On February 16th the Presley show visited Montgomery/Alabama. With a capacity of 10,928 seats the Garrett Coliseum was much more according to the taste of Parker and Presley than the small venue in West Palm Beach. Once again Elvis wore the "Rainfall Suit", but after this show he would never use it again.

In Montgomery the tape was started a little later. The engineer didn't record "Also Sprach Zarathustra", "See See Rider", the medley of "I Got A Woman" and "Amen" as well as "Love Me" and "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)". Compared to West Palm Beach the king sounds better here. Afterwards he ironically says "Thank you for the mediocre response".

Before Elvis sings his his biggest hit, Sherrill Nielsen intones the folk song it was based on. Once again Presley's vocals are stronger than a few days earlier.

Now the king announces "I'd like to do a medley of some of my records for you...starting with LITTLE SISTER". This is the exact moment, Elvis put the worn-out "All Shook Up" to rest for good. "Little Sister" is presented with the same enthusiasm as in West Palm Beach.

Usually the band starts to play this medley right after "All Shook Up", but because their boss hasn't performed it yet, they wait for him to cue them. Realizing, that his crew doesn't know what to do, he quickly says "Teddy Bear". Today Tony Brown misses the right key and Elvis jokingly tells him "You froze, your fingers locked". Before the performance is started again, Charlie Hodge tries to help Tony by humming the intro. It's pure presumptuousness, because the pianist has played "Teddy Bear" more than a hundred times and simply made a mistake. During his performance Elvis hands out scarfs to the eager ladies and has fun doing so. However, his vocals are nothing to write home about.

Today Elvis doesn't apologize for having to read the lyrics. At times he's a bit out of breath, but the voice itself sounds quite impressive.

In West Palm Beach the king refused to do "Polk Salad Annie", but now he wants to include the song in his show. The band is rocking the house and Elvis does the best he can. He sounds quite motivated, but lacks the energy he needs to present the swamp rocker in true Presley style. He also cannot move as well as a few years earlier. Of course the fans don't care, they love him anyway.

Because the "Introductions" were not recorded, the album continues with "Hurt". Elvis delivers the power ballad well, especially the finale sounds impressive.

As usual the rock'n'roll classic "Hound Dog" is put through the mincer. During the so called performance a lady gives Elvis a red dress for his daughter. Jokingly he gives the gown to Kathy Westmoreland, who tries to squeeze into it. Sponaneously one of the trumpet players starts to intone some kind of "striptease melody" and quickly is joined by other musicians. That's live entertainment!

Now Elvis wants to present something special and announces to play the piano and sing "Where No One Stands Alone". The gospel hymn obviously wasn't rehearsed for the live shows, but it's safe to say, that Elvis and the vocalists have sung it in private. It takes The Stamps and Sherrill Nielsen a few seconds to create the harmonies, but then the whole performance works astonishingly well. The king's vocals are full of passion, but he gets out of breath pretty fast. As far as we know today, this is the only live rendition of "Where No One Stands Alone". But to be honest, it's lightyears away from his great studio recording.

The king stays at the piano and sings "Unchained Melody". He has started to perform it in December, so the people in Montgomery have not heared his version yet. Compared to the previous performance his breath control is a bit better, but now he starts to sound raspy again. He still sings better than in West Palm Beach, but obviously his voice hasn't fully recovered yet.

Charlie Hodge can be heared suggesting to do "Jailhouse Rock" next, but his boss answers "No way, take it out!". Within a second the band starts to play "Can't Help Falling In Love" and Elvis ends the show without saying goodbye. To the sounds of the "Closing Riff" he bows in every direction and leaves the stage.