Rare Broadcasts (+DVD) - Elvis Presley

Advantages: The King At His Best
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...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: Great Songs, Great Sound!
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...I loved this album! Elvis by the Presleys is a must-have! I love Elvis, but why should I buy this album? I also have a son/daughter who wants to get into Elvis, would this be the right album to buy? Yes, definately! You should buy this album for your son/daughter and yourself as this album is comprised of some of Elvis' best and inspirational songs! You won't regret buying this album, trust me! OK, so what songs ARE on there? There are some great songs on this brilliant album, songs like: If I Can Dream (which was made a duet with a very real Celine Dion and a digitally placed Elvis on the stage of American Idol on the show's chairty special: Idol Gives Back),Bridge Over Troubled Water, Suspicious Minds, My Way, Jailhouse Rock and A Little Less Conversation. How's the quality of the tracks? Darn tootin' good! The songs really come... Read review

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