Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite (Deluxe Edition Remastered) Elvis Presley

• 1 Introduction: Also sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey) (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 01:11
• 2 See See Rider (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 02:59
• 3 Burning Love (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 03:08
• 4 Something (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 03:32
• 5 You Gave Me A Mountain (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 03:17
• 6 Steamroller Blues (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 03:13
• 7 My Way (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 04:20
• 8 Love Me (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 01:36
• 9 Johnny B. Goode (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 01:43
• 10 It's Over (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 02:08
• 11 Blue Suede Shoes (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 01:23
• 12 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 02:10
• 13 I Can't Stop Loving You (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 02:28
• 14 Hound Dog (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 01:07
• 15 What Now My Love (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 03:12
• 16 Fever (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 02:41
• 17 Welcome to My World (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 01:56
• 18 Suspicious Minds (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 04:25
• 19 Introductions by Elvis (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 02:43
• 20 I'll Remember You (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 02:27
• 21 Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 01:58
• 22 An American Trilogy (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 04:43
• 23 A Big Hunk O' Love (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 02:23
• 24 Can't Help Falling In Love (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 01:43
• 25 Closing Vamp (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) 02:24
• 26 Introduction: Also sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey) (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 01:18
• 27 See See Rider (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 03:02
• 28 Burning Love (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 03:03
• 29 Something (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 02:25
• 30 You Gave Me A Mountain (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 03:21
• 31 Steamroller Blues (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 03:15
• 32 My Way (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 04:13
• 33 Love Me (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 01:43
• 34 It's Over (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 02:12
• 35 Blue Suede Shoes (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 01:24
• 36 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 02:09
• 37 Hound Dog (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 00:59
• 38 What Now My Love (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 03:18
• 39 Fever (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 02:35
• 40 Welcome To My World (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 01:58
• 41 Suspicious Minds (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 04:00
• 42 Introductions by Elvis (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 02:21
• 43 I'll Remember You (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 02:40
• 44 An American Trilogy (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 04:27
• 45 A Big Hunk O' Love (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 02:45
• 46 Can't Help Falling In Love (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 01:42
• 47 Closing Riff (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 12, 1973) 01:56
• 48 Blue Hawaii (Rehearsal, Takes 1-2) 05:32
• 49 Ku-U-I-Po (Rehearsal) 02:32
• 50 Ku-U-I-Po (Take 1) 02:03
• 51 Ku-U-I-Po (Take 2 - Incomplete) 02:13
• 52 Ku-U-I-Po (Take 3 - Incomplete) 02:03
• 53 Ku-U-I-Po (Take 4) 02:24
• 54 No More (Take 1 - Incomplete) 03:10
• 55 No More (Take 2 - Rehearsal) 05:06
• 56 No More (Take 3) 02:40
• 57 No More (Take 4) 03:05
• 58 Hawaiian Wedding Song (Take 1) 03:01
• 59 Hawaiian Wedding Song (Rehearsal) 04:02
• 60 Hawaiian Wedding Song (Take 2) 02:04
• 61 Hawaiian Wedding Song (Take 3) 02:07
• 62 Early Morning Rain (Take 1) 04:17
• 63 Early Morning Rain (Take 2) 03:11
• Total Runtime 02:51:06

Info for Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite (Deluxe Edition Remastered)

RCA Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release the definitive 50th anniversary edition of Elvis Presley's monumental Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite record-setting global concert telecast/double live album on Friday, August 11.

The 50th anniversary edition of Elvis Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite -- newly remixed and remastered for the occasion -- will be available in a 96kHz, 24bit HiRes-ReMaster.

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.

Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite is the apogee of an astounding career trajectory that began with Elvis' return to live performance in 1968 with an electrifying "comeback" television special that restored him to pop dominance after a seven year hiatus from the concert stage. By 1973, Elvis was a living legend whose status as the world's first atomic-powered singer in the 1950s had evolved into movie stardom before his return to live performance generated a new iconography of Elvis. His watershed global telecast was the first full-length concert by any musician to be beamed around the world over communications satellites newly orbiting the earth in ever increasing numbers. A half century later, the live album and concert film from that performance are perhaps the most revelatory documents of the live shows that Elvis poured so much of his heart and soul into during the 1970s.

The 50th anniversary edition of Elvis Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite presents, for the first time in one authorized package, the entirety of the original January 14, 1973 performance, the previous night's dress rehearsal with a live audience (recorded in case of technical mishaps during the satellite transmission), several bonus tracks inserted into the US broadcast of the event and a Blu-ray transfer of the concert film.

Archival producer Ernst Mikael Jørgensen and Memphis-based recording engineer Matt Ross-Spang have fully remixed the album from the original 16-track live recordings—first captured on tape by esteemed mobile engineer Wally Heider and newly digitized for this release with audiophile 24-bit, 192 KHz transfers--to bring fans a fresh listen to what, for many, is the most treasured performance of Elvis' latter-day years on the road. "To me," Jørgensen said, "that is the biggest thing: [this album] never sounded this good and Elvis never sounded this good."

In the four and a half years between the '68 special and Aloha from Hawaii, Elvis woodshedded his act with a rigorous series of live performances—over 500--in which he re-asserted the role he'd established in the '50s as one of the most electrifying performers of his generation.

Both in Las Vegas and on tour to various parts of the United States, Presley refined and expanded his mastery of musical interpretation of songs long associated with him, while also putting his distinctive stamp on classic and more recent material first popularized by artists as beloved as The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, James Taylor, Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Jim Reeves and Hawaii's own Kuiokalani "Kui" Lee.

The Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite program was produced and directed by television veteran Marty Pasetta, who'd done specials for Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Glen Campbell and had experience in Hawaii with Don Ho. Pasetta employed split screen techniques and quick cuts to mirror the energy Elvis & Co. put out on stage. The telecast also regularly offered extreme close-ups bringing viewers into contact with Elvis with an intimacy that even those in the audience didn't have.

Elvis Presley, vocals, guitar
James Burton, lead guitar
Charlie Hodge, acoustic guitar, vocals
Glen Hardin, piano, keyboards
Ronnie Tutt, drums
John Wilkinson, rhythm guitar
Jerry Scheff, bass
J.D. Sumner & the Stamps Quartet, vocals
Kathy Westmoreland, vocals
The Sweet Inspirations, vocals
Joe Guercio & his Orchestra

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Elvis Presley
was an American actor and singer, born on January 8, 1935, in Mississippi. He played a key role in popularizing rockabilly and later rock ‘n’ roll, and is considered one of the greatest icons of all time. The King, who died on August 16, 1977, remains the second-biggest album seller in music history.

A talented and precocious artist

Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo and showed a passion for music even as a child. At the age of ten, he took part in his first singing competition dressed as a cowboy and came fifth at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show. On his 11th birthday, his family decided to give him his first guitar as a gift. Two of his uncles took the opportunity to give him guitar lessons, while his mother helped him improve his singing.

In 1946, Elvis Presley met Mississippi Slim, a local musician and radio host who helped him perfect his guitar chords. Seeing that Elvis had talent, Mississippi Slim decided to have him perform on his show, giving him his first public performance even though he wasn't even 12 years old! In 1953, after finishing school, he made the final decision to pursue a career in music.

A determined teenager

True to his dream of becoming a musician, Elvis Presley decided to visit the various record companies in Memphis to record his first single. When he arrived at Sun Records, he paid four dollars of his own money for his first recording! At the age of 18, he sang two cover versions: My Happiness and That's When Your Heartaches Begin.

