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May 3, 1973 · Early show · Las Vegas, NV · Hilton

U.S.A.

Recording & Broadcast Information

Audio recording
Yes
Sound quality
A
Video footage
Not yet documented

Description

It seems plausible that every show from Johnny Cash's 1973 spring residence in Las Vegas was recorded from the soundboard. A reel-to-reel tape of both (early and late) shows on May 5 surfaced in 2014. Whether recordings of the remaining shows have survived is not known. The early show included a brief appearance by John Carter Cash, including a short duet with his father. Two days later, Johnny Cash appeared at Columbia Records' A Week to Remember event in Los Angeles, where apologized for the way the desert air in Vegas had ruined his voice.

Images & Source Material

Master reel-to-reel tape
Other source material

Master reel-to-reel tape

Master reel-to-reel of the two shows at the Las Vegas Hilton on May 5, 1973
Credit: JIC Collection
Promotional postcard from the Las Vegas Hilton (1)
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Promotional postcard from the Las Vegas Hilton (1)

Credit: JIC Collection
Promotional postcard from the Las Vegas Hilton (2)
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Promotional postcard from the Las Vegas Hilton (2)

Credit: JIC Collection

Setlist

For individual songs, use the Media links in the setlist when available.

# Item Media
1 CC Rider (Carl Perkins)
2 One More Loser Going Home (Carl Perkins)
3 Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)
4 Do You Remember These (The Statler Brothers)
5 Bed of Roses (The Statler Brothers)
6 Class of '55 (The Statler Brothers)
7 Flowers on the Wall (The Statler Brothers)
8 Big River
9 Sunday Morning Coming Down
10 City of New Orleans
11 Ballad of Barbara
12 A Boy Named Sue
13 Mary had a Little Lamb (John Carter Cash)
14 The More We Get Together (with John Carter Cash)
15 Another Man Done Gone
16 Goin' to Memphis
17 Five Feet High and Risin'
18 Pickin' Time
19 That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
20 Hey Porter
21 Folsom Prison Blues
22 Wreck of the Old '97
23 Orange Blossom Special
24 I Walk the Line
25 Jackson (with June Carter)
26 If I Were a Carpenter (with June Carter)
27 Help Me Make it Through the Night (with June Carter)
28 Follow Me (June Carter)
29 Help Me
30 If I Had a Hammer
31 Will the Circle be Unbroken (Maybelle Carter)
32 Daddy Sang Bass

Archive Notes

Last edited: Thu, 29 Sep 16 18:59:19 +0200
Last edited: Tue, 11 Oct 16 20:25:35 +0200
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