Elvis Presley - The Jan/Feb 1971 Soundboard Recordings 4CD Collector’s Edition VERY LIMITED

Elvis – The Jan/Feb 1971 Soundboard Recordings is an extensive 4CD Collector’s Edition featuring original concert recordings from Elvis Presley’s January and February 1971 Las Vegas engagement. The recordings are presented as they were captured through the soundboard, without artificial stereo processing.

This collection makes an interesting companion to the releases issued by the Follow That Dream label. Several performances from the January 26, 1971 Opening Show were not included on the corresponding FTD release. This set features previously omitted material such as Love Me Tender, The Wonder Of You, Make The World Go Away and the encore performance of Something.

The collection also includes recordings from the February 23, 1971 Closing Show, which were not made available through FTD. Although only the first part of Suspicious Minds survives, the recording offers a fascinating document of Elvis closing this particular Las Vegas season.

Across four CDs, the set presents material from several performances, including the January 26 Opening Show, the January 27 Midnight Show and the Dinner and Midnight Shows from January 28 and 29, 1971. Together, these recordings provide a varied overview of Elvis’ repertoire and stage performances during the engagement.

Highlights include powerful renditions of That’s All Right, Mystery Train / Tiger Man, Sweet Caroline, You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, Polk Salad Annie, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Little Sister / Get Back, Snowbird and The Impossible Dream. The set also preserves spontaneous dialogue, false starts, band introductions and unusual encore performances.

Bonus material includes Elvis’ Jaycees Award acceptance speech, recorded in Memphis on January 16, 1971, and an April 1971 telephone conversation with DEA detective Ron Wentz.

The package is completed with collectible extras, including replica postcards. With its original mono soundboard presentation and combination of familiar and rare recordings, this is an appealing collection for fans of Elvis Presley’s early-1970s live performances.

Highlights
Deluxe 4CD Collector’s Edition
Original soundboard recordings with no fake-stereo processing
Material from January and February 1971
Includes the January 26, 1971 Opening Show
Includes the February 23, 1971 Closing Show
Features recordings omitted from the related FTD releases
Includes Love Me Tender, The Wonder Of You, Make The World Go Away and Something
Features Elvis’ Jaycees Award acceptance speech
Bonus telephone conversation with DEA detective Ron Wentz
Includes replica postcards and other collectible extras

CD 1:

FEBRUARY 23, 1971 | CLOSING SHOW

01. Also Sprach Zarathustra

02. That’s All Right

03. I Got A Woman / By The Time I Get To Phoenix (excerpt) / I Got A Woman

04. Elvis Talks / I Walk The Line (excerpt)

05. Love Me Tender (excerpt) / Love Me

06. Mystery Train / Tiger Man

07. Sweet Caroline

08. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’

09. Polk Salad Annie

10. Something

11. Johnny B. Goode

12. How Great Thou Art

13. Don’t Be Cruel

14. Heartbreak Hotel

15. Blue Suede Shoes

16. Bridge Over Troubled Water

17. Little Sister / Get Back

18. Hound Dog

19. Suspicious Minds (first part only)

JANUARY 26, 1971 | OPENING SHOW

20. Also Sprach Zarathustra

21. That’s All Right

22. Mystery Train / Tiger Man

23. Elvis Talks / I Walk The Line (excerpt)

24. Love Me Tender

25. Johnny B. Goode

26. Band Introductions

27. The Wonder Of You

28. Elvis Introduces Hal Wallis

29. Can’t Help Falling In Love

30. Make The World Go Away

31. Something (with encore)

CD 2:

JANUARY 27, 1971 | MIDNIGHT SHOW

01. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

02. Elvis Talks / Love Me Tender

03. Elvis Talks

04. There Goes My Everything 

05. Sweet Caroline

06. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’

07. Polk Salad Annie

08. Musical Intermezzo

09. Only Believe

10. How Great Thou Art

11. Band Introductions

12. Johnny B. Goode

13. The Wonder Of You

14. Something

15. Make The World Go Away

16. Elvis Talks / Love Me

17. One Night

18. Blue Suede Shoes (with 3 false starts)

19. Hound Dog

JANUARY 28, 1971 | DINNER SHOW

20. Release Me

21. It’s Now Or Never

22. Suspicious Minds

23. The Impossible Dream

24. Closing Vamp

CD 3:

JANUARY 28, 1971 | MIDNIGHT SHOW 

01. Also Sprach Zarathustra

02. That’s All Right

03. I Got A Woman

04. Elvis Talks

05. Love Me Tender

06. Elvis Talks

07. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

08. Sweet Caroline

09. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’

10. Polk Salad Annie

11. Band Introductions

12. Johnny B. Goode

13. Band Introductions

14. Something

15. Band Introductions / Something (encore)

16. The Wonder Of You

17. Heartbreak Hotel

18. Blue Suede Shoes

19. Hound Dog

20. One Night

21. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

22. Suspicious Minds

23. Coming Home Baby (instrumental)

24. The Impossible Dream

25. Closing Vamp

JANUARY 16, 1971 | MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

26. Elvis’ Acceptance Speech of the Jaycees Award (January 16, 1971)

CD 4: 

JANUARY 29, 1971 | DINNER SHOW 

01. Also Sprach Zarathustra

02. That’s All Right

03. I Got A Woman

04. Elvis Talks / Love Me Tender

05. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

06. Elvis Talks About The LA Show

07. Sweet Caroline

08. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’

09. Polk Salad Annie

10. Band Introductions

11. Johnny B. Goode

12. Band Introductions

13. Something

14. Heartbreak Hotel

15. Elvis Talks / Blue Suede Shoes

16. Loving You (excerpt)

17. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

18. Hound Dog

19. Elvis Talks / Snowbird (with 2 false starts)

20. Elvis Talks

21. The Impossible Dream

22. Closing Vamp

APRIL 1971 | TELEPHONE CALL

23. Conversation with DEA Detective Ron Wentz