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August 2 1965
(+ means you need both    ~ means same material    °° means stereo or binaural    ° means mono)
(SFS = Short False Start | FS = False Start | LFS or BD (Breakdown) = Long False Start | PB (Playback) or Complete = Complete Take)

Radio Recorders Studio B - Hollywood, California
Soundtrack Session for Paramount's Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Paramount Producer : Joseph Lilley
Engineer : Thorne Nogar
(2.00pm - 10.30pm)

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar:
Howard Roberts ('Sand Castles') The Mello Men: Bill Lee; Max Smith; Bill Cole; Gene Merlino ('Drums Of
Guitar: Alton Hendrickson ('Sand Castles') The Islands')
Bass: Keith Mitchell ('Sand Castles')  
Drums: Victor Feldman ('Sand Castles')  

Drums Of The Islands (vocal overdub)
  AOV August 2 1965 (Mon)
Take 1 Complete
2:52 Vocal overdub of track AO-02 Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 2 Complete 2:50   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 3 Complete 2:51   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 4 LFS 0:44   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°~Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 5 Complete 2:44   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°° (with dialogue from JOV-04)
+Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 6 (M) 2:41 (used for composite master) Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°

Drums Of The Islands (tag ending - vocal overdub)
  A1V August 2 1965 (Mon)
Reh'sal   0:20 Vocal overdub of track AO-02 Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 1 FS 0:14   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 2 FS 0:15   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 3 (M) 0:33 (used for composite master) Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°

Drums Of The Islands (vocal overdub - composite)
TPA3 3837   August 2 1965 (Mon)
Spliced M 2:36 Composite of AOV-06 & A1V-03 Complete Elvis Presley Masters 12 (Sony)°°~Elvis In Hawaii (Franklin
Mint Comp. Masters Collection 21)°°~Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°
~The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1 (FTD)°° (track 4)~Double
Features - Frankie & Johnny / Paradise, Hawaiian Style°°+The Paradise,
Hawaiian Style Sessions 1 (FTD)°° (track 19)

This Is My Heaven (vocal overdub)
TPA3 3838 FOV August 2 1965 (Mon)
Take 1 FS
0:32 Vocal overdub of track FO-05 Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+Tape°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 2 LFS 0:51   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°~Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 3 Complete 2:57   Out In Hollywood (FTD)°° (last few seconds only - not listed)+Paradise,
Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°~Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The
Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 4 Complete 2:59   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°~Out In Hollywood (FTD)°°~Paradise,
Hawaiian Style Sess' 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sess' 1 (FTD)°°
Take 5 Complete 2:56   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 6 Complete 2:47 (used for spliced master) Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 7 Complete 2:50   Today, Tomorrow & Forever 2°°+Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°
~Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 8 Complete 2:53 (used for spliced master) Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
         
Spliced M 2:37 Spliced from takes 8 & 6 Complete Elvis Presley Masters 12 (Sony)°°~Elvis In Hawaii (Franklin
Mint Comp. Masters Collection 21)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 3
(Legacy)°°~Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°~The Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 1 (FTD)°° (track 9)~Double Features - Frankie & Johnny
/ Paradise, Hawaiian Style°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1
(FTD)°° (track 26)

Sand Castles
  KO August 2 1965 (Mon)
Take 1 Complete
3:36 (electric guitar)
The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°~Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 1°
Take 2 LFS 1:17   The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°~Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 1°
Take 3 Complete 3:35   The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°~Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 1°
Take 4 FS 0:35   The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°~Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 1°
Take 5 LFS 2:03   The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°~Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 1°
Take 6 Complete 3:33   The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°~Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 1°
Take 7 FS 0:47   The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°~Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 1°
Take 8 Complete 3:31 "HOLD" The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°~Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 1°
Take 9 Complete 3:13 (acoustic guitar) The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°~Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 1°
Take 10 (M) 3:09 Used for master The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°~Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 1°

Sand Castles (dubdown)
  KO August 2 1965 (Mon)
Dub     Dubdown to backing track - Elvis'
vocals removed from KO-10
(Vocal overdub on August 3)
 

Notes

The definitive release of these sessions, can be found on Follow That Dream's limited edition The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3xCD set, where everything has been mixed and remastered from scratch, and all masters and outtakes are presented in the best possible sound.

The sources Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1 & 2 refer to the bootleg CDs TCB 96301 & 96302. These were previously issued on 3 LP's that weren't verified, but assumed to be mastered from an identical source (X generation cassette with high-end loss, noise and speed/pitch between 2-6% too fast).

Take 5 of 'Drums Of The Islands' on FTD's Paradise, Hawaiian Style extended soundtrack has dialogue from after 'Queenie Wahine's Papaya' (JOV Take 4) edited in at the end.

'Drums Of The Islands' is a composite of:
0:00-2:19: AOV-06
2:19-2:25: A1V-03 (last 14 seconds: "If ever I wander...")

The movie version of 'Drums Of The Islands' can be heard twice in the movie.
The first version has a long intro and lasts around 3:27, with verses 1-2-3-4 / solo / 3-4
The second version was a medley with 'This Is My Heaven' at the end of the movie and lasts 2:42, with verses 1-2-3 followed by a part of the original song 'Bula Meleya' and closing with the last line of verse 4 three times.
The record version is verses 1-2-3-4-4-4.

Drums of the islands, you're beating in my heart
You're with me, no no matter where I roam
If ever I wander, if ever we're apart
I know that you will lead me home

If I should journey across the deep blue sea
I’ll never forget these coral shores
Drums of the islands, I'll hear you calling me
And I'll return, forever yours

I love each valley, each grain of sand, each hill
The flowers, the music of the isles
These are the things that I love and always will
Though I may roam ten thousand miles

Drums of the islands, you're beating in my heart
You're with me, no no matter where I roam
If ever I wander, if ever we're apart
I know that you will lead me home

Drums of the islands, you're beating in my heart
You're with me, no no matter where I roam
If ever I wander, if ever we're apart
I know that you will lead me home

Drums of the islands, you're beating in my heart
You're with me, no no matter where I roam
If ever I wander, if ever we're apart
I know that you will lead me home

'This Is My Heaven' is spliced from takes 8 & 6:
0:00-1:48: FOV-08 ("...forever")
1:48-2:36: FOV-06 ("Here 'neath the sky...")

RCA do not have the stereo session tape for 'Sand Castles' so they have used the mono tape for this part of the session on Follow That Dream's limited edition The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3xCD set.

Initially, there was an "Orchestral" version of 'Sand Castle' to be used in the movie, for which Elvis' vocals were removed from 'Sand Castles' (KO take 10) and the remaining instrumental track was overdubbed with new vocals by Elvis, along with backing vocals by The Mello Men, on August 3 (KOV). This version was eventually not used, however, and the song was dropped from the movie all together.

In March of 2007, Sony decided to go through all of Elvis' masters. They retransferred everything and remastered all tracks including repairing as many clicks, pops, bad edits and dropouts as they could. They have used these newly mastered recordings on their new releases since 2007 including budget soundtracks, Legacy releases, the 30 disc Complete Elvis Presley Masters collection and the Franklin Mint package.

Session Logs
Tape Legend
August 2 1965
August 2 1965
Recording Information
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
 


Music Sheets
Music Sheet
Drums Of The Islands
Drums Of The Islands (Thanks to Christopher Brown)
Music Sheet
This Is My Heaven
This Is My Heaven
Music Sheet
Sand Castles
Sand Castles (Thanks to Christopher Brown)

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