Elvis Presley 08/03/1969
Set I
Blue Suede Shoes
I Got A Woman
All Shook Up
Love Me Tender
Jailhouse Rock/Don't Be Cruel
Heartbreak Hotel
Hound Dog
Memories
Mystery Train/Tiger man
Life Story (dialogue)
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Yesterday/Hey Jude
Band introductions
In The Ghetto
Suspicious Minds
What'd I Say
Can't Help Falling In Love
I Got A Woman
All Shook Up
Love Me Tender
Jailhouse Rock/Don't Be Cruel
Heartbreak Hotel
Hound Dog
Memories
Mystery Train/Tiger man
Life Story (dialogue)
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Yesterday/Hey Jude
Band introductions
In The Ghetto
Suspicious Minds
What'd I Say
Can't Help Falling In Love
Set II
Set III
Comment
Not Opening Night as incorrectly titled on one bootleg (Opening Night was July 31)
attendance: 2200
7/31-8/28 MUSICIANS & WARM UP SHOW:
Comedian: Sammy Shore
Warm up act: The Sweet Inspirations
Backup vocalists:
The Sweet Inspirations: Emily Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell , Estelle Brown
The Imperials: Jake Hess, Jim Murray, Gary McSpadden, Armond Morales
Musicians:
Lead Guitar: James Burton
Rhythm Guitar: John Wilkinson
Bass: Jerry Scheff
Piano: Larry Muhoberac
Drums: Ronnie Tutt
Acoustic guitar: Charlie Hodge
Symphony orchestra:
Mr. Bobby Morris & Bobby Morris orchestra
attendance: 2200
7/31-8/28 MUSICIANS & WARM UP SHOW:
Comedian: Sammy Shore
Warm up act: The Sweet Inspirations
Backup vocalists:
The Sweet Inspirations: Emily Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell , Estelle Brown
The Imperials: Jake Hess, Jim Murray, Gary McSpadden, Armond Morales
Musicians:
Lead Guitar: James Burton
Rhythm Guitar: John Wilkinson
Bass: Jerry Scheff
Piano: Larry Muhoberac
Drums: Ronnie Tutt
Acoustic guitar: Charlie Hodge
Symphony orchestra:
Mr. Bobby Morris & Bobby Morris orchestra
Collectors With This Show
| User (active/rating) | Media / # | Show | Sound | Details | DB Source | User Source |
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| wes meyette | / | View | ||||
| Shearing | FLAC / 1 | A | View | EX soundboard tape > ? > Silver CD > WAV > FLAC | ||
| Notes: | "Elvis Presley - Elvis Meets The Beatles", Teddy Bear Records – TB 69 | |||||
| Shearing | FLAC / 1 | A+ | View | |||
| Notes: | "Elvis - The Return Of A Prodigy", Gravel Road Music – GR CD 6901-2 | |||||
| Shearing | FLAC / 1 | A | View | |||
| Notes: | "Elvis Presley - Opening Night 1969", Fort Baxter – A.S CD 731-69 | |||||
| Shearing | FLAC / 1 | A+ | View | |||
| Notes: | "Elvis Presley - Return Of The Pelvis", VV Records | |||||
| Socool135 | CD / 1 | View | ||||
| Slick2007 | FLAC / 2 | B+ | View | |||
| MyLibbyDog | CDR / 1 | A | A+ | View | ||
| Notes: | Just about Perfect Mono Soundboard. Great Set List. Volume was boosted. | |||||
| cotaper | flac / 1 | B+ | View | |||
| Notes: | 65 minutes | |||||
| afterdinnermint | CDR / 1 | A | View | |||
| Notes: | Fantastic professional recording, and the King at his finest. There are some fade outs where edits have been made, probably for commercials, but this seems to be complete, and my copy has all of the songs listed here. So sweet. | |||||
| bobbyhatrock | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | SBD | |
| Ben | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | "Opening Night" | |||||
| iluvmewzic2 | CD / 1 | A/B | View | |||
| PeaceTrader | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Damian | CD / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Elvis Presley, Las Vegas International, Las Vegas, August 3, 1969 [SDB (BOOT CD SILVER) - FLAC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMERCIAL BOOTLEG TORRENT : This torrent is taken from a commercial bootleg released on silver CD in the market by a bootleg company. You Will need 1CD for that torrent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Structure Of The Torrent : Main folder "Elvis Las Vegas 1969" 19 tracks (FLAC level 8) > info file "Elvis Las Vegas 