album recorded live on stage in memphis legacy edition elvis presleymusic sonyprice rs 499ratings 4rockpopgospel featuring some of elvis best performances before his decline this album was recorded on march 20 1974 at the midsouth coliseum in elviss hometown of memphis tennessee the second disc is of a warm up gig with an almost identical playlist from richmond virginia around march 18 1974 the memphis gig was his first live show in memphis since the early 1960s according to records while the previous edition of this album had some of the shows songs lopped off due to vinyl restrictions on cd format you get to hear all the edited songs such as suspicious minds steamroller blues fever polk salad annie and more as far as the recording quality justice has been done to the kings vocals as well as the instrumentation and from the way they sound its quite clear that elvis and his band are having a really good day or night on stage this infectious energy comes through quite clearly he belts out many of his hits like american trilogy teddy bear all shook up and how great thou art theres also a bit of chat in between numbers such as towards the end of the concert where he says its been said that a person cant return to their hometown but you have disproved that theory completelyyou really made it worthwhile there are plenty of live albums by elvis that were culled from a time when his studio hits began to dry up but there is a certain quality to this album that is almost like an audio documentary that will give careful listeners a clue as to what phase he was in and as mentioned before there is also some chatter and banter that he engages in with the audience in between tracks if youre a fan of elvis presley you should get thislisten to elvis presley songs on gaanacomwatch elvis presley help me live 18th march 1974