ELVIS ON TOUR 2022 – CONTENT, STORY
Thanks to the phenomenal success of the 2022 feature film “Elvis,” director Baz Luhrmann’s musical biopic, Elvis Presley is hotter than he has been in decades.
RCA/Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, has announced the release of a box set of “Elvis On Tour,” a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the King’s monumental 1972 concert tour, featuring a large number of of unreleased live and studio material.
The box ships on December 2.
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The seven-disc set includes six audio discs of concert performances and studio rehearsals and the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Blu-Ray edition of the MGM film “Elvis On Tour,” winner of Best Documentary Feature at the 30th edition of the Golden Globes in 1973 and the last feature film starring Presley to be released during his lifetime.
The box set is produced by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen and mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer Matt Ross-Spang.
It has 145 tracks, including 91 previously unreleased tracks. The original recordings were made by Felton Jarvis and Al Pachucki.
As Presley’s national tour played sold-out shows across the country in 1972, Elvis was having fun onstage and finding electrifying new ways to connect with the audience at each show.
Working with a band and setlists of his choice, Elvis channeled the music he loved most, from traditional Pop, Pospel and Country to Blues, Rock’n’Roll and contemporary hits, while transforming his own greatest hits with new arrangements, turning nostalgia in an unforgettable memory.
Award-winning filmmakers Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel (“Mad Dogs & Englishmen”) went on tour with Presley and his band with all-access passes, cameras and gear to chronicle the King of Rock’n’Roll in his heyday on the stage in “Elvis On Tour”.
According to the original MGM press release, the film “…provides the first intimate look at the enigmatic young man who became the world’s most celebrated musician.”
Both documentary and concert film, “Elvis On Tour” features montage sequences supervised by Martin Scorsese.
The film was released on November 1, 1972.
“Elvis On Tour” includes notes from Jerry Schilling, a longtime personal friend and member of Elvis’s inner circle.
The set also includes an essay by rock historian and musician Warren Zanes, founding member of The Del Fuegos and New York University professor. According to Zanes: “…the set lists and performances of the ‘Elvis On Tour’ period bring something rare: a legend from the 1950s who was working in the early 1970s and was still taking his audiences to new places. ..
1972 was a year of 165 concerts. Jørgensen: “…it was the ‘climax of his career'”.
While the ’68 Comeback Special marked a return to live performance, 1972 was the year the artist more fully revealed what he wanted to do with the creative energy such a comeback initiated.”
A definitive portrait of the artist in 1972, the “Elvis On Tour” box set follows the release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ epic big-screen drama “Elvis” from filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, starring Austin Butler in the title role and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis’s manager and technical advisor since his early days.
As of August 11, the film had grossed $253 million at the worldwide box office, the second-highest-grossing music biopic of all time, behind Bohemian Rhapsody, and number 11 overall for all of 2022.
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ELVIS ON TOUR 2022 TRACKLISTINGS
Disc 1 was recorded live on April 9, 1972 at the Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia, and contains all previously unreleased material.
Disc 2 was recorded live on April 10, 1972 at the Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia, and contains all previously unreleased material.
Disc 3 was recorded live on April 14, 1972 at the Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina, and contains all previously unreleased material.
Disc 4 was recorded live on April 18, 1972 at the Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, and includes previously released material (from the box set “Elvis: Close-Up” 2003), re-mixed for this release.
Disc 5 features rehearsals from the tour, recorded live at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood, California on March 30-31, 1972.
The disc consists primarily of previously unreleased tracks plus tracks available on Elvis Presley’s official collector’s releases “Elvis On Tour: The Rehearsals (Follow That Dream CD 2004) and 6363 Sunset Boulevard (Follow That Dream CD 2001), plus “The Great Performances” (RCA 1990).
Disc 6 completes Elvis’ rehearsals with his band at RCA Recordings Studios with songs recorded on March 31, 1972.
The disc includes previously unreleased takes of Kris Kristofferson’s “For The Good Times” as well as performances previously available only at 6363 Sunset Boulevard, “Elvis On Tour – The Rehearsals” and Amazing Grace (RCA 2CD 1994).
