Bob Lanning plays a drum-stakkato, guitar and brass join in and there he is: Elvis Presley! He's wearing a tight, white, one-piece jumpsuit with a collar made of macrame. His belt matches the style of the collar. Later RCA would feature a photo of Elvis wearing this outfit on the cover of the "On Stage - February 1970" album. Charlie Hodge hands his boss a guitar and the show is underway. The song is arranged similar to the version on the double album "From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis".

Now Elvis announces "My first record, ladies and gentlemen" and pretends to fall asleep. In contrast to his joke the tune gets a dynamic outing. It soon turned out, that he wouldn't sing "That's All Right" too often during this stint, but he would open allmost all of his shows with this song from August 1970 to November 1971. Afterwards he would continue to perform it every now and then and would keep it in his show right until his final tour. After having finished his performance of "That's All Right" Elvis jokes a bit with the audience, announces to sing many of other people's hits and intones "Everybody Loves Somebody".

To prove that he isn't joking the king now performs CCR's "Proud Mary". His rendition is faster and more rocking. It would also be featured on his forthcoming album "On Stage".

After a few jokes and a zip of water Elvis continues with "Don't Cry Daddy", the b-side of his "Rubberneckin" single. He has tried out the song last August, but since the ballad got all the attention and even made it onto Billboard's top10 he now opts for the more popular tune. It's a great performance, just as good as the one on the record.

Now Elvis asks for his guitar and announces a few songs, that he claims to have recorded in 1929. The oldie parade starts with a medley of "Teddy Bear" and "Don't Be Cruel", which is performed with a lot of zest.

The rendition of this rock'n'roll classic from his second longplayer proves, that he's still the king of that style. He may be 35, but he rocks like hell.

Just a few months ago Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry have scored a hit with "Let It Be Me". It's somewhat of a surprise to hear Elvis Presley perform this ballad, accompanied by a huge orchestra and a truckload of harmony singers. But it fits him well, he obviously loves the song and delivers an outstanding rendition. "Let It Be Me" also would be featured on the forthcoming "On Stage" album.

This one is known from the live disc of Presley's "From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis" set. Today's rendition is just as great as the one on the longplayer.

Now Elvis announces a song from his current album, but soon realizes that he hasn't even recorded it yet. Of course he already knows, that "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" would be released on the planned new live lp, but the actual recording has to wait until February 19th. However, it's a surprise to hear Elvis sing the song, because it has been just a few weeks since Tony Joe South scored a hit with the track. The king cleverly segues it into a medley with "In The Ghetto", one of his socially critical songs. 

Elvis stays with the repertoire of last years "From Elvis In Memphis" album and presents "True Love Travels On A Gravel Road". After a zip of water and a joke the actual performance falters after a few seconds because the lead vocalist has forgotten the words. Quickly Charlie Hodge helps him out and the second try soon turns into a very good staging of the track. As we know today, Elvis re-rehearsed "True Love Travels On A Gravel Road" two years later, but wouldn't sing it in front of an audience ever again.

After more or less current hits of CCR, Campbell/Gentry and Tony Joe White the king now turns to the catalogue of Neil Diamond. His version of "Sweet Caroline" is paced much better than the original and even Elvis' voice fits the song better. However, in the middle of the performance the king looses his step and has his musicians starting over again. Of course "Sweet Caroline" would also end up on the "On Stage" album.

Once again Elvis makes use of Tony Joe White's catalogue and covers his recent single hit "Polk Salad Annie". The king moves a lot more to the beat than Tony and his body action makes the ladies scream. Compared to the version on the forthcoming live lp the premier sounds a bit clumsy, but "Polk Salad Annie" obviously has the potential to become a showstopper. Despite getting more and more out of shape over the years Elvis would keep it in his show and sing it from time to time until the very end.

Audibly out of breath the king introduces his band and singers and peppers the procedure with some jokes.

Now it's time for "Kentucky Rain", Elvis' latest single. His live rendition is as good as the one on the record and certainly an asset of the show. As we know today he would continue to perfrom it throughout this stint, but phased it out afterwards.

Of course the king knows, that his fans would be disappointed if he wouldn't stage his previous years mega seller "Suspicious Minds". For six minutes he moves like a maniac and demonstrates that he's still the one and only king of rock'n'roll. He's 35 years now, but obviously fit as a fiddle.

Still breathing heavily Elvis ends his show with "Can't Help Falling In Love", the best known song from his best known movie. Just like during the finale of his television special "SINGER presents Elvis" he ends the show by saying "Thank you, good night".