Customer Reviews

Aloha From Hawaii

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It is a great album but do not buy it.

Instead purchase: Elvis Aloha From Hawaii 25th Anniversary Edition

It has remastered sound, added tracks and added speaking parts by Elvis to the audience.

I would only give this origal disc 3 stars due to sound quality.

Elvis is by far the greatest artist of all time and I am a huge fan owning most of his material but this album is not as good as people make it out to be.In many of the songs he sounds bored and lethargic and much of his passion is lost.The problem with the 70's is you have to sift through live and studio cuts to find gems.Elvis's true artistry was displayed in the 50's and when he came out of the army.Then he started to waver with sub standard material from the films.He redeemed himself with the 1968 comeback special where he sang some of his classic Sun and RCA songs better than he did originally,his voice more gravely and bluesy.From then on his recordings ranged from sheer brilliance to ghastly pap.Research before you buy because RCA will release anything that moves or doesn't move in order to see dollar signs.The colonel would be a Proud Mary.

I have always liked this album, but I recommend that you buy the newer version with extra tracks and dialogue added. As it is, this is still a great live Elvis performance from 1973. The set is 22 songs long, and also features the traditional "Also Sprach Zarathustra" introduction and a track of Elvis making introductions of the band. Standouts here are led by the best version of "I Can't Stop Loving You" in history: the vocals are powerful, and the band is in top shape, with particular kudos going to the drums and horns. Also strong are "Burning Love," "Steamroller Blues" (even though it's tongue-in-cheek, it's still great), and "A Big Hunk O' Love," which Elvis introduces by saying simply "Big Hunk," a line that always makes me laugh. On the down side is the simply appalling version of "Hound Dog" featuring guitar work that is reminiscent of an unpleasant pre-disco funk that does not compliment the song in the least.

This is a great CD overall, but I would look out for the newer release with more material for essentially the same price. Elvis fans will love this performance, and overall I give it four stars.

Of all the live ELVIS concert albums, this has got to be considered the best. The song selection was magnificent and Elvis does them all with a special flavor which was his and his alone. Close rivals to this album was the LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN & THE '68 COMEBACK SPECIAL,but neither of these approaches the scope of the ALOHA special. To me, the defining song it this album was AMERICAN TRILOGY and, of course, my all time favorite, his closing CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE. Never a better locale for that song than Hawaii itself..from whence the song was an integral part of the BLUE HAWAII soundtrack.

THIS IS A VERY GOOD ALBUM OF ELVIS. I RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE WHO LIKES ELVIS!

This is one of the recordings that I have always had around. I bought my first copy from the RCA record club when I was about 12. It was this LP that first introduced me to Southern Gospel. J.D. Sumner and the stamps Quartet lifted this style of music to the stars with their hard driving harmony.
The crowning moment of this concert was "American Trilogy." I really don't think there are any pop singers around these days that would have the back bone to perform this kind of music in public: religous music mixed with a good measure of southern folk music thrown in! Purely controversial...LOL

Loved the CD, however at the end of it are some bonus tracks of Hawaii tunes that are not on the original soundtrack that I recall from years ago. Makes me kind of wonder if it is an original CD but overall, still quite pleased with it.

Fast shipping and courteous merchant!

Two thumbs up!

I ordered this as a gift and had it delivered to the recipient. They were thrilled with the merchandise. Delivery was fast and item in perfect condition. My friend said they thoroughly enjoyed both the CD and the Video.

The CD was recieved quickly and was brand new as advertised. I'm totally satisfied with the product and the service.

Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite released a year after Elvis at MSG,was probably pointless to release. Who needs a live album two years in a row? Aloha from Hawaii is a much better album that the previous live album from Elvis. The set is considerably different, with very little 50's music making it into the set. A few songs are performed very poorly like Hound Dog, but the majority of the album is enjoyable.