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

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

Sand Castles (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 (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 (dubdown)
     
Dub (M)
2:20 Elvis' vocals partially removed from
COV-02
 

Scratch My Back (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)°°

Notes

The first two bars that are missing from 'Scratch My Back' 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' 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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