Elvis at the wrong time.

Elvis's voice was always consistant up until 1973.After that Elvis had his on and off vocal moments.Basicly you had to catch Elvis in the right place at the right time in his later years or you would find yourself let down by his on stage performances.Many say that Elvis in the late seventies had the vocal potantial,but because of the fact Elvis was in a drug induced haze he had no vocal control.The fact is unless Elvis was in high spirits and not so drugged up,you would find your self in the seat of a terrible concert.The album Elvis in concert was one of those moments were Elvis was in bad shape.What you here in the album is Elvis at his worst.He slurres and forgets lryics,makes comments that make little sense,and is extremilly waisted on drugs.Thats why CBS discontinued the video Elvis in concert.It was their way of preserving his image.So why are they still keeping the cd in print???..But If you are a die hard elvis fan such as me,its worth buying for historic value.Also,you can get the dvd elvis in concert along with other rare concerts on the net,but not in stores.I reccomend you try to find other Elvis concerts on cd/dvd in the same time frame on E-bay or elvis collectors gold.

Forever The King!

While Elvis was overweight at this point and slightly ill looking, that didn't take away from his talent.

After the famous "Also Spruce Zarathustra" (A.K.A "Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) , the instrumental piece Elvis has been using for some years to open live shows and the equally famous "opening riff", Elvis launches into "C. C Rider" (a better version of this can be found on Presley's "On Stage - February 1970" album, nonetheless he gives it his all here and it still works).



Over the years Presley's voice had matured from a young and high sounding hillbilly country rocker to a mature song stylus, but he could still rock nonetheless. His version here of "That's all right mama" (the first single he ever released) is performed very well.



"Are you Lonesome Tonight" (originally recorded 7 years after "that's alright mama") is another very well song. Elvis rarely sang this song straight (especially the depressing spoken part in the middle, fine on record, but it would have been boring for Presley-and maybe some fans-to sing this in concert for the 1000th time. Whether on this occasion he was attempting to sing it as it was on record, or he deliberately pretended he forgot the words or not, i'm not sure. However, it works well. The audience seem to share the laughter and Presley starts cracking jokes.



This album mixes Elvis hit's old and new. We have "Teddy Bear", "Don't be cruel", Jailhouse Rock" (a fine rearrangement that sounds more broadway than rock n roll), the immortal "Hound Dog", "I Got A Woman", "love Me", etc., etc. On a sombre note, Elvis' father, Vernon Presley, adds a spoken track on disc, thanking the fans for their kind words since the death of Elvis.

During the live performance Elvis actually mentions his father on stage and says "I like to introduce my father, he was sick for a while, but he's doing very well ... I really missed him, it's be a couple of years since he's been able to come on tour with me".



It may seem somewhat cheesy, but it's an emotional moment, especially as Elvis would never tour again.

The final concert on this tour was performed at Indianapolis' Market Square Garden on June 26th 1977. It would be Presley's last performance in front of a live audience. Less than 7 weeks later, The King was dead.



However, almost 3 decades later, he lives on, his records still chart, his concerts are shown on the big screen and small screen the world over to massive audiences, not a day goes by without several of his songs being played on the radio.



The reason for this above anything is the music he left behind.



An overall fantastic performance from the man who was, is and always will be king.

He was human afterall

I saw Elvis in Dayton, Ohio during 1972. Some of it (maybe all) was recorded for 'On tour'. He was the greatest performer, singer and showman that ever was and probably ever will be. He was blessed in so many ways. I wondered in 1972 if the man was human. This album and movie proves that the blessing may have been a curse and yes, he was human. In 1972, he didn't come on stage, he mounted it. He was in 100% total control of us, his voice, his manerisms, etc... I don't ever want to see or hear this again. Elvis is a VERY, VERY sick man. I'll stick to 'That's the way it is', On tour, and Aloha..... They are timeless.