{"id":41915,"date":"2010-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/on-stage-legacy-edition\/"},"modified":"2010-03-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T00:00:00","slug":"on-stage-legacy-edition","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/on-stage-legacy-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Legacy Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Stage: Legacy Edition <\/i>is the latest release celebrating the 75th<\/sup> anniversary of Elvis Presley\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n

Elvis had not performed live in eight years when he took to the stage at the International Hotel in Las Vegas for four weeks during the summer of 1969. He returned for another month of performances in early 1970. A number of the songs from 1969 formed the live disc of the two record set From Memphis To Vegas\/From Vegas To Memphis<\/i>, <\/i>which was released during the fall of 1969; additionally, ten songs from the 1970 shows were released as On Stage <\/i>during June of 1970. The albums were commercially successful, receiving gold and platinum sales awards, respectively.<\/p>\n

RCA\/Legacy has now combined this series of concerts into a two-disc set. Each disc contains an original album plus bonus tracks. The sound has been scrubbed and cleaned, while a booklet with photos and a three thousand word essay gives a history of the performances and the albums.<\/p>\n

I have most of the Elvis catalogue on vinyl, and his 1969 concerts remains my favorite live performances. It presents a young, clean, and in-shape Elvis at the top of his game. The patter with the audience shows nervousness but gives the album an intimate appeal that his later live work lacks.<\/p>\n

His 1969 concerts concentrate on his early material and he presents it well, as he had not performed it hundreds of times yet. During his last years, this material would be delivered quickly and, many times, in a truncated form. Here, such classic songs as \u201cBlue Suede Shoes,\u201d \u201cAll Shook Up,\u201d and \u201cHound Dog\u201d quickly show why Elvis was The King Of Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll. His medley of \u201cMystery Train\/Tiger Man\u201d is more straightforward rock while \u201cMy Babe\u201d has toughness to it. His hits of the day, \u201cIn The Ghetto\u201d and \u201cSuspicious Minds,\u201d provide a nice balance to the concert. The only real miss for me was a cover of the Bee Gees\u2019 hit \u201cWords.\u201d <\/p>\n

There are six bonus songs included; the first three are nice additions and continue the resurrection of his classic rock material. \u201cI Got A Woman,\u201d \u201cJailhouse Rock\/Don\u2019t Be Cruel,\u201d and \u201cHeartbreak Hotel\u201d are all given good workouts.<\/p>\n

The second disc, which represents his 1970 performances, finds a far different Elvis. His concert repertoire had begun to change to include more modern cover songs, and this disc represents that trend. \u201cSee See Rider,\u201d which would be overdone through the years, still sounds fresh here. An early version of \u201cPolk Salad Annie\u201d and his only hit to be included on the original release, \u201cThe Wonder Of You,\u201d are both performed well. Such songs of the day as \u201cSweet Caroline,\u201d \u201cProud Mary,\u201d and \u201cWalk A Mile In My Shoes\u201d all benefit from his wonderful vocals, but I would have preferred more of Elvis\u2019s own material from his vast catalogue. <\/p>\n

The bonus tracks are more to my liking. \u201cDon\u2019t Cry Daddy\u201d and \u201cKentucky Rain\u201d are two of his better songs from this part of his career. The rocking \u201cLong Tall Sally\u201d is great, but a little out of place given the other material. A rehearsal of \u201cThe Wonder Of You\u201d completes the album. <\/p>\n

On Stage: Legacy Edition <\/i>is a fine addition to the Elvis Presley catalogue. It combines some of his best live work into one package and has the sense to keep the original flow of the original albums and concerts intact. While the material has been previously issued, it should prove pleasing to his vast fan base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":30262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6914],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-41915","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-elvis-presley","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=41915"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=41915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}