Post Description

Elvis Presley - From Sunset Boulevard To Paradise Road (2 CD-set)

Label: Diamond Anniversary Edition 3595-6/7 (Released: 1995)
CD 1: Rehearsal, Hollywood Ca - August 16, 1974
CD 2: Las Vegas , Nv - August 19, 1974 Opening Show

Tracklisting:

CD 1 - Rehearsal on August 16, 1974:

01 - If You Love Me
02 - If You Love Me
03 - Promised Land
04 - Promised Land
05 - Down In The Alley
06 - Down In The Alley
07 - It's Midnight
08 - It's Midnight
09 - Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming
10 - Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
11 - Softly As I Leave You
12 - Softly As I Leave You
13 - I'm Leavin'
14 - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
15 - Proud Mary
16 - If You Talk In Your Sleep
17 - If You Love Me

CD 2 - Rehearsal on August 16, 1974 continued

01 - The Twelfth Of Never
02 - Faded Love
03 - Just Pretend
04 - The Twelfth Of Never (Overdubbed Version)

August 19 - 1974 OS

05 - Big Boss Man
06 - Proud Mary
07 - Down In The Alley
08 - Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
09 - Never Been To Spain
10 - It's Midnight
11 - If You Talk In Your Sleep
12 - I'm Leavin'
13 - Let Me Be There
14 - Softly As I Leave You
15 - If You Love Me
16 - Love Me Tender
17 - Polk Salad Annie
18 - Introductions
19 - Promised Land
20 - Introductions Of Telly Savalas
21 - My Baby Left Me
22 - Bridge Over Troubled Water
23 - Fever
24 - Hound Dog
25 - Can't Help Falling In Love

Incl. covers

"CD 1, tracks 01 - 17: Recorded during a rehearsal at the RCA Studios, Hollywood on August 16, 1974
CD 2, tracks 01 - 04: Recorded during a rehearsal at the RCA Studios, Hollywood on August 16, 1974
CD 2, tracks 05 - 25: Recorded live at the Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, on August 19, 1974

The concert portion was first released on the Fort Baxter release "If You Talk In Your Sleep" !
The first release of this concert was the audience recording  "Down In The Alley".

Disc 1 is also released on "Magic Moments"!

This is a landmark release - Elvis was opening a new engagement in Las Vegas in August 1974 , and was tired of the repetitiousness of his normal song lineup. The rehearsal in Hollywood (where Elvis owned a house) laid down the "core" of the "new" concert that Elvis had in mind. The rehearsal was captured on a personal tape recorder , and the tape shows that Elvis was working hard to crystalize the concert he wanted to bring to the stage. RCA recorded the opening show in it's entirety , and this double cd release is the first (and so far, only) time both a rehearsal and a respective concert are presented as a single release.

This is arguably the best sounding version of this concert , being digitally remixed from the master tape !

Released in a unique cardboard foldout - features stunning pictures and great text about the two important events. Arguably the most attractive and professional CD release as yet (to include official releases).

Concert: The show was fantastic, every song was treated with great passion but unfortunately the crowd wanted the same show format they had witnessed countless times before. So the reaction from the audience was reserved. They wanted the old hits back and not a selection of newer - pretty unknown - songs. Pitty !!" (Source: Elvisoncd.com)