Elvis finished off the tour with a show at the Convention Center in Anaheim/California in front of 8,500 people. Two days later he would be back at the Las Vegas Hilton to open another "Pre-Holiday Jubilee".

This time the engineer switched on the equipment a little later and left out "Also Sprach Zarathustra" and the "Opening Riff". The recording starts more or less with the first sung word of the king. Today he wears the "Indian Chief Suit", which is shown on the cover of this FTD release. Back in 1976 the fans knew the suit from the sleeve of his current album "From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee". The performance of "See See Rider" lacks the zest of earlier renditions, but is ok.

Elvis sings the word "well" in different keys, which are repeated by James Burton with his guitar. The final "well" sounds amazingly deep, as a joke it's not sung by the king, but by his bass vocalist JD Sumner. The Ray Charles hit is performed well, during "Amen" Elvis asks the crowd to sing along. Of course the king also displays some of his earlier moves -or at least a parody of them- and has Mr. Sumner demonstrate his deep voice.

Now Elvis hads his guitar to Charlie Hodge, welcomes the audience and flirts with the ladies at the edge of the stage. James Burton tries to keep up the pace and plays the opening chord of "Love Me" over and over again. Finally his boss starts to sing the song. But he performs the ballad in a rather sloppy way, his focus is on the interaction with the audience.

The cover version of Olivia Newton-John's hit is in the show since 1974, but wasn't released on one of the king's records yet. RCA would do so in the summer of 1977 on the album "Moody Blue". It's a good performance.

The same applies to "You Gave Me A Mountain". Elvis obviously feels at home singing country songs and dramatic ballads. This one offers an opportunity to display his voice.

Yesterday the king sang "Blue Suede Shoes", now he's back to the usual "Jailhouse Rock". The arrangement sounds very vegasy, but it works well and the audience happily claps along.

Here this album offers the third rendition of "It's Now Or Never", in contrast to the version presented in Eugene it features the mandoline-intro. It's a good performance with some impressive vocals.

Elvis announces a medley of some of his old records and jokingly asks for the first chord. Then he presents the usual highspeed version of "All Shook Up".

The recording was obviously edited, but nothing important is lost. Once again the king sings quite sloppily, he's giving out scarfs and communicating with the fans. At one point he even has to laugh.

Now Elvis announces "And I Love Her So", but corrects himself to "And I Love You So" and jokingly adds "And I Love Somebody So". In contrast to the oldies the king really cares for this ballad and sings it very well. It's a pity, that he doesn't include more recent material ("And I Love You So" is from his previous year's album "Elvis Today") and sleepwalks through so many oldies instead.

This is one of the few exceptions. Even though it originally was released 16 years ago, it still amuses Elvis to get the ladies screaming by simply moving his legs.

While the band plays the intro, a lady suddenly jumps on stage from one of the balconies, runs past The Sweet Inspirations and James Burton and finally reaches Elvis. Of course his bodyguards are quick on their feet and solve the situation. The king is obviously amused. The performance itself isn't a good one. Elvis stopps it in mid-song and claims to have produced a p-popp. My impression is, that he simply ran out of breath and needed reason to start over again.

Compared to "That's The Way It Is" (1970) and "Elvis On Tour" (1972) the arrangement appears to be somewhat blown-up by now and even though the king recently has lost a lot of weight, he moves and sings with the vitality of a senior citizen. He obviously likes the song, but lacks energy and elasticity. Of course the fans love the performance nevertheless.

The next quarter of an hour is used to introduce the band.

Elvis still hasn't learned, that RCA has released another single by now. However, his performance of "Hurt" is very good and vocally impressive.

Nothing of that applies to "Hound Dog". It's a throwaway and the king obviously doesn't care about the song.

This is another oldie, but one of the few Elvis still likes to sing. He delivers a good rendition of the ballad and fools around with the last few words.

Now the king wants to take a look at the audience and has the house-lights switched on. The band plays the first chord of "Funny How Time Slips Away", but Elvis wants to do something different tonight and announces "Blue Christmas" instead. Charlie Hodge hands him his guitar and acts as a living microphone stand.

The guitar session is continued with "That's All Right". Suddenly someone mentions "Lonesome Cowboy" and the band begins to play. But Elvis sticks to his original idea and sings the a-side of his first single. He does it very well.

Elvis gives his instrument back to Charlie, says goodbye and sings the usual closer "Can't Help Falling In Love". The band takes over with the "Closing Riff", Elvis shakes some hands, gives away his final scarf and disappears from the stage. Now he has two days off before he starts another two-weeks stint at the Las Vegas Hilton.