Elvis Presley - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 9 June 1972, The Only Madison Square Garden rendition

If it wasn't for the satellite broadcast which accompanied the two show engagement at the Honoloulu International Center in Hawaii in January 1973 and the subsequent historical significance of that event it could be argued that the four show engagement in New York was the biggest of Elvis' career.
Those four shows at Madison Square Garden over three days with every show sold out to it's 20,000 capacity and was the only time that Elvis would perform in 'The Big Apple'. That New York engagement was only the first four shows of a twelve day, fourteen show tour which would conclude on 20 June in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Civic Assembly Center.
With Elvis in fine form throughout, the four shows had a pretty rigid setlist with just the odd song being interchanged from show to show. Only three songs were performed just once over the three shows, 'Reconsider Baby', which would be performed again in the first show after MSG in Fort Wayne, 'The Impossible Dream' at the 10 June Evening show which would the final time that Elvis would sing it live and 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'.
'Bridge Over Troubled Water' was sung for the only time at MSG during the 9 June opening show and since RCA only recorded the two middle shows on 10 June we only have an audience recording of the first show. An audience recording of this entire show, surely with much improved sound, is due to be released as part of the FTD "Elvis at Madison Square Garden" project this coming August.
That being said it is an astonishing performance and that more than makes up for the lack of a soundboard recording.
Not only did Elvis perform the song just once at MSG he would only sing it a further three times during this fourteen show tour at Fort Wayne, Indiana on 12 June, Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 14 June and on 19 June at the Henry Levitt Arena in Wichita, Kansas. It would almost a year taking in two Las Vegas engagements and three tours including Aloha before he would perform the song again in Lake Tahoe at the Midnight Show on 6 May.

[@stianolafsen7450]

The king 👑👑

[@moodybluemotorsportsDwneKnos]

Thank you for any and all whom help keep these recordings alive and present, thou I've never experienced a live concert due to I was young at the time I can listen and catch a glimpse with closed eyes and a smile and see an imagine how great it must had felt to be part of the elvis world when he was still alive. I wish we could had had him many more years but he was needed in heaven with our father,,,

[@UrbanDane]

That voice ❤️❤️ No wonder Art Garfunkel said "How can you compete with that!"

[@TimDudleyETA]

Wow never heard audience recording of this show. This is amazing. These shows or show one of them should have been for Satellite special.

[@patriciajrs46]

I wish the video was live. The sound is, but that's not the same.

[@rochelecardosoazambuja1309]

😍💞😘

[@vivianbranco4248]

Único e eterno!

[@zacharycarrier2890]

due to be released as part of the FTD "Elvis at Madison Square Garden" project this coming August.
could you upload this version please?

[@joelgomez1129]

what is that project brother?