Disc 1 – April 9, 1972 – Hampton, VA
1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:20
2. See See Rider 3:12
3. I Got A Woman / Amen 2:59
4. Never Been To Spain 3:34
5. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:14
6. Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:30
7. Polk Salad Annie 3:03
8. Love Me 1:38
9. All Shook Up 1:06
10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 2:11
11. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 2:42
12. I Can’t Stop Loving You 2:26
13. Hound Dog 1:29
14. Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:08
15. Suspicious Minds 5:19
16. For The Good Times 3:08
17. Introductions 1:29
18. American Trilogy 4:54
19. Love Me Tender 2:41
20. A Big Hunk O’ Love 2:05
21. How Great Thou Art 2:54
22. Sweet, Sweet Spirit 2:46
23. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 2:11
24. Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:42
25. Closing Vamp 1:46
Disc 2 – April 10, 1972 – Richmond, VA
1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:17
2. See See Rider 3:00
3. Proud Mary 2:44
4. Never Been To Spain 3:37
5. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:14
6. Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:32
7. Polk Salad Annie 2:51
8. Love Me 2:00
9. All Shook Up 1:01
10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 1:49
11. Heartbreak Hotel 2:05
12. Hound Dog 1:21
13. Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:12
14. Love Me Tender 1:43
15. It’s Over 2:18
16. Suspicious Minds 4:47
17. Introductions 1:59
18. For The Good Times 3:06
19. I Can’t Stop Loving You 2:24
20. American Trilogy 4:17
21. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 2:41
22. Funny How Time Slips Away 2:41
23. Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:41
24. Closing Vamp 1:50
Disc 3 – April 14, 1972 – Greensboro, NC
1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:14
2. See See Rider 3:09
3. Proud Mary 2:44
4. Never Been To Spain 3:37
5. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:15
6. Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:37
7. Polk Salad Annie 3:15
8. Love Me 1:36
9. All Shook Up 1:01
10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 2:27
11. Hound Dog 1:31
12. Heartbreak Hotel 1:50
13. A Big Hunk O’ Love 2:00
14. Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:14
15. Suspicious Minds 4:46
16. Love Me Tender 1:38
17. Introductions 1:23
18. For The Good Times 3:05
19. American Trilogy 4:45
20. Burning Love 2:46
21. Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 3:04
22. Funny How Time Slips Away 2:50
23. Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:40
24. Closing Vamp 1:49
Disc 4 – April 18, 1972 – San Antonio, TX
1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 1:20
2. See See Rider 2:52
3. Proud Mary 2:32
4. Never Been To Spain 3:36
5. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:13
6. Until It’s Time For You To Go 2:29
7. Polk Salad Annie 3:05
8. Love Me 1:38
9. All Shook Up 1:01
10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 1:46
11. Heartbreak Hotel 1:45
12. Hound Dog 1:25
13. How Great Thou Art 2:54
14. I Can’t Stop Loving You 2:28
15. Love Me Tender 1:39
16. Suspicious Minds 4:21
17. Introductions 1:17
18. For The Good Times 3:23
19. Burning Love 2:02
20. American Trilogy 4:44
21. Funny How Time Slips Away 3:09
22. Can’t Help Falling In Love 1:46
23. Closing Vamp 1:22
Disc 5 – March 30 & 31, 1972. Rehearsals at RCA’s studio
1. Burning Love (incomplete) 2:14
2. Burning Love 3:34
3. Burning Love 3:36
4. For The Good Times (incomplete) 1:12
5. For The Good Times (incomplete) 3:00
6. For The Good Times 4:39
7. For The Good Times 4:03
8. For The Good Times 4:34
9. El Paso (fragment) 0:52
10. For The Good Times (incomplete) 3:04
11. For The Good Times 3:29
12. Johnny B. Goode 4:56
13. Always On My Mind (incomplete) 1:46
14. Always On My Mind (incomplete) 2:15
15. Always On My Mind 4:25
16. Separate Ways 3:26
17. Separate Ways 4:34
18. Proud Mary 2:52
19. Never Been To Spain 3:57
20. You Gave Me A Mountain (incomplete) 1:21
21. Until It’s Time For Me To Go 3:59
22. Polk Salad Annie 2:51
23. Love Me 2:37
Disc 6 – March 31, 1972. Rehearsals at RCA’s studio
1. All Shook Up 1:12
2. Heartbreak Hotel 2:13
3. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel 1:57
4. Hound Dog 1:26
5. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:27
6. A Big Hunk O’Love 2:09
7. A Big Hunk O’Love 2:30
8. See See Rider 3:03
9. For The Good Times 3:22
10. For The Good Times (incomplete) 1:30
11. For The Good Times 3:37
12. Funny How Time Slips Away 3:41
13. Burning Love 6:11
14. Help Me Make It Through The Night 2:57
15. Can’t Help Falling In Love 2:08
16. Young And Beautiful 3:16
17. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 2:28
18. Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) 2:38
19. See See Rider 2:31
20. Proud Mary 2:45
21. Never Been To Spain 3:46
22. I, John 2:22
23. Bosom Of Abraham 0:53
24. You Better Run 2:06
25. Lead Me, Guide Me 2:39
26. Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus/Nearer My God To Thee 3:59
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