In 2010 Follow That Dream Records released a soundboard recording of the king's gig at the Metropolitan Sports Center in Minneapolis/Minnesota. On October 17, 1976 Elvis appeared in front of 17,000 fans and earned 190,000 USD from ticket sales and another 16,309 USD from merchandising. He wore the "Inca Gold Leaf Suit" with the belt buckle of the "Chinese Dragon Suit". A part of the "Introductions" as well as the rendition of "Hurt" had to be taken from a recording of Elvis' show on October 26th in Dayton/Ohio and Sherrill Nielsens performances of "Danny Boy" and "Walk With Me" had to be left out due to legal reasons.  The design of the 5" digipak screams "1970s" all over the place, the pictures were taken during the actual concert. Soundwise the recording is ok, but the show in Dayton was recorded on two tracks and the change of the audio is somewhat annoying. FTD could and should have fixed that. The addition of some bonus tracks are a nice touch. Because Sony's own collector's label sticks to physical products, the album isn't available through the streaming platforms.

The orchestra performs an excerpt of "Also Sprach Zarathustra", then the band takes over with the "Opening Riff", which leads straight into "See See Rider".

By now Elvis has entered the stage and received his guitar from Charlie. It's a good rendition of the old r&b song and a nice start of the concert.

The king intones the word "well" in several keys, that are mirrored by James Burton's guitar. Because "I Got A Woman" is based on the gospel "It Must Be Jesus", Elvis presents the song in combination with "Amen". He demonstrates a selection of his iconic movements and offers an opportunity for JD Sumner to display his bass voice.

The king gives his instrument back to Mr. Hodge and welcomes the audience. He also jokes a bit with the fans. "Love Me" is performed the usual way.

Elvis seems to like the country-pop better and puts more effort into his performance.

The same applies here. It's also a good opportunity for the king to show off his voice.

Of course Elvis knows that the folks came for the old songs. He caters to them and presents the title song of his third movie in a vegasy, clap-along arrangement.

We may have heared worse versions of "All Shook Up", but it's all too obvious, that Elvis doesn't care for the song at all.

These songs are also treated with disrespect. Of course the audience doesn't care, because the king hands out a truckload of scarfs.

With "And I Love You So" Elvis returns to more recent material and also to a higher artistical standard. He performs the ballad very well and demonstrates, that he's still a great singer...if he wants to.  

Even though this song was released by the king sixteen years ago, he still likes it. The bass intro is enough to get the ladies on their feet, but it's the movement of Elvis' legs, that finally drives them over the edge.

The top20 hit from 1973 is presented with a little less zest, but still in a more than acceptable way.

As usual the "Introductions" are a boring affair, which eats up almost a quarter of an hour. Because a part of this procedure was taped in Dayton/Ohio on two tracks, the audio differs to the rest of the album.

The performance of Elvis' latest single release was recorded in Dayton, too.

Now we switch back to the original recording. "Hound Dog" is the usual embarrassment. However, the fans love every second of it.

Elvis asks "You wanna hear ONE NIGHT"? Of course they want and so he delivers the old r&b song. In contrast to most of the other oldies he does it well.

According to the king "It's Now Or Never" was released ten years ago, but in fact it's already sixteen years since "It's Now Or Never" / "A Mess Of Blues" hit the market. I guess it was a spontaneous idea to sing the song, because in the beginning Elvis seems to be a little unsure of the lyrics. But soon everything works out well and is certainly worth listening to.

With a demanding "MYSTERY TRAIN, baby!" Elvis leads over to the next song. Even though he cannot compete with his performances of 1969 to 1972, he moves better than he did recently and delivers a good rendition of the medley.

Now the king has the lights switched on to be able to take a look at the audience. A female fan gets lucky and receives a kiss from her idol. Then Elvis sings the country ballad "Funny, How Time Slips Away" and offers JD Sumner another opportunity to demonstrate his bass voice.

The king bows out with a few kind words and sings "Can't Help Falling In Love". The band takes over with the "Closing Riff", which is faded after just a few seconds.

Elvis obviously likes this country pop and performs it very well.

Jokingly the king tries to find the right key. The inofficial national anthem is a good opportunity to demonstrate his powerful voice.

This is one of the very few oldies, that Elvis still treats with respect. He delivers a sensitive performance of the tender ballad.

Even though it's not exactly Xmas-time, the king wants to sing "Blue Christmas" and accompany himself on guitar. He does both very well.

Someone in the audience calls out for "Lonesome Cowboy", but Elvis preferrs to continue the guitar session with "That's All Right". It's a good rendition.