The Pope is Coming

Infinity Records is proud to present two brand-new CD sets of Elvis from 1972!

Coming soon is the first 2-CD set is called “The Pope Is Coming,” featuring the brand-new and previously unreleased evening show Elvis performed in Chicago on June 17, 1972. For years, fans only had access to the afternoon show, which is one of Elvis’s finest performances during this tour, but the evening show was only known through a couple of minutes of 8mm fan footage. We were able to obtain this decent-sounding unreleased Elvis show, including part of the opening acts!.

The Sweet Inspirations set the mood by performing Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine” and their song “Sweet Inspiration” before the crowd goes wild, and the taper of this show exclaims, “The Pope Is Coming!” as the 2001 theme thunders through the Chicago Stadium. This digipack is filled with unreleased pictures from this show, and covering two discs, we present these two performances together for the first time, with the afternoon show newly remastered! Listen for great versions of “Release Me,” “Reconsider Baby,” “Something,” “My Babe,” “Little Sister / Get Back” (the second time Elvis used the original 1960s intro!), “I’ll Remember You,” “Hound Dog,” among many other highlights!

Tracklist:

Disc 1 – Afternoon Show

1. Also Sprach Zarathustra
2. That’s All Right
3. I Got A Woman
4. Love Me Tender
5. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
6. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
7. Polk Salad Annie
8. Love Me
9. All Shook Up
10. Heartbreak Hotel
11. Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel
12. One Night
13. Reconsider Baby
14. It’s Now Or Never
15. Johnny B Goode (+ false start)
16. I Can’t Stop Loving You
17. Hound Dog (+ false start)
18. Suspicious Minds
19. Introductions
20. My Babe
21. Something
22. Release Me
23. How Great Thou Art
24. Funny How Time Slips Away
25. An American Trilogy
26. Can’t Help Falling In Love
27. Closing Vamp

Disc 2 – Evening Show

1. Ain’t No Sunshine*
2. Sweet Inspiration*
3. Also Sprach Zarathustra
4. That’s All Right
5. Proud Mary
6. Never Been To Spain
7. Until It’s Time For You To Go
8. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
9. Polk Salad Annie
10. Love Me
11. All Shook Up
12. Heartbreak Hotel
13. Teddy Bear / Don’t Be Cruel
14. Love Me Tender
15. Little Sister / Get Back
16. I’ll Remember You
17. Hound Dog
18. Suspicious Minds
19. Introductions
20. For The Good Times
21. A Big Hunk O’ Love
22. An American Trilogy
23. Funny How Time Slips Away
24. I Can’t Stop Loving You
25. Can’t Help Falling In Love
26. Closing Vamp

• Performed by The Sweet Inspirations