After having opened the tour with two sold out performances at Chicago Stadium in front of 20,000 people, the show in Duluth must have appeared to Elvis like a club concert, as the Duluth Arena just held an audience of 7,718. When the tickets went on sale on September 25th, the show was sold out within three hours, the amount of time the employees needed to get the paper strips over the counter (back in those days one had to appear at the box office in person, pay in cash and collect the ticket). The box office earned Elvis 93,182.50 USD, from the merchandising he got another 9,535 USD. Because the king had lost some weight, he had started to re-use older outfits. In this case he wore the "Red Phoenix Suit" from 1975. It was a rarity, because in total Elvis used this costume less than ten times. As a bonus FTD have added five additional tracks. They were taped three days later in Madison/Wisconsin, where the king appeared in front of 10,200 fans and wore the "Blue Swirl Suit" from 1974.

An excerpt from "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is followed by the "Opening Riff" and the appearance of the main act: Elvis Presley. He's apparently thinner than a few months earlier and wears the "Red Phoenix Suit", an outfit made originally in 1975.

Compared to the summer his voice sounds less tired and Ronnie Tutt works his drums in a more powerful way, too.

Now Elvis sings the word "well" in different pitches, Mr. Burton "answers" him with his guitar. The final "well" sounds surprisingly low, as a joke it was sung by JD Sumner. Even though "I Got A Woman" is featured in each and every concert, the king makes a mistake and wants to sing the bridge too early. However, the band continues to play and Elvis corrects himself. Of course the king adds a few bars of "Amen" and spoofs his moves from the 1950s. Finally he reprises "I Got A Woman" and throws his guitar to Charlie Hodge.

Before he starts the next song, Elvis jokes with Charlie and the audience. "Love Me" is nothing but an excuse to hand out some scarfs, but today James Burton tries to come up with some new licks here and there. I guess he simply is bored doing the same song over and over again.

Today Elvis puts the spotlight on Sherril Nielsen's harmony voice and fools around with the line "Your hands that run their fingers through my hair".

Compared to the rendition on July 4th the performance sounds less labored. His voice is stronger, too.

Elvis does without "America, The Beautiful" and continues his show with the classic "Jailhouse Rock". In-between he has to laugh, otherwise it's the typical, vegas-styled rendition.

The king sticks to the oldies, but delivers "All Shook Up" with much less zest than the previous song.

More of the same. But this time Elvis hands out scarfs and the ladies fall all over themselves to get one.

With the return to more recent material the performance improves a lot. Elvis cares for the song and presents it very well. Compared to the version on the first disc, it once again becomes obvious, how tired he sounded in the summer and how much his condition has improved.

Elvis drives the ladies over the edge, just by moving his legs. This oldie really is fun, much better than "All Shook Up" and "Teddy Bear".

Until now the king's show had been more or less the same, but in October he had re-vived the "Steamroller Blues". It's not as powerful as in 1974, but still performed very well.

Since July the days have become shorter, but unfortunately this doesn't apply to the "Introductions".

In contrast to the summer Elvis performs "Hurt" just once, but still repeates the finale. However, today his voice cracks. Otherwise it's a fine performance.

His rendition of "Hound Dog" definitely is not. It boring, listless and needless.

Elvis continues with another oldie (and the second song, not featured on the first disc), but this time he cares for it. He belts out the chorus in impressive style and proves, that he still sings very well...if he wants to.

Strangely though the performance of the hymn is plagued with problems. The Stamps are out of sync and Elvis stumbles upon the timing. Compared to the summer the king sounds more vital.

Now the king wants to take a look at the audience and has the lights switched on. But instead of the usual "Funny, How Time Slips Away" he sings "Blue Christmas". October might not be regarded as Xmast time, but it's a nice alternation.

Elvis bows out with a short "If you want us back, just ask us" and sings his typical closer "Can't Help Falling In Love". The band takes over with the "Closing Riff" and a minute later the king is gone.

The movie tune wasn't a regular part of the set list. Elvis has to laugh in-between and fools Kathy Westmoreland by giving her a wet smacker on the forehead.

Here we get another rendition of the king's top20 hit from 1973. In Madison Elvis appears to be more lively than a few days before in Duluth.

Compared to the summer Elvis sounds much stronger here, as there are no signs of fatigue in his voice.

By 1976 the king rarely sang the title track of his first movie. Just like in the good ole' days he is busy kissing the ladies. Thankfully he doesn't forget to sing and presents the oldie in a charming way.

The disc closes with another classic, that was rarely performed in the final years of Elvis' life. Today's version can be compared with the renditions of 1973. A short reminder of the past, but nothing to write home about.