1969" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elvis Presley Comedian : Sammy Shore Warm up act : The Sweet Inspirations Highvoice singer : Millie Kirkham Backup vocalists : The Sweet Inspirations : Emily Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell , Estelle Brown The Imperials : Jake Hess, Jim Murray, Gary McSpadden, Armond Morales Musicians : Lead Guitar : James Burton Rhythm Guitar : John Wilkinson Bass : Jerry Scheff Piano : Larry Muhoberac Drums : Ronnie Tutt Acoustic guitar : Charlie Hodge Symphony orchestra : Bobby Morris & the Bobby Morris Orchestra [as for many infos in that "small" text, i'm grateful to Francesc Lopez of "elvisconcerts.com"] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elvis Presley, Las Vegas International, Las Vegas, August 3, 1969 [SDB (BOOT CD SILVER) - FLAC] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recording taken from "Opening Night 1969" CD silver released by Fort Baxter in 1993 (A.S CD 731-69), thanks to FB ! "Opening Night 1969 Silver" > EAC > computer > edition & normalization (no equalization) Soundforge > DBpowerAMP > FLAC (level 8) > you 01 Opening Theme - Blue Suede Shoes 02 I Got A Woman 03 All Shook Up 04 Love Me Tender 05 Jailhouse Rock - Don't Be Cruel 06 Heartbreak Hotel 07 Hound Dog 08 Memories 09 Mystery Train - Tiger Man 10 Monologue 11 Baby, What You Want Me To Do 12 Are You Lonesome Tonight ? 13 Yesterday 14 Hey Jude 15 Band Introductions 16 In The Ghetto 17 Suspicious Minds 18 What'd I Say 19 Can't Help Falling In Love * complete gig (65.53) --------- Reworking --------- I've a few doubts about the origin of the "Opening Theme". The sound seemed a bit different to the rest of the show. But maybe i'm wrong... there are a lot of blanks in that recording. No music seemed to be missing, but i decided to rework a bit the sound to have a more continuous performance. Here are the blanks that i've reworked : - track 01 (between "Opening Theme" and "Blue Suede Shoes") - track 06 (between "Heart Break Hotel" and the little speech at the end) - track 10 (at the end of the "Monologue". Please note that the first blank after the first minute is probably a technical problem that occured with the mic of Elvis) - track 14 (fades out at the end) - track 15 (fades in at the start, fades out / in in the middle, fades out at the end) - track 16 (fades in at the start) This is probably due to the fact that some generation of the master was edited into Reel-To-Reel tapes of around 16 minutes (each blank occur at that duration). Or was is a cancelled project for an official live album (doubtful as RCA only recorded 11 gigs at the end of August) ? About the blanks (very important) : - track 06 : nothing is missing. You can hear the same "thank you" by Elvis then a few microphone sounds at the end and at the start of each fade. The only thing is that the audience is a bit different, you can hear whistles and shouts in one not in the other. - track 10 : nothing is missing. You can hear the same guitar sound at the end and at the start of each fade. The audience sound is here a bit different too (one whistle is more present on the first fade than the other for example). - tracks 14/15 : nothing is missing. You can hear clearly the same the whistles and guitar sound at the end and the start of the two tracks. - track 15 : nothing is missing in the middle of the "Monologue". The two parts match perfectly. - tracks 15/16 : nothing is missing.The two parts match perfectly. Also i increased a bit the sound, and balanced it (right channel is low than the left channel). The "final" 19 tracks of the gig still match the insert. The "missing" 47 seconds from the original timing of the disc are duplicated parts that were left out. ------------------------- Las Vegas 1969 : Comeback ------------------------- Some datas may be incorrect, please contact me if you see any error, or if you can complete or add any relevant information about that