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The Complete List of all Elvis Presley Concerts in order of Date as released by FTD

FTD (Follow That Dream) : Complete list of concerts released on CD, in order of performance date.

Soundboard Recorded Concerts : RCA Stereo and Soundboard [Mixing Desk] Recordings

What is a soundboard recording?

A soundboard recording is the tape recording from the concert mixing desk. During a concert the signal from the instruments and vocalists channels through the central mixing station, or 'soundboard', before going to the PA system. Luckily for Elvis Presley fans, most of Elvis' concerts were recorded this way. Although two track [or more] tapes were used, the sound engineer's, Bill Porter and Bruce Jackson usually recorded two shows per tape, using one track for each, so most Elvis 'soundboard recordings are mono. The tapes were often used to give to new band members to listen to so to give them an idea of previous shows.

The Beginning

Starting in 1996 people were putting out bootleg soundboard concerts that were selling very well. Some of these were stolen but many, lots, where given to new musicians to get an idea of an Elvis concert, some of the sound engineers gave copies to friends, not all is known how they got out, but there are a large number of the 1000 or so concerts Elvis did in the 70s on soundboard in private hands - and also in FTDs hands.

Some high ranking RCA and BMG people are aledged to have sold soundboards to people who then bootlegged them, howver we can't and certainly won't be naming anyone! We do know one well known person was actually aloud for some time to borrow tapes for a weekend, copy them and then release as a bootleg.

After seeing the sales of bootlegs, Ernst Jorgensen convinced BMG [the owner at the time before Sony came into it] to let him start a collector's label, this was in 1999. And they named it Follow That Dream [FTD].

Listed below are all the currently released 'Soundboard' and professionally recorded Stereo concert CDs.

There are also several professional RCA recorded concerts in the stereo section.

See Reviews of all the FTD CDs and Books.

What to buy? Where to start? What is a good FTD release?

#	Title : Elvis Presley Concerts	Date	Category
76	Elvis In Person	August 22, 1969 DS (2nd Disc)	Classic Album
20	Elvis at the International	August 23, 1969 MS	Stereo Concert
120	Hot August Night : August 25, 1969 MS	2013	Stereo Concert
97	Live In Las Vegas, August 26, 1969	August 26, 1969 DS	Stereo Concert
47	All Shook Up	August 26, 1969 MS	Stereo Concert
105	On Stage, Feb 1970	February 1970	Classic Album
36	Polk Salad Annie : Las Vegas 1970	February 15, 1970	Stereo Concert
8	One Night in Vegas	August 10, 1970	Stereo Concert
81	The Wonder Of You	August 13, 1970	Stereo Concert
32	The Impossible Dream	January 26 & 27, 1971	Soundboard Concert
92	Elvis As Recorded At Boston Garden	November 10, 1971	Soundboard Concert
62	An American Trilogy : Jan / Feb 1972	February 14-17, 1972	Stereo Concert
49	Summer Festival	August 11, 1972	Soundboard Concert
116	3000 South Paradise Road	August 12 Dinner show	Soundboard Concert
77	I'll Remember You	February 3, 1973	Soundboard Concert
27	Takin' Tahoe Tonight	May 13, 1973	Soundboard Concert
38	Closing Night	September 3, 1973	Soundboard Concert
55	I Found My Thrill	January 27, 1974	Soundboard Concert
121	Elvis Presley : Sold Out!	2013	Soundboard Concert
61	Live In LA : 1974 2 CDs	May 11, 1974	Elvis FTD Books
-	Elvis : Live L.A. : May 11, 1974 ES	May 11, 1974 ES	Soundboard Concert
88	High Sierra : May '74	May 21, 1974	Soundboard Concert
-	Rockin' Across Texas : 2 CD	June 19, 1974 + July 3, 1976	Soundboard Concert
121	Elvis Presley : Sold Out!	2013	Soundboard Concert
74	Nevada Nights	August 19, 1974 + August 21, 1974	Soundboard Concert
15	It's Midnight	August 24, 1974	Soundboard Concert
26	Dragon Heart	October 1, 1974	Soundboard Concert
45	Big Boss Man	March 30, 1975	Soundboard Concert
51	Southern Nights : 1975 Spring Tours	April / May 1975	Soundboard Concert
11	Dixieland Rocks	May 6/7, 1975	Soundboard Concert
80	Dixieland Delight	May 31, 1975 + June 1, 1975	Soundboard Concert
107	Another Saturday Night	June 2, 3, 7 & 10, 1975	Soundboard Concert
19	Dinner at Eight	December 13th, 1975	Soundboard Concert
72	America	April 22, 1976	Soundboard Concert
6	Tucson 76	June 1, 1976	Soundboard Concert
-	Rockin' Across Texas - 2 CD	June 19, 1974 + July 3, 1976	Soundboard Concert
84	New Haven '76	July 30, 1976	Soundboard Concert
96	Chicago Stadium	October 14 + October 15, 1976	Soundboard Concert
86	A Minnesota Moment	October 17, 1976	Soundboard Concert
89	Showtime! Birmingham / Dallas '76	December 28 + December 29, 1976	Soundboard Concert
21	New Year's Eve 1976	December 31, 1976	Audience concert
60	Unchained Melody	February 20, 1977	Soundboard Concert
99	Amarillo '77	March 24, 1977	Soundboard Concert
17	Spring Tours '77	1977 : Various Shows	Stereo Concert

** FTD consider the two CD only re-releases as not new releases as they were originally released with a book.

** FTD are not counting the Vinyl releases, considering them the same as the CD releases with the same titles, although we think at the very least the 'Good Times - The Out Takes' is a different title.

So anyway, we have followed this formula with our list, not allocating a release number for the vinyl releases and CD only re-releases originally released as part of a book release. (Thanks to Ken Jensen for his input).