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Blue Hawaii Box Set

May 01, 2004 | Music
The FECC site mentions a new 4 CD box set in the import series "Master And Session" that should be released in the near future. The release date April 28th was mentioned, but we don't know if it's actually out yet.

Disc 1 - March 21, 1961

M2PB 2994 - AO-Spliced
01 - Hawaiian Sunset (Take 01 - complete) /02 - Hawaiian Sunset (Take 02 - complete) / 03 - Hawaiian Sunset (Take 03 - complete) / 04 - Hawaiian Sunset (Spliced RCA Master)

M2PB 2986 - BO-spliced
05 - Aloha Oe, Section #2 (Take 01 - complete) / 06 - Aloha Oe, Section #2 (Take 02 - complete) / 07 - Aloha Oe, Section #2 (Take 03 - complete) / 08 - Aloha Oe, Section #2 (Take 04 - false start) / 09 - Aloha Oe, Section #2 (Take 06 - complete) /10 - Aloha Oe, Section #2 (Spliced Master)

M2PB 2991 - CO-09
11 - Ku-U-I-po (Take 01 - complete) / 12 - Ku-U-I-po (Take 02 - long false start) / 13 - Ku-U-I-po (Take 04 - false start) / 14 - Ku-U-I-po (Take 05 - complete) / 15 - Ku-U-I-po (Take 06 - false start) / 16 - Ku-U-I-po (Take 07 - complete) / 17 - Ku-U-I-po (Take 08 - long false start) / 18 - Ku-U-I-po (Take 09 - Master) 19 - Ku-U-I-po (Take 09 - RCA Master)

M2PB 2987 - DO-spliced
20 - No More (Take 01 - false start) / 21 - No More (Take 02 - long false start) / 22 - No More (Take 03 - long false start) / 23 - No More (Take 04 - long false start) / 24 - No More (Take 05 - long false start) / 25 - No More (Take 07 - complete) /26 - No More (Take 08 - complete) / 27 - No More (Take 09 - complete) / 28 - No More (Take 11 - complete) / 29 - No More (Take 07 - RCA alternate complete) / 30 - No More (Splice - RCA Master)

M2PB 2993 - EO-19
31 - Slicin' Sand (Take 04 - complete) / 32 - Slicin’ Sand (Take 06 - long false start) / 33 - Slicin’ Sand (Take 07 - complete) / 34 - Slicin' Sand (Take 15 - false start) / 35 - Slicin' Sand (Take 16 - false start) / 36 - Slicin' Sand (Take 17 - complete) / 37 - Slicin' Sand (Take 18 - false start) / 38 - Slicin' Sand (Take 19 - Master) / 39 - Slicin' Sand (Take 19 - RCA Master)

Disc 2 - March 22, 1961

M2PB 2984 - FO-07
01 - Blue Hawaii (Take 01 - false start) / 02 - Blue Hawaii (Take 02 - false start) / 03 - Blue Hawaii (Take 03 - complete) / 04 - Blue Hawaii (Take 04 - false start) / 05 - Blue Hawaii (Take 05 - false start) / 06 - Blue Hawaii (Take 06 - long false start) / 07 - Blue Hawaii (Take 07 - Master) / 08 - Blue Hawaii (Take 03 - RCA Alternate) / 09 - Blue Hawaii (Take 07 - RCA Master)

M2PB 2992 - GO-09
10 - Ito Eats (Take 01 - false start) / 11 - Ito Eats (Take 02 - long false start) / 12 - Ito Eats (Take 03 - false start) / 13 - Ito Eats (Take 04 - false start) / 14 - Ito Eats (Take 05 - complete) / 15 - Ito Eats (Take 06 - false start) / 16 - Ito Eats (Take 07 - false start) / 17 - Ito Eats (Take 08 - false start) / 18 - Ito Eats (Take 09 - Master) / 19 - Ito Eats (Take 09 - RCA Master)

M2PB 2992 - HO-01
20 - Ito Eats (Take 01 - Tag for movie / complete?)

