Elvis Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite 50th Anniversary Edition 3 CD
Label: RCA (Sony)
Recorded live on January 12 and 14, 1973 at the Honolulu International Center Arena (capacity approximately 6000) and beamed into an estimated billion-plus television sets around the world, Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite made a new kind of broadcast history as Elvis and emerging global satellite technology instantaneously connected a major artist with his audience in previously unprecedented numbers. Initially, Elvis' January 14th concert was telecast live via satellite to viewers in Asia and Oceania and presented with a delay in January in Europe. Needing to avoid a programming conflict with Super Bowl VII while also acknowledging that the film 'Elvis on Tour' was enjoying an actively successful run in US movie theaters, NBC decided to air their ninety-minute version of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite (featuring bonus performances recorded for the stateside broadcast) on April 4, 1973. Aloha from Hawaii became NBC's highest-rated program of the year.
Feeling the heat from the Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite global telecast, RCA Records fast-tracked a companion double album soundtrack into production with first pressings hitting US stores on February 4, 1973. The album was Elvis' first #1 in years, peaking at #1 on the Billboard pop and country charts, becoming the fastest-selling chart-topping album of Elvis' career.
The 50th anniversary edition of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite is produced by Ernst Jørgensen and newly mixed by Grammy® Award-winning recording engineer Matt-Ross Spang. The set includes the original concert, rehearsal show and unique after-show recordings and rehearsals including 'Blue Hawaii', 'Hawaiian Wedding Song', 'No More' and 'Early Morning Rain'. The deluxe set includes a 28-page booklet featuring in-depth liner notes penned by lifelong Elvis fan/respected music critic Randy Lewis, rare photos and memorabilia from the event, and the first-ever visual release of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite on Blu-ray.
CD Disc 1: Recorded live at the Honolulu International Center Arena January 14, 1973, 12:30 AM.
Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey)
See See Rider
Burning Love
Something
You Gave Me A Mountain
Steamroller Blues
My Way
Love Me
Johnny B. Goode
It's Over
Blue Suede Shoes
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
I Can't Stop Loving You
Hound Dog
What Now My Love
Fever
Welcome To My World
Suspicious Minds
Introductions by Elvis
I'll Remember You
Medley: Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
An American Trilogy
A Big Hunk O' Love
Can't Help Falling In Love
Closing Vamp
CD Disc 2: Recorded live at the Honolulu International Center Arena, January 12, 1973, 9:00 PM.
Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey)
See See Rider
Burning Love
Something
You Gave Me A Mountain
Steamroller Blues
My Way
Love Me
It's Over
Blue Suede Shoes
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hound Dog
What Now My Love
Fever
Welcome To My World
Suspicious Minds
Introductions by Elvis
I'll Remember You
An American Trilogy
A Big Hunk O' Love
Can't Help Falling In Love
Closing Vamp
CD Disc 3: Recorded without an audience at the Honolulu International Center Arena, January 14, 1973, 3:00 AM, as special bonus songs for the U.S. version of ALOHA FROM HAWAII.
Blue Hawaii -rehearsal, takes 1-2
Ku-U-I-Po - rehearsal
Ku-U-I-Po - take 1
Ku-U-I-Po - take 2 (incomplete)
Ku-U-I-Po - take 3 (incomplete)
Ku-U-I-Po - take 4
No More - take 1
No More - take 2
No More - take 3
No More - take 4
Hawaiian Wedding Song - take 1
Hawaiian Wedding Song - rehearsal
Hawaiian Wedding Song - take 2
Hawaiian Wedding Song - take 3
Early Morning Rain - take 1
Early Morning Rain - take 2