venue/period/gig/set/songs. Thanks for your comprehension and help and sorry for the average English. From 1961 to 1968, Elvis did not make any public performance. The "'68 Comeback Special" done for NBC was an huge success, and the first season at the Las Vegas International was quickly sold out. Elvis performed one opening show on July 31, 1969, then 56 (!!!) performances during the next 28 days, one dinner show and one midnight show each day for more than 1 hour each... Nothing can be added to that. Simply amazing. On the 57 gigs, 11 gigs were protaped by RCA, and a few ones were officially released : - "On Stage" (RCA 1985 & 1999 [remaster + bonus], CD) included songs from various shows - "In Person" (RCA 1985, CD) included songs from various shows - "Collector's Gold" (RCA 1991, 2CDs boxset) included songs from various shows - "Elvis Aaron Presley" (RCA 1998, 4CDs long box) included songs from various shows - "Live In Las Vegas" (RCA 2001, 4CDs boxset) included the whole August 24, 1969 midnight show - "Today, Tomorrow & Forever" (RCA 2002, 4CDs long box) included songs from the August 22, 1969 midnight show - "Elvis At The International" (FTD 2002, CD digipak) included the whole August 23, 1969 midnight show - "All Shook Up" (FTD 2005, CD digipak) included the whole August 26, 1969 midnight show Many fans have reviewed very closely those materials, please check the links below. If you have one pressing to buy, the "Elvis At The International" of FTD is a must have (80 minutes !). -------- The gig -------- The CD claimed that this was the opening night of the 1969 Las Vegas season, but fans were able to find a more probable date (August 3, 1969 dinner show). This is very enjoyable show, very powerful of the start of the season. Excellent speeches by Elvis. The Fort Baxter CD, even with a few sound flaws, is an excellent release. The original pressing is now hard to find, and tonns of repressings are on the market. If your inserts look not really sharp, and if the "SIAE" stamp seemed to be printed, this is a repressing without a doubt. That torrent may be a good alternative, as the sound was normalized. It is also a good start for a more complete remastering. Quality : 9.5 / 10 Again, you will find very positive reviews on the links below. As usual, i do not advise to buy bootlegs, especially Elvis Presley live releases, as many are really really crap (bad sound and/or performance, incomplete, edited...). As "Follow That Dream" is releasing studio sessions and live concerts, take a look on their website and on the various reviews done by fanatics. You will be sure to find what you want. --------------------------- Sources & links of interest --------------------------- Elvis Presley : official website http://www.elvis.com Elvis Presley : official live CDs http://www.followthatdream.com Elvis Presley : up-to-date news http://www.elvisnews.com/Presentation/Functional/Page/Default.aspx http://www.elvisunlimited.com http://www.elvis.com.au Elvis Presley : tour dates, setlists & releases http://www.elvisconcerts.com Elvis Presley : official & unofficial live discographies, reviews http://home.online.no/~ov-egela http://www.elvis-collectors.com http://www.elvisoncd.com | |||||
| NonPartisan2 | CD / 1 | A | A | View | SB | |
| Notes: | Opening Night '69 | |||||
| Vinny | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | SBD | |
| Jason | CDR / 1 | B+ | A- | View | SBD > ? > CDR | |
| Jordan Jacobs | CD/1 / 0 | View | SBD | |||
| Notes: | From silver cd>transfer to cd (probably from master or 1st gen reel) | |||||
| Joe | CD / 1 | B | View | |||
| pat gossage | cd / 1 | a | a | View | ||
| Captain Ten Hits | flac / 1 | View | SBD "Opening Night 1969" (Fort Baxter A.S. CD 731-69)(1993) | |||
| Notes: | Opening night of this run was actually Aug 1st, but this show is probably Aug. 8, dinner show | |||||
| Don | CD / 1 | A | View | |||
| 3hrsoflunacy | FLAC / 1 | SBD | View | "Opening Night 1969" - Fort Baxter | ||
