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August 4 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 : Dave Wiechman
(7.00pm - 12.30am)

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
NA
  NA

House Of Sand (movie opening)
  H1V August 4 1965 (Wed)
Take 1 Complete
0:17   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 2 Complete 0:20   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 3 FS 0:07   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 4 FS 0:08   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°~Come What May°+The Paradise,
Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 5 Complete 0:15   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°~Come What May°+The Paradise,
Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 6 Complete 0:19   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°~Come What May°+The Paradise,
Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 7 (M) 0:05 "A house of sand is an empty..."
(used for composite movie version)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 8 Complete 0:15   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 9 FS 0:06   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 10 Complete 0:31   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°

House Of Sand (movie ending)
  H2V August 4 1965 (Wed)
Take 1 (M) 0:44 "...work of art"
(used for composite movie version)
The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°°

House Of Sand (movie version - composite)
     
Spliced (M) 2:13 Edited composite of HO-07, H1O-02,
H2O-02, H1V-07, H2V-01 & HOV-01
Soundtrack°+Nineteen Sixty Five Studio Sessions - 1 (Elvis One)°
~From Santa Monica Blvd - Part 3 (Elvis One)°

House Of Sand (master with movie version intro)
     
Spliced (M) 2:13 Edited composite of HO-07, H1V-07, HOV-01 & H2V-01 The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°° (track 19)

A Dog's Life (vocal overdub)
  EOV August 4 1965 (Wed)
Take 1 Complete
2:22 Vocal overdub of track EO-05
Come What May°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 2 Complete 2:16   The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 3 Complete 2:20   The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 4 Complete 2:26 "Star Spangled Banner" Elvis Aron Presley 2°° (announcement only - edited in before Take 6)
+Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 3 (FTD)°° (count-in & complete)
Take 5 LFS 1:19 (KPA5 9562) Elvis Aron Presley 2°° (LFS only - edit)+Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°° (count-in & LFS)
Take 6 Complete 2:07 (continued Later) (KPA5 9562) Elvis Aron Presley 2°°+Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°° (count-in)
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°

Datin' (vocal overdub)
TPA3 3843 BOV August 4 1965 (Wed)
Take 1 FS
0:30 Vocal overdub of track BO-02
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 2 FS 0:10   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 3 LFS 0:58   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 4 Complete 1:40 "Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll"
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 5 FS     The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 6 FS 0:41 (KPA5 9560) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+Elvis Aron Presley 2°° (extra dialogue)
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 7 FS 0:13 (KPA5 9560) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+Elvis Aron Presley 2°° (extra dialogue)
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 8 FS 0:15 (KPA5 9560) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°~Elvis Aron Presley 2°°+The Paradise,
Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 9 FS     The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 10 Complete     The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 11 FS 0:42 (KPA5 9560) Elvis Aron Presley 2°°+Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°° (extra dialogue)
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 12 Complete 1:38 (KPA5 9560) Elvis Aron Presley 2°°+Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°° (extra dialogue)
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 13 FS 0:28   The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 14 M 1:25 (1:40 with count-in) Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 12 (Sony)°°~Elvis In Hawaii (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 21)°°~Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°
~The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1 (FTD)°°~Double Features -
Frankie & Johnny / Paradise, Hawaiian Style°° (master only)
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°° (count-in)

Datin' (dubdown)
     
Dub (M)
1:25 Elvis' vocals partially removed from
BOV-14
 

Datin' (movie version)
     
Overdub (M)
1:19 Vocal overdub of dubdown by
Donna Butterworth
Soundtrack°+Nineteen Sixty Five Studio Sessions - 1 (Elvis One)°
~From Santa Monica Blvd - Part 3 (Elvis One)°

Queenie Wahine's Papaya (vocal overdub)
  JOV August 4 1965 (Wed)
Take 1 FS
0:53 Vocal overdub of track JO-03
The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°~Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 2°
Take 2 LFS 1:50   The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°~Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 2°
Take 3 Complete 1:48   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 4 Complete 1:52   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°° (dialogue at end only - edited in after
'Drums Of The Islands' Take 5)+Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 5 Complete 1:55   Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°° (dialogue at end from another take)
+Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2° (extra dialogue)+The Paradise,
Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 6 (M) 2:00 (used for composite master) Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 3 (FTD)°°

Queenie Wahine's Papaya (opening - vocal overdub)
  J1V August 4 1965 (Wed)
Take 1 FS 0:19 Vocal overdub of track JO-03
Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 2 (M) 0:34 (used for composite master) Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2° (0:26 - part used for master cut
from tape)+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°

Queenie Wahine's Papaya (vocal overdub - composite)
TPA3 3834    
Spliced M 1:36 Composite of J1V-02 & JOV-06 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)°°~Double Features -
Frankie & Johnny / Paradise, Hawaiian Style°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°

