Elvis Presley - On Stage February, 1970

Remixed

I just picked this up today brought it home & to my keen since of hearing, they had remixed this album from the way it originally sounded, and all it took was for me to jump to "Polk Salad Annie" to know what I'm saying. Right after Elvis says "Some of you all never been down south too much..Some of you all never been down south too much" and starts to laugh a little bit, right when he starts to laugh you could hear a woman scream in the original, which is now missing in this re-release. Now I know to some people, this is not an actual grip, but for me it is. When people start tampering with an original it's a big deal, especially when it's Elvis's music. Now there's dialogue in this that wasn't in the original, crowd response & such. It's like they took stuff out & replaced it with other stuff. If you like the original, this is not it, if you're one that don't mind remixes then you won't be disappointed. February 16, 2008

Great!

This CD is great, good for relaxation and just sitting around with your coffee and slippers. September 21, 2007

Elvis at his best

There is nothing like hearing elvis perform live.And it didn't get better than these live vegas shows from the early 70s.He sang with amazing power and passion.Can't Stop Loving You,Sweet Caroline,Release Me are but a few examples of Elvis grabbing a song from his gutt and making it his.The standards Suspicious Minds and Polk Salad Annie allow him to put it all out there for all to hear why he is forever the single greatest singer of anyones lifetime.Runaway,Kentucky Rain are rare gems not apart of the original album.But for me the version of See See Ryder is probably his best.Turn it up and enjoy. July 8, 2007

The whole release is even better with the extra songs

Here is a nice snapshot of Elvis before it all went downhill .
He is backed by his versatile band who are able to create the perfect setting in a number of musical styles - Elvis puts them through a lot .

This CD shows that there was a lot more to Elvis than the casual observer / listener may have thought .

After you've bought the Greatest Hits , this should be your next stop .

This is a whole lotta music , played with a whole lotta attitude . Well recommended . September 19, 2005

The King On Stage!

In the mid-1980s, during my childhood, I saw Kurt Russell star in the movie "Elvis - True Story". I liked the music so much I wanted to buy a soundtrack album. However, my Granddad had a copy of "Elvis: 40 Greatest," so I borrowed that instead.

Reading the sleevenotes of that album and listening to that album, I was blown away. I had enjoyed great Country Music and the hit's of The Beatles before that, but this was different. I felt i had travelled back in time to the 1950s and 60s and was sitting in an American diner listening to the great Elvis hit's on a jukebox, as hit followed hit.

Pretty soon I saved up my pocket money and bought "The Sun Sessions", "20 Rock N Roll Greats" and then the "On Stage" collections. This was all before Compact Discs, so there was vinyl and tape.

This album originally continue no tracks for the concert that were on previous Elvis albums. They were all new songs or covers from the show that hadn't appeared on any of his previous work (unlike much later live albums which contained alot of the hit's).

Nowadays, in the CD age, this CD contains several bonus tracks, which feature some of the hit's Elvis sang at that concert ("In The Ghetto", "Kentucky Rain", "Long Tall Sally", etc, etc).

The opening track called "C.C. Rider" on the original LP (or "See See Rider" as it is credited as here) is a song Elvis sand at many concerts and it's just a good as opening as any album ever recorded.

Elvis then treats us to a version of Englebert Humperdincks "Release Me" (better than the original!) and then pays tribute to Neil Diamond with "Sweet Caroline (good times never seemed so good)". He does justice to Del Shannon's "Runaway" (a song in the style of many of Elvis' early rockers).

My favourite song on the album has to be "The Wonder Of You" a tender love song, sung as only Presley can, that was released as a single.

"Polk Salad Annie" is a great song with a novelty element. About a no good lying and stealing family, who have nothing better to do that steal watermelons. (lol)

Elvis then disproves any claim he hated the Beatles with a wonderful tribute to them, his version of "Yesterday". Not as good as Paul McCartney's original, but better than most of the other 50,000 cover versions!

On the CD Elvis then goes into a brief version of another Beatles classic "Hey Jude" (that was edited off the original album). It's a shame he didn't sing the whole song as he was doing such a great job!

Country music is where Presley's roots are and that's why songs like "Proud Mary", "Let it be me", "Kentucky Rain" (a pure classic!) and "Walk a mile in my shoes" (another pure classic!)
fit so well on this collection.

The versions of "long tall sally" and "in the ghetto", included a bonus tracks on this CD are just as good as the ones on the original studio albums by Presley.

"On Stage" was recorded at the beginning of the 1970s, a decade which saw many live albums by him. It ranks as one of the best. January 29, 2005

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