On July 27th and 28th the group continued to rehearse at the RCA Studio in Hollywood/California, but no recordings were made. Because MGM needed more rehearsal material, the king and his crew returned to MGM's Soundstage on July 29th. To make the editing as easy as possible, everybody wore the same clothes as on July 15th. Compared to the first sessions at this place, the audio set up had been improved. So these rehearsals can be enjoyed as much as the ones at RCA.

Before starting the actual session, Elvis requests some changes of the audio setup. He can't hear himself loud enough. Afterwards he fools around with "Don't Make Me Wanna Go Home". Then he moves over to The Beatles' more or less recent hit "Something". He's still unsure of the phrasing and the lyrics. In the end he would perform "Something" on stage twice. However, in January and February 1971 the ballad would be a standard of the show and it also would be included in the 1973 television concert "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite".

Once again Elvis doesn't know the lyrics too well and fools around a bit. He changes the words to "steal your ass away" and screams hysterically. This is another song, which the king would perform just a few times. 

The king intones "Don't Make Me Wanna Go Home" once more and asks for the lyrics of "I Just Can't Help Believin'". The performance is not perfect yet, but works quite well.

Now Elvis wants to stage a little guitar session and asks for his instrument. Because he can't remember the word "guitar" he says "Give me the electric...box". In reference to the synonym for the female genital he jokingly asks "Ever seen an electric box, man?". In contrast to the later renditions the king also sings the verses of "Get Back". At least he tries to do so, but as usual fails to remember them. He fools around a bit and sings stuff like "Jojo left his ass in Tucson/Arizona". Elvis also jumps back and forth between "Little Sister" and "Get Back" and it's interesting to hear the band following him spontaneously. It's a nice jam and interesting to hear.

Just like at RCA Elvis tries out the blues song "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water". It has to be said, that this performance lacks the necessary drive, it's more or less a cosy walkthrough. Nevertheless it's interesting to know, that the king could have pulled the song out of the hat any time. By the way: The song wasn't caught in its entirety, in-between the recording was stopped for a short time. 

After a few bars Elvis tells Dennis Sanders (the director of the movie), that he want's to go through a few tunes that he had recorded before World War II. However, his performance is quite short, because he doesn't know the lyrics.

Jokingly Elvis yelps through "Cattle Call" and claims, that it was his biggest hit...and his last one.

The old SUN classic works much better, it's safe to say that it was rehearsed for the previous Vegas stints, too. When I hear performances like this, I think it's a pity, that Elvis preferred to butcher stuff like "Hound Dog" and "Teddy Bear" instead of presenting songs like "Baby, Let's Play House" or "Money Honey".

Now Elvis intons "Don't" and asks his pianist, if he knows the chords. Of course he does, because Mr. Hardin seems to know every song in the world. Here and there the king fools around (the line "damn now, don't" can't be found in the lyrics), but in general the ballad works very well. When the band looses step, Elvis even has them repeat the part. Maybe he really considered "Don't" for his new show.

Just like "Baby, Let's Play House" this one gets a short, but solid treatment. Afterwards Elvis jokingly tells Dennis Sanders, that they don't know the song and are just fooling around with some old stuff.

Elvis tries to sing "Hard Headed Woman", but neither he, nor the band knows what to do. So he segues into "A Fool Such As I". Once again the oldie works really well, there's even a rudimentary guitar solo. 

Suddenly the king starts to sing this non-sense song and the band joins in. He constantly raises the tempo and the group follows him. Then he suddenly starts to sing in a slow, bluesy tempo. It's pure fun.

The recording was stopped after "Froggy Went A-Courtain". When the equipment is turned on again, the king and his crew are in the middle of a walkthrough of "Such A Night". Once again Elvis doesn't know the lyrics and quickly makes up new ones.

Elvis' best selling record is also performed with the star singing "now that you're here, too bad you're queer, my dear".

Up next is a long jam of "What'd I Say". The old Ray Charles hit is played slower than in the studio (1963) or on stage (1969), which I like very much. Of course Elvis cannot help to alter the lyrics and continues the line "see the girl with the red dress on" with "put your dress on, go on home". As usual his humor isn't all that sophisticated, but funny.

Of course this is not a serious rehearsal. Elvis just sings a bit of the song and the band plays along.

This one is done in the same vane. But here Elvis starts too low and therefore cannot continue, because he's no bass singer.

The third song of this kind is "Hava Nagila". The band is involved a bit more, but it's not a real performance. Jokingly Glen D. Hardin includes a few bars of "La Cucaracha". Obviously the guys are running out of material.

But then Elvis throws in "My Baby Left Me" and suddenly the spark returns.

After so many oldies the king wants to rehearse "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me". By now the new song works very well. Nevertheless Elvis requests a second walkthrough. He doesn't take it too seriously and fools around a lot.

This is another new song, but once again everybody knows their parts. Afterwards we hear some comments and studio talk, then the session is over.