ALOHA! (4K Ultra HD®- MAX-Q™) Version

Description

48 years ago, Elvis put on a concert for the world. Two days earlier he did a rehearsal concert that is now ready to be seen as it should be.

For the first time Ever, the complete Rehearsal Concert (Alternate Aloha) presented to you in Stunning 4K Ultra HD® (3840x2160) format that has also been REWORKED, RESTORED & REMASTERED using the new breakthrough MAX-Q™ Technology.

Also included in this package is a special edition of Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii (Up-Close & Personal) edition in 4K Ultra HD® (3840x2160) format, along with The Arrival (Complete & Uncut), and a special Bonus of all of the never before seen Hawaiian Interviews of Elvis.°

Here's What's Included In This Package

Elvis arrives and greets fans on January 9th, 1973, for the opening of the Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii television broadcast. Presented here for the first time is the complete, raw, uncut footage from that one-camera shoot now in 4K UHD® using the new MAX-Q™ Technology.

Next is the complete Rehearsal Concert (a.k.a. Alternate Aloha), filmed on January 12th, 1973, presented now for the first time in its complete, uncut form, REWORKED, RESTORED & REMASTERED using the new breakthrough MAX-Q™ Technology from scratch with remastered sound and in stunning 4K UHD®.

Then the special edition of the Original Broadcast, Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii Concert (Up-Close & Personal), on January 14th, 1973, presented now in its absolute entirety for the first time using MAX-Q™ Technology with remastered sound and in stunning 4K UHD®. Also, for the very first time, this is all on a high capacity USB VDRIVE™ device, that will Play on PCs, Laptops, DVD Players & TVs. Basically, it will Play on anything that has a USB port.

Finally, as a special Bonus, this ALOHA package includes all of the never before seen Hawaiian Interviews in their entirety. Including the never before seen & heard interview of Elvis on January 9, 1973.

As a Special Bonus in this Amazing package includes newly discovered, never before seen Super Rare Video Footage that has surfaced of Elvis in Hawaii showing video from Elvis' hotel suite when he was there in January, 1973 and then shows the drive from his hotel all the way to the stadiums back entrance. Then the video shows inside Elvis' dressing room and his walk backstage from the dressing room all the way to the stage. Amazing, Got To See Footage!

About ALOHA!

Elvis Presley makes television and entertainment history with his Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - Via Satellite special. Performed at the Honolulu International Center Arena on January 14, 1973, broadcast live at 12:30 AM Hawaiian time, beamed via Globecam Satellite to Australia, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, South Vietnam and other countries. It is seen on a delayed basis in around thirty European countries. A tape of the show will be seen in America on April 4th on NBC. The live broadcast in January attracts 37.8% of the viewers in Japan, 91.8% in the Philippines, 70% in Hong Kong, and 70-80% of the viewers in Korea. The April showing in America will attract 51% of the television viewing audience and will be seen in more American households than man s first walk on the moon. In all, it will be seen in about forty countries by one billion to 1.5 billion people. Elvis commissions an American Eagle design for his jumpsuit for this show, his patriotic message to his worldwide audience. Never has one performer held the world s attention in such a way. Elvis is in top form physically and vocally. This is probably the pinnacle of his superstardom, one of the all-time great moments of his career. Elvis was very, very nervous at first. Nobody else had ever done a satellite show before. He was the very first entertainer, ever, to do a satellite show.

It was very expansive to rent the satellite for one hour, so Colonel Parker went to NBC, because they owned the satellite, actually it was their recording company. So they cut the deal and it was the first one ever.

Elvis was a nervous wreck. But as he went along rehearsing, and enjoying Hawaii, he became very comfortable with it. The thing about it, when you go on a satellite show, you go on stage at a certain time and you got to get off at a certain time, otherwise, they will just cut you off, the satellite will cut you off after one hour. So the hardest part that Elvis was worried about, was to time it right.

But as we all know it went along perfectly. Joe Esposito was at the side of the stage while Elvis was performing with a flashlight and about ten minutes before the end time, he flashed the light to let Elvis know he had ten minutes left. It was an unbelievable performance, it was all for charity, and he was very comfortable when he walked on stage. He did a great job, looked fabulous. Can we ask for more?

A great singer, in a great location, great music and it's now part of history.

12 Jan 8.30pm International Centre, Honolulu, Hi
14 Jan 0.30am International Centre, Honolulu, Hi

Audience tickets for the January 14 concert and it's January 12 pre-broadcast rehearsal show carry no price. Each audience member is asked to pay whatever he or she can. The performances and concert merchandise sales are a benefit raising $75,000 for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund in Hawaii. (Kui Lee was a Hawaiian composer who had died of cancer while still in his thirties.)

