Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

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'; 'Stop Where You Are' &' House Of Sand')

Sand Castles (vocal overdub)					KOV	August 3 1965 (Tue)
Take 1	(M)	3:21	Elvis' vocal overdub & chorus overdub of KO-10 dubdown Unused movie version master	Paradise Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°~Tape°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 1°

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)	Tape°~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)°° ~Double Features - Frankie & Johnny / Paradise Hawaiian Style°° (master only)+Tape°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 1° (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 (FTD)°°~Tape°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°
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)°° +Double Features - Frankie & Johnny / Paradise Hawaiian Style°° (master only)+Tape°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 2° (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 Marianne 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)°°+Tape°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 2° (additional dialogue)
Take 2	LFS	1:00		Tape°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°
Take 3	(M)	2:16	(used for composite master)	Tape°~Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions 2°

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

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°°

House Of Sand (vocal overdub)				TPA3 3842	HOV	August 3 1965 (Tue)
Take 1	M	2:06	Vocal overdub of track HO-07	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°°
Take 2	LFS
Take 3	Complete	2:16		Paradise Hawaiian Style (FTD)°°

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. 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), although this version was eventually not used, 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.



Tape Legend August 3 1965	Recording Information Paradise, Hawaiian Style



Music Sheet Sand Castles	Music Sheet Scratch My Back	Music Sheet Stop Where You Are



	Music Sheet House Of Sand