The concert trip was presented by RCA Record Tours, the tickets were available for $5.00, $7.50 and $10.
Tour Stations
11/08/1972: Lubbock, Texas; Municipal
Auditorium (10,000 spectators)
11/09/1972:
Tucson, Arizona; Community Center Arena (9,700
spectators)
11/10/1972: El Paso, Texas;
Coliseum (9,000 spectators)
11/11/1972:
Oakland, Kalifornien; Oakland Coliseum (14,000
spectators)
11/12/1972: San Bernadino,
Kalifornien; Swing Auditorium (7,200 spectators)
11/13/1972: San Bernadino, Kalifornien; Swing
Auditorium (7,200 spectators)
11/14/1972:
Long Beach, Kalifornien; Long Beach Arena
(15,000 spectators)
11/15/1972: Long Beach,
Kalifornien; Long Beach Arena (15,000
spectators)
11/16/1972: Honolulu, Hawaii;
Honolulu International Center (16,800
spectators, 2 shows)
11/17/1972: Honolulu,
Hawaii; Honolulu International Center (9,000
spectators)
Musicians
James Burton (guitar), John Wilkinson (guitar), Charlie Hodge (guitar and harmony vocals), Jerry Scheff (bass), Ronnie Tutt (drums), Glen D. Hardin (piano) and The Guercio Orchestra. The harmony vocals were provided by The Sweet Inspirations (Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell & Estelle Brown), J.D. Sumner & The Stamps (Donnie Sumner, Bill Baize, Ed Enoch & Richard Sterban) and Kathy Westmoreland.
About The Tour
Originally it was planned to produce the television special "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" during this tour. But because MGM was about to release "Elvis On Tour" in November, they didn't want any competition from a similar thing shown on tv for free. To avoid legal issues "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" was postponed to January 14, 1973 and the current stay in Honolulu was simply used for another press conference to promote the tv special. Marty Pasetta, the producer of "Aloha", watched Elvis' concert in Long Beach and came to the conclusion, that the show was boring and the artist was too heavy. In fact, the king had gained a few pounds since his last Vegas stint and also moved less than a few months before. Of course any live audience was thrilled to see him in person and Elvis wasn't really overweight, but on the small screen (and back in 1972 the screens were really small!) everything looked different. The repertoire mirrored more or less the shows of the recent "Elvis Summer Festival" in Vegas, but with the addition of his current chart hit "Burning Love" and a revival of "Just Pretend". The concerts offered a good mix of old and new material and were well paced. Elvis himself was in good voice and looked fine, even though he had gained a pound or two. Because he had returned to wearing the regular jumpsuits, the king had ordered the "Thunderbird Suit & Blue Cape", the "Black Conquistador Suit & Red Cape", the "Aztec Suit & Silver Cape" and the "Saturn Suit & Silver Cape". He also used the "Blue Nail Suit", the "Red Pinwheel Suit" and the "Royal Blue Fireworks Suit". In contrast to the usual procedure, the new outfits didn't come with a belt. Elvis simply used matching ones from his pool or the Gold Belt, he had received from the management of the International Hotel in Las Vegas. Maybe because of his weight gain he took off the belts during the show. On the first and the last concert of the tour, he even threw them into the audience.
Audio