Elvis arrived in Hawaii on January 9, 1973 and begun rehearsals at the Hawaiian Village Hotel while the Aloha set was being constructed.
These rehearsals lasted almost up to the first concert (The Alternate Aloha) on Friday January 12. The following night, at 12.30 a.m. January 14, Elvis took to the stage for the 'main event', Aloha From Hawaii, which was beamed via satellite around the world and seen in more than 40 countries by an estimated 1.5 billion people. More than $75,000 was raised for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund from voluntary donations on admission to each concert.

The magnitude of the event demanded Elvis step up to a new level and he did just that, performing at his vocal best with a power and feeling rarely matched in any other performance, or for that matter any other artist!

Aloha From Hawaii (the first live concert performance via satellite) was broadcast live to Asia and Australia, then on the following night to Europe. Aloha was not shown in the USA until April 4, when an expanded version was aired on NBC attracting 51% of the viewing audience.

Also included is the post concert 'insert song' session where Elvis recorded five songs ('No More' was not used) that were added to the expanded American TV broadcast. The original American broadcast version complete with the original bonus songs has been included for historical purposes.

This after-concert session was shot with two cameras. The positioning of the cameras – with Elvis off to one side or in a corner with lots of black background space – apparently was to accommodate and ease the construction of the montages of Elvis and Hawaiian scenery for the American special. A tricky thing to do, its seems, with the state of video production technology in 1973. For this USB VDRIVE™ package, all the black screen availability made it possible to present the complete tapes from both cameras on screen at once rather than assembling an edit from both. Here, for the very first time, are presented all takes of all five songs and all the other parts of the session that were captured on videotape, and there's no Hawaiian scenery.

This is the after-concert 'insert song' session in complete, uncut and uncensored form.

Blue Hawaii
Ku-U-I-Po - Take 1
Ku-U-I-Po - Take 2
Ku-U-I-Po - Take 3
No More - Attempted Take
No More - Take 1
No More - Take 2
Hawaiian Wedding Song - Take 1
Hawaiian Wedding Song - Take 2
Hawaiian Wedding Song - Take 3
Hawaiian Wedding Song - Take 4
Early Morning Rain

The Complete Performances

1. Elvis Arrives And Greets Fans

2. Also Sprach Zarathustra

3. See See Rider; Vamp\ See See Rider

4. Burning Love

5. Something

6. You Gave Me A Mountain

7. Steamroller Blues

8. My Way

9. Love Me

10. It's Over

11. Blue Suede Shoes

12. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

13. Hound Dog

14. What Now My Love

15. Fever

16. Welcome To My World

17. Suspicious Minds

18. Introductions By Elvis

19. I'll Remember You

20. An American Trilogy

21. A Big Hunk O' Love

22. Can't Help Falling In Love; Can't Help Falling In Love\ Vamp

23. Also Sprach Zarathustra; Also Sprach Zarathustra\ Vamp

24. See See Rider

25. Burning Love

26. Something

27. You Gave Me A Mountain

28. Steamroller Blues

29. My Way

30. Love Me

31. Johnny B. Goode

32. It's Over

33. Blue Suede Shoes

34. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

35. I Can't Stop Loving You

36. Hound Dog

37. What Now My Love

38. Fever

39. Welcome To My World

40. Suspicious Minds

41. Introductions By Elvis

42. I'll Remember You

43. Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

44. An American Trilogy

45. A Big Hunk O' Love

46. Can't Help Falling In Love

47. Vamp

48. Blue Hawaii

49. Ku-U-I-Po - Take 1

50. Ku-U-I-Po - Take 2

51. Ku-U-I-Po - Take 3

52. No More - Attempted Take

53. No More - Take 1

54. No More - Take 2

55. Hawaiian Wedding Song - Take 1

56. Hawaiian Wedding Song - Take 2

57. Hawaiian Wedding Song - Take 3

58. Hawaiian Wedding Song - Take 4

59. Early Morning Rain

60. Paradise, Hawaiian Style

61. Also Sprach Zarathustra

62. See See Rider

63. Burning Love

64. Something

65. You Gave Me A Mountain

66. Early Morning Rain

67. Steamroller Blues

68. My Way

69. Love Me

70. Johnny B. Goode

71. It's Over

72. Blue Suede Shoes

73. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

74. I Can't Stop Loving You

75. Hound Dog

76. Blue Hawaii

77. What Now My Love

78. Fever

79. Welcome To My World

80. Suspicious Minds

81. Introductions By Elvis

82. I'll Remember You

83. Hawaiian Wedding Song

84. Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

85. An American Trilogy

86. A Big Hunk O' Love

87. Can't Help Falling In Love

88. Credits

° The Rehearsal Concert, Up-Close & Personal concert and The Arrival are the only videos that are in 4K UHD® - MAX-Q™ format. The interviews are not.