Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

A Dog's Life (track)

July 27 1965 (Tue)

(Vocal overdub on August 4)

July 27 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

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Scotty Moore	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar:	Barney Kessel	Walker ('This Is My Heaven', 'Paradise, Hawaiian Style' & 'House Of Sand')
Guitar:	Charlie McCoy
Steel Guitar:	Bernal Lewis	Guide Vocals:
Bass:	Ray Siegal	Neal Matthews ('Queenie Wahine's Papaya')
Drums:	D.J. Fontana
Drums:	Milton Holland
Drums:	Hal Blaine
Piano:	Larry Muhoberac

Stop Where You Are (track)			DO	July 27 1965 (Tue)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8
Take 9	(M)	(Vocal overdub on August 3)

Paradise, Hawaiian Style (track)				GO	July 27 1965 (Tue)
Take 1	Complete	2:41
Take 2	LFS
Take 3	(M)	2:41	(Vocal overdub on August 4)
Take 4	FS
Take 5	Complete	2:28
Take 6	Complete	2:38
Take 7	FS
Take 8	Complete	2:37

House Of Sand (track)				HO	July 27 1965 (Tue)
Take 1	FS
Take 2	FS
Take 3	Complete	1:59
Take 4	Complete	2:06
Take 5	FS
Take 6	LFS
Take 7	(M)	1:59	(Vocal overdub on August 3)

House Of Sand - part (track)				H1O	July 27 1965 (Tue)
Take 1	Complete	0:30
Take 2	(M)	0:30	(used for composite movie version - guitar solo)

House Of Sand - part (track)				H2O	July 27 1965 (Tue)
Take 1	Complete	0:31
Take 2	(M)	0:31	(used for composite movie version - guitar solo)

Queenie Wahine's Papaya (track)					JO	July 27 1965 (Tue)
Take 1	FS	0:32		Tape°~Hawaii USA°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°
Take 2	Complete	1:48		Tape°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°
Take 3	(M)	1:51	(Vocal overdub on August 4)	Tape°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°
Take 4	FS	0:44		Tape°~Hawaii USA°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°
Take 5	Complete	2:00		Tape°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°
Take 6	Complete	1:50		Tape°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°

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).



	Tape Legend July 27 1965