Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe Edition) coming to streaming services August 11th

[JohanD]

I have enough official Aloha to last a lifetime... the only thing that is of interest for me now is the new mix (as on the FTD) on vinyl... that's all....

[JeroenNL]

'Steamroller' - from the main show - that was just dropped through streaming is the same mix as on FTD by Matt Ross-Spang.

From the publicity statement: "The 50th anniversary edition of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite is produced by Ernst Jørgensen and newly mixed by Grammy® Award-winning recording engineer Matt-Ross Spang."

That seems to suggest that on this set, we also get the alternate show in a new mix by Matt. On the FTD release the alternate show was in the same mix as on the Legacy release from 2013.

[Mona Lisa]

'Steamroller' - from the main show - that was just dropped through streaming is the same mix as on FTD by Matt Ross-Spang.

From the publicity statement: "The 50th anniversary edition of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite is produced by Ernst Jørgensen and newly mixed by Grammy Award-winning recording engineer Matt-Ross Spang."

That seems to suggest that on this set, we also get the alternate show in a new mix by Matt. On the FTD release the alternate show was in the same mix as on the Legacy release from 2013.

Yes it says on elvis music link above.... Both shows....

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[emjel]

Thanks emjel, but on elvisthemusic it says the rehearsal show was remixed/remastered.
https://www.elvisthemusic.com/elvis-presleys-aloha-from-hawaii-via-satellite-50th-anniversary-edition-out-august-11-2023/

Well I reckon it’s open to interpretation just like a lot of the other stuff in that marketing blurb. It states "The 50th anniversary edition of Elvis Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite --is newly remixed and remastered for the occasion". But are they talking about everything or just the original album because it is that original album ‘ Elvis Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite’ that is really the 50th Anniversary. But I guess we will just have to wait for full clarification.

[Rockin_John]

I wonder if, after all this, the bluray will get a standalone release later in the year.

Yup, with some bits not on the first release

[Fabbe]

I am very happy the general public will be able to enjoy the new mix for the main show. The BR disc will be a transfer of previous releases, I presume. Any improvements on video quality would require, according to me, some heavy work and the implementation of generative technologies powered by AI.

[ElSandro68]

That seems to suggest that on this set, we also get the alternate show in a new mix by Matt. On the FTD release the alternate show was in the same mix as on the Legacy release from 2013.

I wouldn't count on that. Bear-Family

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[RKSNASHVILLE]

From the 'Elvis the Music' page:

50th Anniversary Edition of Elvis Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite includes 3 Newly Remixed and Remastered Discs (Full Original Concert, "Dress Rehearsal" Concert, US Broadcast Bonus Tracks) + First-Ever Release of Elvis' Groundbreaking 1973 Global Satellite Concert on Blu-ray

Shopgraceland has it available for pre-oreder for $54.98.



RKS

[ElSandro68]

I see, but that's only on the Legacy website.
Legacy

On the Elvismusic website and on the Gracelandshop website they say "This 3CD + Blu-ray 50th anniversary package contains: CD 1 - newly remixed version of the original full-length TV broadcast concert, CD 2 - Rehearsal show, CD 3 - Complete after-show bonus song performances, and Blu-ray - Elvis Aloha from Hawaii concert + rehearsal concert + bonus songs".
Elvisthemusic-Shop
Graceland-Shop

Anyway, we will see.

[shiatsujake]

If you're getting the vinyl,they should be adding the bluray,right?

[EAP 35]

Get it here for $17.49 or 16 euros + shipping.
https://imusic.co/music/0196588019524/elvis-presley-2023-aloha-from-hawaii-via-satellite-cd

[pmp]

Do we know if the August 11, 2023 date is also the release date of the physical products as well?

Impossible to tell after the EOT fiasco.

According to the press release, the physical releases are coming out the same day. Both the CD / Blu Ray and the vinyl are already up for preorder on Amazon.com

https://www.elvisthemusic.com/elvis-presleys-aloha-from-hawaii-via-satellite-50th-anniversary-edition-out-august-11-2023/

You just gotta laugh at the usual embellishments within that press release. As for the Aloha album being his fastest selling number 1 album, that’s questionable - it was released early February ‘73 and took just over 12 weeks to hit the top spot at the beginning of May ‘73. Roustabout released toward end of October ‘64 took just over 10 weeks. Both remained at the top spot for just one week.

Why have you gotta laugh? Hey its the king in Hawaii...

Great stuff!

Incredible concert....

