In the style of the king's live album "Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden" Follow That Dream Records released "Elvis As Recorded At Boston Garden '71". The album was issued in 2010 and contained a soundboard recording of the king's appearance in Boston/Massachusetts on November 10, 1971. The concert generated 150,000 USD, which was a record for the venue. The trick was done by squeezing 15,509 people in the building and selling a huge percentage of the seats for the highest price. Elvis' rented Fairchild 28 jet landed at Logan Airport in the afternoon, but the singer stayed inside of the plane until he was driven to the arena shortly before the concert.

The audio quality of the soundboard recording is quite good, the same can be said about the artwork of the digipak. This time the collector's label even managed to include a booklet of 8 pages with pictures from the concert. Elvis is wearing his new "Black Pinwheel Suit", which is combined with the Gold Belt, given to him by the management of the International Hotel in Las Vegas.

Just like during his previous stints in Vegas and Stateline, the show is opened with an excerpt of "Also Sprach Zarathustra". Seamlessly the band segues into the well known "Opening Riff" and the king appears on stage.

After having received his guitar from Charlie Hodge, Elvis starts the program with "That's All Right". It's presented similar to the version from "That's The Way It Is" and has a lot of drive.

The old Ray Charles tune also gets a rockin' treatment. Afterwards Elvis gives his guitar back to Charlie.

After two oldies the king continues the show with "Proud Mary", a song from his previous years' album "On Stage - February 1970". The arrangement differs a lot, the new one sounds more interesting and has a better beat.

This one has been a top20 hit for Elvis last fall. Today it's performed a tad faster, but certainly not worse.

Once again the tempo has been raised, but this time Elvis also sings somewhat lackluster. It's not a bad performance at all, but also not in the same league as the rendition on the album "That's The Way It Is".

The singer uses the intro for some jokes, the performance itself is thrilling and includes a lot of body action. Elvis is thin and obviously well trained. His moves are sharp and fast. After everything is said and done, he's completely out of breath and the band plays an instrumental.

Now it's time for some oldies, but goodies. The ballad "Love Me" is sung very well, suddenly we all feel young again.

The king still has fun singing the a-side of his first RCA single, which also became his first national number one hit.

The rock'n'roll classic is not as energetic and tied as in the movie "That's The Way It Is", but still presented with enough zest.

Up next is the r&b classic "One Night". Elvis' performance has balls and he easily takes us back to the days of teddy bears and hound dogs.

Well, speaking of the devil. Here it comes, the ultimate rock'n'roll song, the best selling 45 of the whole decade. The king sings it slowly at first, then he continues in the expected, fast speed. Just like "Blue Suede Shoes" it's presented well enough, but not as vigorous as two years ago, when he returned from the humdrum of Hollywood.

The next song is a completely different ballgame. The gospel hymn "How Great Thou Art" offers an opportunity to display his great voice and this kind of music so obviously appeals to him much more than the greatest hits. On this album the performance is not complete, because the sound engineer recorded the concert on a cassette tape, which had to be turned over after 30 or 45 minutes (depending on the length of the magnetic tape).

In general Elvis keeps the introductions short, but he cannot help to ask, if The Tony Bruno Orchestra comprises members of the Mafia.

Now the king sings "I'm Leavin'", his next to last single. Commercially it wasn't a huge success, but it's a beautiful song, which certainly is not easy to sing. Elvis masters it very well and delivers his best performance of the evening so far.

Belive it or not, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" tops it off. Here Elvis also has to sing quiet and long lines, but additionally he has to belt out the chorus. He does both with apparent easiness. His larger than life image often overshadows his vocal abilities.

Here Elvis presents one of his favorites. It's a loose, but impressive performance.

In Las Vegas and Stateline the king uses this song to kiss the ladies at the edge of the stage. Today he doesn't do things like that and delivers a more or less serious version of the ballad. Maybe the venues' vastness keeps him from kissing the fans. There's not telling what would happen, if 15,000 people start to rush to the front of the stage.

It has been two years now since Elvis topped the charts with "Suspicious Minds". He moves quite a lot and also presents some sharp karate figures. The guy is 36 years by now, but still slim, slender and well trained.

Now the king has the houselights turned up, to be able to take a look at his fans. Then he sings "Funny, How Time Slips Away" from his album "Elvis Country- I'm 10,000 Years Old", which was released earlier this year. He performs the song faster, which makes it appear less intimate, but certainly fits the tempo of the show.

The king closes his program with "Can't Help Falling In Love", a song from the movie "Blue Hawaii". The ballad segues into the "Closing Riff", to which Elvis poses, shakes hands and bows in every direction. Then he's gone and the the show is over.