Due to the heavy traffic the audience of 12,500 didn't arrive in time, so the start of the show was delayed. For this concert the king wore his "Aqua Blue Vine Suit", which is shown on the cover. It was one of the costumes introduced during the "Elvis Summer Festival 1973" in Las Vegas. This tour would mark the final time the king wore these kind of outfits. From the next tour onwards he would use embroidered jumpsuits with much less rhinestones and metal elements.

After the pre-show and a break the venue is darkened and the orchestra plays the "Theme From 2001", as most Americans call it. Then the band takes over with the "Opening Riff" and Mr. Presley appears. His stage manager hands him a guitar and the show is underway.

The usual opening number is performed with a lot of drive.

Compared to other occasions Elvis fools around with the word "well" a bit more, his rendition of "I Got A Woman" is powerful. Today J.D. Sumner is allowed to demonstrate his bass-voice twice, in good humor his boss rates the effort with a "C+". At first Elvis welcomes the crowd with "Good Afternoon", but then he corrects himself to "Good Evening". Tongue-in-cheek he explains, that the tour was running for so long, that he doesn't know anymore if it's light or dark. One of his crew members can be heared saying "dark", jokingly Elvis thanks him for the information. It's always great to see the people on stage having as much fun as the audience.

The oldie "Love Me" is used to throw some scarfs into the audience. At times the king can be heared laughing, obviously he's aware of the absurdity.

Here Elvis gets serious again and performs the classic as well as back in 1954. Since then his voice has gained some volume, so the recent incarnation might be even better than the studio recording.

The mega seller "All Shook Up" is presented within 60 seconds, but the king invests quite some energy. The highspeed edition certainly fits the tempo of the show.

With "Steamroller, baby!" Elvis cues the band to start his previous years' top20 hit. Today's version is more powerful and the king seems to enjoy himself more. To make it short: His rendition is nothing but great.

Musically the king returns to the 1950s and also throws another bunch of scarfs into the audience and accepts some gifts. But he doesn't forget to sing, so the presentation is a nice reminder of the good ole' days. Afterwards he thanks a lady for the flowers. He does it without any irony and really seems to appreciate the devotion of his fans.

Up next is "Love Me Tender". As he does for half a decade, he uses the movie tune to kiss the eager females. One hands him a garland of flowers, so Elvis jocularly asks, if he's in Hawaii. He also comments on the sound system, which produces some unwelcome feedbacks.

The Chuck Berry classic adds some tempo to the show. The former rock'n'roll king doesn't rock as frantically as in 1969, but today's rendition certainly is much more lively than his tame performance in Hawaii.

However, "Hound Dog" isn't sung with as much vigor. Maybe he should stop singing oldies he doesn't like. After the performance is over, a lady turns up for a scarf and disappointedly walks away, when she's told by her idol, that he just ran out of them. Obviously amused Elvis says "I am lying, honey. Come back!" and quickly hands her one of the souvenirs.

After the somewhat disappointing "Hound Dog" the king intones "Fever" and thankfully he does much better here. Cleverly he toys with the audience and makes the females scream by moving his legs to the beat of the drums. He makes fun of them by yelling "Elviiiiiiiis!!" after having sung the line "I light up when you call my name". 

Now Elvis returns to more recent material and presents "Polk Salad Annie". He dances a bit to the music and also presents some karate moves.

Up next is the gospel "Why Me Lord", but it's not sung by Elvis. He hands over the lead vocals to JD Sumner and joins The Stamps on the chorus. Mr. Sumner's deep voice sounds nothing but impressive and his boss obviously has fun becoming a part of a gospel group.

With "Suspicious Minds" the show picks up some tempo again. Just like he had done during "Polk Salad Annie" Elvis moves to the music, even though not as wild as a few years ago.

Today the introduction of the band is peppered with some jokes. His drummer is introduced as "Ronald Ellis Tutt" and his pianist Glen D. Hardin is described as his personal cheerleader. Elvis also claims to have found his harmony group "Voice" in an upholstery shop.

The country tune "I Can't Stop Loving You" is sung with much more energy than during the televised "Aloha" concert. Jokingly Elvis sings "...to live in Tennessee" instead of "...to live in memory".

Now the king introduces his new song "Help Me" and also tells the crowd, that the parents of his harmony singer (Charlie Hodge) are in the audience tonight. The religious country song is presented with a lot of emotion.

As expected the patriotic tripple is met with a lot of applause. Today Elvis sings "look away, Disneyland" instead of "look away, Dixiland" and has to laugh about his own joke. Otherwise it's a serious and also impressive performance.

The applause isn't over yet when the band starts to play Olivia Newton-John's recent hit "Let Me Be There". It fits Elvis just as well and he obviously loves this kind of music. He even offers a short reprise of the country pop tune.

After the audience has seen him, Elvis now wants to take a look at them. Usually he has the house lights turned up, but for some reason that's not possible today. So the spotlights have to do the job, ironically the king calls the procedure a psychedelic light show. Then he sings "Funny, How Time Slips Away", a ballad from his 1971 longplayer "Elvis Country".

Now the singer bows out with an "affectionate adios" and sings his usual closer "Can't Help Falling In Love". Today he alters the line "Some things are meant to be" to "Some things, you know, Pete, are meant to be". It's a reference to Per-Erik Hallin, the pianist of the harmony group voice. After Sherrill Nielsen left the group without any warning a few days ago, Per stepped in and replaced him as a singer. The movie tune "Can't Help Falling In Love" segues into the "Closing Riff", to which Elvis bows in every direction, shakes a few hands and finally leaves the stage. In five days he'll be back in Murfreesboro and do it all again.