On November 12, 1970 Elvis appeared at The Coliseum in Seattle/Washington. The building was sold out with 15,000 fans and the concert generated 140,000 USD. A very good sounding audience recording was released in 1994 by JR Productions on an album called "The Thrill Goes On". The fold-out cover includes a not so positive review from The Seattle Times.

After the pre-show and a break the houselights are turned off and the band plays the "Opening Riff". Elvis, dressed in a white jumpsuit with fringes and a green macrame' belt, enters the stage and receives his brown guitar from Charlie Hodge. While the king walks over to the microphone at the center of the stage the band segues into "That's All Right". Elvis delivers a fast and powerful version of the a-side of his first single release, very similar to the performance in the current movie "That's The Way It Is".

The Ray Charles hit "I Got A Woman" is also presented with zest, surprisingly Elvis includes a few lines of the gospel "Amen". He quickly returns to "I Got A Woman" and gives his intrument back to Mr. Hodge. Then the king introduces himself as Johnny Cash and explains, that he had made a movie called "It Happened At The World's Fair" in Seattle. It wasn't in 1912, as Elvis tells the audience, but considering his current look and image the motion picture really seems to come from another age.

For some reason the king feels the need to slam his younger competitors and tells the crowd, that he already had performed in Seattle, when Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck were still wearing diapers. After the intro of "Love Me Tender" he remarks, that the song wasn't all that great. Elvis obviously doesn't take the title song of his first movie seriously, but the female part of the audience is completely in awe.

Until now the set list was made up of oldies, but now the king presents his latest single. In contrast to the previous song, he sings it the serious way and proves, that he can do much more than joke around and entertain. He's certainly a damn good singer, too.

Now Elvis wants to take a look at the fans and has the houselights turned up. He drinks a zip of Gatorade (and claims, the drink was to aid his gator) and continues with "Sweet Caroline", which has been released a few months ago on his album "On Stage - February 1970".

From his current longplayer "That's The Way It Is" Elvis sings "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling". It can also be seen in the accordant movie and just like in Vegas, he gives his all and performs a strong version of the song.

Tony Joe White's "Polk Salad Annie" is also featured in his current concert movie, but it's not on the album. It can be found on the previous full price release "On Stage - February 1970". In contrast to the recorded version Elvis fools around with it. Because of the constantly photographing fans, the polk salad looks like a flashbulp instad of a turnip green. Besides that, the king impersonates Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck. Maybe he's jealous? However, his performance is pure dynamite and at the end Elvis lays down on the floor.

To get his breath back, the king introduces his band. He includes a fiery version of "Johnny B. Goode" to showcase the talent of his lead guitarist, James Burton.

Elvis tells the crowd to have recorded "How Great Thou Art" in 1965, but in fact it was a year later. But who can blame him? He has taped several hundred songs during the past 16 years. An unpleasant side of his personality is displayed when the king suddenly stops the intro of the hymn, because his conductor was laughing about something. It's not very professional to bawl out someone in public. The performance itself is very good, as some kind of encore the finale is repeated.

Up next is the power ballad "The Wonder Of You", which had entered the top ten of Billboard's single charts earlier this year. For some reason Elvis has shortened the song to 1.5 minutes or so, but what he sings of it sounds mighty fine.

Now Elvis returns to his golden greats and starts with "Heartbreak Hotel", his first national number one hit. It's presented in a modern, bluesy arrangement and sounds very good.

A rockin' performance of "Blue Suede Shoes" follows, unfortunately without the guitar solo by James Burton, which can be seen in the movie "That's The Way It Is".

Elvis fools around with the intro, then he segues into a fast and furious  version of "Hound Dog". This time Mr. Burton is allowed to play a short solo, which also sounds great.

To most of the fans this country ballad is a surprise, because Elvis has only performed it during a few shows of his previous year's Vegas engagement. A studio recording will be released in early 1971 on the album "Elvis Country - I'm 10,000 Years Old", but as usual the king doesn't promote his vinyls and tapes and keeps quiet about such things. By the way: This album doesn't feature the middle of the song. Maybe the cassette tape had to be turned over or maybe there was something wrong with the equipment.

Elvis bows out by saying "You are a fantastic audience, thank you very much" and sings "Can't Help Falling In Love". The band takes over with the "Closing Riff" and Al Dvorin announces "Elvis has left the building".