Monday, April 12, 2010

April 12 - Showtime At The High Sierra For The Rockin' Rebel

The Follow That Dream label announced the release of two new titled and the deletion of one of their present titles. 


The CD "Showtime! Birmingham / Dallas ’76" is a 2-Disc Set that features Elvis in top form at 2 great shows! It comes packaged as a 5” digipack with 8-page booklet. The Birmingham Show is from the Jefferson County Coliseum and Dallas from the Memorial Auditorium.


The CD "High Sierra" features mainly the performance from May 21, 1974 at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel with additional highlights from other shows that month. It is released in a 5” digipack format with an 8-page booklet. 


CD & Vinyl End Of Stock 


The Follow That Dream label also announced that their release "So High, outtakes from the 1966-1968 Nashville recording sessions, will deleted from the calatogue as soon as the current stock with FTD is sold out. The vinyl releases 'Blue Hawaii' and 'Standing Room Only' are also getting near the end of stock.


Rockin' Rebel


Volumes one,two and three of original bootleg series "The Rockin' Rebel" ware re-issued on CD in the U.K. by the Dutch Elvis Corner label which released the CDs in 2009 in The Netherlands.


























Tracklisting High Sierra


01 See See Rider 
02 I Got A Woman / Amen 
03 Love Me 
04 Trying To Get To You 
05 All Shook Up 
06 Love Me Tender 
07 You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me 
08 Hound Dog 
09 Fever 
10 Polk Salad Annie 
11 Why Me Lord 
12 Suspicious Minds 
13 Introductions 
14 I Can’t Stop Loving You 
15 Help Me 
16 Bridge Over Troubled Water 
17 Let Me Be There 
18 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 
19 Big Boss Man 
20 Can’t Help Falling In Love 
21 Closing Vamp 


Bonus songs 


22 Johnny B. Goode 
23 Steamroller Blues 
24 Spanish Eyes 
25 How Great Thou Art 
26 It's Now Or Never 
27 I’m Leavin’ 
28 Introducing Billy Eckstine 


All tracks recorded live at the High Sierra Room at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada 
Tracks 1-21 recorded May 21, 1974 at the dinner show 
Tracks 22 & 27 recorded May 25, 1974 at the midnight show 
Tracks 23, 24 & 25 recorded May 19, 1974 at the dinner show 
Track 26 recorded May 23, 1974 at the dinner show 
Track 28 recorded May 27, 1974 at the 3:00 a.m. show


Tracklisting Showtime!


Disc 1 – BIRMINGHAM – December 29, 1976


01) Also Sprach Zarathustra 
02) See See Rider 
03) I Got A Woman / Amen 
04) Love Me 
05) Fairytale 
06) You Gave Me A Mountain 
07) Jailhouse Rock 
08) It's Now Or Never 
09) Trying To Get To You 
10) My Way 
11) Polk Salad Annie 
12) Introductions/Early Mornin’ Rain 
13) What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode 
14) Love Letters 
15) School Days 
16) Funny How Time Slips Away 
17) Hurt 
18) Hound Dog 
19) For The Good Times 
20) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 
21) Unchained Melody 
22) Mystery Train/Tiger Man 
23) Can’t Help Falling In Love 
24) Closing vamp


DISC 2 – DALLAS – December 28, 1976


01) Also Sprach Zarathustra 
02) See See Rider 
03) I Got A Woman / Amen 
04) Love Me 
05) Fairytale 
06) You Gave Me A Mountain 
07) Jailhouse Rock 
08) It's Now Or Never 
09) Trying To Get To You 
10) Blue Suede Shoes 
11) My Way 
12) Polk Salad Annie 
13) Introductions/Early Mornin’ Rain 
14) What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode 
15) Love Letters 
16) School Days 
17) Hurt 
18) Hound Dog 
19) Unchained Melody 
20) Can’t Help Falling In Love 
21) Closing vamp 


The original source tape is damaged. We have chosen to keep track 6 & 7 on this release for historical reasons in spite of the damage. However “Hound Dog”, performed between “Hurt” and “Unchained Melody” was beyond any element of repair and has consequently been left out.