ELVIS IS IN THE BUILDING

Heading into Elvis Week, RCA/Legacy Recordings has assembled a six-CD collection of live and studio material from Elvis Presley’s 1972 national tour, to be released 12/2. A rehearsal of "Burning Love” is out today.

Elvis on Tour, which includes a Blu-ray edition of the 1972 MGM documentary also called Elvis on Tour, contains previously unreleased recordings from shows in Hampton, Va., Richmond, Va., and Greensboro, N.C. The boxed set also incorporates previously released material from the San Antonio show and mostly previously unreleased rehearsals recorded at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood.

The compilation is distinguished by liner notes by Elvis’ longtime friend Jerry Schilling and an essay by rock historian/musician Warren Zanes.

"The set lists and the performances of the Elvis on Tour period bring a rare thing: a '50s legend working in the early '70s who was still taking his audiences to new places,” Zanes writes. “While the '68 Comeback Special marked the significant point at which Presley returned to live performance, 1972 was the year the artist revealed most completely what he wanted to do with the creative energy that return kicked off."