In February 1970, halfway through Elvis' second Las Vegas season, RCA had arranged to make some live recordings presumably to cash in on the success of the 'In Person' album recorded the previous August. These recordings were done as professional reel to reel recordings as opposed to the soundboard recordings which are now so used to. Soundboard recordings in the main of course were never really intended for public release.
Recordings took place in nine shows through five consecutive nights from 15 to 19 August and segments of shows were recorded rather than complete shows as it was likely that each particular song to be recorded had been previously arranged with Elvis beforehand. The exception seems to be the first show, the Midnight show of the 15th, which was recorded almost in it's entirety and has been officially released by FTD titled 'Polk Salad Annie'.
In all, leaving the first show apart, sixteen different songs were recorded many with many recorded more than once and from these only half made it onto the 'On Stage' album complemented with two from the previous August.
Ironically the only song which was recorded most, at all but one of the nine shows, is one which was omitted from the final album - Kentucky Rain. This live version, recorded during the second of the shows at which RCA were present, gives a clue that recordings were taking place.
The clue is that Elvis plays it absolutely straight, the norm was for him to change "Showed your photograph to some old grey bearded men" to "some old grey bearded fools" plus the intro to this one seems smoother than other live versions.
This is my personal favourite version of this song, and that includes the studio master from American Sound Studios in Memphis on February 19th, 1969. Having included it in his setlist for his second Vegas season with a few tweeks from the studio master. Firstly there was a subtle lyric change in the chorus ("And up ahead's another town, that I'll go walking through" became "And up ahead's another town, that I'll be walking through") and there was a heavier drum influence both after the pause at the chorus end and at the songs finale.
Originally released on the 1980 silver box set, Elvis Aron Presley and was a real treat at the time as live selections out with the previously released concert albums were extremely rare. It took until 2010 for it to reappear on another album, as a bonus track on the On Stage Legacy Edition.
As with all of these videos, to get the most out of the re-edited audio, I highly recommend you use ear /headphones and turn the volume up as much as you dare!
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