Aloha From Saturn - Pawnshop

Advantages: The King At His Best
Disadvantages: None

...When I heard that Aloha was going to be reedited I was a little bit skeptical. However I can confirm that the job that Elvis Presley Enterprises has done is superb. We get 2 discs packed full of features, you get 17 minutes of Elvis arriving in Hawaii on the 9th January. It is nice to see the King interacting with the asembled crowds. We then get the rehearsal concert and the main concert reedited from scratch will all new camera angles and improved sound. Let me tell you it is like watching a new concert. Disc 2 starts with all the takes of the extra song elvis recorded for insertion into the American broadcast of the show. We see a very tired but extremely professional Elvis doing his best to get the job done. The disc ends with the original broadcast as it was seen in America in April 1973. A very nice touch. If anyone has any... Read review

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Advantages: Some great songs from the world's greatest performer
Disadvantages: None

...ALOHA FROM HAWAII is the soundtrack CD for the television special Elvis made in January 1973. The show was the first ever music concert broadcast live around the world via satellite, and was watched by an audience of over 1 billion people. The show was a fund-raising benefit to raise money for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund and amazingly the event raised over 3 times the estimate, making $75,000 for the fund. Although this sounds small for an event of this kind in this day and age, in 1973 this was a huge sum, and very surprising. The 25th anniversary CD features the full concert from 14 January 1973, and in addition it features a bonus 5 songs Elvis recorded after the concert, which were added to the US broadcast version of the show. At this time in his live shows Elvis was including an awful lot of chat in addition to his songs, much... Read review

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Advantages: catchy songs
Disadvantages: all the songs being about gavin rossdale

...the latest release from gwen and the lads from no doubt is definatley no disappointment. although once you start looking deeper into the meanings of the lyrics it gets a bit boring hearing about gwen's ex. but nonetheless the songs are still catchy and easy to listen to, you'll soon be singing these songs all day. the best song on the album has to be new, its fairly slow but still has good lyrics and excellent music, as do most of the songs. there are a fewdisappointments such as can't stop staring, which begin to get a little irritating. maybe not as good as tragic kingdom but return of saturn is definatley worth a few listens.... Read review

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