Despite having performed here on September 3rd of the previous year, Elvis returned to St. Petersburgh / Florida as early as February 14, 1977. This time 8,355 people were squeezed into the Bayfront Center, setting a new record for the venue. The king's headquarter was the Hilton Inn West in Orlando / Florida, where he was scheduled to perform on the next day at the Sports Stadium. Just like two days before in Hollywood, Elvis wore the "Indian Chief Suit", a costume from 1975.

The sound engineer switched on his equipment right before Elvis went into the chorus of "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)", the fourth song of the show. The king performs the country pop with enthusiasm, but his voice still doesn't sound the way it used to do. Afterwards Elvis tells the crowd, that "a couple of us are hoarse because of the weather", which can be interpreted as an apology for his imperfect vocals. He even admits, that there hadn't been any rehearsals prior to the tour. Nevertheless he promises to do "the best show we can".

Even though he has sounded better in the past, the musical soap opera quickly demonstrates, that Elvis is in much better voice than yesterday. At one point he seems to have forgotten the words, but otherwise it's a good performance.

Now the king asks Sherrill Nielsen to sing "O Sole Mio", which leads into "It's Now Or Never". Once again Elvis has trouble to remember the words and mixes up "heart" and "soul". His lapse obviously amuses him, later he jokingly finishes the line "your lips excite me" with "for God's sakes don't bite me". It's an entertaining rendition, especially the chorus is belted out in impressive style.

Elvis cues the band by saying "medley". Then he ironically announces a medley of Spanish folk songs and intones "Guadalajara". In the past we've heared worse renditions of "All Shook Up", but todays rendition isn't a real highlight either.

The medley of "Teddy Bear" and "Don't Be Cruel" is sung a tad better, this time Elvis hands out a truckload of scarfs and is quite busy with the ladies at the edge of the stage.

With "And I Love You So" the king presents one of his newer songs. Once again he sings with a lot of enthusiasm, but compared to 1975 his voice sounds a little shaky and hoarse at times.

Elvis quickly returns to the golden greats. As usual the king makes the ladies scream by simply moving his legs to the beat of the music. Of course he overdoes it on purpose and has fun with it. At one point his voice fails him big time, but I'm pretty sure none of the heated females noticed the glitch.

Now Charlie Hodge suggests a song to his boss, but he replies "no way!" and wants to do Sinatra's "My Way" instead. The pianist quickly begins to play the intro, but Elvis needs to pick up the lyric sheet first. He also apologizes to the crowd for having to read the lines. Compared to the rendition on the album "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" (1973) it appears to require more effort to present the dramatic ballad. Todays presentation is less smooth, but more dramatic and at times even impressive.

The sound engineer didn't tape the "Introductions", but the songs Elvis sang during the procedure. It starts with Tony Brown, trying to figure out the intro of "Blueberry Hill". The king quickly takes his place at the piano and accompanies himself. It's a short, but sweet rendition of the Fats Domino classic.

The ballad was usually sung after the introduction of David Briggs, who played the electric clavinet. While his studio recording from 1966 is a masterpiece, todays performance is not. His voice quavers when Elvis tries to hold the notes for a longer time and so the whole thing sounds quite weary.

After having introduced Charlie Hodge and making some fun about the stains on his outfit, the orchestra plays "School Days" to which Elvis mumbles along.

The spot after the "Introductions" always was used for the current single. However, since he doesn't show any interest to perform "Moody Blue" Elvis sticks to "Hurt", which was released almost a year ago. In contrast to the previous year the king also doesn't sing it twice or repeats the finale. However, the presentation itself is very good.

Up next is the rock'n'roll classic "Hound Dog", which is presented with more drive than usual. Nevertheless Elvis just repeats the same four lines over and over again and the whole thing is nothing to write home about.

Now Elvis thanks the audience and promises to come back any time. Jokingly he reacts to the crowd by saying "We are not through...just damn near!". Then he launches into his usual closer "Can't Help Falling In Love" and exits the stage to the sounds of the "Closing Riff".