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SELENA

Como La Flor (Live From Astrodome) (February 26, 1995)

[hooked-on-elvis]

📀 "First time any artist has received five gold records in one year."

March 1, 1970. Elvis during Press Conference in Houston, Texas.

After the final show there was a press conference at which Elvis was presented with gold records for 5 of his 1969 releases. RCA Vice-President Rocco Loginestra was on hand to present Elvis with five gold records. They were 'In The Ghetto', 'Suspicious Minds', 'Don't Cry Daddy' and two albums 'Elvis At The International' and 'From Elvis In Memphis'. It is reported that this is the first time any artist has received five gold records in one year.

At the Sunday afternoon press conference (This Press Conference has always been wrongly dated as being from February 27, 1970, but no Press Conference was held on that date) Elvis said he hadn't seen anything of Houston outside his hotel suite and the Astrodome. Elvis went on to tell reporters "I got a big thrill out of this appearance, I loved it. I know I'm signed to do the International Hotel in Las Vegas again, but nothing has been said about other personal appearances. I'd like to do them." Later in the news conference he said "I knew it would be hard work at the Dome. There is no personal contact. I decided I just had to work as hard as I could, do the show and get off. The sound system bugged me the first night because I kept hearing my own echo. We had our own engineer and we got that all straightened out." Source: elvispresleymusic.com.au

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Selena performing a disco medley live during her last concert at the Houston Astrodome in Texas on February 26th, 1995.

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Selena performing at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo on February 26, 1995 🇺🇸

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Houston Astrodome

December 17, 1965

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On March 3rd, 1974, Elvis played two shows as part of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, breaking his own 1970 attendance record at the event, with over 44 000 people at the evening performance.

This is an interesting, pared down version of Suspicious Minds, without the usual orchestral backing (the staging arrangements meant it was the TCB Band and singers only). The brief snippet of the show concludes with the band introductions.

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This is the version that has been airbrushed & edited to death by her perfectionist “manager”

Full unofficial TV version:

For the full, authentic glory - there are at least 5 unofficial versions. I have 3 uploaded on Vimeo- I think I have 5 of the disco medley (5diff angles)

Selena Vive TV version

Comparing 3 unofficial angles of THE DISCO MEDLEY

February 26th, 1995 (23 years ago today)

Houston Astrodome

Houston, Texas

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[louisbxne]

SELENA performing at the Houston Astrodome. February 27, 1994

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February 28, 1970 (7:45 pm show). Elvis Presley performing at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas. He's wearing the White Brocade (with silver trim) suit with the original belt. Elvis performed six concerts at the venue from February 27th to March 1st 1970.

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3 unedited full versions (as televised - not available for purchase 😳) of the 95 astrodome show

Selena sings ‘Como La Flor’ at the Last Concert in 1995

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29 years today 🇺🇸

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selena ~ cobarde [en vivo live performance dallas, tx 1994] pt. 2

credits : @adrianoflimer

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One of the fascinating parts of the 1970 performances, is the technical side - or lack of.

This is how Tom Hulett (Concerts West) later described Elvis' rig at that time;

"...I never will forget, just these two (speakers) no bigger than the size of my couches if they were laid down. That was it, that was Elvis’ entire monitor system, and the house system was the house system, whatever was in the facility..."

Despite technical shortcomings, the shows were a smash; Elvis was described as 'back, better than ever', and any reservations seemed to be more about the distance Elvis was from the audience than any sound shortcomings. 'Take the binoculars if you really want to be sure that's our boy out there,' warned the Houston Chronicle.

The Houston Post:

"...Elvis Presley brought down the house, and all the attendance records of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo came tumbling down on the shoulders of his white shirt Saturday night at the Astrodome...Presley, the entertainment sensation of 15 years ago, is making his first public appearance in 10 years and he proved his audience appeal still exists...The largest crowd ever to attend a rodeo performance in Houston - 43,614 screaming fans - were present Saturday night for the rodeo and Elvis' fourth of six performances. He had drawn the largest matinee crowd - 34,443 Saturday and his two performance total exceeded by 3079 the two-performance total attracted by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans here two years ago..."

The Port Arthur News noted;

"...Although Presley appeared at only six of the 15 performances of the rodeo in the Astrodome he accounted for more than half of the total attendance, drawing 43,634 at one performance, a single program record..."

(concert reviews, stats and showbill thanks to www.elvisconcerts.com)

Elvis played the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in 1970 and 1974.

There were a number of challenges - the small stage was in the centre of the Houston Astrodome floor with the audience a long way away. In early 1970 Elvis had no touring operation as such, his crew therefore had no concept of stadium sound. (They would later use pioneering arena sound designers Clair Brothers).

The first show of six in 1970, a matinee, was attended by a sparse 16 700 people, 4 000 of which were children with disabilities who had been given complimentary tickets as guests of Elvis and Colonel Parker. The audiences for this engagement grew to a peak of 43 614, a world record for an indoor rodeo event.

The small stage, which was towed into the arena like a trailer, meant was no room for the orchestra or even a pared back horn section so, by 1974, the show had an unusually raw rock and roll sound in the context of the time.

In 1974, Elvis broke his own record at the rodeo, with an audience of over 44 000 for the second of two performances.