In the early 90s of the previous century BMG had issued the few bars of "Loving You", the following "Reconsider Baby" as well as "What'd I Say" on a tripple-disc called "Collector's Gold", the rendition of "Runaway" followed in 1999 on a re-release of "On Stage - February 1970". In 2002 the company's own collector's label Follow That Dream Records finally released the complete show on an album called "Elvis At The International".

Compared to the FTD incarnation the new version starts a bit earlier with the count-in of the "Opening Riff". As usual Elvis enters the showroom, grabs his guitar and rocks himself through "Blue Suede Shoes". He appears to be more lively than during the dinner show and jokingly sings "slender my ass all over the place".

After a few jokes he performs his version of the Ray Charles hit "I Got A Woman" and once again runs at full throttle.

It's no surprise, that Elvis feels as if his horse just left before he segues into a highspeed performance of his 1957 mega seller "All Shook Up".

Now the king welcomes the audience, makes the usual gags about the kitschy decor of the showroom and kisses an eager lady, who celebrates her birthday today. Suddenly an insect lands on Elvis suit and he ironically remarks "Can't get rid of those damn beetles nowhere, man". Of course he's referring to The Beatles, who had kicked him off the throne of popmusic a few years earlier. Jokingly Elvis tries to interview the little animal and asks, how long it has been in the business. After a few more jokes the king sings "Love Me Tender" and kisses a truckload of young ladies.

Elvis announces a medley of some of his biggest records and clowns around a bit. Then he presents a zesty splice of "Jailhouse Rock" and "Don't Be Cruel".

Of course the king also jokes while singing "Heartbreak Hotel". But the major part is done in serious style and the modern, bluesy arrangement comes accross very well.

In epic breadth Elvis describes a romantic scene in which is going to serenade a woman. Suddenly he yells out "You ain't nothing but a hound dog" and gets the crowd on their feet.

Elvis answers a lady's big voiced declaration of love with a cool "after the show", then he presents "Memories", a song from his recent tv special "SINGER presents Elvis". Just like he had done during "Love Me Tender", he kisses several females and doesn't focus too much on the song.

Elvis clowns around a bit more, then he grabs his guitar and presents a rocking medley of "Mystery Train" and "Tiger Man".

Now he wants to tell the fans his side of his story and sits down for a while to talk to the crowd. The whole thing isn't factually correct, but peppered with a lot of corny jokes and fairly entertaining.

Elvis grabs an electric guitar and jokes about his non-existant abilities to play the instrument. He's certainly not a great guitarist, but of course not as bad as he wants everyone to believe. "Baby What You Want Me To Do" is also known from his previous years' tv special and it's a fine rendition by any means.

The king follows the r&b song with a cover of Del Shannon's "Runaway", which sounds almost better than the original.

Elvis intones "Loving You", which is met by hysteric screams of some ladies. Quickly he changes styles and sings "Reconsider Baby", a blues song from his album "Elvis Is Back!". His guitar playing is not all that great, the king even has to laugh about what he's doing. The performance has the touch of a jam session, which fits the r&b track very well. I guess it's another favor to RCA regarding the recording project.

The first two words are enough to trigger the girls. After a pause for effect Mr. Presley offers a serious and heartfelt outing of this beautiful ballad.

Now Elvis hands his guitar over to Charlie Hodge and sings a medley of The Beatles' greats "Yesterday" and "Hey Jude". Of course he repeats the joke of not being the stud he used to be. During the "Hey Jude"-part the king kisses some more ladies and asks whose room-key he just received.

Before singing another song Elvis introduces his musicians and singers.

After the audience knows who's working in front of them the king presents his current hit "In The Ghetto". It's played faster than in the studio, but it fits the tempo of the show.

Speaking about tempo: It's raised with a rousing performance of "Suspicious Minds". The band, the orchestra and the singers are going frantic and Elvis moves all over the stage.

While the king had presented a straight version of "What'd I Say" during the dinner show, he now returns to the usual procedure of changing "I wanna know" to "I gotta go" and leaving the stage. As always he returns and finishes the song.

With a quick "Thank you" and "We'll do this song especially for you" Mr. Presley bows out and finishes his program with "Can't Help Falling In Love". The curtain comes down and today's work is done.