As we all know, in 1977 even the king's sound engineer didn't want to waste too much magnetic tape on recording the same old show time after time. So he didn't start the equipment before the long, worn-out intro of "Also Sprach Zarathustra", "See See Rider" and "I Got A Woman" / "Amen" was over and interrupted the procedure when Elvis was taking his 15 minutes to introduce the band. He also didn't tape the solo performances of Sherrill Nielsen. What was left, were barely ten to fourteen songs.

In the past Follow That Dream Records had released a show from the tour in February and another one from March. Due to the omissions I've mentioned earlier, both discs were padded out with bonus tracks. Because Ernst Jorgensen and Roger Semon knew, that even the most loyal fans wouldn't buy the umpteenth release of that kind (the same old songs and monologues recorded at different dates and places), they invented a series called "The Last Tours". Volume one was released in October 2024 and included four compact discs with bits and pieces of seven concerts, which were taped in February 1977. The sound carriers were stored in a thick, fold-out digipak, nicely designed with photos from various concerts of the accordant tour. As usual FTD didn't bother to keep up with the times and issue their stuff for streaming, too.

The audio quality is very good, considering the source. All instruments and voices are balanced very well and if there was any hiss on the original tape, Jan Eliasson has removed it during the mastering process.

For reviews of the concerts, or the part that's offered through this release, just tap on the links:

West Palm Beach / Florida (February 13, 1977)    St. Petersburgh / Florida (February 14, 1977)

Montgomery / Alabama (February 16, 1977)    Columbia / South Carolina (February 18, 1977)

Johnson City / Tennessee (February 19, 1977)    Charlotte / North Carolina (February 20, 1977)

 Charlotte / North Carolina (February 21, 1977)