This listing is for Elvis Presley - Aloha from Hawaii VHS Video Tape.  

Actors: Elvis Presley, James Burton (II), Jerry Scheff, Charlie Hodge, John Wilkinson

Directors: Gary Hovey, Marty Pasetta

Format: Color, Dolby, Original recording reissued, NTSC

Rated: NR (Not Rated) 

Number of tapes: 1

Studio: BMG Video

VHS Release Date: August 31, 1999

Run Time: 75 minutes

Fans still remember this ambitious 1973 network TV special as a zenith in Elvis Presley's performing career, punctuated by its extra-musical achievement as the first global satellite broadcast devoted to a single entertainer. Both the broadcast and its companion album captured the King in his most grandiose persona, fueled by Hollywood scale and Vegas glitz, as a caped pop superhero.

 He may have looked trim, but posthumous accounts (especially Peter Guralnick's Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley, the second volume in his definitive biography) confirm what a second look suggests--on this evening, Elvis was alternately overwhelmed and distracted, bravura renditions of signature songs (most triumphantly, the "American Trilogy" medley originated by Mickey Newbury) offset by less-focused readings. Fans may still savor a generous and diverse song list, but viewed beside Presley's earlier, more consistent performances (including a rehearsal the previous night, since released as The Alternate Aloha Concert), this legendary concert anticipates Presley's imminent decline.

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