Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital (5.1) Surround, 2 Discs
The Historic 1973 Television Special
Elvis made television and entertainment history with his Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii - Via Satellite concert special. Performed at the Honolulu International Center Arena on January 14, 1973 at 12:30 AM Hawaiian time, it was beamed live via Globecam Satellite to Australia, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, the Phillippines, South Vietnam and other countries, and was seen on a delayed basis in approxiamtely thirty European countries. The first American airing was April 4th on NBC-TV. It was a worldwide ratings smash and the soundtrack album went to number one on the Billboard album chart. The American broadcast attracted 51% of the television viewing audience and was seen in more American households than man's first walk on the moon. In all, it was initially seen in approximately forty countries by 1 to 1.5 billion people. Entertainment events presented live via satellite are common today, but in 1973, this was a first. Never before had one performer held the world's attention in such a way. Possibly no one has since. Aloha from Hawaii presents Elvis Presley at the pinnacle of his superstardom, giving one of the most outstanding concert performances of his career.
Songs Included:
See See Rider, Burning Love, Something, You Gave Me A Mountain, Steamroller Blues, My Way, Love Me, It's Over, Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog, What Now My Love, Fever, Welcome To My World, Suspicious Minds, I'll Remember You, Long Tall Sally/Whole Loota Shakin' Goin' On, An American Trilogy, A Big Hunk O' Love, Can't Help Falling In Love, and More!
Editor's Note
Elvis Presley performs in Honolulu, Hawaii, in this 1973 concert. Among the 25 titles included are "Blue Suede Shoes," "Suspicious Minds," and "C.C. Rider." Elvis made television and entertainment history as this was the first-ever live concert broadcast over satellite, reaching in excess of one billion people worldwide. Note: Elvis' performances of I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, I Can't Stop Loving You, and Johnny B. Goode in the Aloha From Hawaii concert have been deleted from the newly re-released DVD/VHS editions of this program. Music publishing clearance from the songs' owners was up for renewal and an agreement could not be reached.|This edited version is the only available version of Elvis' historic Aloha From Hawaii concert.
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