From: luukbonthond@online.nl   
      
   The "Straight Arrow" label's 11th release entitled "COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS"   
   (SA 2008-11-02) is out now.   
   "Straight Arrow" is planning a special 2CD set for early 2009, with an   
   unreleased Las Vegas December 2nd, 1976 Opening Night show. The "Straight   
   Arrow" team has been looking for good sounding tape for years. Finally, they   
   managed to obtain a 1st generation copy of an original "stereo"   
   audience-recorded tape for this project. Opening Night '76 was a unique   
   event - it was probably the second longest show of Elvis' career and one of   
   his very best 1976 concerts. Arriving from Anaheim, CA, with young love   
   Ginger Alden by his side, he was ready to conquer Las Vegas once again.   
   During the Opening night, he sang an ultra-rare "I Just Can't Help   
   Believin'", and sang one of greatest-ever versions of "Bridge Over Troubled   
   Water". Elvis was in great mood, joking with fellow performer Glen Campbell   
   thru the show. It was also the last time that Elvis performed two full   
   versions of his 1976 "trademark" song "Hurt".   
   Tracks:   
   Also Sprach Zarathustra - C. C. Rider - I Got A Woman / Amen - Love Me - If   
   You Love Me (Let Me Know) - You Gave Me A Mountain - Jailhouse Rock - It's   
   Now Or Never / Are You Sincere (excerpt) - All Shook Up - (Let Me Be Your)   
   Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel - Dialogue - Don't Be Cruel (excerpt) - And I   
   Love You So - I Just Can't Help Believin' (last version) - Fever - Softly As   
   I Leave You - Polk Salad Annie - Band Introductions - Early Mornin' Rain -   
   What'd I Say - Johnny B. Goode - Drum Solo (Ronnie Tutt) - Bass Solo   
   (Blues - Jerry Scheff) - Piano Solo (Tony Brown) - Electric Piano Solo   
   (David Briggs) - Love Letters - School Day - Celebrity Introductions (Vikki   
   Carr, Glen Campbell) - Hurt #1 - Hurt #2 - Hound Dog (with false start) -   
   Hawaiian Wedding Song (with false start) - Dialogue - Blue Christmas -   
   That's All Right, Mama - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Introduction of Vernon   
   Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love - Closing Vamp.   
   Approximate running time: 104 minutes   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)