Friday, April 13, 2012

April 13 - Greatest Hawiian Charts

The Golden Stars budget label released a 65 track compilation simply entitled "65 Greatest Hits".


Early Hawaii 


Release date 'Blue Hawaii, The Expanded Alternate Album' will be released sooner. While other labels are post poning their release, MRS announces that, just like 'Such a Night', the new release 'Blue Hawaii' will be released sooner as planned. The CD is an expanded edition of the original soundtrack album ‘Blue Hawaii’ originally released in 1961. It contains many previously unreleased out-takes and alternate versions of the soundtrack recording including Elvis’ number 1 hit, ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’. As a bonus, the CD is accompanied by a 40 page book containing many rare and unpublished photographs taken on and off the set of ‘Blue Hawaii’.


Charts


The Billboard Album charts and sales for the Billboard Catalog Album Charts for the week ending April 21, 2012.
  • 'An Afternoon In The Garden' selling 2758 copies. Total sales to date: 455335 copies.
  • 'Elvis: The Very Best Of Love' selling 2574 copies. Total sales to date: 255,757 copies.
  • 'Elvis Rock' (Compilation) selling 1595 copies. Total sales to date: 161,217.
  • 'Elvis Country' (Compilation) selling 1379 copies. Total sales to date: 103,458 copies.
  • 'Elvis Gospel/ An Evening Prayer' (Compilation) selling 1348 copies. Total sales to date: 150,857 copies.
  • 'Elvis Inspirational' (Compilation) selling 1559 copies. Total sales to date: 83890 copies.

(Source: Amazon / Elvis Express)