#Blue hawaii music upgrade#
The audio upgrade on 'Can't Help Falling In Love' Take 24 for instance, that was previously released on the ‘Elvis Aron Presley’ box-set, is outstanding. There are plenty of unreleased outtakes featured this time around and with new mix and mastering by audio engineers Vic Anesini and Sebastian Jeansson they have never sounded better. It was a very productive session too, producing more songs than could be fitted into the film or soundtrack album. The sleeve also features some fabulous studio shots from the new Elvis Unlimited "Inside Blue Hawaii.’ I always like seeing shots of Elvis in the recording studio as it gives you a better idea of microphone placement and what it must have been like to be there. With shrewd negotiation, he gets RCA to guarantee a royalty payment based on 1 million single sales, regardless of whether the single sells or not! In the end, it doesn't matter as the chart positions ensure sales that far exceed the guaranteed amount." "Can't Help Falling In Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby" is issued four weeks after the album by RCA, and Parker had great concerns that the single would sell poorly as the fans will already have bought the album.
#Blue hawaii music movie#
… "Under normal circumstances, Colonel Parker always wanted a single to be released from an upcoming movie at least 4-6 weeks before the soundtrack album. In the Behind The Scenes section there is the interesting comment that…. There’s a nice selection of candid photos too. ‘Blue Hawaii’ soundtrack LP reached #1 worldwide.īy now FTD realise what the collector’s want and again this booklet of photos and memorabilia, including original reel-to-reel tape boxes, is very nicely laid out. 'No More' was also released as a single outside the US, also making the Top Ten. 'Can't Help Falling In Love/Rock-A-Hula Baby’ as a double-sided single reached #2/23 in US, December 1961.
In interviews she has since admitted, somewhat surprisingly, to knowing Elvis from the fifties and his time at Paramount for ‘Loving You’ - and that she had also been dating Elvis on and off since before he went into the army. Joan Blackman (see photo below) was Elvis’ co-star in ‘Blue Hawaii’ and later in ‘Kid Galahad’. On the girlfriend front Elvis was still dating Anita Wood as well as Sandy Ferra, while Priscilla was still living in Germany. On March 20th Elvis reported to Paramount Studios in Hollywood before heading to the Radio Recorders studio for soundtrack rehearsals. It had been only 8 days since Elvis had wrapped up the great ‘Something For Everybody’ sessions in Nashville’s Studio B. With fourteen songs in the film the music was a key feature, although both the Hawaiian scenery and an enjoyable if lightweight plot did help make it one of Elvis' most enjoyable films.Ĭlick here to EIN's in-depth examination of the actual film. 56 tracks, 158 minutes).īlue Hawaii was Elvis’ 8th film and after the dramas of 'Flaming Star' and 'Wild In the Country' it was a return to a family fun musical.
So this FTD extended movie soundtrack release better be the definitive version to make it worth buying again. Surely every Elvis fan must own at least one copy of 'Blue Hawaii'. 'Blue Hawaii' is the seventeenth FTD extended movie soundtrack release. Here we continue EIN’s in-depth look at each one to see if they are worth buying all over again. Despite it's travelogue style 'Blue Hawaii' has always been an essential album to own. One of Elvis' biggest selling albums, most fans would have previously purchased these songs on the original vinyl and then again via BMG's extended 1997 release. Produced by Hal Wallis and directed by Norman Taurog it reached #2 of Variety's weekly list of Top Grossing films. Blue Hawaii FTD extended Soundtrack CD - In-depth review by Piers Beagley -īlue Hawaii is one of Elvis' most successful films.
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