Title: Breathing Out Fire (released in 2000)

Label: Madison CWP 1

Date: October 6, 1974, Dayton, Ohio (evening show)

Sound Quality: * * * * / * * * * * +

Concert Rating: * * * * + / * * * * * +

Tracks: 1.See See Rider 2.I Got A Woman 3.Amen 4.Love Me 5.If You Love Me Let Me Know 6.Fever 7.Big Boss Man 8.Love Me Tender 9.Hound Dog 10.The Wonder Of You 11.Blue Suede Shoes 12.Band Introductions 13.All Shook Up 14.Teddy Bear 15.Don't Be Cruel 16.Heartbreak Hotel 17.Why Me Lord? (with reprise) 18.That's All Right 19.Blue Christmas 20.Let Me Be There (with reprise) 21.Hawaiian Wedding Song (with reprise) 22.Johnny B.Goode 23.Can't Help Falling In Love 24.Closing Vamp (Duration: 59 min 05 sec.)

Package: Very good, with many color pictures, however taken not at this show. Art layout and design made by the same "Mystery" as "Unchained Elvis". Nice review by Johnny Savage inside the booklet.

Elvis: He is very good at this moment. I guess even better than he was on matinee show.

Review: The show starts with See See Rider, and Elvis sings it differently (many critics right away decide that if Elvis sings See See Rider differently this got to be a great show). In this case is true - the ending of See See Rider sounds close to I Got a Woman. But Elvis never liked it. He lets the audience know about the different ending. He says that the microphone is too short, asks if "Charlie did that?" A small pause follows, and a standard version of "I Got a Woman". But this time the ending is different too: "J.D. if you like it?" - "I got it" says J.D. ... "listen to understand".

Good version of "Love Me" with Elvis emphasizing: "L-O-O-O-ve me", singing after the back vocalists. "Oh, yeahhh... " in the ending is very powerful. Very good for such often used song. Good rhythm of "If You Love Me" may give good spirit to anyone who have not gotten it yet. Fever includes some jokes against Charlie Hodge. Big Boss Man and Love Me Tender were born to follow one another. After a good rock'n'roll - a romantic first movie melody. You will never skip this version of Love Me Tender, as you may do sometimes on other releases. Hound Dog is different from standard versions, performed in these years. It is more faster and even close to Mystery Train.

The Wonder Of You is my favorite. You got to listen to understand, as Elvis used to say about J.D.'s "Amen". Blue Suede Shoes is a great rockabilly version, close to the well-known Aloha variant.

Lawdy Miss Clawdy starts after the solo of Glenn D. Hardin, because Glenn never could play a different solo. When he tries to play a solo he always ends up with the melody of Lawdy Miss Clawdy. Sometimes Elvis tells him about it, but not this time. This time he follows Glenn and thanks God for that.

The only disappointment to me in this show is All shook Up, Teddy Bear, Don't Be Cruel. Once again: "listen to understand"

Heartbreak Hotel: "You'd be so sweaty, you could cry", seems like Elvis is a bit tired and Why Me Lord? gives him a chance to relax. Elvis begins to joke only after first chorus. There is a funny dialogue between him and J.D.

Elvis acknowledges everyone that he can still play the guitar and performs great version of That's All Right, Mama (too bad that he got to slow it down just in the beginning). Blue Christmas is poor to my mind, as well as the whole ending of the concert. Seems like Elvis had lost the interest and only Can't Help Falling In Love deserves good point.

In overall, this concert is very unusual, full of fun and great moments, falls and highlights, so do not dare to miss it!

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