Elvis Packing The Arena

Title: Packing the Long Beach Arena

Label: Mxf Records
Label Number: none
Release Date: 2017
Recording Type: Live Audience Recording
Location: Long Beach / California, Long Beach Arena
Date: April 25 - 1976, Afternoon & Evening Show
Sound: Very Good / Good

Condition: Pre owned not sealed

The MxF label third special product called Packing the Arena'' featuring both the shows performed from Elvis in Long Beach CA, Long Beach Arena on April 25, 1976. The 2.30 PM show is previously unreleased, while the 8.30 PM show has been previously released on CD ("California Wave on Memory Records in 2009).
However here is presented in very improved audio-quality
This second tour confirmed the impression from the March concerts: Elvis was not looking after himself physically and artistically he was at a dead end. In spite the lack of renewal, in the repertoire are still included some strong numbers to make the concerts of a very good quality. In some of the more demanding artistically songs, Elvis builds his show, He is still able to find LIFE singing songs like You Gave a Mountain, America the Beautiful, How Great Thou art and last single Hurt. Without doubt this is the focus of the show and the audience appreciated that, making the concert atmosphere still incredible experience
Talking about the concerts, both are solid with a few little variation of tracking list..in the evening one, Elvis performs three more songs : The life Anthem ; My Way, the religious ; Help Me and the fifty Rocker ; Blue Suede Shoes. Beside the focus of the show, He still able to delivery in decent way, some of his classic rockers, Like Polk Salad Annie, Trying to Get To You and surprisingly in both the shows his best rocker in the seventies; Burning Love.
The sound is very good for an ambient recording, considering that this kind of recording is coming from a big hall not the intimate Las Vegas showroom.

This is the third special Product for this label, this new DOUBLE set will be housed in a deluxe LARGE DIGIPACK (20X20 CM), containing a 16-page booklet!!!!! with focus and details on the TWO shows including a collection of live photographs newspapers clip and memorabilia plus a high quality glossy 135 gram paper poster of 40x30 cm size + copy of the original Newspaper clip (20X40 CM) in high glossy paper. All the copies will come hand numbered and individually sealed.

Track Listing:
CD 1: April 25, 1976 AS

Also Sprach Zahratustra
C. C. Rider
Got A Woman / Amen
Love Me
If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
You Gave Me A Mountain
All Shook Up
Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
Tryin' To Get To You
America The Beautiful
Polk Salad Annie
Band Introductions /Solos
Hurt
And I Love You So
Burning Love
How Great Thou Art
Hound Dog
Funny How Time Slips Away
It's Now Or Never
Can't Help Falling In Love
Closing Vamp

CD 2: April 25, 1976 ES
C. C. Rider
I Got A Woman / Amen
Love Me
If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
You Gave Me A Mountain
All Shook Up
Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
Tryin' To Get To You
My Way
Polk Salad Annie
Band Introductions / Solos
Hurt
And I Love You So
America The Beautiful
Burning Love
Help Me (with false start)
How Great Thou Art
It's Now Or Never / Elvis introduces The Eagles
Funny How Time Slips Away
Hound Dog
Blue Suede Shoes
Can't Help Falling In Love
Closing Vamp

This is a LIMITED HAND NUMBERED 400 COPIES