Title: Still Rocking The Nation
Label: Le Roi
Date: September 6, 1976; Huntsville, ALA, Von Braun Civic Center; Monday 8:30 P.M.
Sound Quality (Concert): * * * * * / * * * * * +
Concerts Rating: * * * * / * * * * * +
Tracks: 1.Also Sprach Zarathustra 2.See See Rider 3.I Got A Woman / Amen 4.Love Me 5.Fairytale 6.You Gave Me A Mountain 7.All Shook Up 8.Teddy Bear / Don't Be cruel 9.And I Love You So 10.Jailhouse Rock 11.Fever 12.America, The Beautiful (with reprise) 13.Introductions 14.Early Morning Rain 15.What’d I Say 16.Johnny B. Goode 17.Introductions 18.Love Letters 19.Introductions 20.Hail, Hail Rock’n’roll 21.Hurt (with reprise) 22.Hound Dog 23.Danny Boy (Sherill Nielsen) 24.That's All Right 25.Blue Christmas 26.Mystery Train / Tiger Man 27.Funny How Time Slips Away 28.Can’t Help Falling In Love 29.Closing Vamp
Package: Done with real love to the KING. The disc originates from France. The label is called Le Roi, which means The King. All necessary information may be found easily. Rare color photo from September 7, 1976 is inside the booklet. By the way, there is an address printed on the back side of the disc. This is rather strange for bootleg's producers. However, everybody who may be interested can find Le Roi Disc label at 78 Rue de Gaulle 7500 Paris, France. If they give us an address, they have nothing to fear!
Elvis: Although some people in the WWW claim that this show is "boring", they call the disc "Still Boring The Nation", I think it is not quite right. I can give some points which may convince you in the opposite:
1) May be sound quality makes me feel that, but I like high quality concert releases. Of course this is not a masterpiece show, but the sound is perfect. You feel yourself in the first row of Von Braun Civic Center.
2) This concert is a very important and interesting document. This is one of hundreds shows Elvis gave touring the country. The sprit of ordinary show is worth listening.
3) This show is not too bad. In fact, it is very close to My, It's Been a Long Long Time. Elvis starts very active, but looses interest in the middle. However the beginning is good.
4) Two reprises (America and Hurt), and the best version of Danny Boy I've ever heard sung by Sherill Nielsen. The concert is very long, more than 75 minutes - Elvis never sung so much if he was uninterested and "boring".
5) The year before Elvis gave 5 (!!!) sold out performances in Huntsville in this Von Braun Civic Center from May 30 to June 1. Firstly Elvis agreed to do two shows, but after all the tickets were sold out, he agreed to do three, then four and so on, until 5 shows! The year after only two shows were played - one of them is asking for your attention. And some people consider this disc "boring" ?! with all my respect, I can't understand them.
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