Judy Palmer ©

Las Vegas, NV. December 14th 1975. This is at that concert that the " White Prehistoric Bird with blue sleeves jumspsuit " was worn for the first time, that latter jumpsuit became very well known in 1976 as Elvis used it a lot during the first half of that year along with the light blue version with white sleeves.

At the closing show Elvis was wearing a gold medallion, this can be verify on page 1975-5 at the bottom. This gold medallion was presented to Elvis by the Las Vegas Hilton in appreciation for his huge success there during that Vegas season, his name was equally written on it in diamonds.

Chris Trant ©

Both photographs above were taken while Elvis was performing " Polk Salad Annie ".

Robert Hillburn of the Los Angeles Times wrote " Although he continues to do the old hits in rather token fashion, there were moments as there are always with Presley where he showed the power and sensitivity that established him as the premier stylist of the rock era. "

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