Several tracks from the midnight show on August 25th were used for the live recording, which RCA issued back in 1969. In 2013 Sony's collector's label Follow That Dream Records released the complete concert on an album called "Hot August Night". Even though FTD's incarnation sounded great, this new edition beats it.

In late 1969 RCA released "Blue Suede Shoes" on the album "From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis". As a bonus this new set also includes the count-in.

As usual, Elvis delivers a powerfull rendition of the classic r&b song.

Today's performance of "All Shook Up" was also released on the aforementioned longplayer. Back in 1969 RCA mistakingly filed it as being taped on August 22nd.

Now the king welcomes the crowd, jokes about the decoration of the showroom and makes fun of his sports drink, which (according to Elvis) looks as if it already had been used due to its yellow color. Of course the king uses "Love Me Tender" to kiss the eager ladies.

Elvis claims to have tried to play guitar on his riffle while in the US Army and adds the typical jokes about the biggest records. I guess I don't have to mention, that he also changes the lyrics in the by now well-known fashion.

Of course the man from Memphis also jokes while singing his first chart topper. The suicidial mood of the original recording is gone, but hell, Elvis is in his mid-thirties now and it's entertaining.

The rock'n'roll king announces the message song of the evening and tells his "romantic" story. He comes back to his joke about the sports drink and cracks, that it had tasted better when it was used for the first time! His rendition of "Hound Dog" doesn't last nearly as long as the prologue, but it rocks like hell. Accoring to RCA's paperwork, a version from August 26th was used on the album "From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis", but in fact it's this one here.

This performance was issued on the same longplayer. Listening to the record, a lady is screaming hysterically during the break, but here this is not the case. So it's safe to say, that Felton Jarvis had "enhanced" the recording to demonstrate the excitement of seeing his boss live on stage.

Elvis' rendition of the old r&b tune made it on the album, too. And it's a very good performance with everyone running at full throttle.

It may not be surprising, that RCA put the medley on "From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis". Again they mistakenly filed the track as being taped on August 26th. The banter right before the song starts was edited.

As usual the king now takes some time to talk about his life and career. The dates and events are not always correct, but the whole thing is meant to entertain the crowd and this goal certainly is archived.

The funny skit is followed by a cool rendition of "Baby What You Want Me To Do".

Elvis follows with a cover version of Del Shannon's hit "Runaway". The performance didn't make it on "From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis", but appeared half a year later on the album "On Stage - February 1970".

His own chart breaker "Are You Lonesome Tonight" sounds vastly different than on the single, but it certainly has style.

Elvis tries once more to deliver a perfect rendition of the Bee Gee's hit "Words". This time he is successful and I really have to say, that this is the ultimate performance of the ballad! So it's no wonder, that it was released on "From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis". According to RCA the track was recorded on August 22nd, but obviously they were not too good at dating the stuff they taped.

After acknowledging the Bee Gees, the king now pays tribute to The Beatles. "Yesterday" is presented in complete form, while "Hey Jude" is reduced to the "na-na-na"-part.

Now Elvis takes a minute or two to introduce his stage crew.

His latest hit "In The Ghetto" sounds quite vegasy, but is performed well. Afterwards Elvis welcomes Mac Davis, the writer of the song, who is in the audience tonight. For this very reason Follow That Dream Records included the track on the bonus-cd, which accompanied the book "Writing For The King".

The previous hit is followed by the forthcoming one, which unfortunately would turn out to be Elvis' last number one hit during his lifetime. For an astonishing 7.5 minutes he moves like a maniac and teaches his successors a lesson on Body English.

While the previous performance of "What'd I Say" had been a stright one, the king now leaves the stage again and pretends to have finished the show. Of course he's coming back and brings the performance to a close.

The real finale of the concert is "Can't Help Falling In Love", the great hit from the movie "Blue Hawaii". During the grande finale the curtain comes down and covers the king and his crew. That's it, at least for today.