Between 1954 and 1956 Elvis regularly performed on the radio show "The Louisiana Hayride", which was aired from Shreveport. After he left, it took him 19 years to return to the city. On June 7, 1975 he performed at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum twice, each show was sold out with 10,300 fans. The king knew the building from his early days, because his final appearance at "The Louisiana Hayride" had taken place right here. In 2012 Follow That Dream Records released a soundboard recording of the evening concert under the name of "Another Saturday Night". Thirteen years later we also get to hear the afternoon show.

Once again Elvis wore the "White Phoenix Suit" (afternoon show) and the "Indian Chief Suit" (evening show).  The instrumental introduction "Also Sprach Zarathustra" as well as the opening song "See See Rider" and major parts of the "I Got A Woman" / "Amen" medley were not recorded. The tape ends right in the middle of the coupling of "Mystery Train" and "Tiger Man". But since Elvis left out "Funny, How Time Slips Away" we just have to do without "Tiger Man" and the usual closer "Can't Help Falling In Love".

At the end of "Amen" Elvis spoofs his moves from the 1950s and JD Sumner demonstrates his deep voice. The opening ends with a reprise of "I Got A Woman" and the singer throwing his guitar to his assistant. Then he welcomes the crowd, introduces himself as Johnny Cash and gets a little confused since he usualy says "Good Evening" and today he's on stage in the afternoon. He also turns around and makes the fans at the backside of the stage screaming. Since a few feedbacks can be heared, Elvis adresses his soundman Bruce "Goose" Jackson. But he does it in a lighthearted way.

From his second longplayer, released by RCA some 19 years ago, the king sings "Love Me". Nowadays he isn't really yearning for his loved one, but considers the whole thing more or less as a joke and uses it to throw some scrafs into the audience and kiss some ladies. Today Elvis also teases the harmony singers hand has them holding the final note until their faces turn red. Jokingly he tells the ones, who got kissed, that he caught the "creepin' crud" last night in Dallas and therefore infected them, too.

Up next is a happy-go-lucky version of Olivia Newton-John's hit "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)". In all fairness I have to say that Elvis does it better than the original artist. Afterwards he talks to some ladies in the audience and also is troubled by some more feedbacks.

Now Elvis announces "My first movie was LOVE ME TENDER" and ironically adds, "...not that it really matters, but I'd like to sing the title song for you". Obviously the man knows too well, that he's not the greatest actor and the movies were nothing but tools to generate money. As a result he doesn't take the tune seriously and opts for making contact with the audience, accepting gifts and kissing as many eager ladies as possible. Even after the song is over and James Burton already has played the opening chord of "All Shook Up" his boss doesn't stop to fool around with the girls. One of them is very young, so Elvis quips "She's got to start somewhere", but opts for kissing her on the cheek only. Afterwards some of his musicians remark, that the young girl might also have been a young boy.

The 1957 hit "All Shook Up" is presented within 60 seconds and without too much energy. In-between Elvis emphasizes on the fact, that the kid he just kissed was not a boy. For some reason this idea seems to trouble him a lot. Ironically he adds, that the spotlights were blinding him so much, that he'd also kiss a rhino.

Up next is a medley of "Teddy Bear" and "Don't Be Cruel". Once again the king isn't investing too many of his resources. But he uses it to throw some more scarfs into the audience and to kiss some more women. Afterwards he remarks, that 4 o' clock was a strange time to kiss since nobody was doing things like that in the afternoon.

Now the king rattles through "Hound Dog" within a minute and shakes a bit during the finale. Just like the previous oldies, this is nothing but a quick nod to the past. At 40 the man from Memphis obviously considers these songs as nothing but a millstone around his neck.

The more recent "The Wonder Of You" is performed much better. Elvis still can't stop his joking in-between, but he's vocally engaged and still manages to impress.

He keeps the pace with a rockin' rendition of "Burning Love". It's a fine performance and at the end Elvis even moves a bit in the style of 1969/70. Somewhat out of breath the king asks for the houselights to be turned up, so he can take a look at the audience. He also receives a cake from three ladies at the edge of the stage. Of course they receive a kiss each.  

Jokingly Elvis pretends to throw the cake at his band, but of course he does not and starts to introduce them instead. He does it in a very entertaining way, but all the solos kill too much time. Of course the king doesn't forget to mention, that James Burton is from Shreveport. Elvis also mentiones, that he was made a honorary citizen and saw a "Welcome" sign when he arrived in the city.

Before Presley gets around to present his latest single, he admits that he has to read the words. How about preparation? But of course good ole' Elvis gets away with it and one certainly cannot deny, that the performance itself is very good.

Now Elvis hands over the lead vocals to JD Sumner and joins The Stamps for the chorus. In-between he ad-libs a bit and tries to crack the bass singer up. In the end he's successful and JD looses track.

Afterwards the king announces to sing a serious gospel song. And indeed, his presentation of the hymn is emotional as well as vocally stunning. It's more bombastic than on last years' concert album "Elvis Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis", but certainly just as great.

It's a bit surprising that Elvis left "Let Me Be There" in the show since it's now the second cover of a recent Olivia Newton-John hit within 60 minutes. But it fits him perfectly and the king obviously loves to sing it. He even offers a short reprise. Olivia is a fine singer, too, but if pressed I'd prefer Elvis' version of the country pop.

Up next is the showstopper "An American Trilogy". When the harmony guys sing "Oh I wish I was in Dixie" Elvis jokingly quips "You are!". There are a few other jokes in-between, so the presentation is not as serious as in the movie "Elvis On Tour" (1972) or the television concert "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" (1973).

Elvis announces a serious song and tells the crowd, that everybody has to be very straight on it. Then he sings "Little Darlin'", which of course is anything but serious. Basically the spoof of 1950s teenage ballads is used to have some fun, use falsetto voices and sing "well-a-hoopa-hoopa-hoopa". Afterwards Elvis askes when he visited Shreveport for the last time. When the audience yells out stuff like "1955" and "1956" the singer tells them, that he didn't want to know when he started out, but when he visited the town last time. He appears to be quite surprised when he realizes, that he really hasn't played here since leaving "The Louisiana Hayride" some twenty years ago.

The singer quickly announces another serious song and the band starts to play the SUN classic "Mystery Train". Elvis is rockin' just like in the good old days and it's quite clear, that he likes this song much better than stuff like "Teddy Bear" or "Hound Dog". Unfortunately the tape runs out in the middle of the song and the fourth compact disc ends before "Tiger Man" starts.