Between June 22nd and 24th Elvis was to perform four concerts at Nassau County Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale/New York. When the box office opened on May 28th there already were more than 5,000 people waiting to buy tickets, so it wasn't a surprise that all concerts were sold out in advance. The stint began with an evening show on Friday, June 22nd. On the following day there was a matinee at 2:30 pm and an evening concert at 8:30 pm. Elvis bowed out with a fourth and final show on Sunday evening. After all was said and done, the king had been seen by 66,000 fans and was able to take home a staggering 600,000 USD.

An audience recording of the matinee performance on June 23rd was released in 1995 under the name of "Born To Give Us Fever" by a label called Sundial Productions. As usual these days the compact disc wasn't accompanied by a booklet, but at least the cover featured photos from the accordant tour. Considering the source the audio quality is quite good.

Just like yesterday evening the coliseum is packed with 16,500 people, who are egerly awaiting the king. After the pre-show and a break the lights are dimmed and the orchestra starts to play "Also Sprach Zarathustra". Then the band takes over with the "Opening Riff" and Elvis appears on stage. His assistant hands him a guitar and the show is underway.

Just like his recent concert special "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" the show begins with "See See Rider". Compared to the televised show Elvis sings with more drive.

The king toys around with the word "well" before he segues into "I Got A Woman". It's another zesty rendition, Elvis adds a few bars of the gospel "Amen" and offers his bass singer an opportunity to show off his deep voice. Then he reprises the Ray Charles song, throws his guitar to his stage hand and welcomes the audience.

Now Elvis announces to sing a little bit of "Love Me Tender". He takes his announcement literally and stops after a few bars. But of course he's just joking and presents a complete version of the movie schmaltz.

From the past the king switches to the present and offers the "Steamroller Blues", his latest single. He really digs the song and sings with more power than on the record.

This song is another one of the new tracks on his recent "Aloha" album. Once again he delivers it with more energy, albeit not as great as in the movie "Elvis On Tour".

"I'd like to do a medley of some of my records for you" says the king and follows up with "Love Me", a ballad from his second longplayer. The fans are beside themselves, when he suddenly comes close to the edge of the stage and throws a scarf in the crowd.

The rock'n'roll classic is performed as short as on his recent tv concert, but today Elvis moves his legs and creates a nice effect with the legs of his flare.

Up next is a combination of "Long Tall Sally", "Whole Lotta' Shakin' Goin' On", "Mama Don't Dance", "Shake, Rattle And Roll" and "Jailhouse Rock". It's a nice reminder of everyone's youth, but one can hear, that Elvis' heart isn't into this kind of material anymore.

What he really wants to do is stuff like "I'm Leavin'". He performs this lovely ballad with great skill and care.

In recent years the king also discovered big-voiced, fully orchestrated power-ballads. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" offers an opportunity to display the talents of the orchestra, the choires and the electric band. Of course it's also a tool to display Elvis' own vocal power. In total the performance is nothing but stunning.

While the audience still applaudes Emory Gordy begins to play the bass intro of "Fever". The king toys with the ladies and makes them scream by simply moving his legs. Jokingly he turns the line "...when her daddy tried to kill him" into "...when her daddy tried to kiss him".

Elvis continues with "What Now My Love", another full flagged power ballad. Once again the performance is nothing but stunning!

Of course no Presley show would be complete without a rendition of "Hound Dog". First the king sings it slow, than he continues in the expected rock'n'roll tempo. In general his presentation is nothing to write home about since he simply repeats the same four lines over and over again. Nevertheless it's a nice reminder of the past.

Now it's time for "Suspicious Minds", the king's sales monster from 1969. As expected he presents a selection of his tried and tested moves and even makes fun of them by changing a line to "...I hope this suit don't tear up, baby".

Before he continues with another tune, Mr. Presley introduces his band and harmony singers.

When Elvis announces "All Shook Up" his musicians appear to be a bit surprised. In recent months their boss hasn't included the tune in his concerts, but since it was a regular part of the 1972 edition of the show, everyone knows what to do.

With "Don't Be Cruel" the king follows up with another surprise, but since the band starts to play without any cue the song obviously is written on the set list. From late 1971 to the end of 1972 Elvis has sung "Don't Be Cruel" in a medley with "Teddy Bear", but it's been quite a while since he has presented his hit on its own. It works very well this way.

Now Mr. Presley returns to his usual program. Once again it's noticable, that he sings with more vigor than on his recent television concert.

When Elvis released "An American Trilogy" last year, the 45 soon turned out to be a flop. However, the live presentation certainly is the ultimate highlight of the show and stunning in every sense of the word.

Once again it's time for some good ole' rock'n'roll, but in contrast to "Blue Suede Shoes" or "Hound Dog" this one isn't rushed. The performance includes a piano solo as well as a guitar solo and Elvis obviously likes what he's doing. If he wants to, he still can turn into the "king of rock'n'roll".

To take a look at his fans Elvis has the house lights turned up. Those, who had seen his recent movie "Elvis On Tour", certainly expected him to do "Funny, How Time Slips Away", but today he just bows out with a few nice words and closes his show with the usual "Can't Help Falling In Love". The ballad segues into the "Closing Riff", to which the star parades accross the stage and poses with his spread cape for some final photos. In a few hours he will be back and do it all again.