Elvis: The Blue Hawaii Sessions - FTD 4-CD set
As part of its ongoing sessions series, FTD is pleased to released : Elvis Presley - The Blue Hawaii Sessions. Released as a 4-CD set, it contains the entire soundtrack sessions, remixed from the original 3-song session tapes. The 24-page booklet contains informative flashbacks from musicians and songwriters. session data, memorabilia and global map information.
The original album spent 20 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Pop LPs chart. Nominated for a Grammy Award in 1961, it became the second most successful soundtrack album of the 1960s, losing to West Side Story!
The set is now available for pre-order at ShopElvisMatters.
This audio was previously embedded in the FTD book set "The Making Of Blue Hawaii"
Disc 1
The Masters
1. Blue Hawaii (2:34) (Lee Robin/Ralph Rainger)
2. Almost Always True (2:22) (Fred Wise/Ben Weisman)
3. Aloha Oe (1:53) (Arranged and adapted by Elvis Presley)
4. No More (2:20) (Don Robertson/Hal Blair)
5. Can't Help Falling In Love (3:01) (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George Weiss)
6. Rock-A-Hula Baby (1:56) (Fred Wise/Ben Weisman/Dolores Fuller)
7. Moonlight Swim (2:18) (Sylvia Dee/Ben Weisman)
8. Ku-UI-Po (2:21) (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George Weiss)
9. Ito Eats (1:23) (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett)
10. Slicin' Sand (1:35) (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett)
11. Hawaiian Sunset (2:33) (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett)
12. Beach Boy Blues (2:03) (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett)
13. Island Of Love (2:38) (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett)
14. Hawaiian Wedding Song (2:49) (Charles King/Al Hoffman/Dick Manning)
15. Steppin' Out of Line (1:52) (Fred Wise/Ben Weisman/Dolores Fuller)
March 21, 1961 - Radio Recorders, Hollywood
16. Hawaiian Sunset (AO) take 1
17. Hawaiian Sunset (AO) take 2
18. Hawaiian Sunset (AO) take 3
19. Hawaiian Sunset (AO) take 4 (used for master)
20. Hawaiian Sunset (AO) takes 5-6, 7 (used for master)
21. Hawaiian Sunset (AO) (final master) (splice of take 4 & 7)
Disc 2
March 21, 1961 - Radio Recorders, Hollywood
1. Aloha Oe (BO section 2) take
2. Aloha Oe (BO section 2) take 2
3. Aloha Oe (BO section 2) take 3
4. Aloha Oe (BO section 2) takes 4, 5 (used for master)
5. Aloha Oe (BO section 2) take 6
6. Aloha Oe (BO section 2) take 7 (used for master)
7. Aloha Oe (BO 1 - master) (take 4) & (BO 2 - master) (splice of take 7 & 5)
8. Ku-UI-Po (CO) take 1
9. Ku-UI-Po (CO) takes 2,4,5
10. Ku-UI-Po (CO) takes 6-7
11. Ku-UI-Po (CO) takes 8, 9 (master)
12. No More (DO) takes 1-2
13. No More (DO) takes 4, 5, 7
14. No More (DO) take 8
15. No More (DO) take 9
16. No More (DO) takes 10-11
17. No More (DO) takes 12.13 (used for master)
18. No More (DO-1) (insert ending) takes 14-16
19. No More (DO & DO-1) (master) (splice of take 13 & ending take 16)
20. Slicin' Sand (EO) takes 1-3
21. Slicin' Sand (EO) take 4
22. Slicin' Sand (EO) takes 5-7
23. Slicin' Sand (EO) takes 8-9
24. Slicin' Sand (EO) take 10
25. Slicin' Sand (EO) takes 11-12
26. Slicin' Sand (EO) takes 13-14
27. Slicin' Sand (EO) takes 15-18
28. Slicin' Sand (EO) take 19 (master)
Disc 3
March 22, 1961 - Radio Recorders, Hollywood
1. Blue Hawaii (FO) takes 1-3
2. Blue Hawaii (FO) takes 4-6
3. Blue Hawaii (FO) take 7 (master)
4. Ito Eats (GO) takes 1-2
5. Ito Eats (GO) takes 3-5
6. Ito Eats (GO) takes 6-8, 9 (master)
7. Hawaiian Wedding Song (JO) take 1
8. Hawaiian Wedding Song (JO) take 2 (master)
9. Island of Love (KO) takes 1-4
10. Island Of Love (KO) takes 5-7
11. Island Of Love (KO) take 8
12. Island Of Love (KO) take 9-10
13. Island Of Love (KO) takes 11-12
14. Island Of Love (KO) take 13 (master)
15. Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (movie version) takes 1-5
16. Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (movie version) takes 6-7, 8 (master)
17. Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (record version) takes 9-11
18. Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (record version) takes 12-15
19. Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (record version) takes 16, 17 (master)
20. Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (movie version) (tag) takes 18-19
21. Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (movie version) (master)
22. Almost Always True (MO) takes 1-3
23. Almost Always True (MO) takes 4-5
24. Almost Always True (MO) takes 6-7
25. Almost Always True (MO) take 8 (master)
Disc 4
1. Moonlight Swim (NO) takes 1-2
2. Moonlight Swim (NO) take 3 (master without female vocals overdub)
3. Moonlight Swim (NO) take 4
March 23, 1961 - Radio Recorders, Hollywood
4. Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (movie version) takes 1-5
5. Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (movie version) takes 6-8
6. Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (movie version) take 9
7. Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (movie version) takes 10-12
8. Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (movie version) take 13
9. Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (movie version) takes 14-16
10. Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (movie version) takes 17-20
11. Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (movie version) takes 21-22, 23 (master)
12. Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (movie version) takes 24
13. Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (movie version) takes 25-26
14. Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (record version) takes 27-29 (master)
15. Beach Boy Blues SO (record version) takes 1, 2 (master) 3
16. Beach Boy Blues SO (movie version) take 4 (master)
17. Rock-A-Hula Baby TO (record version) takes 1-3
18. Rock-A-Hula Baby TO (record version) Takes 4, 5 (master)
Musicians
Guitar: Scotty Moore
Guitar: Hank Garland
Guitar: Tiny Timbrell
Bass guitar: Bob Moore
Drums: DJ Fontana
Drums: Hal Blaine
Drums: Bernie Mattinson
Piano: Floyd Cramer
Piano & Celeste: Dudley Brooks
Saxophone: Boots Randolph
Steel guitar: Alvino Rey
Harmonica: George Fields
Ukulele: Freddie Tavares
Ukulele: Bernie Lewis
VOCALS:
The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Neal Matthews,
Hoyt Hawkins, Ray Walker.
The Surfers: Pat Sylva, Bernie Ching, Clay Naluai, Al Naluai.
Overdubbed later:
Vocals: Dorothy McCarty, Virginia Rees,
Loulie Norman, Jacqueline Allen (Moonlight Swim).
Original musical arranger: Joseph J. Lilley.
Original engineer: Thorne Nogar.
Original editor: Dave Wiechman.
Mixed from 3-track to 2-track stereo by Vic Anesini at
Battery Studios, New York, 2022.
Edited and mastered by Jan Eliasson at Audio Planet, Denmark.
Produced by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen.
