FTD "Closing Night" [Archive]

NightRider

10-08-2004, 02:15 AM

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Hi folks,
I recieved my copies of Closing Night and Double Trouble this morning :clap:

First impressions are good....but you will have to give me time to have a listen as i have only taken the wrappers off at the minute :P

Artwork on Closing Night is pretty cool on the back and inside....still not overly impressed by the front cover :supriced:

The photo's inside and back are taken from the 'caught in a trap book'. They are B/W...but a good shots. Now i know why i was asked to remove a certain picture from Ultimate Live 1973 :blink: :P

More to follow (y)

NightRider

10-08-2004, 04:06 AM

First listen to Closing Night.......

Pretty **** cool to me......... (y)

A little bit too much foolin' around to be a perfect show...but i already knew what the show was like....so i am not complaining...its pretty cool to here Elvis joking and playing around....

As it goes on the show gets better and better anyhow.... (y)

The sound is very good...nice and clear...sure there are a couple of parts where it distorts a tad...but overall...very good soundwise.

Some really nice versions of What now my love....My Boy...The first Time Ever I saw your face....Mystery Train.....were the highlights for me....but seen as thats as far as the cd played...there could be a couple more to come.... (y)

Albert

10-08-2004, 04:12 AM

NightRider

10-08-2004, 04:17 AM

Hasn't a book been released some years ago filled with pictures from this engagement? I believe something like 'Caught In a Trap'? If so, then stunning pictures could have been used for this cover.

But hey, what am I talking about? I don't even have this CD yet :P

Yes...you have to question the pictures selected....but thats not unusal for FTD now is it :P

Terrific end to the cd by the way.....How Great Thou Art....reprised about three times is wonderful.....Help me make it through the night...cool version....a very nice spoken Softly as i leave you......to sum up....apart from the artwork 'overall'...the cd itself is great...and as has been said so many times before...its the material that really counts (y)

Albert

10-09-2004, 04:32 AM

I finally have this one also and it's great (y)

Although the sound is a bit dull thanks to the lacking of the bright high tones, it's still a nice soundboard to listen to: you can clearly hear all the rhythm instruments, the background vocals and also the audience.

September 1973? It could easily be september 1974 :hmm:

Elvis is very upbeat, but also very, VERY energetic. Lots of incoherent talking, messing up and joking. But hey, it's upbeat so I'm not complaining. Elvis is clearly enjoying and trying to give his audience a great 1 hour of enterntainment.

He is constantly changing lines and making comments to his bandmembers. If this would be the only released soundboard then it would be a shame. But since we're having so many great soundboards, I can really enjoy a show like this. At least with shows like this he's still doing his best as entertainer (contrary to many shows in '76-'77).

Elvis changed many lines during songs, some funny ones are:
Love Me Tender: "to hell with the Hilton, to hell with this hotel.."
"I will help you as much as I can, cause I know that you're blind"
T.R.O.U.B.L.E. (introductions) "now I will sing some spanish folk songs"

Anyway, it's a great CD, also because of the enormous varied setlist. Many rare songs were added..... fantastic.

iamhekev

10-09-2004, 12:12 PM

For great covers FTD,give the job to NIGHTRIDER....

Thank you.

KEV.;)

Jungleroom76

10-09-2004, 02:46 PM

Sounds like everyone, for the most part, is enjoying CLOSING NIGHT! I still haven't received my copy yet, but am anxiously waiting to hear it! Although I have heard the concert before, I am curious to see how much better the FTD release sounds!

I am still quite disappointed in the front cover photo though....I think the photo of Elvis with the monkey on his back is quite amusing, but personally I don't feel that it belongs on the FRONT cover...there certainly must have been a better photo they could have used on the front, and moved the Elvis/monkey photo elsewhere on the package. Just my opinion though... :blink:

I am glad to hear everyone seems to be enjoying the CD though....it makes me feel better, as I wait for my copy to arrive!!

TCB!
Mike

Albert

10-09-2004, 04:02 PM

If you don't like Elvis having fun and fooling around, you won't like this CD. If you do like Elvis having fun and fooling around, then you will love this CD :D

Jungleroom76

10-09-2004, 07:17 PM

Well, as I said Albert, I've heard the show before so it's not new to me. I think it's a very funny show, but it's one I probably won't listen to very often because he does fool around quite a bit, plus he talks a little too much for my taste.