Queenie Wahine's Papaya (dubdown)
     
Dub (M)
1:28 Elvis' vocals partially removed from
composite master
 

Queenie Wahine's Papaya (movie version)
     
Overdub (M)
1:44 Vocal overdub of dubdown
by Donna Butterworth
Soundtrack°+Nineteen Sixty Five Studio Sessions - 2 (Elvis One)°

Paradise, Hawaiian Style (vocal overdub)
TPA3 3835 GOV August 4 1965 (Wed)
Take 1 Complete
3:02 Vocal overdub of track GO-03
Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°~Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 2 FS 0:27   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 3 Complete 3:12 (used for spliced master) Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 4 Complete 3:07 (used for spliced master) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°° (last 1:06 only)+Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
         
Spliced M 2:41 Spliced from takes 4 & 3 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)°°~Double Features -
Frankie & Johnny / Paradise, Hawaiian Style°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian
Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°+Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2° (mono
dubdown)

A Dog's Life (vocal overdub)
TPA3 3836 EOV August 4 1965 (Wed)
Take 7 Complete 2:16 Vocal overdub of track EO-05
- continued

Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 8 LFS 2:21   ~Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°~Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 9 M 1:57 (2:14 with count-in) Complete Elvis Presley Masters 12 (Sony)°°~Elvis In Hawaii (Franklin
Mint Comp. Masters Collection 21)°°~Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°
~The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 3 (FTD)°°~Double Features -
Frankie & Johnny / Paradise, Hawaiian Style°° (master only)
+Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 3 (FTD)°° (count-in)

Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
   
Spliced (M) 1:38 Vocals by Donna Butterworth Nineteen Sixty Five Studio Sessions - 1 (Elvis One)°

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).

The movie version of 'House Of Sand' is an edited composite of instrumental tracks HO-07, H1O-02 (guitar solo), H2O-02 (guitar solo) and vocal overdubs H1V-07 (intro - "a house of sand..."), H2V-01 (intro - "is an empty work of art") and HOV-01.

The takes of 'A Dog's Life' and 'Datin' on Elvis Aron Presley have the left and right channels reversed.

On Elvis Aron Presley the takes of 'A Dog's Life' were issued with the matrix number KPA5 9562 and the composite takes of 'Datin' were issued with the matrix number KPA5 9560.

'Queenie Wahine's Papaya' is a composite of:
0:00-0:05: J1V-02 ("She sells sea shells...")
0:05-1:36: JOV-06 ("but I know...")

RCA do not have the stereo session tape for the first two takes of 'Queenie Wahine's Papaya' 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.

The movie versions of 'House Of Sand' and 'Datin' on the Elvis One releases Nineteen Sixty Five Studio Sessions - Part 1 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 18) and From Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California - Part 3 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 36), and Queenie Wahine's Papaya' on the Elvis One release Nineteen Sixty Five Studio Sessions - Part 2 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 19), all appear to be lifted from the Blu-Ray release of Paradise, Hawaiian Style, where the "Score" can be found on a separate track of the Blu-Ray disc, and some of it without talking etc, which can be heard in the soundtrack of the movie. Nineteen Sixty Five Studio Sessions - Part 1 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 18) also contains some of the "Score" music, although as of now it is unknown what the actual titles are, or when the "Score" was recorded.

Take 5 of 'Queenie Wahine's Papaya' on FTD's Paradise, Hawaiian Style extended soundtrack has dialogue from another take edited in at the end.

'Paradise, Hawaiian Style' is spliced from takes 4 & 3:
0:00 - 0:28: GOV-04 ("Hawaii USA" to "...comin' your way")
0:28 - 0:40: GOV-03 ("Aloha, Hawaii USA" to "Gee it's great")
0:40 - 1:32: GOV-04 ("...to be in that fiftieth state" to "...comin' your way")
1:32 - 2:37: GOV-03 ("Aloha, Hawaii USA" to end)

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.

Thanks to Rudolf Stiller for identifying the splices on the master of 'Paradise, Hawaiian Style'.

Thanks to Josee Brus for help with identifying the one-liners sung during these sessions.


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August 4 1965
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Recording Information
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
 


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Demo Acetate
Quenie Wahine's Papaya
Demo Acetate - Queenie Wahine's Papaya
 


Music Sheets
Music Sheet
House Of Sand
House Of Sand (Thanks to Christopher Brown)
Music Sheet
A Dog's Life
A Dog's Life (Thanks to Christopher Brown)
Music Sheet
Datin'
Datin' (Thanks to Christopher Brown)

Music Sheet
Queenie Wahine's Papaya
Queenie Wahine's Papaya (Thanks to Christopher Brown)
Music Sheet
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (Thanks to Christopher Brown)
 


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