The final March 20, 1974 Memphis concert was recorded by RCA and release
July 1974. "They were pretty smart about that", Bardwell observes,
"They didn’t say anything to us about it". Elvis was real psyched about doing a live-album in his hometown because
"this is where it all started out for me", and right before he went on stage, he said:
"Man, I’m ready and prepared for this recording session". The
album, Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis reached #33 on Billboard Album Charts & sold about 500,00 copies
The album got rave reviews in
"Rolling Stone" and Elvis received a Grammy award for the sensational live-version of
How Great Thou Art... " For Bardwell, the album is very special because he gets a rather unusual name-check from
Elvis who says "Anyhow Duke, not talkin’ to you personally, Duke, just killing time so I can drink
water"… "Good God..." Bardwell laughs.."“I remember
thinking...‘If you're going to talk to me, talk to me, but don't say: 'I'm not talking to you'. My family still think
that’s real funny"
Elvis (having fun) on stage in Concert
