The album From Elvis Presley Boulevard was recorded between days 2 and February 7, 1976. The Last Farewell was composed and recorded in 1971 by Roger Whittaker on a poem by Ron A. Webster. Barbara Bonner, one of Elvis' close friends, convinced the singer to record this song. The song tells the story of a British soldier says goodbye to his sweetheart before he went to war. This song is a mixture of takes # 5, from which most of the song and the take # 3, added at its end, all were performed on 2 february, the first day of recordings at Graceland