Friday, January 9, 2009

Pearl Harbour Show - Elvis Presley 1961.

















One of the best early Elvis live performances ever released, albeit with a bad sound recording, but just listen to that crowd - magical! This is Elvis fresh from his demob from the US Army and right at the very start of a new era of music being fully supported by legends in their own right - The Jordanaires, Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana, Hank Garland, Boots Randolph, Bob Moore and Floyd Cramer. The setting for this show was Honolulu and the cause was a good one as it was a benefit performance in aid of the Pearl Harbour victims. It's great to hear live versions of 'All Shook Up', ''Reconsider Baby', 'One Night', 'It's Now Or Never' and a rarity in the form of 'Swing Down Sweet Chariot', from this particular time. EP would have been 74 today, 8th Jan - by no means an advanced age by today's standards.
http://rapidshare.com/files/162963099/PelvisPearl.zip