Elvis Presley - Sweet Caroline - 26 January 1970, Opening Show (First time Performed Live) скачать в хорошем качестве

Elvis Presley - Sweet Caroline - 26 January 1970, Opening Show (First time Performed Live)

Song thirteen of the show, and the eighth of the ten new additions to the setlist of Elvis' 26 January 1970 opening night was one recorded by Neil Diamond. This performance when compared to the RCA master, which was released on the 'On Stage' album, is testament to how a song can evolve throughout even one engagement never mind through the years when performed often by an entertainer. The version which would become the RCA master and be subsequently released on the 'On Stage' album, was recorded on 16 January 1970, and has a similar arrangement to the August 1970 versions which included that shown in the TTWII movie. With this version however, it appears that Elvis was trying to stay as true to the Neil Diamond arrangement as possible, including the iconic ending, but it didn't quite work and they had to do it again. The song had a somewhat chequered life in the Elvis setlist post 1970, and was very rarely performed outside of Las Vegas. At Elvis' next two Vegas engagements in January/February and August 1971 it was a regular, but it never was on tour and was dropped completely throughout 1972 before a brief comeback in 1973 at the 26 January opening show and at the 2 February midnight show. The song received a brief renaissance at the January/February 1974 engagement, and a few rare appearance on the road, in Tulsa shows on both 1 and 2 March, in The Houston Astrodome during the afternoon show of 3 March and at the evening show in Auburn three days later. The next and final appearance of 1974 was again in Las Vegas on 25 August at the Midnight Show. Sweet Caroline would appear in the show just a handful more times, and it's final time performed live would be at Elvis' last ever Las Vegas show and other than 'Can't Help Falling In Love' would be the last song ever performed by Elvis Presley in Las Vegas.