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Don’t bother with him. He comes on here 98% of the time to either talk about economics and what people buy or don’t buy and to chip away the shine of Elvis. Mostly the latter. And if you say anything negative about the almighty Beatles he shows a bit of passion finally. Lol

I bet that marketing blurb really excited you and gave you goosebumps all over.

You see, I’d prefer to live in a world of reality than live in some kind of la la land like you appear to do. I don’t know why you have to cling on to some of this elevated stuff that gets put out, unless of course you need to believe it to make you feel better when you find the need to boast and elevate Elvis’ achievements to others.

I mean who makes up this stuff when writing these things - "Recorded live on January 12 and 14, 1973 at the Honolulu International Center Arena (capacity approximately 6000) and beamed into an estimated billion-plus television sets around the world, Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite made a new kind of broadcast history as Elvis and emerging global satellite technology instantaneously connected a major artist with his audience".

According to this blurb, two shows were recorded live and beamed into an estimated billion-plus televisions around the world. So how were they or should that be, how was it beamed live to one billion TVs around the world when it was only shown in the Pacific region of the world at the time of the show , with much of that population in the region not even owning TVs.

What kind of broadcasting history was made, when this kind of thing was done 6 years earlier and not with just one satellite like Aloha, but four satellites to get to a proper global audience.

As for the bit about coming on here to chip away at the shine of Elvis, do you seriously believe that my few comments on here would have such an affect. And are you really that worried? But then I guess you are otherwise you wouldn’t be telling someone to ignore me.

Ahh but you see it doesn’t really bother me one way or the other but it clearly bothers you, hence my point!

So accuracy about Elvis's career doesn't bother you? Surely as a fan it should be something you care about.

So what is your guess of how many people actually watched aloha? A million? Half a million? 100,000? Would that make you sleep better at night?

How much it really was is immaterial. We know what it WASN'T. But it's telling you avoided the question I asked you.

[elvis-fan]

'Steamroller' - from the main show - that was just dropped through streaming is the same mix as on FTD by Matt Ross-Spang.

From the publicity statement: "The 50th anniversary edition of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite is produced by Ernst Jørgensen and newly mixed by Grammy® Award-winning recording engineer Matt-Ross Spang."

That seems to suggest that on this set, we also get the alternate show in a new mix by Matt. On the FTD release the alternate show was in the same mix as on the Legacy release from 2013.

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Do you know how many ways there are to interpret what you read in the bible?

Regardless, I hope what they wrote is correct... but I seriously doubt it. What they wrote on the Graceland site is more likely reality...

I'm not buying a rehash of the 2004 DVD set without any attempt to upgrade the footage... which is what they're going to give us. At least when WB rereleased Elvis On Tour they made an attempt to upgrade the footage (I realize its film)... but with today's technology there are ways to improve video footage... it's already been proven. Sony has pulled some real head-scratchers this year...

[Mona Lisa]

'Steamroller' - from the main show - that was just dropped through streaming is the same mix as on FTD by Matt Ross-Spang.

From the publicity statement: "The 50th anniversary edition of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite is produced by Ernst Jørgensen and newly mixed by Grammy Award-winning recording engineer Matt-Ross Spang."

That seems to suggest that on this set, we also get the alternate show in a new mix by Matt. On the FTD release the alternate show was in the same mix as on the Legacy release from 2013.

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Do you know how many ways there are to interpret what you read in the bible?

Regardless, I hope what they wrote is correct... but I seriously doubt it. What they wrote on the Graceland site is more likely reality...

I'm not buying a rehash of the 2004 DVD set without any attempt to upgrade the footage... which is what they're going to give us. At least when WB rereleased Elvis On Tour they made an attempt to upgrade the footage (I realize its film)... but with today's technology there are ways to improve video footage... it's already been proven. Sony has pulled some real head-scratchers this year...

The concert is being offered in Blu-ray format!

Looking forward to that....

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[elvis-fan]

'Steamroller' - from the main show - that was just dropped through streaming is the same mix as on FTD by Matt Ross-Spang.

From the publicity statement: "The 50th anniversary edition of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite is produced by Ernst Jørgensen and newly mixed by Grammy Award-winning recording engineer Matt-Ross Spang."

That seems to suggest that on this set, we also get the alternate show in a new mix by Matt. On the FTD release the alternate show was in the same mix as on the Legacy release from 2013.

.
Do you know how many ways there are to interpret what you read in the bible?

Regardless, I hope what they wrote is correct... but I seriously doubt it. What they wrote on the Graceland site is more likely reality...

