Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

January 14 1973

(+ 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)

Honolulu International Center - Honolulu, Hawaii

Producers: Joan Deary / Marty Pasetta (NBC)

Engineers: Al Pachucki / Dick Baxter

(After 12.30am Show)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	James Burton	JD Sumner & The Stamps Quartet: Bill Baize; Ed Enoch; Donnie Sumner;
Guitar:	Charlie Hodge	Edward Wideman
Guitar:	John Wilkinson	Kathy Westmoreland
Bass:	Jerry Scheff
Piano:	Glen D. Hardin
Drums:	Ronnie Tutt

Blue Hawaii				CPA5 4756	January 14 1973
Rehearsal		0:51	(Not recorded in full)	Unedited Masters - Stax 1973 (Venus)°°
Take 1	FS	2:31	(Preceded and followed by dialogue)	Alternate Aloha (CD)°° (Count-in only)(Listed as take 9 in 'Sessions III') +Unedited Masters - Stax 1973 (Venus)°°
Take 2	M	3:10		Complete Elvis Presley Masters 24 (Sony)°°~Complete Aloha From Hawaii Concert (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 5)°°~Elvis Fool (FTD)°° ~Aloha From Hawaii (CD)°°+The Alternate Aloha (CD)°° (Different Mixes) +Unedited Masters-Stax '73 (Venus)°°+Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe DVD)°° (Count-in & extra dialogue at end)

Hawaiian Wedding Song			CPA5 4759	January 14 1973
Rehearsal		1:04	Unedited Masters - Stax '73 (Venus)°° (Listed as Take 2)~The Alternate Aloha (CD)°° (Listed as Take 1 in 'Sessions III')
Take 1	FS+	0:37	Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe DVD)°°
	FS+	0:37	Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe DVD)°°
	Complete	2:15	Unedited Masters - Stax '73 (Venus)°° (Listed as Take 3)~Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe DVD)°°
Take 2	M	2:15	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 24 (Sony)°°~Complete Aloha From Hawaii Concert (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 5)°°~Elvis Fool (FTD)°° ~Aloha From Hawaii (CD)°°~The Alternate Aloha (CD)°°+Stax '73 - Unedited Masters (Venus)°° (Listed as Take 4)~Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe DVD)°° (Count-in)

Ku-U-I-Po				CPA5 4757	January 14 1973
Take 1	FS+LFS	4:52	(Preceded by dialogue)	The Alternate Aloha (CD)°° (Edited)+Unedited Masters-Stax '73 (Venus)°°
Take 2	FS	1:34		Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe DVD)°° (Listed as Take 1)
Take 3	LFS	2:27		Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe DVD)°° (Listed as Take 2)
Take 4	M	2:26		Complete Elvis Presley Masters 24 (Sony)°°~Complete Aloha From Hawaii Concert (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 5)°°~Elvis Fool (FTD)°° ~Aloha From Hawaii (CD)°°+Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe DVD)°° (Count-in) (Listed as Take 3)

No More			CPA5 4758	January 14 1973
Rehearsal		3:34	Unedited Masters - Stax '73 (Venus)°° (Listed as Take 1)
Attempted Take		0:36	Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe DVD)°°
Take 1	Complete	3:15	Today, Tomorrow & Forever 4°°+Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe DVD)°° (Count-in)
Take 2	M	2:52	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 24 (Sony)°°~Complete Aloha From Hawaii Concert (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 5)°°~Elvis Fool (FTD)°° ~Aloha From Hawaii (CD)°°+Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe DVD)°° (Count-in)

Early Mornin' Rain			CPA5 4760	January 14 1973
Take 1	Complete	3:00	Unedited Masters - Stax 1973 - (Venus)°° (Listed as Take 2)
Take 2	M	3:23	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 24 (Sony)°°~Complete Aloha From Hawaii Concert (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 5)°°~Elvis Fool (FTD)°° ~Aloha From Hawaii (CD)°°+Aloha From Hawaii (Deluxe DVD)°° (Count-in)

It seems as if RCA's tapes were rolling before the video cameras started rolling, as we get more takes or parts of takes from RCA / BMG than we do on the EPE Deluxe "Aloha From Hawaii" 2 DVD Box Set.

The master of Blue Hawaii is listed as Take 10 in 'Sessions III' but listed as being Take 2 in 'A Life In Music'.

The master of Hawaiian Wedding Song is listed as Take 2 in 'A Life In Music' and 'Sessions III'.

The master of Ku-U-I-Po is listed as Take 4 in 'A Life In Music'' but listed as being Take 2 in 'Sessions III.

Take 1 of Ku-U-I-Po is edited on the 'Alternate Aloha' CD to take out the line "See the sweet Hawaiian rose, see it blossom through it's nose". The complete unedited take along with dialogue and false start can be found on the Venus bootleg release "Unedited Masters - Stax 1973".

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.



	Recording Information January 14 1973