M2PB 3015 - JO-02
21 - Hawaiian Wedding Song (Take 01 - complete) / 22 - Hawaiian Wedding Song (Take 02 - Master) / 23 - Hawaiian Wedding Song (Take 02 - RCA Master)

M2PB 3000 - KO-13
24 - Island Of Love (Take 01 - false start) / 25 - Island Of Love (Take 02 - false start) / 26 - Island Of Love (Take 03 - false start) / 27 - Island Of Love (Take 04 - long false start) / 28 - Island Of Love (Take 05 - false start) / 29 - Island Of Love (Take 06 - false start) / 30 - Island Of Love (Take 07 - false start) / 31 - Island Of Love (Take 08 - complete) / 32 - Island Of Love (Take 09 - long false start) / 33 - Island Of Love (Take 10 - false start) / 34 - Island Of Love (Take 11 - false start) / 35 - Island Of Love (Take 12 - false start) / 36 - Island Of Love (Take 13 - Master) / 37 - Island Of Love (Take 13 - RCA Master)

Disc 3 - March 22-23, 1961

WPA5 2549 - LO-spliced - movie version
01 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 01 - false start) / 02 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 02 - false start) / 03 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 03 - false start) / 04 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 04 - false start) / 05 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 05 - long false start) / 06 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 06 - false start) / 07 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 07 - long false start) / 08 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 08 - complete)

M2PB 3028 - LO-17(09) - record version
09 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 09 - false start) / 10 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 10 - false start) / 11 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 11 - long false start) / 12 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 12 - false start) / 13 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 13 - false start) / 14 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 14 - false start) / 15 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 15 - complete) / 16 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 16 - false start) / 17 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 17 - Master)

M2PB 3028 - LO-17(09) - tag for movie
18 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 18 - long false start) / 19 - Steppin' Out Of Line (Take 19 - Master) / 20 - Steppin’ Out Of Line (Master) / 21 - Steppin' Out Of Line (spliced - RCA Master)

M2PB 2985 - MO-08
22 - Almost Always True (Take 01 - false start) / 23 - Almost Always True (Take 02 - false start) / 24 - Almost Always True (Take 03 - complete) / 25 - Almost Always True (Take 04 - long false start) / 26 - Almost Always True (Take 05 - complete) / 27 - Almost Always True (Take 06 - long false start) / 28 - Almost Always True (Take 07 - long false start) / 29 - Almost Always True (Take 08 - Master) / 30 - Almost Always True (Take 08 - RCA Master)

M2PB 2990 - NO-03
31 - Moonlight Swim (Take 01 - false start) / 32 - Moonlight Swim (Take 02 - complete) / 33 - Moonlight Swim (Take 03 - Master overdubbed) / 34 - Moonlight Swim (Take 04 - complete) / 35 - Moonlight Swim (Take 03 - RCA Master)

M2PB 2986 - composite
36 - Aloha, Oe (spliced - Master)

Disc 4 - March 23, 1961

M2PB 2988 - RO-23 - movie version
01 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 01 - false start) / 02 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 02 - false start) / 03 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 03 - false start) / 04 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 04 - false start) / 05 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 05 - long false start) / 06 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 06 - false start) / 07 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 07 - false start) / 08 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 08 - long false start) / 09 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 09 - complete) / 10 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 10 - false start) / 11 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 11 - false start) / 12 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 12 - false start) / 13 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 13 - complete) / 14 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 14 - false start) / 15 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 15 - false start) / 16 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 16 - complete) / 17 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 17 - false start) / 18 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 18 - false start) / 19 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 19 - false start) / 20 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 20 - false start)

M2PB 2988 - RO-23 - movie version
21 - Can't Help Falling In Love( Take 21 - false start) / 22 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 22 - false start) / 23 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 23 - Master) / 24 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 24 - complete) / 25 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 25 - long false start) / 26 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 26 - complete) / 27 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 23 - RCA Master) / 28 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 24 - complete / RCA alternate)

M2PB 2988 - RO-29(03) - record version
29 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 27 - false start) / 30 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 28 - false start) / 31 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 29 - Master) / 32 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Take 29 - RCA Master)

M2PB 2988 - SO-02 - record version
33 - Beach Boy Blues (Take 01 - false start) / 34 - Beach Boy Blues (Take 02 - Master) / 35 - Beach Boy Blues (RCA Master)

M2PB 2988 - SO-03(01)
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King Of Western Bop wrote on May 01, 2004
Just how many takes of "Ito Eats" can anyone take? I suppose these things are of interest to those who wish to listen to endless, incomplete takes of the same songs over and over again. It looks like we've come to the end of the road as far as any new undiscovered songs are concerned. If there are any,well, they're undiscovered as of yet. If these songs, as in the case of "King Creole", were significantly different from the released versions then I could understand its release, even welcome it. I suspect there isn't. I'm not one to pour cold water on any Elvis release but I am getting rather tired of hearing incomplete takes of songs, etc.
Pietro S wrote on May 01, 2004
this is good idea. It'll be nice to hear complete Blue Hawaii recording session. Hope I'll get this box as soon as possible!