The Hollywood Decade/The Elvis Establishment He was stationed there for six months.īobby Darin played his first Las Vegas show at the Sahara Hotel, opening for George Burns.Įlvis was hospitalized in the 97th General Hospital in Frankfurt with tonsillitis and a high fever. Military service at Fort Hood in Texas., for basic training as part of the Second Armored Division.
Jerry Lee Lewis and his producer Sam Phillips take out a full page ad in Billboard magazine to explain his second divorce and third marriage to his 14-year-old second cousin Myra.Įlvis at Graceland for 2 weeks leave May 31 to April 13. & Maxine Brown, Onie Wheeler – Elvis, Scotty and Bill played the City Auditorium at Sweetwater, Tx.Įlvis performed at the State Fairgrounds Grandstand, Phoenix, Arizona: With Ferlin Huskey, Martha Carson, The Carlisles, J.E. The receipt is very similar to the one for I’ll Never Stand in Your Way It Wouldn’t Be the Same Without You Acetate Receipt | Casual Love Affair – Elvis Presley Music not Without You since Elvis paid for the acetate. The flipside is likely another slow country ballad with just Elvis on guitar, i.e.
Much later on, Evlis' drummer Ronnie Tutt would shed a little light on why this might have been sighting that "The Colonel" Elvis' manager had the mixes sped up so that more songs could fit on the album, increasing his song royalties.Įlvis, As Recorded at Madison Square Garden would go on to be certified Gold in August of 1972, Platinum in May of 1988, Double-Platinum in March of 1992, and then Triple-Platinum by July of 1999. The concert and subsequent albums were promoted as being Elvis' first live concerts in NYC since the 1950s, so to say that these shows and the two albums that came from them were a big deal, is certainly an understatement.ĭespite what appears to be a rather lengthy tracklisting, the release only made its way onto one double-sided LP. Released in June of 1972, the album was met with much acclaim which helped the album peak at number 11, on the Top 200 US Billboard Albums Chart by August of the same year.
Elvis not only sold out Madison Square Garden, but he sold it out five times in two days, and then put out two different live albums from the events, and by putting them out I mean he released one of them literally eight days after the show-which even in modern times is completely unheard of. Even fewer artists have the ability to sell out Madison Square Garden when and if they get the chance to play it. Regardless of what you think about Elivs, live music is something that he did exceptionally well, and if you're looking to get into listening to live recorded music, this might be a proper place to start,Ī majority of artists might go their entire music career without playing Madison Square Garden. I'm not sure who those people are, but I'm sure they're out there somewhere. Live albums aren't for everyone, and if you want to get technical, some might say Elvis isn't either.