PAL/NTSC Elvis, Aloha from Hawaii is a two-disc set featuring all the performance material formally shot in conjunction with Elvis' 'Aloha from Hawaii' television special - an historic concert event seen in more than 40 countries by 1.5 billion people when it initially aired in 1973. The original American broadcast version of the show is included for historical context.
The DVD set features the complete concert that was adapted for that special and the complete rehearsal concert performed two days before. Both concerts are presented with newly re-mastered sound and picture and are being released in their complete, uncut form for the first time.
Also included is the raw, uncut footage shot for the 'Elvis arrives' sequence of the special's original opening and the raw, uncut performance footage of songs recorded for the after-show session that Elvis taped as a resource of extra material for the American broadcast.
Disc 1 (running time: 02:18:27)
Elvis arrives and greets fans - 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.
Rehearsal concert - January 12th, 1973 - presented here for the first time in its complete, uncut form, re-edited from scratch with remastered sound and picture.
Elvis, Aloha from Hawaii concert - January 14th, 1973 - presented here in its absolute entirety for the first time since the initial satellite transmissions and for the very first time on a DVD or home video release, re-edited from scratch with remastered sound and picture.
Chapter 1: Elvis Arrives and Greets Fans [January 9, 1973]
Chapter 3: Elvis, Aloha from Hawaii Concert [January 14, 1973] (24 tracks)
Disc 2 (running time: 01:43:39)
Post-concert 'Insert' songs session - January 14th, 1973. This after-concert session has Elvis and the band returning to the empty arena to tape five additional songs to be used for the expanded version of the show, as it would be seen on American television. Here, for the very first time, is that session in complete, uncut and uncensored form.
Elvis, Aloha from Hawaii NBC TV Special - April 4, 1973, Broadcast Version Sans the commercials and most of the TV announcer bumpers interrupting it, this is how America first saw Elvis, Aloha from Hawaii on television.