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In October 2018 Follow That Dream Records released a set of two compact discs, called "What Now My Love". It featured the midnight shows Elvis gave on August 11th and 12th at the Las Vegas Hilton. The sound carriers were housed in a well designed 5" digipak, considering the source (both concerts were recorded in mono through the mixing console of the sound engineer) the audio quality is very good.

As usual Sony's own collector's label didn't distribute the album via the streaming platforms, so the release can only be enjoyed by the ones, who still own a cd-player and are able to obtain a copy. However, in April 2023 the Memphis Recording Service re-released the shows on a collection called "Elvis Summer Festival 1972". This set features both concerts (as well as the accordant dinner shows), upgraded to pseudo-stereo sound. In contrast to the FTD releases the products of MRS are available on the streaming platforms.

For the reviews of the concerts just tap here:

CD 1: August 11, 1972 (Midnight Show)        CD 2: August 12, 1972 (Midnight Show)

 

Verdict

The August 11th midnight show might be the best concert of the season, the second performance also is very strong. Besides that, the audio quality is extremely good and the packaging looks stylish.

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