Lord Almighty
l feel my temperature risin'
Higher and higher
It's burning through to my soul
Girl, girl, girl
You gonna set me on fire
My brain is flamin'
l don't know which way to go
You kisses lift me higher
Like the sweet song of a choir
You light my mornin' sky
With burning love
Ooh, ooh ooh
l feel my temperature risin'
Help me unflame me
I must be hundred and nine
Burnin' burnin' burnin'
And nothing can cool me (yeah)
l just might turn into smoke
But fee fine
Cause your kisses lift me higher
Like a sweet song of a choir
And you light my mornin' sky
With burnin' Iove
It's coming closer
The flames are reaching my body
Please won't you help me
l feel like l'm slipping away
It's hard to breathe
My chest is a-heavin'
Lord Almighty
l'm burnin' the whole world away
Cause your kisses lift me higher
Like the sweet song of a choir
You light mv mornin' sky
With burn'n' love
With burnin' Iove
Aah aah burnin' Iove
l'm just a hunk, a hunk of burnin' Iove
Just a hunk a hunk of burnin' Iove
Just a hunk a hunk of burnin' Iove
Just a hunk a hunk of burnin' Iove
Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra - (theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) 2. That's All Right 3. Proud Mary 4. Never Been To Spain 5. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 6. Until It's Time For You To Go 7. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 8. Polk Salad Annie 9. Love Me 10. All Shook Up 11. Heartbreak Hotel 12. Teddy Bear, (Let Me Be Your) / Don't Be Cruel 13. Love Me Tender 14. Blue Suede Shoes 15. Reconsider Baby 16. Hound Dog 17. I'll Remember You 18. Suspicious Minds 19. Introductions By Elvis 20. For The Good Times 21. American Trilogy, An 22. Funny How Time Slips Away 23. I Can't Stop Loving You 24. Can't Help Falling In Love 1972年6月9日から11日にかけて4回行われたエルヴィス伝説のN.Yマディソン・スクエア・ガーデン・ライブ。無料招待なしのためボブ・ディラン、ジョン・レノンらも観客として入場。マスコミ各紙が絶賛したパワフルなものだ。その音源が6月10日夜8時の模様を収録した<AS RECORDED AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN>。同じく昼2時30分の模様を収録したのがこの<AN AFTERNOON IN THE GARDEN>だ。
<AS RECORDED AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN>は公演1週間後にリリース、またたくまにベストセラーとなり、ダブル・プラチナに認定された。どのライブよりもスピード感にあふれ激しく攻撃的で魅力的なアルバムだ。
一方<AN AFTERNOON IN THE GARDEN>は20年後のリリースだ。2枚の違いは何かといえば曲目が違うこともあるが、緊張感が違う。圧倒的に<AS RECORDED AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN>の方が優っている。