On Stage [Live]

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002WFI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #506,669 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Presley's Best Live 1970s Album, June 14, 2000

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Johnny Savage (Berkeley CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On Stage (Audio CD)

Currently the single best "mature" live Presley album, this would be rated five stars if it simply drew from tunes recorded at his Memphis '69 sessions or more of Elvis's own classic back catalog. Despite the preponderance of covers from this Jan/Feb'70 session in Vegas (just Presley's second visit, I might add), his vocals and the band's performance are both superb. The is the last time Presley would sing with the "fire" in his voice first heard in his 1968 TV Special rebirth. At this point in his career he is a valid and creative artist, just coming off of a number one single and an amazing album release of his 1969 Memphis sessions, 'From Elvis In Memphis.' And, as bodyguard Sonny West notes, he's "thinner than a rake and handsomer than ten movie stars." The decline wouldn't set in for a few more years, and this is how I want to remember Elvis in the 1970's.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Performance, Some Quirky Material Selections, December 6, 2004

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Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Stage (Audio CD)

This album was recorded live in February, 1970 at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. This version of the CD is the originally released version, and you should consider buying the newer CD with added tracks which wouldn't fit on an LP (hence the original configuration.) Most of the songs are performed with energy, but some of the songs Elvis chose to perform left me scratching my head, especially "Yesterday," the loathsome "Sweet Caroline," and "Proud Mary" all hits for others that would have better been left alone by Elvis. The highlight of the CD is without question "Release Me." I think this is the strongest performance of this song that I have ever heard. Also strong are "C.C. Rider" and the amusing food-inspired "Polk Salad Annie," a song which is simultaneously funny yet cantankerous.

On balance, I think "Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite" is a better Elvis live album, but this one is worth listening to, especially for the unbelievably powerful version of "Release Me."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Wonder of Elvis!, April 26, 2010

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LP Quagmire "The prison has not been built th... (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On Stage (Audio CD)

Far from your standard Elvis live album, ON STAGE eschews umpteenth performances of "Hound Dog," "Heartbreak Hotel," et. al and offers up Presley's exquisite interpretations of some of the most popular songs of the 20th Century. Key tracks: a propulsive "Proud Mary," massive hit "The Wonder of You," and a gorgeous "Let It Be Me." His enthusiasm for the songs herein is obvious throughout, and Presley's in top form vocally -- he even manages to pull off a rockin' re-working of Engelbert Humperdink's "Release Me!"