As usual Elvis invests a lot of power in his performance of the old SUN classic. Afterwards he introduces Jackie Wilson, who's in the audience tonight. Jokingly the king intones Wilson's hit "Your Love Has Lifted Me Higher And Higher".

Here Mr. Presley fulfills a request and says "I heared somebody mention HEARTBREAK HOTEL". He has fun with the song and toys a bit with the lyrics. It's a fine, entertaining rendition of his first national number one hit.

Elvis dedicates this song to his friend John O' Grady. In mid-song Charlie Hodge gets his harmony vocals wrong, whereupon the king sings "Let's don't let old Charlie die" instead of "Let's don't get a good thing die". Afterwards Elvis improvises a waltz. Joe Guercio and his orchestra are on their toes and start to play "And Der Schoenen Blauen Donau" aka "Blue Danube Waltz".

During the "Elvis Summer Festival 1974" the king focused on "If You Talk In Your Sleep", but since the gospel group The Singing Rambos (back in 1974 Sylvester Stallone hadn't made the "Rambo" movies yet, so the name wasn't funny to anyone) was in the audience, he dedicated the religious "Help Me" to them. As usual he sings the ballad with much feeling.

Once again the king fulfills a request and says "You wanna hear THE WONDER OF YOU? You got it!". His rendition of the power ballad is quite good, even though not as strong as in early 1970. Nevertheless I am pretty sure, that the fan couldn't have been happier.

This song is performed especially for a group of fans, who travelled from Detroit to Vegas to see the king. Because Elvis hasn't sung "An American Trilogy" during this stint yet, he jokingly asks James Burton, if he remembers the opening chords. Of course he does and everyone else knows their parts, too. Elvis himself seemed to develop a taste for the song that night, because for the remainder of the engagement "An American Trilogy" became a regular feature of the show.

Here the king tells the crowd, that he and some of his friends sneaked into the showroom and painted one of the cherubs black. When someone suddenly intones "We Shall Overcome" Elvis joins in and remarks, the Chinese had done so. That's why there were so many of them. Well, what can I say? Here's a man of 39 years, being proud of his damage to property and displaying a kind of humor, that's suitable for 12 yo brats. Maybe FTD wanted to present Elvis as the moron he really was?

This ballad from the movie "Blue Hawaii" was one of the new oldies of the season. Uncharactaristically for him, he encourages the audience to sing along. Afterwards he introduces his father Vernon, who's in the audience tonight.

The king apologizes for the cancellation of yesterdays shows. Afterwards he tells the crowd, that he requested English lyrics to "O Sole Mio" while he served the US Army in Germany. Somehow the word "nigger" crosses his mind and he talks about the definition of it in "Webster's Dictionary". Once again I cannot help to think, that Jorgensen and Semon wanted to show the fans, that Elvis Presley was nothing but a blithering idiot. However, when FTD issued a second pressing of "From Sunset To Vegas" this track was gone.

This was the second new oldie of the season. The arrangement is much simpler than the one on the album "Elvis In Concert" (1977) and the king's vocals are less dramatic. I like these earlier versions of "It's Now Or Never" much better.

Sherrill Nielsen and the group Voice perform "Bringing It Back". Elvis tries to sing bass, which neither works well, nor fits in at all. In March 1975 he would record the song himself.

Because the king likes Sherrill Nielsen's voice so much, he also gets to sing "Aubrey". In mid-song he suddenly starts to recite the lyrics in the style of "Softly As I Leave You". Just like the previous track, I regard this one to be an oddity. It's certainly nothing one wants to listen to on a regular basis.