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Formats and Editions
1. Elvis Fan's Comments / Opening Riff
2. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey)
3. See See Rider
4. That's All Right
5. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
6. Teddy Bear, (Let Me Be Your) / Don't Be Cruel
7. Elvis Fans' Comments II
8. You Gave Me a Mountain
9. Jailhouse Rock
10. Elvis Fans' Comments III
11. How Great Thou Art
12. Elvis Fans' Comments IV
13. I Really Don't Want to Know
14. Elvis Introduces His Father
15. Hurt
16. Hound Dog
17. My Way
18. Can't Help Falling in Love
19. Closing Riff / Special Message From Elvis' Father
20. I Got A Woman / Amen
21. Elvis Talks
22. Love Me
23. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
24. O Sole Mio / It's Now Or Never
25. Trying to Get to You
26. Hawaiian Wedding Song
27. Fairytale
28. Little Sister
29. Early Morning Rain
30. What'd I Say
31. Johnny B. Goode
32. And I Love You So
More Info:
The legendary last recorded shows by the King, who died two months after these Omaha and Rapid City performances were taped for a TV special. His live hits My Way and Unchained Melody join That's All Right; Jailhouse Rock; Hound Dog; Little Sister; How Great Thou Art, and more (close to 73 minutes) from the platinum double-LP that was Elvis' swan song.Reviews:
''Elvis in Concert'' is the title of the soundtrack album released in conjunction with the television special of the same name which featured some of the final performances of Elvis Presley. Videotaped and recorded in June 1977, both the special and album were broadcast and released on October 3, 1977, (the single "My Way"/"America the Beautiful" was also released that day too) two months after Presley's death. The album peaked to #5 on the Billboard chart in the Fall of 1977.
The show was recorded over two days at concerts in Omaha on June 19th and Rapid City, South Dakota on the 21st. According to ''Elvis: The Illustrated Record'' by Roy Carr and Mick Farren, the shows were taped with the intent of producing a television special, but Presley's deteriorating physical condition put the project on hold. After his death, they write, it was decided to go ahead with the special as a tribute. Although both the June 19th and 21st concerts are the last official live professional one's ever recorded of Elvis Presley alive, Elvis' father, Vernon Presley, recorded a message that was broadcast at the end of the special and included on the soundtrack album, in which he erroneously states that the performance featured was his son's last appearance; in fact Elvis made five more concert appearances after the filming of the special. Elvis' last concert was in fact on Sunday, June 26th, 1977 at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana. No professional recording of this last performance has ever been issued, but bootlegs of amateur recordings have.
During the special, Presley performs a selection of his hits, along with songs not normally associated with him. Although it was a regular part of his repertoire for years, Presley requires a lyric sheet when he performs Paul Anka's "My Way" (noted for its opening lyric, "And now the end is near/And so I face the final curtain"). He also loses his train of thought during "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", although Darrin Memmer's book "Elvis Presley - The 1977 CBS Television Special," published in 2001 by Morris Publishing, makes a strong case that Elvis regularly played around with the words during the spoken portion of the song when performing it on stage, rather than it being a case of poor memory. Indeed a concert recording of Presley similarly joking around during the monologue section of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" dating from 1969 has been issued by RCA on numerous occasions (dubbed the "Laughing Version", it even made the UK charts after Presley's death), and he also poked fun at the song during his 1968 Comeback Special.
The soundtrack album was issued as a 2-LP package, including a second disc of performances that were not included in the TV special. - Wikipedia
