The final disc takes us to Hampton Roads/Virginia. Back in April 1972 the king had performed here twice, parts of the evening show appeared in the movie "Elvis On Tour". The scenes show a man in great mood, fine voice and obviously enjoying his game. Two years later Elvis visited Hampton Roads again and delivered another top-notch performance. Since then a lot had happened in the Presley-Universe. In 1975 he had gained much weight, was hospitalized twice and his "Elvis Summer Festival" had to be canceled. Of course all these things didn't keep the fans from purchasing tickets and after the 8:30 show on August 31, 1976 sold out in record time, an additional matinee was added for the following day. The second concert also sold out, so the man from Memphis was seen by 22,000 people and earned round about 250,000 USD. The press wasn't convinced by the first show and titled the review "Elvis - For The Way He Was". So the second appearance was a chance to improve.

As usual the orchestra performs the "Einleitung, oder Sonnenaufgang" from Richard Strauss' famous "Also Sprach Zarathustra". As the band takes over with the "Opening Riff", Elvis enters the stage, receives his guitar and walks over to the microphone.

The opening song is presented with a lot of drive. Elvis sounds a bit hoarse, but of all three renditions on this set this version is the most lively one.

Now Elvis sings the word "well" and says, that's how he feels. He explains, that he had a late show yesterday and just caught two hours of sleep. It's not all that convincing, because it was a normal 8:30 pm concert and so there was enough time to rest. I guess Elvis simply wanted to give an explanation for his condition. However, "I Got A Woman" is also presented with zest, the same applies to the "Amen" tag. While demonstrating his old moves, the king jokes "That's enough, I just got through eating". Today Elvis pretends to be not satisfied with JD Sumner's efforts to give him another opportunity to show off his bass voice. Then he returns to "I Got A Woman" and tosses the guitar back to Charlie Hodge. Elvis takes some time to welcome the crowd and even promises a fan to sing "Dixie" later.

While he had managed the uptempo songs well, the slow ballad discloses Elvis vocal problems to their full extent. He has trouble holding the notes for a longer time and also sounds quite hoarse. He's trying, but the result is downright terrible.

The next song is jokingly introduced as "If you love me, let me know and if you don't get the hell out of here". The faster tempo makes it easier for Elvis to sing the tune and the harmony singers cover their boss' problems, too.

The presentation of this musical soap opera is nothing but weak. During the verses Elvis' voice drifts off key and when he tries to belt out the chorus he sounds tired and powerless.

His 1957 mega seller "All Shook Up" is played quite fast, which works in favor of the king's voice. It's not a great performance, but he sounds better here than on "You Gave Me A Mountain" or "Love Me".

The same applies to this medley. Even though his voice is worse, the overall performance of these oldies is better than a few days earlier in Springfield.

As usual Elvis puts a lot of feeling into his rendition of this love song. But today his voice is so bad, that his vibrato is all over the place.

Due to the fast tempo there are no notes to hold for a longer time, but even now Elvis' voice is squeaking at times. Nevertheless he puts quite a bit of energy into the classic and obviously has fun performing it.

Now it's time for "Fever" and heating up the ladies with some well calculated moves. Despite the singer's chubbiness the trick still works well and obviously amuses Elvis. He even adds another verse. Very entertaining.

The inofficial anthem gets a rocky performance. Once again Elvis sings with emotion and pathos, but he simply lacks control of his voice. However, the grande finale works astonishingly well.

When the king wants to introduce his band, he suddenly sees the sign of Virginia's "Return To Sender" fanclub. Spontaneously he decides to sing the song, adding "if we know it". While the band still plays the usual background music for the "Introductions" their boss starts to sing "Return To Sender". Quickly they join in and even though Elvis makes up some lyrics (he sings "no such phone" instead of "no such zone") it works astonishingly well. Afterwards the king says, that they have not rehearsed the song all that much. In fact "Return To Sender" was just performed twice before. One time in July 1975 in Ashville, the other time in May 1976 in Stateline. Today the audience witnessed the third and final time Elvis sang "Return To Sender". 

The introductions are the usual long-lasting affair with endless solos. But today Elvis calls James Burton "John" (I guess it's because he wanted to ask him to play "Johnny B. Goode") and is laughed at by the band. Jokingly he adds "James, John, Mathew, Mark, Luke", referring to the writers of the gospels.

While the band plays the intro of "Hurt" a piece of lingerie is thrown on stage and Elvis says "Wait a minute, I have to get this girl's underwear". The lady gets a kiss and the king continues to sing his latest single. By now you might have guessed it, his voice isn't up to the challenge. He repeats the finale and improves a bit.

The rock'n'roll classic gets the usual throw-away treatment. Elvis rattles it off in a minute or so, doing nothing but repeating the same four lines with as little energy as absolutely necessary.

Now the king wants to take a look at his audience and says "Good golly, Miss Molly" when he sees the huge venue. The slow country ballad doesn't do his voice a favor, but at the end Elvis uses his falsetto in impressive style.

But then it's time to go back to the hotel and the king tells the crowd "You have been a fantastic audience to work too and anytime you want us back just let us know and we will come back". He sings his usual closer "Can't Help Falling In Love", takes a bow to the sounds of the "Closing Riff" and vanishes into the dark of the backstage area.