| G. DeVeau | FLAC>CD / 0 | View | ||||
| RamblinRose | CD-R / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| Mark Schleyer | CDR / 1 | A- | View | |||
| Notes: | Blue Suede Shoes I Got A Woman All Shook Up Love Me Tender Jailhouse Rock/Don't Be Cruel Heartbreak Hotel Hound Dog Memories Mystery Train/Tiger man Life Story (dialogue) Baby What You Want Me To Do Are You Lonesome Tonight Yesterday/Hey Jude Band introductions In The Ghetto Suspicious Minds What'd I Say Can't Help Falling In Love | |||||
| Craig Corley | / 0 | View | ||||
| Johnny Riddle | SHN / 1 | A+ | A | View | SBD | |
| Adam Rossi | CDR / 1 | A | View | |||
| John | cdr / 1 | A | View | |||
| Jeff Courouleau | CD-R / 1 | A- | View | ASBD | ||
| Notes: | NOTE: Fabulous show. Given that it's an unofficial release, there are some reel changes and such contained in this recording. No music or dialogue is lost, but if you're not expecting reel changes, it'll throw you off. Las Vegas, August 3 (?) D.S. 1969 Blue Suede Shoes I Got A Woman All Shook Up Love Me Tender Jailhouse Rock/Don't Be Cruel Heartbreak Hotel Hound Dog Memories Mystery Train/Tiger man Life Story (dialogue) Baby What You Want Me To Do Are You Lonesome Tonight Yesterday/Hey Jude Band introductions In The Ghetto Suspicious Minds What'd I Say Can't Help Falling In Love | |||||
| World Music Revoluxion | CD / 1 | A | A | View | ||
| Freebird 63 | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| Chris M. | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| woodenalligator | CDR / 1 | A++ | A+ | View | SB | |
| woodenalligator | CDR / 1 | A+ | A+ | View | SB | |
| Warren Childers | CD / 1 | A | A | View | ||
| Notes: | Good show from "the King" baby. | |||||
| Michael | flac / 0 | View | ||||
| Phishrman27 | FLAC / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| Sean Moran | / 0 | View | SBD | |||
| paul | cdr / 1 | a | a | View | ||
| Mac | FLAC / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| Notes: | SBD | |||||
| Jeff | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | SDB (BOOT CD SILVER) | |
| Andrew Selke | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| jknapp | mp3 / 1 | A+ | View | |||
| Mark W. | cdr / 1 | A | View | |||
| stafford | shn / 1 | A+ | View | sbd | ||
| Notes: | awesome! opening night in vegas and it seems like he never left. great recording. was probably made for an official release. | |||||
| tomtaper4 | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | SBD | |
| Gaston Petrollini | cd-r / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| Notes: | "Opening Night 1969". | |||||
| Gaston Petrollini | cd-r / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| Notes: | "Return Of A Prodigy". Dinner show. | |||||
| Robbie Kellman | flac / 2 | View | ||||
| Notes: | dvd Sorta Country | |||||
| Robbie Kellman | mpeg / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | DVD Stones Music | |||||
| Rich | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| Jeepster | CD / 1 | View | ||||
| Gabacho | / 1 | A- | View | SBD | ||
| Notes: | 273 | |||||
| jim barraford | cdr / 1 | A- | View | |||
| Notes: | very good...Elvis huffing and puffing at times but a good show. | |||||
| Rich Willis | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Unknown source | |||||
| Roxy | cd-r / 1 | A | View | |||
| Joe Guercio | CD / 2 | View | ||||
| Douglas McVey | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| JEM | Cdr / 1 | A | View | Sbrd | ||
| RM's Giant Live Music Archive | SHN / 0 | View | "Opening Night 1969" (AC134) | |||
| Notes: | Liberated Fort Baxter bootleg featuring the earliest-known live concert recording of Elvis' first, amazing, awesome 1969 Las Vegas stint. Not truly "opening night" as the title suggests. Artwork doesn't mention exact date of the recording, so I'm taking the advice of Elvis websites & listing this as August 3rd Dinner Show. | |||||
| RM's Giant Live Music Archive | FLAC / 0 | View | "Elvis Meets The Beatles" (KK027) | |||
