When the management of Wichita's Henry Levitt Arena put the tickets on sale in early September 1974, it took just a brief amount of time to sell every seat available. I have no information about the box office, but with an audience of more than 10,000 it's safe to say that it was more than 100,000 USD. For the concert Elvis dressed in his new "Mad Tiger Suit".

He wore the same outfit on October 4th, when he performed at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit in front of 17,105 people. Originally this had been the only concert planned here, but after the tickets sold as fast as the employees could get them over the counter, Colonel Parker adjusted the tour plan and also booked the venue for the afternoon of September 29th. Once again all available tickets were sold, both concerts generated 300,000 USD. The press didn't fail to realize the bad state Elvis was in and wrote about the matinee, that the singer "looked and sounded like an atomic testing ground".

In Wichita the engineer turned on the recording equipment even later. Elvis already was in the midst of performing "See See Rider". The song is presented in similar style as on the first disc of this set.

As usual the king toys around with the word "well" before launching inter "I Got A Woman". Of course the singer pretends to be not pleased with the efforts of J.D. Sumner to give him a second opportunity to show off his bass voice. After finishing the tune, Elvis throws his guitar to Charlie Hodge and introduces himself as Wayne Newton. He also mentions his new outfit.

Like he had done in St. Paul, the king fools around with the melody of "Love Me".

He does the same when performing "Blue Suede Shoes". I guess the oldies bored him and he tried to make them more interesting to sing by altering the melodies, etc. Whatever the reason might be, he refuses to invest the needed energy.

His top10 hit from 1970 seems to generate more interest, here Elvis is focused and sings with care and emotion. He doesn't reach the level of the rendition on the single, but without doubt this is his best performance so far.

With "Big Boss Man" the king sings another uptempo song, but in contrast to "Blue Suede Shoes" he proves, that he still can rock the house - if he wants to.

The good old "Fever" is performed for laughs. Elvis imitates the ladies, who scream his name and drives them wild by moving his legs. He obviously doesn't take all that jazz seriously. Everybody has fun.

To cool the audience down the king sings "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)". He seems to prefer the country pop to stuff like "Hound Dog" or "Blue Suede Shoes". The tune is presented very well and one can hear, how much the singer likes what he does.

Now Elvis tells the crowd, that "Love Me Tender" had been shown on tv this afternoon and he simply thought "Oh no, not me". However, his presentation of the title song is solid. Of course he kisses a few ladies and hands out a few scarfs.

Without any warning the king starts to sing "Hound Dog". Unfortunately he once again just mumbles the same four lines over and over again and doesn't do the classic any justice. As expected the fans don't care, they love each and everything their idol does.

It's time to introduce the band and Elvis gives each member (but John Wilkinson) the opportunity to play a solo. During the process the man from Memphis also sings a short version of "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy". The one on his latest live album is quite enjoyable, but today he sounds somewhat hyped-up and yells more than he actually sings.

While singing "All Shook Up" Elvis has to laugh out loud, but the song itself doesn't seem to amuse him. Unfortunately he doesn't do anything to hide it.

The medley of "Teddy Bear" and "Don't Be Cruel" is presented a tad better. In allusion to the sound problems Elvis changes the lyrics and sings "baby let me be your feedback bear".

In contrast to the rendition in St. Paul Elvis omits the humor and delivers a straight version of the gospel song. He also gives a little encore and repeats the ending. It's interesting to note, that the lead vocals are handed over to JD Sumner. His boss stays in the background and joins The Stamps on the chorus.

The second Olivia Newton-John hit of the evening is presented in a serious way, too. Elvis appears to feel at home with gospel and country, once again he offers a little encore and reprises the ending.

Now Elvis asks The Stamps to sing "When It's My Time". This one displays the talent of the gospel group's tenor singer Bill Baize. The king is full of praize and has the group repeating the last part of the song. Regarding Mr. Baize he says "He knocks me out, boy" and quips "I'll give you the cheque later, Bill".

The gospel is followed by a rock'n'roll song. Today's version is not as good as the one on the album "From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis", but also not as lame as the incarnation on his "Aloha" lp or as hyped up as his recent rendition in St. Paul. It's a solid effort.

Elvis continues with a fine performance of "Heartbreak Hotel", his first national number one hit.

Now the king asks how many people had seen "Blue Hawaii" and sings one of the songs from the movie. Once again it's a nice rendition and thankfully Elvis also does without any offensive jokes.

Obviously the romantic ballad is the final song of the set list, but somehow Elvis doesn't want to end the show yet. "OK, what can we do?" he asks and comes up with "Polk Salad Annie". He doesn't move as wild as he did a few years ago, but still enough to make the ladies scream. The king also includes a few karate poses.

But then he says "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. You are a fantastic audience and we love you!" and gives his band the cue for "Can't Help Falling In Love". As usual the movie ballad segues into the "Closing Riff". After some posing for the thousands of cameras the king leaves the stage and ends the show for good.

Elvis announces his latest single and delivers a good rendition of this beautiful ballad.

This one (announced as "Steamroller, Baby") is also done nicely, but some lines are cut short. I don't know why Elvis does things like that, maybe he thinks it adds dynamic.

Here Elvis asks for the house lights to be turned up. He's obviously impressed by the audience of over 17,000 people and quips "Is that the Astrodome?". He continues with the country ballad "Funny How Time Slips Away". He fools around with the ending of the song, which I don't like all that much. In general it's an OK performance.