On April 18th Elvis performed in San Antonio/Texas in front of 10,500 people. He wore the "White Pinwheel Suit", which can be seen on the front cover of the 50th anniversary box.

Of course the penultimate show of this tour also starts with "Also Sprach Zarathustra". To the beat of the "Opening Riff" the singer enters the stage, grabs his guitar and walks over to the microphone.

It's another energetic rendition. This time Matt Ross-Spang's mix focuses on the rhythm section, especially Jerry Scheff (bass) and Ronnie Tutt (drums).

It was today's performance of "Proud Mary", which made it into the movie. And to these ears it's the best of the recorded ones. It's not as fast as the rendition on the "Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden" album, but it certainly is presented with as much energy.

The same applies here. It's a serious, perfectly executed outing.

I just can repeat, what I wrote about the other renditions on this set. It's a very good performance, better than the one on the "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" album and much better than the one on the "Elvis In Concert" longplayer.

While singing the a-side of his latest single, the singer makes contact to the fans. So he's distracted at times, but of course the fans love it.

Tony Joe White's swamp rock get's another serious outing with Elvis presenting a series of his tried and tested moves.

Now the king officially greets the crowd and announces a medley of tunes from his early days. Jokingly he starts to sing "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny" instead of "Love Me". But of course he soon switches to the correct song.

It only takes a minute to present "All Shook Up". Nevertheless Elvis injects quite some energy into his old hit.

Keeping the high tempo the king presents some two more hit songs, this time combined in a medley.

The slow, gloomy blues has been turned into a more modern track. But it fits the 1970s and his current image. It's obvious, that Elvis still likes the song very much.

One really cannot say that about "Hound Dog". The king puts some energy into the track, starts with a slow rendition and follows with a faster one. It's a nice reminder of the youth, but not much more.

In contrast to "Hound Dog" Elvis is fully engaged again. Gospel hymns are his kind of music! The arrangement is more dramatic than on his "How Great Thou Art" album, but not as over the top as in later years. The king is in great voice, sings with a lot of emotion and his stage crew also delivers a top notch performance. Great stuff by any means!

This is another song, Elvis obviously likes a lot. He has a playfulness in his voice and enjoys what he's doing.

Once more the king returns to the golden 1950s. Of course he uses "Love Me Tender" to kiss the eager ladies and hand out some scarfs.

Elvis continues with a bit of body english. He's not moving as wild as two or three years earlier, but still enough to make 30 years old women scream like teenagers.

To catch his breath the king introduces his musicians and singers.

With "For The Good Times" Elvis presents a song, which had not been released on one of his records yet. So the fans get to hear something new.

The king continues with another new track, his forthcoming single "Burning Love". Just like in Greensboro he has to read the lyrics from a sheet, but this time the performance is much tighter and includes much less mistakes. Therefore it was this presentation, which ended up in the movie.

There are now mistakes or flaws here, "An American Trilogy" is a display of pure ability and professionalism. Elvis is in very good voice, sings with a lot of emotion and the backup cannot be any better, too.

Somewhat stumblingly the king asks to turn up the lights, because he wants to take a look at the audience. Of course everyone goes bananas, because now the star (theoretically) can see them. Knowing that this is the penultimate song Elvis jokingly claims to have another 30 tunes on the agenda. Then he sings "Funny How Time Slips Away". 

Now Elvis announces a song from the movie "Blue Hawaii" and segues into his usual closer "Can't Help Falling In Love". He shakes some hands, gives away another scarf. Then the band plays the "Closing Riff", Elvis poses for some final pictures and leaves the building.