Elvis Presley - Back on Track Johnson City March 18th 1976 CD

It was the 1st tour of 1976 and some of Elvis’ regular musicians were replaced. The result was a surprisingly fresh, experimental sound, with keyboards and drums more prominent. Elvis performs a solid and entertaining show. Among the concert highlights are ”Let Me Be There”, ”Tryin’ To Get To You”, ”Hawaiian Wedding Song”, the second live performance of ”Hurt”, the national anthem ”America”, ”It’s Now Or Never” and “Burning Love”.

Compared with the previously released St. Louis, March 22nd, 1976 tour closer (E.P. Collector, EPC 2013-01) lasting just about 52 minutes, March 17th was perhaps the longest show of the tour with a much stronger setlist, running nearly 80 minutes! As usual, this is a previously unreleased concert, taken from a recently found 1st generation copy of an original audience recorded master cassette tape. For the very first time, this show is available in remarkably good audience recorded sound … and complete! Sonically, this is one of the best audience recordings out there!

The CD is packaged in a nicely designed digipak with cool images taken on March 18, 1976 in Johnson City. (November 2015)

01    Announcement                   00:23
02    Also Sprach Zarathustra                   01:04
03    See See Rider                   05:53
04    I Got A Woman/Amen                   06:26
05    Love Me                   03:13
06    Let Me Be There                   03:02
07    And I Love You So                   03:43
08    You Gave Me A Mountain                   03:48
09    All Shook Up                   01:08
10    Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel                   03:59
11    Tryin’ To Get To You                   02:57
12    Hawaiian Wedding Song (with false start)                   02:55
13    Polk Salad Annie                   04:23
14    Band Introductions                   03:14
15    What'd I Say (James Burton)                   00:45
16    Drum Solo (Larry Londin)                   01:40
17    Bass Solo (Jerry Scheff)                   01:53
18    Piano Solo (Shane Keister)                   01:05
19    Electric Piano & Clavinet Solo (David Briggs)                   02:04
20    School Days                   02:11
21    Hurt                   02:19
22    Hound Dog                   01:21
23    America (The Beautiful)                   02:29
24    Mystery Train / Tiger Man                   03:43
25    It’s Now Or Never                 02:55
26    Burning Love                   04:00
27    Can’t Help Falling In Love                   01:53
28    Closing Vamp / Announcements.                 04:57