Fantastic concert

One of the most agreeable releases by the Follow That Dream label to date, featuring Elvis Presley's opening night concert in Las Vegas on August 10, 1970. With the previously available recordings of other concerts from this stint ("That's The Way It Is", "Live in Vegas" box sets) this CD might have long lost its originality, but definitely not its impact.

Several songs were performed here live for the first time ("Something", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "I Just Can't Help Believing", "I've Lost You", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling") and with the Joe Guercio Orchestra making its debut on this occasion even the familiar songs received new arrangements. The band is superb and Elvis' full-blooded performance belies the often repeated remark that Vegas was an artistic non-event in his career. Among the highlights of "One Night in Vegas" are the opening "That's Allright", "Mystery Train/Tiger Man", "Polk Salad Annie", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling", and "Bridge Over Troubled Water". A true live rarity is "The Next Step is Love".



The sound is great (it's not a soundboard, but one of the recordings by RCA for the "Elvis, That's The Way It Is" movie), the mix excellent. With five rehearsal cuts in slightly lesser sound quality this CD runs over 72 minutes.

Highly recommended.

That's the way it was

This is a complete live concert recorded August 10, 1970. It is recorded from a soundboard and is of excellent sound quality. Elvis and his band give the crowd a great performance. Of course, it is a very similar concert to many other concerts he performed around the same time. Several other concerts from this era are already on CD, so it is up to you if you need another one. As a bonus five rehearsal songs are included at the end of the CD. Here is the complete track listing:

1. Opening Riff
2. That's All Right
3. Mystery Train/Tiger Man
4. Talk
5. I Can't Stop Loving You
6. Love Me Tender
7. The Next Step Is Love
8. Words
9. I Just Can't Help Believin'
10. Something
11. Sweet Caroline
12. You've Lost That Loving Feeling
13. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
14. Polk Salad Annie
15. I've Lost You
16. Bridge Over Troubled Water
17. Patch It Up
18. Can't Help Falling In Love
19. Words
20. Cattle Call/Yodel
21. Twenty Days and Twenty Nights
22. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
23. Bridge Over Troubled Water