Aloha Sayonara - Honolulu Mountain Daffodils

Advantages: Ful concert plus bonues songs, amazing permormance, great sound quality
Disadvantages: None!

...On the 14th January 1973, Elvis Presley gave a show at the Honolulu International Centre (in aid of the 'Kui Lee Cancer Fund', that would be beamed around the world, via satellite. It was seen by nearly one and a half BILLION people. The show in which Elvis threw his 1000$ cape into the crowd. This cd included every song recoreded live from the concert and there are also the additional songs recorded for the american version e.g. Ku-u-i-po and Hawaain Wedding song. The sound quality is also excellent, especially considering how old the recording is and the sound is first class. The digital remasterers earned their fee with this one. My view: Simply brilliant! It is an absolute pleasure to be able to listen to one of the greatest talents ever to walk the earth in his prime. I have never seen anything that is even comparable to this... 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: Pure Elvis (the first live global satellite broadcast in history !)
Disadvantages: None what so ever !

...was away making the movies that he had been contracted to complete. By 1973 Elvis's popularity was reaching new heights and he was asked to perform in a charity concert in Hawaii. The concert named 'Aloha from Hawaii' was performed in front of a packed audience and beamed out by satellite to billions of homes worldwide on January 14th 1973.(The concert actually received more viewings than Neil Armstrong's moon landing.) Elvis had already started wearing his famous white stage costumes which he is usually remembered for,but usually as fat and unattractive in a tight white suit, sorry none of that, Elvis was looking good. The white suit that he wore is remembered by fans as the 'Eagle Suit' and he also wore a matching cape. At this time he also had his personal problems, he had seperated from his wife Priscilla and his health problems were just... Read review

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