Elvis Presley - Just Pretend - 12 August 1970, Midnight Show - Re-edited with Stereo audio

Just Pretend is a song which despite it's status as a mere album track, and without a single release, has become a firm favourite with Elvis' extensive fanbase and the appearance of a filmed live version in 1992 was a sight for sore eyes. During the six shows filmed by MGM, Elvis performed the song twice and both versions at successive midnight shows on the 11th and 12th of August 1970. The song itself would be one of the few songs recorded in Nashville in June 1970 to survive the setlist deep into the seventies. Although others from these sessions would be visited through the years only 'You Don't have To Say You Love Me' and 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' would endure as long with the latter surviving until the very end. It must be said though that of the three mentioned 'Just Pretend' was largely ignored from March 71 through until December 75 with the exception being the surprise inclusion in his show in Hawaii on 18 November 1972. During Elvis' Vegas engagement of December 1975, an engagement arranged in response to the abandoned August stint, the song had a renaissance with Elvis performing it in the majority of those shows. The final version from the closing show of that engagement shows Elvis in good voice and is very similar to those first two renditions but with the soprano provide by Kathy Westmoreland in this instance whereas on 11 and 12 Aug 70 it had been Millie Kirkham. This version featuring Ms. Kirkham is of course the version included in both "Lost Performances" and the 2001 re-edited That's The Way It Is movie. This version, from his 12 August 1970, Midnight Show, would be Elvis' final rendition of the song for over two years and is often overlooked because the version from twenty four hours earlier was selected for inclusion in The Lost Performances and the 2001 re-edited edition of That's The Way It Is. This is presumably because of the greater amount of camera angles to choose from as this feels like a much smoother version and Elvis is visibly more relaxed with it hence the jokey laugh early on. As with all of these videos, to get the most out of the re-edited audio, I highly recommend you use ear /headphones and turn the volume up as much as you dare!