Sunset Rundown & A Hilton Double-Shot !

The next Madison releases, coming soon, will be "Sunset Rundown - Standing Room Only Tapes, Vol. 4" and "A Hilton Double-Shot !" The former will be a standard issue, with fully-illustrated, 16-page booklet, while the latter will appear in a limited-edition digipak, with gorgeous color photos!

"Sunset Rundown" details a unique day, filmed for "Elvis On Tour." At the end of March 1972, MGM's documentary cameras captured Elvis Presley at a rollicking Los Angeles rehearsal at RCA Hollywood. Against a stark background -- no audience -- Presley, the TCB band, and the Stamps Quartet ran down the upcoming tour at the Sunset Boulevard studio with vigor and a few surprises, with selections like "Until It's Time For You To Go," "For The Good Times" and "Burning Love."

Now, one may enjoy the unedited first half of this March 31, 1972 rehearsal -- the second half will comprise Volume 5 of the Standing Room Only Tapes series -- in superb STEREO!

Track listing:

01. Proud Mary 2:49 ; 02. Never Been To Spain 4:29 ; 03. You Gave Me A Mountain (2 false starts) 1:40 ; 04. Until It's Time For You To Go 5:46 ; 05. Polk Salad Annie 3:09 ; 06. Love Me 2:39 ; 07. All Shook Up 2:35 ; 08. Heartbreak Hotel 1:59 ; 09. Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel 1:57 ; 10. Hound Dog 2:18 ; 11. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:42 ; 12. A Big Hunk O' Love 2:52 ; 13. A Big Hunk O' Love (reprise) 2:41 ; 14. C. C. Rider 3:30 ; 15. For The Good Times 3:44 ; 16. For The Good Times (2 false starts) 2:28 ; 17. For The Good Times (reprise) 6:34 ; 18. Funny How Time Slips Away 5:27 ; 19. Burning Love 2:46

Total Time = 65:08


"A Hilton Double-Shot !

" offer two dynamic soundboard recordings from the Las Vegas Hilton with IMPROVED sound, for those collectors who may have missed them the first time around.

CD 1 features the Monday, September 4, 1972 DS, the penultimate appearance of his 1972 "summer festival." Elvis offers a gentle, wry performance for his fans, including "about 250" from England.

And CD 2 unleashes the Friday, February 2, 1973 MS, a period where Elvis returned to "Sin City" a conqueror of all media.


CD 1 - Hilton, Las Vegas, September,1972
previously available on "I'll Remember You" (Rock Legends, 1998)


Track listing:

01. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra 1:04 ; 02. C.C. Rider 2:51 ; 03. Johnny B. Goode 1:42 ; 04. Until It's Time For You To Go 2:24 ; 05. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 2:01 ; 06. Polk Salad Annie 3:25 ; 07. Elvis greets the showroom 1:07 ; 08. What Now My Love 3:06 ; 09. Fever 3:24 ; 10. Love Me 1:31 ; 11. Blue Suede Shoes 1:02 ; 12. Heartbreak Hotel 1:40 ; 13. All Shook Up 1:05 ; 14. Love Me Tender 1:46 ; 15. Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel 1:50 ; 16. Little Sister / Get Back 3:37 ; 17. Hound Dog 1:28 ; 18. I'll Remember You 2:42 ; 19. Walk That Lonesome Road (J.D. Sumner & the Stamps Quartet) 3:04 ; 20. Suspicious Minds 4:28 ; 21. Introduction of vocalists, band, orchestra and British fans 1:44 ; 22. For The Good Times 3:07 ; 23. A Big Hunk O' Love 2:00 ; 24. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:22 ; 25. Can't Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp 2:18 ; Bonus Track: 26. Can't Help Falling In Love (September 4 DS, incomplete) 1:10

Total Time = 59:13

CD 2 - Hilton, Las Vegas, January 1973
previously available on "Don't Think Twice" (Madison, 2000)


Track listing:

01. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra 1:09 ; 02. C.C. Rider 3:05 ; 03. I Got A Woman / Amen 2:43 ; 04. Until It's Time For You To Go 2:24 ; 05. Sweet Caroline 2:44 ; 06. Steamroller Blues 2:47 ; 07. You Gave Me A Mountain 3:06 ; 08. Fever 2:46 ; 09. Love Me 1:26 ; 10. Blue Suede Shoes 1:11 ; 11. Love Me Tender 1:35 ; 12. Johnny B. Goode 2:11 ; 13. Hound Dog 1:18 ; 14. What Now My Love 3:02 ; 15. Suspicious Minds 4:56 ; 16. Introduction of vocalists, band, orchestra 1:08 ; 17. I Can't Stop Loving You 2:19 ; 18. An American Trilogy 4:35 ; 19. Can't Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp 2:23

Total Time = 46:58

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