I'm not buying a rehash of the 2004 DVD set without any attempt to upgrade the footage... which is what they're going to give us. At least when WB rereleased Elvis On Tour they made an attempt to upgrade the footage (I realize its film)... but with today's technology there are ways to improve video footage... it's already been proven. Sony has pulled some real head-scratchers this year...

The concert is being offered in Blu-ray format!

Looking forward to that....

Why wouldn't you be?

[L Ray]

Please correct me if I’m wrong. The 68 Blu-ray never got a separate release so there is no reason that Aloha would get one either.

[pmp]

'Steamroller' - from the main show - that was just dropped through streaming is the same mix as on FTD by Matt Ross-Spang.

From the publicity statement: "The 50th anniversary edition of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite is produced by Ernst Jørgensen and newly mixed by Grammy Award-winning recording engineer Matt-Ross Spang."

That seems to suggest that on this set, we also get the alternate show in a new mix by Matt. On the FTD release the alternate show was in the same mix as on the Legacy release from 2013.

.
Do you know how many ways there are to interpret what you read in the bible?

Regardless, I hope what they wrote is correct... but I seriously doubt it. What they wrote on the Graceland site is more likely reality...

I'm not buying a rehash of the 2004 DVD set without any attempt to upgrade the footage... which is what they're going to give us. At least when WB rereleased Elvis On Tour they made an attempt to upgrade the footage (I realize its film)... but with today's technology there are ways to improve video footage... it's already been proven. Sony has pulled some real head-scratchers this year...

The concert is being offered in Blu-ray format!

Looking forward to that....

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But this is from a videotape not film, and so any upgrade in picture quality will be minimal.

[Mona Lisa]

'Steamroller' - from the main show - that was just dropped through streaming is the same mix as on FTD by Matt Ross-Spang.

From the publicity statement: "The 50th anniversary edition of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite is produced by Ernst Jørgensen and newly mixed by Grammy Award-winning recording engineer Matt-Ross Spang."

That seems to suggest that on this set, we also get the alternate show in a new mix by Matt. On the FTD release the alternate show was in the same mix as on the Legacy release from 2013.

.
Do you know how many ways there are to interpret what you read in the bible?

Regardless, I hope what they wrote is correct... but I seriously doubt it. What they wrote on the Graceland site is more likely reality...

I'm not buying a rehash of the 2004 DVD set without any attempt to upgrade the footage... which is what they're going to give us. At least when WB rereleased Elvis On Tour they made an attempt to upgrade the footage (I realize its film)... but with today's technology there are ways to improve video footage... it's already been proven. Sony has pulled some real head-scratchers this year...

The concert is being offered in Blu-ray format!

Looking forward to that....

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But this is from a videotape not film, and so any upgrade in picture quality will be minimal.

Everyone knows that. Minimal improvement but some improvement. And as with all blu-rays, the sound is better....

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[XDFK]

I haven't translated everything on this forum and I just have two questions:
The double LP which will be released in August 2023 will contain the complete concert of January 14, 1973. It will not be a mix of the 3 CDs like for the Elvis On Tour because we do not have the tracklist for the double LP.
My second question is this:
The concert on the double lp is remixed by Matt Ross Spang. Isn't this a 2013 reissue? Because I did not buy the FTD and I intend to buy the double LP.
Thank you for your answers please.

[lucio]

Get it here for $17.49 or 16 euros + shipping.
https://imusic.co/music/0196588019524/elvis-presley-2023-aloha-from-hawaii-via-satellite-cd

Thanks very much for this link. Just bought a couple of copies of this 4 disc set for a friend and myself. With shipping to Canada it works out to less than $30 Canadian each.

All of you upset about this release should pick it up from this imusic site EAP 35 kindly shared with us.

$17.49 US is a bargain even if only for the bluray addition. If the rehearsal is remixed then a bonus.

[ForeverElvis]

Goldmine magazine

https://www.goldminemag.com/.amp/news/elvis-aloha-from-hawaii-via-satellite-gets-beamed-down-for-its-50th

The PR push will put Elvis in the spotlight again this year. Something the FTD release couldn’t do.

As a longtime fan, 50+ years, I bought FTD’s Aloha, it is disappointing that I’ll be buying it again to get Aloha on BluRay. But, out in the mainstream the Aloha FTD wasn’t known about, so I’m pleased Elvis will be getting a lot of exposure again.

Sony is in the business of selling Elvis to the masses, of course they are going to take advantage of the anniversary of one of Elvis most well known projects.


