stop Loving You
19 Help Me
20 An American Trilogy (incomplete)
21 Let Me Be There (incomplete)
22 Can't Help Falling In Love
23 Closing Vamp
Disc 2 - January 29, 1974 Midnight Show
01 See See Rider (late start)
02 I Got A Woman / Amen
03 Love Me
04 My Baby Left Me
05 Trying To Get To You
06 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
07 Love Me Tender
08 Medley: Long Tall Sally / Whole Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On / Your Mama Don't Dance / Flip, Flop And Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound Dog
09 Fever
10 Polk Salad Annie
11 Killing Me Softly With His Song (Performed by Voice)
12 Spanish Eyes (incomplete)
13 Why Me Lord (incomplete) (Performed by J.D. Sumner & the Stamps)
14 Suspicious Minds
15 Introductions
16 I Can't Stop Loving You
17 Help Me
18 An American Trilogy
19 Let Me Be There
20 Can't Help Falling In Love
21 Closing Vamp
Disc 3 - February 1, 1974 Midnight Show
01 See See Rider (late start)
02 I Got A Woman / Amen
03 Love Me
04 Trying To Get To You
05 Sweet Caroline
06 Love Me Tender
07 Medley: Long Tall Sally / Whole Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On / Your Mama Don't Dance / Flip, Flop And Fly / Jailhouse Rock / Hound Dog
08 Fever
09 Polk Salad Annie
10 Killing Me Softly With His Song (Performed by Voice)
11 Spanish Eyes
12 Why Me Lord (Performed by J.D. Sumner & the Stamps)
13 Suspicious Minds
14 Introductions
15 I Can't Stop Loving You
16 Help Me
17 An American Trilogy
18 Let Me Be There
19 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
20 Can't Help Falling In Love
Recorded at The Las Vegas Hilton Showroom. All recordings are from original soundboard source.
Great news, I need to have this. I hope the audio quality is really good.
I really like the look of this set but I’ve overspent on getting my 7” FTD CDs collection complete. I’ve previously ignored most the soundboards because I can’t afford everything FTD throws at us and was hoping for a full session release next. Can someone share the sound quality once it’s out? Fabulous cover and I like the Feb 74 shows.
A very good season and good set lists with an Elvis looking good and in a good mood. That´s my opinion. From ftd we only did get one song from these 3 concerts on the i found my thrill ftd and one of the concerts isn´t even on cdr out there ( 29. January ). So ...
I hadn't heard soundboard recordings from this Vegas stint.. nice!
In general I also like Elvis' performance here, as the title track Let Me Be There was unlike later shouting versions, the setlist varied and a nice bridge between the earlier and later 70's.
The last outing by FTD of this Vegas season was "I Found My Thrill"...long long ago so it was high noon for another outing...this Vegas gig is kind of underrated...Elvis was in good condition and set list were fine..also we hear Stamps singing Why Me Lord..etc..it were the first renditions of this song..back then on stage..2 shows were available before only on soso sounding imports..the Jan 29 show was unreleased in any form before...the collectors now have this Vegas season complete for their listening pleasure on various formats...to my ears the sound is good. My advice: For all collectors a must have !!
I just received my cd but I'm confused. I think there is some speed issue on cd 1 and cd 2. I wonder if anyone saw this or maybe I could be wrong.
It is inadmissible for FTD, which is a label for collectors, to release something that is expensive with speed errors and in other releases grotesque errors with important information and even changed songs as in the case of Destination Usa. I'm disappointed, I can't listen to these shows at very fast speed, that's disrespectful, I want to know what FTD is going to do? I started collecting FTDs because I thought you guys had quality control. many bootlegs are higher quality than the FTDs, and the FTD should be ashamed of themselves. FTD should replace these disks. I paid dearly with an absurd shipping value to receive something that brought me disappointment.
The recordings on these 3 CDs are at the WRONG SPEED, running too fast! The incompetent clowns at FTD screwed up again! ~ I'm looking forward to the MRS label (Memphis Recording Service) correcting the speed issues and releasing their own superior set of these concerts!
