Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite is a live concert album by Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records in February 1973 and peaked on the Billboard chart in the Spring of 1973. Despite the satellite innovation, the United States did not air the concert until April 4, 1973. Aloha from Hawaii (which was a worldwide ratings smash) went to number one on the 'Billboard' album chart.[1] The album also reached #1 in both the pop and country charts in the United States.
Aloha from Hawaii was a two-disc set—only the second such release of Presley's career (the first being 1969's double set From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis). It was released in both standard stereo and quadrophonic editions.
The album contains all the live performances from the TV special, but omits the five songs Presley recorded after the show and which were featured on the original broadcast; these would be issued later on the album Mahalo from Elvis.
This is the last soundtrack album that Presley released during his lifetime (later soundtracks for the TV special Elvis in Concert and the documentary This Is Elvis were released posthumously).
[edit] Track listing
- "Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Richard Strauss)
- "See See Rider" (Traditional)
- "Burning Love" (Dennis Linde)
- "Something" (George Harrison)
- "You Gave Me a Mountain" (Marty Robbins)
- "Steamroller Blues" (James Taylor)
- "My Way" (Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Paul Anka)
- "Love Me" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
- "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry)
- "It's Over" (Presley, Jimmie Rodgers)
- "Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins)
- "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Hank Williams)
- "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann)
- "Hound Dog" (Presley, Otis Blackwell)
- "What Now My Love" (Gilbert Bécaud, Carl Sigman)
- "Fever" (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport)
- "Welcome to My World" (Jim Reeves)
- "Suspicious Minds" (Mark James)
- "Introductions By Elvis"
- "I'll Remember You" (Kui Lee)
- "Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (Otis Blackwell, Sunny David, William Johnson, Richard Penniman, Dub Williams)
- "An American Trilogy" (Mickey Newbury)
- "A Big Hunk O' Love" (Aaron Schroeder, Sidney Wyche)
- "Can't Help Falling in Love" (George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore)
The following tracks were recorded by Presley after the concert and inserted into the broadcast. They were not included in the original soundtrack album, but they appear on the 1998 cd re-issue.
- "Blue Hawaii" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin)
- "Ku-U-I-Po" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss)
- "No More" (Don Robertson, Hal Blair)
- "Hawaiian Wedding Song" (Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Charles King)
- "Early Morning Rain" (Gordon Lightfoot)
[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
| 1973 | Billboard Pop Albums | 1 |
[edit] References
- ^ ElvisPresley.com.au - Aloha from Hawaii
[edit] External links