The cover design is a little inside-joke, because it mirrors the sleeve of the album "Greatest Hits - Volume 1", which RCA had planned for September 1977, but uses a photo made during the "Elvis Summer Festival 1974". But of course "It's Midnight" doesn't feature the king's greatest hits, but a soundboard recording of the midnight show on August 24, 1974. Because the tape ran out before the show was over, Follow That Dream Records have added the last few songs from the dinner show on August 29th. 

The opening "Also Sprach Zarathustra" was not recorded, so we start with the final bars of the "Opening Riff". Elvis already has reached the microphone and the band segues into "See See Rider". The song is performed well, the king appears to be in fine fettle. 

Before he starts the next song, Elvis toys around with the word "well". Finally he sings "I Got A Woman" and also includes a few bars of the gospel "Amen". The king makes fun of the way he moved back in the 1950s and has JD Sumner demonstrating his deep voice. Then he returns to "I Got A Woman" and ends the opening segment of his program.

The king introduces himself as Fats Domino and promises to hand out scarfs and kisses. During "Love Me" he does exactly that, but also doesn't forget to sing.

Until now it was the usual opening and the well known flirting with the fans. But of course Elvis also can sing and "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" is a proof. He obviously loves this country pop tune and performs it much better than Olivia Newton-John, who recently enjoyed a hit with the tune.

His recent single "It's Midnight" is also sung very well. Great stuff!

With "Big Boss Man" the king is rocking the house. He also seems to enjoy the song very much and even can be heared singing along to the instrumental part.

Now it's time for some oldies, but goldies. Elvis uses "Fever" to drive the ladies over the edge. He simply has to move his legs to turn well-behaved matures into screaming teenagers. The king makes fun of the proceedings by screaming "Elviiiiiiis!" after having sung the line "I light up when you call my name".

With the title song of his first movie Elvis goes a step further and hands out scarfs and kisses. The ladies are in uproar!

The king rattles through "All Shook Up" in barely a minute. He doesn't seem to care for the song at all, but the fans love his performance as they love everything he does.

His four years old top10 hit is sung much better, albeit not as good as back in 1970. Nowadays Mr. Presley doesn't pay attention to the details, but his vocals are still impressive.

Surprisingly this one proves the opposite of what I just claimed. Here he cares for the quiet parts as much as for the louder ones and delivers a great rendition of this tender ballad. If he wants to, the Elvis of the present can sing as well as the Elvis of the past.

Now Elvis hands over the lead vocals to Sherrill Nielsen and just recites the lyrics. The last line is sung by both men. It's a very emotional and moving performance and I am pretty sure that some members of the audience had tears in their eyes.

Spontaneously Elvis asks Sherril to borrow the microphone of Charlie Hodge and sing "Spanish Eyes" with him. The track had been released in March on the album "Good Times" and had been performed regularly during the king's previous Vegas stint. Here and there the two men are singing different lyrics and have to correct themselves, but in general it works out well and is very entertaining. Elvis and Sherrill have fun with the song, and when one of the orchestra's trumpet players goes mad with a solo, the king can be heared shouting "Arriba!".

To the delight of the audience Elvis fools around with the intro of "Hound Dog", but then he just mumbles the same few lines over and over again. I thought "All Shook Up" was the worst performance of the evening, but this one is even worse. Of course the fans don't care, but they also would have been delighted to watch Elvis picking his nose.

With "You Gave Me A Mountain" the king returns to form. The second verse is partly sung in a lower key, which makes the presentation somewhat special. The highlight is the chorus, which is belted out in true Presley style.

Elvis says "Thank you very much, thank you" and Duke Bardwell plays the bass intro of "Polk Salad Annie". The king spices up the song with a few karate moves. The performance is tamer than a few years back, but Elvis obviously still likes the song very much.

Now Mr. Presley tells the audience, that he snug into the showroom two days ago and painted one of the cherubs black. As a proof the light man has to illuminate the figure. Heaven knows what makes a grown-up man act like a 13 years old brat and being proud of such stuff. Elvis uses a lot of time to introduce each and everyone on stage.

The band starts to perform the king's recent top20 hit "If You Talk In Your Sleep", but their boss isn't ready yet. First he wants to introduce the singer Vicky Carr, who is in the audience tonight. The funky tune is presented very well, Elvis uses the instrumental part to show some karate figures. An impressive performance, indeed!

Here the lead vocals are provided by JD Sumner, Elvis joins The Stamps during the chorus. Today the king doesn't take the song seriously, but makes some funny remarks, that crack up poor JD. He has to laugh so hard, he barely can sing. It's very entertaining to watch/hear the guys having so much fun.

Unfortunately Elvis switches back to the oldies. He obviously doesn't care for neither song and sings them so fast, that the band has trouble to follow him.

In contrast to the almost insolently lackluster performance of the classics Elvis really puts his heart and soul into this gospel hymn. He sings it very well and his voice sounds nothing but great.

Now Elvis covers another one of Olivia Newton-John's hits. It's performed faster than on his recent live album and sounds more vibrant, more dynamic. It's a very good performance and it's obvious, that the king loves this kind of music.

The king introduces his father and Dr. Ghanem, who is sitting at the same table. In Vegas the practitioner is known as "Dr. Feelgood", a physician, who prescribes "medicine" of all kinds for the rich and famous. Afterwards Elvis sings "Early Morning Rain", which he hasn't done since he taped the "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" tv special a year ago. However, the song was obviously rehearsed, because everyone knows exactly what to do. It's a tad too fast, but otherwise a nice rendition. Unfortunately the sound engineer didn't catch the first verse.

Elvis asks the crowd, how many of them saw the movie "Blue Hawaii". Then he sings a nice version of the "Hawaiian Wedding Song".

Before he finishes the show with another song from the blockbuster, the king apologizes for the concerts, he had to cancel on August 26th and thanks Bill Cosby for his offer to take over. He also talks about his stage costume and his jewels. The performance of "Can't Help Falling In Love" doesn't differ from the many others. The recording is faded after the first few seconds of the "Closing Riff".