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Goldmine Magazine June 9, 2023


Elvis' 'Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite' gets beamed down for its 50th

The definitive 50th anniversary edition of Elvis Presley's monumental 'Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite' will be released on Friday, August 11.

By Goldmine Staff

June 9, 2023-New York-RCA Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release the definitive 50th anniversary edition of Elvis Presley's monumental Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite record-setting global concert telecast/double live album on Friday, August 11.

The 50th anniversary edition of Elvis Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite -- newly remixed and remastered for the occasion -- will be available in a 3CD + Blu-ray combined package as well as in 2LP and digital configurations and may be pre-ordered HERE.

For a first taste of the RCA/Legacy 50th anniversary edition of Aloha from Hawaii, check out Elvis' sizzling live interpretation of James Taylor's "Steamroller Blues" on DSPs today LISTEN HERE.

Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis will present "Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii 50th Anniversary Concert" on August 16, 2023 as part of Elvis Week 2023. In addition, earlier that day, Sony will present a free Aloha from Hawaii Q&A and Listening Event at the Guest House Theater at 1:00 pm. Tickets for the concert and free listening event are available at ElvisWeek.com.

Recorded live on January 12 and 14, 1973 at the Honolulu International Center Arena (capacity approximately 6000) and beamed into an estimated billion-plus television sets around the world, Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite made a new kind of broadcast history as Elvis and emerging global satellite technology instantaneously connected a major artist with his audience in previously unprecedented numbers. Initially, Elvis' January 14th concert was telecast live via satellite to viewers in Asia and Oceania and presented with a delay in January in Europe. Needing to avoid a programming conflict with Super Bowl VII while also acknowledging that the film "Elvis on Tour" was enjoying an actively successful run in US movie theaters, NBC decided to air their ninety-minute version of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite (featuring bonus performances recorded for the stateside broadcast) on April 4, 1973. Aloha from Hawaii became NBC's highest-rated program of the year.

Feeling the heat from the Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite global telecast, RCA Records fast-tracked a companion double album soundtrack into production with first pressings hitting US stores on February 4, 1973. The album was Elvis' first #1 in years, peaking at #1 on the Billboard pop and country charts, becoming the fastest-selling chart-topping album of Elvis' career.

The 50th anniversary edition of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite is produced by Ernst Jørgensen and newly mixed by Grammy Award-winning recording engineer Matt-Ross Spang. The set includes the original concert, rehearsal show and unique after-show recordings and rehearsals including "Blue Hawaii," "Hawaiian Wedding Song," "No More" and "Early Morning Rain." The deluxe set includes a 28-page booklet featuring in-depth liner notes penned by lifelong Elvis fan/respected music critic Randy Lewis, rare photos and memorabilia from the event, and the first-ever visual release of Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite on Blu-ray.

Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite is the apogee of an astounding career trajectory that began with Elvis' return to live performance in 1968 with an electrifying "comeback" television special that restored him to pop dominance after a seven year hiatus from the concert stage. By 1973, Elvis was a living legend whose status as the world's first atomic-powered singer in the 1950s had evolved into movie stardom before his return to live performance generated a new iconography of Elvis. His watershed global telecast was the first full-length concert by any musician to be beamed around the world over communications satellites newly orbiting the earth in ever increasing numbers. A half century later, the live album and concert film from that performance are perhaps the most revelatory documents of the live shows that Elvis poured so much of his heart and soul into during the 1970s.

The 50th anniversary edition of Elvis Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite presents, for the first time in one authorized package, the entirety of the original January 14, 1973 performance, the previous night's dress rehearsal with a live audience (recorded in case of technical mishaps during the satellite transmission), several bonus tracks inserted into the US broadcast of the event and a Blu-ray transfer of the concert film.

Archival producer Ernst Mikael Jørgensen and Memphis-based recording engineer Matt Ross-Spang have fully remixed the album from the original 16-track live recordings—first captured on tape by esteemed mobile engineer Wally Heider and newly digitized for this release with audiophile 24-bit, 192 KHz transfers--to bring fans a fresh listen to what, for many, is the most treasured performance of Elvis' latter-day years on the road. "To me," Jørgensen said, "that is the biggest thing: [this album] never sounded this good and Elvis never sounded this good."

In the four and a half years between the '68 special and Aloha from Hawaii, Elvis woodshedded his act with a rigorous series of live performances—over 500--in which he re-asserted the role he'd established in the '50s as one of the most electrifying performers of his generation.

