Elvis Presley - The Beat Is Back Kansas City April 21st, 1976 2-CD

As per the March 1976 tour, the April tour was a short one - Elvis played just 8 shows in 7 days - but only 3 days after tour closing in Spokane, Elvis started his last-ever season in Lake Tahoe. Most of the April concerts were solid and the shows were longer, with very enjoyable set lists.

Note: Shane Kiester was replaced on piano by Tony Brown and Ronnie Tutt was back on drums, replacing Larrie Londin.

Among the concert highlights are ”Steamroller Blues“, ”Heartbreak Hotel”, ”My Way”, “Hurt“ and ”Burning Love”. There are other great performances, but one single performance stands out in particular - an unique, dramatic rendition of „How Great Thou Art“! Elvis' vocals on this are unbelievable, and this is a serious candidate for 'best live version ever'.

The April 21st, 1976 show is previously unreleased. The producers were looking for good sounding recording for more than 2 years. Finally they got 3 different tapes. The best sounding one was selected for release and small parts were repaired using secondary sources, to make the recording 100 percent complete.

The CD is packaged in a nicely designed double digipak filled with a glowing concert review from the local press and a collection of cool images taken on April 21st, 1976 in Kansas City, MO. With Ronnie Tutt back in band, the beat was back, too!

Title:        The Beat Is Back    
Label:        E.P. Collector    
Label Number:        EPC 2016-06A/B    
Release Date:        2016    
Recording Type:        Live Audience Recording    
Location:        Kansas City / Missouri    
Date:        April 21,1976 - Evening Show    
Sound:        Good (partly average)

CD1   
01    Also Sprach Zarathustra                 00:52
02    C. C. Rider                 04:58
03    I Got A Woman / Amen                 05:15
04    Love Me                 02:06
05    If You Love Me (Let Me Know)                 03:10
06    You Gave Me A Mountain                 05:32
07    Steamroller Blues                 03:44
08    All Shook Up                 01:07
09    Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel                 03:12
10    Heartbreak Hotel                 02:10
11    My Way                 04:01
12    Polk Salad Annie                 04:38
CD2                        
01    Band Introductions                 02:51
02    What'd I Say                 00:33
03    Drums Solo (Ronnie Tutt)                 01:08
04    Bass Solo (Jerry Scheff)                 01:09
05    Piano Solo (Tony Brown)                 00:58
06    Electric Piano Solo (David Briggs)                 01:43
07    School Days                 01:04
08    And I Love You So                   03:44
09    Hurt                 02:48
10    Help Me                 03:06
11    Burning Love                 03:20
12    America (The Beautiful)                 02:47
13    How Great Thou Art                03:21
14    Little Darlin' (with false start)                 03:09
15    Funny How Time Slips Away (with reprise)                 04:16
16    Hound Dog                 03:40
17    Can't Help Falling In Love                 01:45
18    Closing Vamp & Announcements                 02:04
19    Elvis In Kansas City announcement                 00:17