Title: A New Live Experience (released in 1991)

Label: No label

Date: November 15, 1972, Long Beach CA, Long Beach Arena

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

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

Tracks: 1.Introduction 2.Also Sprach Zarathustra 3.C C Rider 4.I Got A Woman 5.Until It's Time For You To Go 6.You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 7.Polk Salad Annie 8.Love Me 9.All Shook Up 10.Heartbreak Hotel 11.Blue Suede Shoes 12.The Wonder Of You 13.Teddy Bear /.Don't Be Cruel 14.Love Me Tender 15.Little Sister / Get Back 16.Hound Dog 17.I'll Remember You 18.How Great Thou Art 19.Suspicious Minds 20.Introductions 21.Burning Love 22.Fever 23.You Gave A Mountain 24.Can't Help Falling In Love 25.End Theme 26.Announcer / Fan's Comments (Duration: 65 min. 05 sec.)

Elvis: At this point of Elvis' career touring had already become a standard part of his life and this in one way or another affects the show. There is nothing really wild going on anymore, there is no feel of an animal just out of the cage - this is just a part of life. Elvis is completely focused in entertaining the audience, but the spark is often lacking.

Highlights: How Great Thou Art is simply magnificent, Elvis' phrasing and voice are fantastic on this number. The rendition of You Gave Me A Mountain at the very end of the show is very emotional, but it's not hard to explain, since Elvis' daughter is in the audience this evening.

Review: 1972 seemed to be an endless year in Elvis' career. It was the first year since his comeback that was really filled with tours, and it seemed that the unbeatable team of Elvis and The Colonel could climb any mountains when Mr. Presley filled the Madison Square Garden four times in a row in June.

November 15 was just three days ahead of the originally planned date for the Aloha From Hawaii broadcast, but it had been postponed 'till January because of the worldwide premiere of Elvis On Tour. So in one way or another this CD features the real "alternate aloha" :)

The sound quality on this bootleg release is surprisingly good, especially taking in account that it comes from the beginning of the bootleg era. We can only dream how much better it could have been had it been released these days with all the contemporary sound equipment to make the sound even better. C.C. Rider which begins the set, is a typical 1972' version, a very energetic performance. I Got A Woman is surprisingly weak and quite. "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Hope you enjoy... I'll be over there, just hang loose... We hope you enjoy our show tonight, we're gonna do the best to entertain you," Elvis simply says as Glen D. begins Until It's Time For You To Go, a very nice version followed by another more or less contemporary ballad - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, the phrasing and power in Elvis' voice is very close to the Madison Square Garden performances. You have to switch your imagination on while listening to the following Polk Salad Annie, as Elvis probably makes some energetic moves during it, Jerry Scheff's bass solo, however, is a little messy and too much overdriven. "Yeah, you're right: Whoa! Let me just walk around and get my breath... I'd like to do a medley of... Greek folk songs for you," Elvis jokes to no reaction of the audience. The following series of oldies have already become boring, but Elvis' voice is still fine here (contrary to the later years) and his mind is focused. Love Me and All Shook Up are too rushed, the bluesy rhythm of Heartbreak Hotel leads Elvis' mood into changing the words to "You'd be so sweaty you could die", Blue Suede Shoes gets the standard rushed treatment. Simply announcing "About a year ago I had record called The Wonder Of You," Elvis ruins the song, beginning from the second verse during the intro, but his voice is very well controlled on the other hand right until the last note, which is for whatever reason skipped. A fine Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel medley is followed by an enthusiastically received Love Me Tender. The Little Sister / Get Back medley is a fine 1972' version, with a very good James Burton's solo in the middle. Hound Dog begins with a great funky (thanks to James' wah pedal) slow intro which leads into a fast ending. "I'd like to sing a song that's one of my favorite songs, called I'll Remember You," Elvis announces launching into a very tender and accurate version of it. How Great Thou Art is always a very emotional song, and Elvis seems to give his all on this version as well, it's simply marvelous. Suspicious Minds already became rushed in February 1970, but at least it sounded inspired 'till August of that year, here we have a show pleaser only.

Having the band introduced Elvis goes into Burning Love, which is very warmly received by the audience and is much more energetic than the Aloha version, for example. Fever follows and Elvis wins the audience completely on this song, as the hysteria reaches it's highest point and the Long Beach Arena is clapping along the rhythm of the song, interrupting the song several times with screams. We discover that Lisa is in the audience after the song, as Elvis says, "It's the first she's ever seen her daddy making a fool of himself in front of fourteen thousand people," and the following You Gave Me A Mountain seems to be the real message song of the evening, amazingly performed (is Priscilla in the audience?). Can't Help Falling In Love ends the concerts, with nothing said by Elvis.

We can easily describe this concert as a first class work-out, and probably even a little above, taking in account the fantastic renditions of You Gave Me A Mountain and How Great Thou Art. Elvis' voice is in high form and his mind is clear. If you still miss this CD in your collection, just take any chance to get a copy of it if you want to have an audience recording of a very good concert in your collection.

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