That's one of the main reasons I don't listen to the FTD releases of IT'S MIDNIGHT or DRAGONHEART too often....while I think Elvis is in fine form vocally, and the shows are quite good with lots of rare songs, I think he spends a little too much time talking and goofing around, when he could have been singing more songs! But, that's just my opinion!

I am still very much looking forward to hearing CLOSING NIGHT though!! :wiggle:

TCB!
Mike

NightRider

10-10-2004, 03:02 AM

For great covers FTD,give the job to NIGHTRIDER....

Thank you.

KEV.;)

:P I wish they would listen to you Kev :clap: Thank you (h)

NightRider

10-10-2004, 03:08 AM

buttonhead

10-10-2004, 05:53 PM

:'( y'all seems to enjoy what you have ,...but none of you telling where to get it...?? help me ... :'(
and Chris, i agree with Kev.. (y)

curtis simpkins

10-11-2004, 12:09 AM

The tittle should be is " Having fun with Elvis on stage" and this would be better tittle then the one we have the talking album only.

but i do like the closeing night though.

and i will be getting this one this payday, and the movie soundtrack of
"double trouble", i am way behind on my elvis ftds cds anyway.

NightRider

10-11-2004, 02:29 AM

:'( y'all seems to enjoy what you have ,...but none of you telling where to get it...?? help me ... :'(
and Chris, i agree with Kev.. (y)

Thanks Dessy (y) (y)

I'm afraid i can't help you on where to get it from, as i always get mine from The Elvis Shop In London......a tad far away for you i would think :'(

I am sure that they would be available through Amazon or other similar sites....other people would know more i suspect.....come on people.....Lady in distress :blink: (y)

Lonniebealestreet

10-11-2004, 07:38 AM

Hmmm, well I can sort of answer that, but I also have a question about that myself.

In the past, I have gotten my FTDs from either FECC (actually through a friend) or elvis.com. Both have worked out fine for me.

I don't buy every FTD. Closing Night is one which I intend to get, but just haven't ordered yet.

My question is, when ordering them after they are made available (i.e., how quickly the vendors generally get in their copies in relation to the release date is not really significant), who do you all recommend buying from for timely shipping? Or have none of you ever bought them after they've been out for a while? :blink:

Actually regardless, I may consider at least this time ordering from Elvis Unlimited. Here's why:

Lonniebealestreet

10-11-2004, 10:24 AM

Well Ron, you should know that in all likelihood that means a few Unchained Designs, a few... ;) Actually that detail didn't quite register with me like it should have, probably because I am used to reading that term so often here. Well, I'm curious now too.

I'm sure you're right that it is something they have put together. They include little b/w catalogues with their magazines, but this sounds a little more special. At first glance however, I did think this was an official FTD catalogue, that was maybe being included with all the Closing Night CDs.

buttonhead

10-11-2004, 10:43 AM

Thanks Dessy (y) (y)

I'm afraid i can't help you on where to get it from, as i always get mine from The Elvis Shop In London......a tad far away for you i would think :'(

I am sure that they would be available through Amazon or other similar sites....other people would know more i suspect.....come on people.....Lady in distress :blink: (y)

i know, i cant do such long distance travel just to get FTD " Closing Night "..
that would be crazy,.. :blink:
I think i probably need to search over the net where to obtain one...i've been 'hang out' on this forum too much lately :hmm:

Lonniebealestreet

10-11-2004, 11:21 AM

Too much is never enough, Dessy. ;)

It would be helpful if others could chime in about where they recommend buying FTDs from--if nothing else, by PM.

buttonhead

10-11-2004, 12:32 PM

Too much is never enough, Dessy. ;)

It would be helpful if others could chime in about where they recommend buying FTDs from--if nothing else, by PM.

Thats is so true Bobby,.. thats pop up into my head with the request : for those who know where to buy this FTD 'Closing Night' in United States , please PM me.. ;)

Jungleroom76

10-11-2004, 06:21 PM

I agree with you Mike....although its great to here Elvis foolin' around....and i really enjoyed Closing Night !!!....you can't help but thinking about other shows....where Elvis gives us his all ( from a song point of view ) !

PRECISELY NIGHT RIDER!!! (y)

I know Bobby (Lonniebealestreet) and I have had many discussions on this topic, and I've always been of the mindset that, while it certainly is nice to hear Elvis in such a good mood, sometimes he seems to be in TOO MUCH of a good mood which leads to extended monologues (usually about a variety of topics which, if you aren't paying close attention, can be hard to follow) and lots of goofing around.

