Vinyl Record
Elvis Presley - Live At The International
Elvis Presley - Live At The International on 2LP vinyl. A 1969 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
2LP ยท 1969
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 1969 2LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Live At The International is Elvis Presley in August 1969, stepping back onto the concert stage after years in which Hollywood had crowded out live performance. The setting is the International Hotel in Las Vegas, but this is not yet the caricature that later shorthand sometimes makes of Vegas Elvis. It is the comeback still burning hot: the 1968 television special had restored his authority, the American Sound sessions had yielded In the Ghetto and Suspicious Minds, and the new live band gave him a way to make early rock and roll, soul, blues, country and contemporary pop feel immediate again. The August 1969 shows are ferocious because Elvis is testing an adult stage identity in real time. He revisits Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog, All Shook Up and Heartbreak Hotel, but the performances are not museum pieces. They are pushed by James Burton's guitar, a hard rhythm section, gospel backing and Presley's own need to prove that the body still knows what the myth requires. When he moves into Suspicious Minds, In the Ghetto or covers from the era, the past and present fuse rather than politely alternate. As a vinyl entry, Live At The International is essential live Elvis because it catches the return before routine set in. The voice is strong, the pacing is restless, and the room hears a star reclaiming risk. It is 1969 as event, not nostalgia.
This record matters because the International Hotel engagement reintroduced Elvis as a serious live performer after an eight-year absence from regular concerts. The 1969 band gave him modern muscle, and the set connected the 1950s legend to the late-1960s comeback. For collectors, it is one of the most important live contexts in the entire catalogue.
File this with the 1968 comeback and From Elvis in Memphis rather than only with later Vegas records. Its collector value is in the exact moment: Elvis before the jumpsuit-era image hardened, backed by a band that could make the old hits sound newly dangerous. It is a live-album anchor, not a peripheral concert document.
Explosive 1969 live Elvis with rock-and-roll revivals, soul grit, gospel backing, James Burton guitar snap, big-room energy and comeback-era urgency.
Recommended for: Collectors focused on Elvis' 1968-69 comeback peak; Listeners who want the strongest Las Vegas live context; Fans of James Burton-era Elvis band performances; Anyone comparing early hits with late-60s stage reinvention.
What year does Live At The International document? It documents Elvis Presley's 1969 engagement at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. Why are the 1969 International Hotel shows important? They marked Elvis' return to sustained live performance after years dominated by films and soundtrack work. Is this the same mood as later Vegas Elvis? No. The 1969 performances are leaner and more urgent, closer to the comeback moment than to the later touring formula.