Title: By Special Request! From Louisiana To Tennessee

Label: Rock Legends

Date: March 30, 1977, Rapides Parish Coliseum, Alexandria - Tour Closing + December 13-16, 1973 Stax Recordings Studio, Memphis

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

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

"Stax" Rating: * * * * * / * * * * * +


Tracks: 1.Love Me 2.If You Love Me Let Me Know 3.You Gave Me A Mountain 4.Jailhouse Rock 5.O Sole Mio - It's Now Or Never 6.Little Sister 7.Teddy Bear - Don't Be Cruel 8.And I Love You So 9.Fever 10.Love Me Tender 11.Hurt 12.Hound Dog 13.Danny Boy (By Sherill Nielsen) 14.Walk With Me ( Featuring J. D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet) 15.Blue Suede Shoes 16.Can't Help Falling In Love 17.Closing Theme "Stax" tracks: 18.Help Me 19.My Boy 20.Loving Arms 21.It's Midnight 22.If You Talk In Your Sleep 23.Thinking About You 24.Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues 25.Talk About The Good Times 26.Girl Of Mine (Duration: 69 min. 04 sec.)

Package: Average, done in style of Rock Legends label, but with humor and 6 Elvis photos from 1977 era. Nothing dealing with Stax bonus was added.

Elvis: With this CD Rock Legends started out new tradition of putting together different stuff, naming it "From.... to.... ". This was continued on double CD set From Vegas To Macon. I think this is a good tradition to prove wrong those people who think Elvis was doing bad in the end of his life. This release represents Elvis doing his concert in a professional way and than you hear the same professional in the studio 4 years before. Nothing has changed!

Highlights: Track listing is great, sound quality lets us enjoy all the performances to the deep, bonus is great. Unfortunately this is not the complete concert, but still great!

I would like to mention Elvis improvising in Can't Help Falling In Love, saying: "Wise men knows, when it's time, time to go..." - we should take into account that this is tour closing!

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