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August 3 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 / Dave Wiechman
(3.00pm - 10.00pm)

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
NA
  The Mello Men: Bill Lee; Max Smith; Bill Cole; Gene Merlino
    ('Sand Castles', 'Scratch My Back (Then I'll Scratch Yours)', 'Stop Where
    You Are' &' House Of Sand')

Sand Castles (vocal overdub)
(KWTDX) KOV August 3 1965 (Tue)
Take 1 (M)
3:20 Elvis' vocal overdub & chorus
overdub of KO-10 dubdown
Unused movie version master
Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°
~The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°° (track 7) (v.o. with
KO-10 guide track)+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
(track 11) (vocal only - without guide track)

Sand Castles (choral overdub)
TPA3 3839 KOC August 3 1965 (Tue)
Take 1 Complete
3:43 Background chorus vocal overdub
of KO-10 (original vocal & track)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°
Take 2 M 2:57 (3:11 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 1 (FTD)°°~Double Features -
Frankie & Johnny / Paradise, Hawaiian Style°° (master only)+Paradise,
Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2
(FTD)°° (count-in)

Scratch My Back (Then I'll Scratch Yours) (vocal overdub)
TPA3 3840 COV August 3 1965 (Tue)
Take 1 Complete
2:45 Vocal overdub of track CO-04 Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°~Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 2 M 2:14 (2:38 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 1 (FTD)°°+Double Features -
Frankie & Johnny / Paradise, Hawaiian Style°° (master only)+Paradise,
Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°° (count-in)

Scratch My Back (Then I'll Scratch Yours) (dubdown)
     
Dub (M)
2:20 Elvis' vocals partially removed from
COV-02
 

Scratch My Back (Then I'll Scratch Yours) (movie version)
     
Overdub (M)
2:22 Vocal overdub of dubdown by
Marianna Hill
Soundtrack°+Nineteen Sixty Five Studio Sessions - 1 (Elvis One)°
~From Santa Monica Blvd - Part 3 (Elvis One)°

Stop Where You Are (vocal overdub)
  DOV August 3 1965 (Tue)
Take 1 Complete 3:01 Vocal overdub of track DO-09 Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°° (additional dialogue)
Take 2 LFS 1:00   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 3 (M) 2:16 (used for composite master) Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°

Stop Where You Are (tag - vocal overdub)
  D1OV August 3 1965 (Tue)
Take 1 Complete   Vocal overdub of track DO-09 The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 2 LFS
0:28   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 3 Complete 0:55   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 4 Complete 0:38   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 5 Complete 0:36   Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 6 (M)   (used for composite master) The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 7 FS     The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 8 Complete     The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 9 (M)   (used for composite master) The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°°

Stop Where You Are (vocal overdub - composite)
TPA3 3841    
Spliced M 2:07 Composite of DOV-03, D1OV-09 &
D1OV-06
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 12 (Sony)°°~Elvis In Hawaii (Franklin
Mint Comp. Masters Collection 21)°°~Paradise, Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°
~Double Features - Frankie & Johnny / Paradise, Hawaiian Style°°+The
Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°°

House Of Sand (vocal overdub)
TPA3 3842 HOV August 3 1965 (Tue)
Take 1 M 2:06 Vocal overdub of track HO-07
(2:56 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 1 (FTD)°°~Double Features -
Frankie & Johnny / Paradise, Hawaiian Style°° (master only)
+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 2 LFS 1:22   The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 3 Complete 2:16   Paradise Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°+The Paradise, Hawaiian Style Sessions
2 (FTD)°°

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).

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 (KOV). This version was eventually not used, however, and the song was dropped from the movie all together.

The first two bars that are missing from 'Scratch My Back (Then I'll Scratch Yours)' on the original LP, FTD extended soundtrack, the 30 disc Complete Elvis Presley Masters collection and the Franklin Mint package can be found on Double Features.

The movie version of 'Scratch My Back (Then I'll Scratch Yours)' on the Elvis One release 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) appears 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. The same Elvis One (volume 18) release 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.

'Stop Where You Are' is a composite of:
0:00-1:42: DOV-03 ("...lookin' for")
1:42-2:04: D1OV-09+06 ("Stop...")

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.

Sample of 'Sand Castles' with Elvis' original vocals in the left channel and his re-recorded (unused) vocals in the right channel.

Session Logs
Tape Legend
August 3 1965
Tape Legend - August 3 1965 (Thanks to Henk Muller)
Recording Information
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
 


Music Sheets
Music Sheet
Sand Castles
Sand Castles (Thanks to Christopher Brown)
Music Sheet
Scratch My Back
Scratch My Back (Thanks to Jules Thibault)
Music Sheet
Stop Where You Are
Stop Where You Are (Thanks to Christopher Brown)

 
Music Sheet
House Of Sand
House Of Sand (Thanks to Christopher Brown)
 

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