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Coinciding with the Xmas-business 2017, Follow That Dream Records released a double-disc named "The Bicentennial Show". Of course the album didn't feature a special gala concert regarding the 200th anniversery of the USA, but simply two tour-shows from 1976. The first one was taped on July 4th in Tulsa/Oklahoma, the second one on October 19th in Duluth/Minnesota. The compact discs are housed in a fold-out digipak, the recordings were remastered by Jan Eliasson. Disc number two was beefed-up with five bonus tracks, which were also taped in October 1976, but this time in Madison/Wisconsin.
In the summer of 1976 Elvis was quite overweight and most of the shows were lackluster affairs. At the end of the year his condition improved and the performances got better, too. For the reviews of the shows tap HERE (Tulsa) and HERE (Duluth).
On July 4th Elvis obviously wants to impress Mr. Roberts, was in a clear frame of mind and performes longer than usual. But his vocals sound laboured and his level of energy is low. In October he appears to be in much better condition and showes no signs of fatigue.
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