Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite (album)
| Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite | ||||
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| Live album by Elvis Presley | ||||
| Released | February 4, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | January 14, 1973 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop | |||
| Length | 62:48 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Producer | Joan Deary, Marty Pasetta | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| MusicHound |  [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
| Rough Guides | [4] |
Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite is a live concert album by Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records in February 1973 and peaked at #1 on the Billboard chart in the spring of the same year. Despite the satellite innovation, the US did not air the concert until April 4. Aloha from Hawaii (which was a worldwide ratings smash) went to #1 on the Billboard album chart.[5] The album dominated the charts, reaching #1 in both the pop and country charts in the US.
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, which contained one album each of studio and concert recordings). It was initially released only in quadraphonic sound, becoming the first album in the format to top the Billboard album chart.
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. The album also omits Presley's brief announcement concerning the concert being presented for the benefit of the Kui Lee Cancer Fund.
The album was certified gold on February 13, 1973, platinum and 2x platinum on May 20, 1988, 3x platinum on July 15, 1999, and 5x platinum on August 1, 2002, by the RIAA.On April 15, 2016 the BPI certified the album Silver for sales of 60,000 units.
This is the final 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).
Track listing
Original LP release
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Also Sprach Zarathustra" | Richard Strauss | 1:11 |
| 2. | "See See Rider" | Traditional | 2:27 |
| 3. | "Burning Love" | Dennis Linde | 3:09 |
| 4. | "Something" | George Harrison | 3:28 |
| 5. | "You Gave Me a Mountain" | Marty Robbins | 3:15 |
| 6. | "Steamroller Blues" | James Taylor | 3:04 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "My Way" | Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Paul Anka | 3:58 |
| 2. | "Love Me" | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 1:53 |
| 3. | "Johnny B. Goode" | Chuck Berry | 1:42 |
| 4. | "It's Over" | Jimmie Rodgers | 2:08 |
| 5. | "Blue Suede Shoes" | Carl Perkins | 1:15 |
| 6. | "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" | Hank Williams | 2:15 |
| 7. | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Don Gibson | 2:25 |
| 8. | "Hound Dog" | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 0:55 |
| Side three | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "What Now My Love" | Gilbert Bécaud, Carl Sigman | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Fever" | Eddie Cooley, John Davenport | 2:47 |
| 3. | "Welcome to My World" | John Hathcock, Ray Winkler | 1:53 |
| 4. | "Suspicious Minds" | Mark James | 4:26 |
| 5. | "Introductions by Elvis" | — | 1:41 |
| Side four | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "I'll Remember You" | Kui Lee | 2:33 |
| 2. | "Long Tall Sally" / "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" | Robert Blackwell, Sunny David, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman, Dub Williams | 2:08 |
| 3. | "An American Trilogy" | Mickey Newbury | 4:31 |
| 4. | "A Big Hunk O' Love" | Aaron Schroeder, Sidney Wyche | 1:56 |
| 5. | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore | 2:54 |
CD reissue
The following tracks were recorded by Presley after the concert and inserted into the broadcast with the exception of "No More", which remained unheard until 1978's Mahalo from Elvis. They were not included in the original soundtrack album, but they appear on the 1998 CD reissue.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blue Hawaii" | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | 7:55 |
| 2. | "Ku-U-I-Po" | Weiss, Peretti, Creatore | 1:55 |
| 3. | "No More" | Don Robertson, Hal Blair | 7:26 |
| 4. | "Hawaiian Wedding Song" | Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Charles King | 1:56 |
| 5. | "Early Morning Rain" | Gordon Lightfoot | 2:54 |
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Billboard Pop Albums | 1 |
| 1973 | Dutch Albums Charts[6] | 38 |
| 1973 | Germany Albums Chart | 38 |
| 1973 | Norway Albums Top 40 Chart | 7 |
| Preceded by The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd |
Billboard 200 number-one album May 5–11, 1973 |
Succeeded by Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin |
See also
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 892. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
- ↑ "Elvis Presley: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ Simpson, Paul (2004). The Rough Guide to Elvis. London: Rough Guides. p. 148. ISBN 1-84353-417-7.
- ↑ ElvisPresley.com.au - Aloha from Hawaii
- ↑ Dutch Charts - Aloha from Hawaii via satellite
External links
- VPSX-6089 Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite Guide part of the The Elvis Presley Record Research Database