The beginning of a great career

Elvis Presley then recorded several singles with Scotty Moore and Bill Black, who would later become his musicians. On July 5, 1954, in the middle of recording, Elvis Presley began to accompany his songs with body movements that Sam Philips found overwhelming. Considering these gestures to be a real revolution, the producer of Sun Records decided to launch the trio on the road to success.

The three men performed countless times and embarked on a local tour that lasted until 1955 to make themselves known to a wider audience. The success was huge. Elvis Presley's footwork was considered scandalous, but it attracted young audiences. Elvis Presley's sound, a mixture of blues and country music, was heard throughout the southwestern United States and soon became rockabilly. The group then signed with RCA Records, which created the “Elvis Presley Music” label specifically to record the phenomenon's first studio albums.

By 1958, Elvis Presley had become increasingly popular thanks to his albums Elvis Presley (1956) and Elvis (1956) and his film soundtracks: Loving You (1957) and the incredible King Creole (1958). After his appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 9, 1956, he became a national star. That evening, 60 million Americans watched Elvis's rendition of Love Me Tender, and over a million copies of the single were pre-ordered after the show.

The King: the birth of a legend

In 1956, Elvis Presley wanted to try his hand at other things and signed a contract with Paramount Pictures to become an actor. Despite mixed reviews, the first films in which Elvis starred were real commercial successes thanks to his fame. He then made several more films, such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1956) and King Creole (1958), before having to complete his military service from 1958 to 1960.

Despite his absence, his producers released the albums For LP Fans Only (1959) and A Date with Elvis (1959), featuring songs recorded years earlier.

In 1960, after returning from the army, he released the albums Something for Everybody (1961) and Pot Luck (1962), before signing an acting contract with Hollywood. The production company was eager to give him the leading roles in the films for which he was to write the soundtrack. He then starred in The Sheriff of These Ladies (1962), The Man for Everything (1964), and Tickle Me (1965).

At the top of the sales charts, despite a career break!

Although he put his music career on hold from 1960 to 1968, Elvis Presley managed to get ten original movie soundtracks to the top of the singles sales charts! These include Girls! Girls! Girls (1962) and Fun in Acapulco (1963).

The year 1968 is also considered symbolic of the King's return to his roots. In the show entitled Elvis, he is celebrated by the audience. The following year, he releases his first album in nine years: From Elvis in Memphis (1969). This album, which features more soul and less rock ‘n’ roll, demonstrates the King's ability to adapt to the musical trends of the time.

Elvis is determined to return to the stage with concerts and signs a contract for 57 dates over several years at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. At the first of these concerts on July 31, 1969, the audience is captivated by his performance and gives him three standing ovations.

In parallel with the contract with the hotel in Las Vegas, Elvis resumes his tours of the USA and releases seven albums between 1970 and 1973, including Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971) and Raised on Rock (1973). In the same year, he decided to give the first concert ever to be broadcast via satellite around the world. This took his career to global dimensions. In his white suit with the eagle on the back, Elvis became The King forever and released a double album: Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite (1973).

Due to excessive medication use, he died of a heart attack on August 16, 1977, in Memphis, the city where it all began.

Elvis Presley's awards:

Elvis Presley received an impressive number of awards throughout his career. In 2010, the total number of albums and singles he sold was estimated at over 600 million! His album Elvis' Christmas Album (1957), for example, went platinum nine times. In total, he received 144 awards for his singles and albums during his career, which spanned just over 20 years.

Elvis is also the American singer who has appeared most frequently in the charts of best-selling singles in the US. He placed 38 singles in the Top 10, 18 at No. 1 and 114 in the Top 40! He also spent more than 80 weeks at the top of the singles bestseller list during his career.

His musical awards include three Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance in 1968, 1973, and 1975, as well as a Grammy Award in 1971 for his life's work. Today, he has a star on the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard and belongs to three major music institutions: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

On the evening of Elvis Presley's death, US President Jimmy Carter summed up the singer's life in a now famous sentence: “Elvis may be gone, but his legend will live on forever.”

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