Both in Las Vegas and on tour to various parts of the United States, Presley refined and expanded his mastery of musical interpretation of songs long associated with him, while also putting his distinctive stamp on classic and more recent material first popularized by artists as beloved as The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, James Taylor, Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Jim Reeves and Hawaii's own Kuiokalani "Kui" Lee.

The Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite program was produced and directed by television veteran Marty Pasetta, who'd done specials for Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Glen Campbell and had experience in Hawaii with Don Ho. Pasetta employed split screen techniques and quick cuts to mirror the energy Elvis & Co. put out on stage. The telecast also regularly offered extreme close-ups bringing viewers into contact with Elvis with an intimacy that even those in the audience didn't have.


Elvis Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite - 50th Anniversary Edition (3 discs + Blu-ray)

Disc 1: Recorded live at the Honolulu International Center Arena January 14, 1973, 12:30 AM.

1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey)
2. See See Rider
3. Burning Love
4. Something
5. You Gave Me A Mountain
6. Steamroller Blues
7. My Way
8. Love Me
9. Johnny B. Goode
10. It's Over
11. Blue Suede Shoes
12. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
13. I Can't Stop Loving You
14. Hound Dog
15. What Now My Love
16. Fever
17. Welcome To My World
18. Suspicious Minds
19. Introductions by Elvis
20. I'll Remember You
21. Medley: Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
22. An American Trilogy
23. A Big Hunk O' Love
24. Can't Help Falling In Love
25. Closing Vamp

Disc 2: Recorded live at the Honolulu International Center Arena, January 12, 1973, 9:00 PM.

1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme From 2001: A Space Odyssey)
2. See See Rider
3. Burning Love
4. Something
5. You Gave Me A Mountain
6. Steamroller Blues
7. My Way
8. Love Me
9. It's Over
10. Blue Suede Shoes
11. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
12. Hound Dog
13. What Now My Love
14. Fever
15. Welcome To My World
16. Suspicious Minds
17. Introductions by Elvis
18. I'll Remember You
19. An American Trilogy
20. A Big Hunk O' Love
21. Can't Help Falling In Love
22. Closing Vamp

Disc 3: Recorded without an audience at the Honolulu International Center Arena, January 14, 1973, 3:00 AM, as special bonus songs for the U.S. version of ALOHA FROM HAWAII.

1. Blue Hawaii -rehearsal, takes 1-2
2. Ku-U-I-Po – rehearsal
3. Ku-U-I-Po – take 1
4. Ku-U-I-Po - take 2 (incomplete)
5. Ku-U-I-Po - take 3 (incomplete)
6. Ku-U-I-Po – take 4
7. No More – take 1
8. No More – take 2
9. No More - take 3
10. No More – take 4
11. Hawaiian Wedding Song – take 1
12. Hawaiian Wedding Song – rehearsal
13. Hawaiian Wedding Song - take 2
14. Hawaiian Wedding Song –take 3
15. Early Morning Rain – take 1
16. Early Morning Rain – take 2

MUSICIANS:
Guitar: James Burton
Guitar: John Wilkinson
Guitar & Vocals: Charlie Hodge
Bass: Jerry Scheff
Drums: Ronnie Tutt
Piano: Glen D. Hardin
Vocals: J.D. Sumner & The Stamps
Vocals: The Sweet Inspirations
Vocals: Kathy Westmoreland
The Joe Guercio Orchestra

[YDKM]

Well this is getting quite ridiculous for me. I am not saying I will not buy it, but I am saying I will wait and see what reactions are to the sound, same as I did before eventually buying the Masison Square Garden set.

[Christopher Brown]

The price is ridiculously cheap on pre-order to Canada, and I'm glad I didn't spring for the FTD release. Sometimes!

[emjel]

Goldmine magazine

https://www.goldminemag.com/.amp/news/elvis-aloha-from-hawaii-via-satellite-gets-beamed-down-for-its-50th

The PR push will put Elvis in the spotlight again this year. Something the FTD release couldn’t do.

Every release that Sony puts out on mainstream gets this kind of marketing blurb for the mags to use - we got it with Elvis on Tour and previous releases like From Elvis in Nashville, but they didn’t put Elvis in the spotlight as such and I doubt this will either. In fact with a now fragmented market because many fans have bought the FTD release, and the fact that many of the songs are duplicated again from the recent On Tour set, this is likely to be get the lowest sales of physical product in the last 24 months.

[rgray_69]

Put my order in at imusic. Hopefully they are a legitimate site and they ship it for that price.