| Notes: | Liberated bootleg featuring a nice soundboard source. The CD tracks do not match the artwork. The cover claims 19 tracks; the CD has 21. Lineage: EX soundboard tape > ? > Silver CD > WAV > FLAC Extracted to WAV using EAC in Secure Mode w/ correct read offset. Encoded to FLAC Level 6 using Trader's Little Helper. | |||||
| RM's Giant Live Music Archive | FLAC / 0 | View | "Elvis Meets The Beatles" (KK027) | |||
| Notes: | Liberated bootleg featuring a nice soundboard source. Retracked (reedited) to be 19 tracks, matching the CD cover. Lineage: EX soundboard tape > ? > Silver CD > WAV > FLAC > WAV > FLAC Extracted to WAV using EAC in Secure Mode w/ correct read offset. Encoded to FLAC (Level 6) using Trader's Little Helper. Decoded back to WAV using Trader's Little Helper. Two tracks combined using Adobe Audition, then encoded back to FLAC (Level 8) again using Trader's Little Helper. | |||||
| EddieTandy | / 0 | View | The earliest-known soundboard recording of Elvis Presley, released by Teddy Bear Records (TB... | |||
| Mike Langen | cdr / 1 | A | View | sbrd | ||
| Notes: | "Opening Night" From the "live soundboard collection" | |||||
| Rolf K | CD-R / 1 | View | ||||
| Jason Moleton | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | sbd | |||||
| Private Stock | / 1 | Vg+ | View | |||
| Notes: | It's opening night so you know Elvis worked out and rehearsed very hard for this show. OK, at least you know he rehearsed because he remembers most of the words. | |||||
| Lori Blomstrom | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | ||
| lbar012001 | CDR / 1 | A | View | SB | ||
| Notes: | "opening night 69" bootleg | |||||
| AAA Audio | flac / 1 | View | ||||
| dfries | / 0 | View | ||||
| dfries | / 0 | View | ||||
| Crystal Carlson | audio / 1 | View | ||||
| BjornE | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | SBD | |
| Houndog56 | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Zack Stillings | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Rob Hansen | cd-r / 1 | View | ||||
| rw | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| B Max | audio / 1 | View | ||||
| Dan Anderson | CD-R / 1 | View | SBD | |||
| thegreatdivide6 | flac / 0 | View | ||||
| Notes: | sbd | |||||
| Carter | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| staywastingtime | FLAC / 1 | A- | View | Soundboard | ||
| Notes: | slight hiss | |||||
| Cosmic Bob | FLAC / 1 | A- | View | SBD | ||
| Phil | CD/R / 1 | A | A | View | ||
| Richard Markley | flac / 1 | View | SDB (BOOT CD SILVER) - FLAC "Opening Night 1969 Silver" > EAC > computer > edition &... | |||
| Notes: | DVD631 | |||||
| Jerry Morgan | cd / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Opening Night 1969 | |||||
| Stuart Ferguson | CDR / 1 | View | Soundboard | |||
| Notes: | DVD 35; lineage: "Opening Night 1969" > computer > edition & normalization (no equalization) Soundforge > DBpowerAMP > FLAC (level 8) | |||||
| Hanf | Flac / 0 | View | ||||
| Notes: | sbd "Opening Night 1969" > computer > edition & normalization (no equalization) Soundforge > DBpowerAMP > FLAC | |||||
| Brian C | FLAC / 1 | A | A | View | sbd | |
| Notes: | "The Return of a Prodigy", "Opening Night 1969" Fort Baxter, and "The Return To Vegas" FTD 153, and "The King Has Returned" The Godfather Records | |||||
| Brian | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| Jim | CDR / 1 | View | SBD> BOOT CD SILVER > FLAC | |||
| Ed Izsak | CDR / 1 | View | SDBD | |||
| Curtis Ensler | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Concert is on Cover wrong Dated. This is NOT the Opening Show from July 31.Dinner show | |||||
| arthur | flac / 1 | View | sbd > ? > silver > eac > wav > flac | |||
| Notes: | liberated bootleg: Opening Night | |||||
| Insider | FLAC / 0 | A | View | Opening Night 1969 | ||
| Charlie | / 0 | View | ||||
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