| | |  | Music | Home » » On Stage | | | | | | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| August 27, 1991 | | Studio:
| RCA | | Number Of Discs:
| 1 | | Format:
| Live | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 12 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | 1. | C.C. Rider | | 2. | Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) | | 3. | Sweet Caroline | | 4. | Runaway | | 5. | The Wonder Of You | | 6. | Polk Salad Annie | | 7. | Yesterday | | 8. | Proud Mary | | 9. | Walk A Mile In My Shoes | | 10. | Let It Be Me (Je T'Appartiens) | |
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Presley's Best Live 1970s AlbumJun 14, 2000
By Johnny Savage
Currently the single best "mature" live Presley album, this would be rated five stars if it simply drew from tunes recorded at his Memphis '69 sessions or more of Elvis's own classic back catalog. Despite the preponderance of covers from this Jan/Feb'70 session in Vegas (just Presley's second visit, I might add), his vocals and the band's performance are both superb. The is the last time Presley would sing with the "fire" in his voice first heard in his 1968 TV Special rebirth. At this point in his career he is a valid and creative artist, just coming off of a number one single and an amazing album release of his 1969 Memphis sessions, 'From Elvis In Memphis.' And, as bodyguard Sonny West notes, he's "thinner than a rake and handsomer than ten movie stars." The decline wouldn't set in for a few more years, and this is how I want to remember Elvis in the 1970's.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Good Performance, Some Quirky Material SelectionsDec 07, 2004
By Robert I. Hedges
This album was recorded live in February, 1970 at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. This version of the CD is the originally released version, and you should consider buying the newer CD with added tracks which wouldn't fit on an LP (hence the original configuration.) Most of the songs are performed with energy, but some of the songs Elvis chose to perform left me scratching my head, especially "Yesterday," the loathsome "Sweet Caroline," and "Proud Mary" all hits for others that would have better been left alone by Elvis. The highlight of the CD is without question "Release Me." I think this is the strongest performance of this song that I have ever heard. Also strong are "C.C. Rider" and the amusing food-inspired "Polk Salad Annie," a song which is simultaneously funny yet cantankerous.
On balance, I think "Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite" is a better Elvis live album, but this one is worth listening to, especially for the unbelievably powerful version of "Release Me."
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 The Wonder of Elvis!Apr 26, 2010
By LP Quagmire
"The prison has not been built that can hold me, and I'll get out of this one if it means spending my entire life here. - Virgil Starkwell"
Far from your standard Elvis live album, ON STAGE eschews umpteenth performances of "Hound Dog," "Heartbreak Hotel," et. al and offers up Presley's exquisite interpretations of some of the most popular songs of the 20th Century. Key tracks: a propulsive "Proud Mary," massive hit "The Wonder of You," and a gorgeous "Let It Be Me." His enthusiasm for the songs herein is obvious throughout, and Presley's in top form vocally -- he even manages to pull off a rockin' re-working of Engelbert Humperdink's "Release Me!"
4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 A Nice, Inconsequential mid-Comeback album.Mar 30, 2000
By plsilverman
I bought the original vinyl of this l.p. back in '70 and in '00 (via CD) it still holds alot of enjoyment - it was and still is fun to hear Elvis in kind of "non-Presley" territory, material-wise. Naturally, Elvis makes contemporary pop such as "Proud Mary", "Walk A Mile..", "Polk Salad Annie", etc. his own, validating the presumed album concept of presenting a forward-thinking superstar, in touch with the times and not an "Oldie But Goodie" (which would have been OK with me - the previously unreleased "Long Tall Sally" from 1956 and "See See Rider", probably from around 1856!, are the highlights). This approach yielded okay but decidedly secondary treatments of "Sweet Caroline" and "Runaway" back in '70 and now the unearthed "In The Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "Kentucky Rain", all big hits for Elvis at the time and presumeably not used originally because of the tacit theme, have a let's-get-'em-out-of-the-way feel. The prev. unrel. "I Can't Stop Loving You" is excellent but too similiar to El's '69 live track to warrant reflection on its useability on the original "On Stage". Another entry understandably left off the first issue is the brief bit with Elvis explaining to a fan why he can't do all the songs he's requested to do, etc. RCA does have a habit of providing, in these high-minded high-tech. extended reissues, spontaneous studio and concert dialogue which benefit only those who must have every recorded Elvis utterance. (For me, it's gotta be his every recorded utterance just from 1953 to 1960). So for the student of his Memphis-Vegas era wants to hear knockout Elvis, stick with FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS and parts of many other albums, including THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
The King at his best!Dec 04, 1999
By Cara
I have been a devoted Elvis fan for more than 20 years and own over 600 recordings by Elvis and this album is one of his best. Every Elvis fan should own this one. I listen to this album over and over and never tire of it. This was Elvis at his best vocally, physically, and emotionally and he really shows it off on this album. Each song is done to perfection. You will NOT be disappointed with this one.
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