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(More customer reviews)The mixing board provenance actuallys adds some sonic pop, and "Burning Love" is just fine. The '50s hits, typically, sadly done in throwaway medley set pieces, offer so little to the home listener, have no critical value.
There are several highlights, which take away lot of the specialty price
sting: the always magnificent "How Great Thou Art", a melancholy "Help Me Make It Through The Night", bespeaking a frazzled artist who can still deliver the goods; the above-named super hit from '72; "Love Letters", presumeable conceived as another medley piece, but emerging, through Elvis' genius, as artistically superior to the 1966 hit, which was really an inspired "cover" version, almost a tribute to Kitty Lester - not a bad concept at all; finally, an on-the-spot arrangement of "Danny Boy", much better than the studio version. (Though not as compelling as the home recording from '59).
Reviewers point to a vocal decline. The "decline" might be in interest in some of his material, or in his passion for touring. His voice is powerful...period. Range still unbelievable. The "hurt" in his voicebox might have come from a combination of stressors: the road, the RCA mixes, personal trauma, medical issues, and very significantly, at real shot at making a real movie ("A Star Is Born"), rejected at the outset by Management - it's not unreasonable to believe that this was not only a chance for a career rebirth, but a second comeback - stemming from an Oscar-winning performance.
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From the Follow That Dream series out of Europe, this is an unreleased 'live' show from June 1, 1976! All songs wererecorded June 1, 1976 at the Community Center Arena,Tucson, Arizona except See See Rider (recorded in OdessaMay 30 1976, afternoon show) and Love Letters (recorded inOdessa May 30, 1976, evening show).
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