Unreleased (incomplete) soundboard recording. Elvis as recorded live at the Hilton Hotel, Las vegas, nevada. September 2, 1974, closing show. The “desert” was the Las Vegas Hilton on the night of Sept 2 1974. It was the close of his latest season in America’s gambling capital. The “storm” referred to was an onstage outburst against press stories linking him to drugs (particularly heroin use) and a paternity suit lodged against him. Elvis was paranoid and made his troubles part of the show, using the stage to exonerate himself. This show is the stuff of legend. It was first mentioned in Roy Carr and Mick Farren’s Elvis – The Complete Illustrated Record published in 1982. They quoted extensively from it. “During a 1974 Las Vegas season, Elvis went so far as to stop the show to deliver a tirade against press stories which dealt with a paternity suit against him and alleged that he was using heroin.” That tirade has finally been made available on disc two. “From three different sources,” ranted Elvis, “I heard that I was strung out on heroin… I’ve never been strung out in my life…” Then Elvis explodes, “If I find or hear the individual that has said that about me”, he threatened, “I’m gonna BREAK your GODDAMNED neck, you SON OF A BITCH! These reports are dangerous,” he emphasized, “are damaging to my little daughter, to Priscilla, to my father, my doctor, my friends, everyone on stage and,” he motioned to the audience, “to you….” Then he pointed at his invisible accuser …