Tucson '76 [Import, Live]

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Follow That Dream
• ASIN: B000053F4L
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,605 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. See See Rider

2. I Got A Woman Amen

3. Love Me

4. If You Love Me

5. You Gave Me A Mountain

6. All Shook Up

7. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Dont Be Cruel

8. And I Love You So

9. Jailhouse Rock

10. Help Me

11. Fever

12. Pork Salad Annie

13. Introductions

14. Hurt

15. Burning Love

16. Help Me Make It Through The Night

17. Danny Boy

18. Hound Dog

19. Funny How Time Slips Away

20. Cant Help Falling In Love

Customer Reviews

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Despite stellar "Danny Boy", uneven show reflects decline, January 13, 2002

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Todd Baptista (Westport, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tucson '76 (Audio CD)

This limited edition concert disc on the RCA/BMG subsidiary label, Follow That Dream, captures Elvis in concert on the Southwestern leg of his bicentennial tour. The sound quality is crisp and clear for the entire 75 minutes which unfortunately reveals a career in decline. On occasion, Elvis' labored breathing is evident coming through the microphone feed.
Although the set list presented here is above average, the performance lacks direction and focus with songs occasionally started and stopped and lots of joking with the audience- even during the tunes themselves. The band intro segment with "Love Letters" and several short renditions of songs stretched to over 35 minutes. "Burning Love", rarely performed during Elvis' final two years, is lyrically embarassing and a shell of its former self. There will be times even the most ardent Elvis fan will squirm and shudder.
During the final portion of the tape, however, things start to get interesting. Elvis begs off a request for "For The Good Times" but offers a passable "Help Me Make It Through The Night". Another fan asks for "The Last Farewell" from the then-new "From Elvis Presley Boulevard" LP. Again, Elvis isn't prepared, remarking, "I wish I knew it". The clever, persistent fan offers a compromise in "Danny Boy" which Elvis doesn't realize is from the same album. Selecting a key, he turns in a focused and well-paced 4 minute version of the song which will make listeners forget the earlier gaffes. With minimal instrumental and vocal backing, this impromptu, heartfelt rendition is clearly the gem of the disc and is the one cut everyone will go back to again and again. A trio of photos from the tour provide an attractive packaging for this limited pressing collector's label release as well.
Clearly, there are Elvis fans who purchase everything who will want this disc or possibly those who, like myself, were lucky enough to see the King in person on this very tour and will enjoy it as a souvenir. As an artistic performance, however, there is little of the Elvis Presley magic found in FTD's other concert releases (One Night In Vegas-1970 or Dixieland Rocks-1975) to merit a higher recommendation.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Evis Tuscon 76, April 28, 2010

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Neal Odom "Neal Sandman 7" (DENISON, TEXAS, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tucson '76 (Audio CD)

I enjoyed this CD, it was just like I was there, INFACT, I worked this concert in Tucson, AZ in 1976 back stage. I work for the TCC. So it really brought back alot of good memories.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars for deep fans; 3 for casual fans = 4 stars, November 27, 2007

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Phil S. (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tucson '76 (Audio CD)

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.