Title: Coming On Strong

Label: Southern Style

Date: West Palm Beach, Florida (February 13, 1977); Montgomery, Alabama (February 16, 1977)

Tracks: (13/02/77): 1.Little Sister (incomplete) 2.You Gave Me A Mountain 3.Blue Suede Shoes 4.O Sole Mio 5.It's Now Or Never 6.My Way 7.All Shook Up 8.Teddy Bear 9.Do Not Be Cruel 10.And I Love You So 11.Fever 12.Bluberry Hill 13.Hurt 14.Hound Dog 15.Jailhouse Rock 16.Can't Help Falling In Love; (16/02/77): 17.You Gave Me A Mountain 18.O Sole Mio 19.It's Now Or Never 20.Little Sister 21.Teddy Bear 22.Do Not Be Cruel 23.My Way 24.Polk Salad Annie 25.Hurt 26.Hound Dog 27.Where No One Stands Alone 28.Unchained Melody 29.Can't Help Falling In Love

Package: To my mind the package is very bad, because of the bad quality photos with the dates. Also the label picture is awful: I believe that such label does not suit to Elvis music in any way.

Elvis: First of all, I'm sure you won't listen to this CD very often, because the first concert is very weak. Elvis tries to joke in a very unfunny way: for example, before My way, El says: "Let's do something silly - My Way". Elvis also thinks that it should be funny when he asks how to pronounce the word "Italian". Elvis does not want to sing Blueberry Hill and Tony Brown almost forces him to do that. The only successful joke is in the last song, when Elvis says "For I can't help falling in love with Joe". However, in overall the first concert is awful from any point of view.

Second show is a bit better, but one thing comes to mind: how reasonable was Fort Baxter when it released only a few songs from this show. These songs are really the best part of this CD, but they were already released on Moody Blue and Other Great Performances. New stuff which constitutes the beginning is awful. What to say? Viva Fort Baxter!

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