These are the main reasons, as I pointed out in my earlier post, that I don't listen to DRAGONHEART and IT'S MIDNIGHT very often! They are both EXCELLENT shows, and Elvis is in EXCELLENT voice, in my opinion. But there are just too many extended periods of talking for my taste!

So, unless FTD has cut out a bunch of the dialogue that is on the import CD releases of this show, I'm afraid CLOSING NIGHT will wind up being in the same category as DRAGONHEART and IT'S MIDNIGHT....great to have in my collection, but not often listened to! (n)

TCB!
Mike

iamhekev

10-12-2004, 06:46 PM

FTDS in the usa = www.elvis.com (http://www.elvis.com)

KEV.;)

buttonhead

10-12-2004, 07:17 PM

FTDS in the usa = www.elvis.com (http://www.elvis.com)

KEV.;)

kev,..thanks for that ...why didnt i think of that, shop elvis dot com... :blink: :blink:

P.S. Annie

10-13-2004, 02:15 PM

So, unless FTD has cut out a bunch of the dialogue that is on the import CD releases of this show,
TCB!
Mike

Hi Mike, what's the name of this import CD?

Jungleroom76

10-13-2004, 04:26 PM

Hi Mike, what's the name of this import CD?

THE FUNNY SIDE OF ELVIS PRESLEY is the import CD which contains the entire Midnight Show from 9/3/73.

Of course, the FTD release of CLOSING NIGHT contains most of the Midnight Show, but the first few tracks are from the Dinner Show from the same day. But, I am not sure if there ever was an import release containing the entire Dinner Show or not.

Does anyone know if there is an import CD with the Dinner Show on it? :hmm:

TCB!
Mike

P.S. Annie

10-14-2004, 07:58 AM

Thanks for the info Mike!

spinout-designs

10-14-2004, 10:52 AM

Does anyone know if there is an import CD with the Dinner Show on it? :hmm:

TCB!
Mike

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dennyelvis

10-15-2004, 11:52 AM

Tell you where i get all my FTDS from...at very good prices....and your US eqivilent would be Amazon.com....they got em all. ;)

Jungleroom76

10-15-2004, 05:30 PM

Thanks for the info Mike!

MY PLEASURE P.S. ANNIE!! ANYTIME I CAN BE OF HELP TO YOU,
JUST LET ME KNOW!!! ;)

TCB!
Mike

Jungleroom76

10-15-2004, 05:33 PM

'Top Acts In Vegas Volume 4'

THANKS FOR THE INFO. SPINOUT!!! I APPRECIATE IT!!! :D

TCB!
Mike

jbgude

10-16-2004, 10:38 AM

I am still quite disappointed in the front cover photo though....I think the photo of Elvis with the monkey on his back is quite amusing, but personally I don't feel that it belongs on the FRONT cover...there certainly must have been a better photo they could have used on the front, and moved the Elvis/monkey photo elsewhere on the package. Just my opinion though...

I Kind of agree 100% with Jungleroom 76 about the cover of this FTD - much rather have had that pic on the inside -

Buttonhead, I would reccomend the FECC or as Bobby mentioned the Elvis unlimited -as the place to get your FTD's. I guess the postage to Asia would be a bit higher...why dont you write and ask them? if you still cannot reach a deal write me a PM and tell me why -maybe I could help.

jb

buttonhead

10-16-2004, 10:45 AM

I Kind of agree 100% with Jungleroom 76 about the cover of this FTD - much rather have had that pic on the inside -

Buttonhead, I would reccomend the FECC or as Bobby mentioned the Elvis unlimited -as the place to get your FTD's. I guess the postage to Asia would be a bit higher...why dont you write and ask them? if you still cannot reach a deal write me a PM and tell me why -maybe I could help.

jb

mmmm yah, the postage to my hometown would cost more,..but i do not live there now :) i am still lookin for the FTD's ..the reason i havent think to buy it yet is ..i have some things i havent even got long before that darn FTD released...:( thank you for your nice offer,jb :)

Jungleroom76

10-17-2004, 03:28 PM

I Kind of agree 100% with Jungleroom 76 about the cover of this FTD - much rather have had that pic on the inside -

jb

THANKS JB!!! (y)

I just received my copy of CLOSING NIGHT yesterday, and now that I've actually seen the cover in person, I stand behind my original opinion EVEN MORE!! That photo is simply not one that belongs on the FRONT COVER of an Elvis CD, even if it is only released for the die hard collectors!! (n)

TCB!
Mike