Turn On Your Love Light/Bright Lights & You Girl/I Can’t Stop Loving You/Hard To Handle/Delilah/Danny Boy/I’ll Never Fall In Love Again/Help Yourself/Yesterday/Hey Jude/Love Me Tonight/Its Not Unusual/Twist & Shout
Live In Las Vegas was a very successful live set from Tom Jones, recorded at the Flamingo Hilton during the height of his international popularity, in an environment that would become his milieu. (US:3 UK:2)
“Tom at full power, a fine live document recorded in Vegas between seasons of his TV show. The songs are great, the band is swingin', the voice is large and in charge whilst the interaction with the audience is at times funny and charming.”
“In my opinion, this is Tom Jones' best live album. He is in excellent shape, and his voice sounds fantastic.”
“This was recorded when Tom Jones was at his best, around the time of his TV show, which means you get arrangements by Johnny Spence, his conductor and arranger from TV. The music is superb, with the rhythm and tempos energetic. Though it was recorded in the late sixties, there is nothing dated about this performance. It is to be enjoyed through the years.”
“It's all live and very cool. Great to hear the between song banter with the audience and get a feel of the concert back in the 60s. He does an amazing version of Danny Boy adding as Tom says, ‘a bit of blues to it’."
“He is one of those performers who is somehow better live than in the studio. When I have been lucky enough to catch his live act I could feel his joy of performing in the air. His recorded live material exudes an indefinable excitement that is not quite captured in the recording studio.”
“It was not Tom's best song selection to do live, yet he still brings them to life and captures the excitement of Vegas when it was truly an entertainer’s Mecca. Those were the days when Vegas shined brighter, and Tom was headlining when singers could actually sing without vocal enhancements, and true live stage entertainers became legends. This will give you a glimpse back into that time when things were so good. I think that anyone looking for a supercharged live album should not look any further.”
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