elvissessions.com wrote:Rob, I really wish you'd give some thought to compiling a best-of article, maybe of the 10, 20 -- or dare I fear it -- more best-sounding good shows. I know there have been some good recommendations along the way, but a one-stop list of the greatest would be welcome.
I'll be glad to. Some of the best are:
Shiek Of The Desert – Las Vegas 2/5/70 D.S.
Double Dynamite – Las Vegas 8/19/70 D.S. & M.S.
A Dinner Bell In Vegas - Las Vegas 8/20/70 D.S.
A Bright Midnight With Elvis – Las Vegas 8/20/70 M.S.
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’– Las Vegas 8/21/70 M.S.
Trying To Get To Memphis - Las Vegas 8/11/71 D.S.
No Fooling Around - Las Vegas 8/4/72 O.S.
Red Hot In Vegas - Las Vegas 8/23/72 M.S.
Walk That Lonesome Road - Las Vegas 9/4/72 C.S.
A New Live Experience – Long Beach, CA 11/15/72
What Now My Love - Las Vegas 2/23/73 C.S.
At The Top Of The Game - Phoenix, AZ 4/22/73
Storm Over Portland – Portland, OR 4/27/73
Born To Give Us Fever – Uniondale, NY 6/23/73
A Profile – Las Vegas 8/20/73 M.S.
Caught In The Act – Las Vegas 8/26/73 M.S.
Top Acts In Vegas Vol. 4 - Las Vegas 9/3/73 D.S.
Something Old, Something New - Las Vegas 1/26/74 O.S.
Let Me Be There - Las Vegas 2/8/74 M.S.
Aztec King - Las Vegas 3/27/75 M.S.
Rockin’ With Elvis April Fool’s Day – Las Vegas 4/1/75 D.S.
Live At The Omni – Atlanta, GA 5/2/75
America’s Own – Long Island, NY 7/19/75 Mat.
America’s Own Vol. 2 – Long Island, NY 7/19/75 Eve.
Gyrating Asheville – Asheville, NC 7/23/75
Pieces Of My Life - Asheville, NC 7/24/75
Phoenix Over Tennessee – Johnson City, TN 3/17/76
Then The Lights Went Down – Lake Tahoe 5/9/76 C.S.
Fairy Tales – Cleveland, Ohio 10/23/76
Rockin' The Northwest - Eugene, OR 11/27/76
Love Letters From Nevada – Las Vegas 12/4/76 D.S.
Black Diamond – Las Vegas 12/12/76 C.S.
Auld Lang Syne - Pittsburgh, PA 12/31/76
And I Love You So - Milwaukee, WI 4/27/77
I Did It My Way - Green Bay, WI 4/28/77
When Elvis Comes Marching In - Chicago, IL 5/1/77
Polk Salad Elvis - Chicago, IL 5/2/77
Jailhouse Rock Man In Concert – Rochester, NY 5/25/77
Unchained Elvis – Binghamton, NY 5/26/77
Second Night - Binghampton, NY 5/27/77
Elvis Rocks Lincoln - Lincoln, NE 6/20/77
Since Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH 6/25/77
Adios, The Final Performance – Indianapolis, IN 6/26/77