Elvis Presley - The Making Of Blue Hawaii (2023)

Following on from the success of ‘The Making of Jailhouse Rock”, FTD Books announces the release of “The Making of Blue Hawaii”. The deluxe movie book contains 387 pages of rare photos and extensive memorabilia from the film including shooting schedules and memories from cast and crew. The music book includes 85 pages of photos and detailed recording documents.

*4 compact discs feature the soundtrack recording sessions which are newly mixed from the original 3-track tapes. Featuring 50 unreleased takes, the songs are sequenced in recording order for the first time. A 33rpm vinyl EP is also included.

* The recording sessions audio will also be issued later this year as an FTD audio only release.

The Masters
CD1-1 Blue Hawaii
CD1-2 Almost Always True
CD1-3 Aloha Oe
CD1-4 No More
CD1-5 Can't Help Falling In Love
CD1-6 Rock-A-Hula Baby
CD1-7 Moonlight Swim
CD1-8 Ku-U-I-Po
CD1-9 Ito Eats
CD1-10 Slicin' Sand
CD1-11 Hawaiian Sunset
CD1-12 Beach Boy Blues
CD1-13 Island Of Love
CD1-14 Hawaiian Wedding Song
CD1-15 Steppin' Out Of Line
March 21, 1961 - Radio Recorders, Hollywood
CD1-16 Hawaiian Sunset (AO) Take 1
CD1-17 Hawaiian Sunset (AO) Take 2
CD1-18 Hawaiian Sunset (AO) Take 3
CD1-19 Hawaiian Sunset (AO) Take 4 (Used For Master)
CD1-20 Hawaiian Sunset (AO) Takes 5-6, 7 (Used For Master)
CD1-21 Hawaiian Sunset (AO) (Final Master) (Splice Of Take 4 & 7)
CD2-1 Aloha Oe (BO Section 2) Take 1
CD2-2 Aloha Oe (BO Section 2) Take 2
CD2-3 Aloha Oe (BO Section 2) Take 3
CD2-4 Aloha Oe (BO Section 2) Takes 4, 5 (Used For Master)
CD2-5 Aloha Oe (BO Section 2) Take 6
CD2-6 Aloha Oe (BO Section 2) Take 7 (Used For Master)
CD2-7 Aloha Oe (BO 1 - Master) (Take 4) & (BO 2 - Master) (Splice Of Take 7 & 5)
CD2-8 Ku-U-I-Po (CO) Take 1
CD2-9 Ku-U-I-Po (CO) Takes 2, 4, 5
CD2-10 Ku-U-I-Po (CO) Takes 6-7
CD2-11 Ku-U-I-Po (CO) Takes 8, 9 (Master)
CD2-12 No More (DO) Takes 1-3
CD2-13 No More (DO) Takes 4, 5, 7
CD2-14 No More (DO) Take 8
CD2-15 No More (DO) Take 9
CD2-16 No More (DO) Takes 10-11
CD2-17 No More (DO) Takes 12,13 (Used For Master)
CD2-18 No More (DO-1) (Insert Ending) Takes 14-16
CD2-19 No More (DO & DO-1) (Master) (Splice Of Take 13 & Ending Take 16)
CD2-20 Slicin' Sand (EO) Takes 1-3
CD2-21 Slicin' Sand (EO) Take 4
CD2-22 Slicin' Sand (EO) Takes 5-7
CD2-23 Slicin' Sand (EO) Takes 8-9
CD2-24 Slicin' Sand (EO) Take 10
CD2-25 Slicin' Sand (EO) Takes 11-12
CD2-26 Slicin' Sand (EO) Takes 13-14
CD2-27 Slicin' Sand (EO) Takes 15-17
CD2-28 Slicin' Sand (EO) Take 19 (Master)
March 22, 1961 - Radio Recorders, Hollywood
CD3-1 Blue Hawaii (FO) Takes 1-3
CD3-2 Blue Hawaii (FO) Takes 4-6
CD3-3 Blue Hawaii (FO) Take 7 (Master)
CD3-4 Ito Eats (GO) Takes 1-2
CD3-5 Ito Eats (GO) Takes 3-5
CD3-6 Ito Eats (GO) Takes 6-8, 9 (Master)
CD3-7 Hawaiian Wedding Song (JO) Take 1
CD3-8 Hawaiian Wedding Song (JO) Take 2 (Master)
CD3-9 Island of Love (KO) Takes 1-4
CD3-10 Island Of Love (KO) Takes 5-7
CD3-11 Island Of Love (KO) Take 8
CD3-12 Island Of Love (KO) Take 9-10
CD3-13 Island Of Love (KO) Takes 11-12
CD3-14 Island Of Love (KO) Take 13 (Master)
CD3-15 Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (Movie Version) Takes 1-5
CD3-16 Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (Movie Version) Takes 6-7, 8 (Master)
CD3-17 Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (Record Version) Takes 9-11
CD3-18 Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (Record Version) Takes 12-15
CD3-19 Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (Record Version) Takes 16, 17 (Master)
CD3-20 Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (Movie Version) (Tag) Takes 18-19
CD3-21 Steppin' Out Of Line (LO) (Movie Version) (Master)
CD3-22 Almost Always True (MO) Takes 1-3
CD3-23 Almost Always True (MO) Takes 4-5
CD3-24 Almost Always True (MO) Takes 6-7
CD3-25 Almost Always True (MO) Take 8 (Master)
CD4-1 Moonlight Swim (NO) Takes 1-2
CD4-2 Moonlight Swim (NO) Take 3 (Master Without Female Vocals Overdub)
CD4-3 Moonlight Swim (NO) Take 4
March 23, 1961 - Radio Recorders, Hollywood
CD4-4 Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (Movie Version) Takes 1-5
CD4-5 Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (Movie Version) Takes 6-8
CD4-6 Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (Movie Version) Take 9
CD4-7 Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (Movie Version) Takes 10-12
CD4-8 Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (Movie Version) Take 13
CD4-9 Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (Movie Version) Takes 14-16
CD4-10 Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (Movie Version) Takes 17-20
CD4-11 Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (Movie Version) Takes 21-22, 23 (Master)
CD4-12 Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (Movie Version) Takes 24
CD4-13 Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (Movie Version) Takes 25-26
CD4-14 Can't Help Falling In Love (RO) (Record Version) Takes 27-29 (Master)
CD4-15 Beach Boy Blues SO (Record Version) Takes 1, 2 (Master)
CD4-16 Beach Boy Blues SO (Movie Version) Take 3 (Master)
CD4-17 Rock-A-Hula Baby TO (Record Version) Takes 1-3
CD4-18 Rock-A-Hula Baby TO (Record Version) Takes 4, 5 (Master)