The Making of Blue Hawaii

(Box set front cover art, the 4 CDs and EP are included in the book "The Music")

This 4 CD set and EP are included in the box set "The Making of Blue Hawaii" by David English and Pål Granlund (Follow That Dream Records Label, 2023).

The CDs contain (out-)takes from the Blue Hawaii Recording Sessions, including the masters.


CD 1

1 Blue Hawaii 02:37
2 Almost Always True 02:24
3 Aloha Oe 01:55
4 No More 02:24
5 Can't Help Falling In Love 03:06
6 Rock-A-Hula Baby 02:04
7 Moonlight Swim 02:21
8 Ku-U-I-Po 02:23
9 Ito Eats 01:25
10 Slicin' Sand 01:37
11 Hawaiian Sunset 02:35
12 Beach Boy Blues 02:05
13 Island Of Love 02:41
14 Hawaiian Wedding Song 02:51
15 Steppin' Out Of Line 01:55
16 Hawaiian Sunset - Take 1 02:42
17 Hawaiian Sunset - Take 2 02:52
18 Hawaiian Sunset - Take 3 02:49
19 Hawaiian Sunset - Take 4 (used for Master) 02:41
20 Hawaiian Sunset - Takes 5,6, 7 (used for Master) 03:16
21 Hawaiian Sunset - final master (splice of takes 4 and 7) 02:33

Tracks 1-15 The Masters
Tracks 16-21 recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, March 21, 1961

Total playing time 00:51:16


CD 2

1 Aloha Oe - Take 1 01:09
2 Aloha Oe - Take 2 00:57
3 Aloha Oe - Take 3 00:59
4 Aloha Oe - Take 4,5 (used for Master) 01:13
5 Aloha Oe - Take 6 01:28
6 Aloha Oe - Take 7 (used for Master) 00:56
7 Aloha Oe - Master (take 4 and splice of take 7&5) 01:56
8 Ku-U-I-Po - Take 1 02:35
9 Ku-U-I-Po - Take 2,4,5 04:10
10 Ku-U-I-Po - Take 6-7 02:58
11 Ku-U-I-Po - Take 8, 9 (Master) 03:35
12 No More - Take 1-3 03:26
13 No More - Take 4,5,7 05:17
14 No More - Take 8 02:34
15 No More - Take 9 02:35
16 No More - Take 10-11 05:05
17 No More - Take 12-13 (used for Master) 03:02
18 No More - Take 14-16 (insert ending) 02:26
19 No More - Master (splice of take 13 and ending take 16) 02:24
20 Slicin' Sand - Take 1-3 02:59
21 Slicin' Sand - Take 4 01:42
22 Slicin' Sand - Take 5-7 03:26
23 Slicin' Sand - Take 8-9 03:04
24 Slicin' Sand - Take 10 01:45
25 Slicin' Sand - Take 11-12 03:11
26 Slicin' Sand - Take 13-14 02:10
27 Slicin' Sand - Take 15-17 03:02
28 Slicin' Sand - Take 19 (Master) 01:36

Tracks 1-28 recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, March 21, 1961

Total playing time 01:11:40


CD 3

Track Title Time
1 Blue Hawaii - Take 1-3 04:05
2 Blue Hawaii - Take 4-6 04:36
3 Blue Hawaii - Take 7 (Master) 02:36
4 Ito Eats - Take 1-2 02:44
5 Ito Eats - Take 3-5 02:52
6 Ito Eats - Take 6-8, 9 (Master) 02:32
7 Hawaiian Wedding Song - Take 1 02:57
8 Hawaiian Wedding Song - Take 2 (Master) 02:50
9 Island Of Love - Take 1-4 03:45
10 Island Of Love - Take 5-7 02:22
11 Island Of Love - Take 8 03:07
12 Island Of Love - Take 9-10 02:58
13 Island Of Love - Take 11-12 00:54
14 Island Of Love - Take 13 full version (Master) 02:53
15 Steppin' Out Of Line - Take 1-5 (movie version) 02:59
16 Steppin' Out Of Line - Take 6-7, 8 (Master) (movie version) 03:40
17 Steppin' Out Of Line - Take 9-11 (record version) 01:47
18 Steppin' Out Of Line - Take 12-15 (record version) 02:35
19 Steppin' Out Of Line - Take 16, 17 (Master) (record version) 02:49
20 Steppin' Out Of Line - Take 18-19 (Tag For Movie Master) 02:20
21 Steppin' Out Of Line - Movie Master (short version) (splice of take 8 & ending take 19) 01:32
22 Almost Always True - Take 1-3 05:00
23 Almost Always True - Take 4-5 04:09
24 Almost Always True - Take 6-7 03:15
25 Almost Always True - Take 8 (Master) 02:29

Tracks 1-25 recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, March 22, 1961

Total playing time 01:13:46


CD 4

Track Title Time
1 Moonlight Swim - Take 1-2 03:53
2 Moonlight Swim - Take 3 (Master) (full version without female overdubs) 02:42
3 Moonlight Swim - Take 4 02:33
4 Can't Help falling In Love - Take 1-5 (movie version) 03:46
5 Can't Help falling In Love - Take 6-8 (movie version) 03:15
6 Can't Help falling In Love - Take 9 (movie version) 02:14
7 Can't Help falling In Love - Take 10-12 (movie version) 01:59
8 Can't Help falling In Love - Take 13 (movie version) 02:42
9 Can't Help falling In Love - Take 14-16 (movie version) 03:03
10 Can't Help falling In Love - Take 17-20 (movie version) 02:10
11 Can't Help falling In Love - Take 21-22, 23 (Master) (movie version) 02:47
12 Can't Help falling In Love - Take 24 (movie version) 02:00
13 Can't Help falling In Love - Take 25-26 (movie version) 02:21
14 Can't Help falling In Love - Take 27-28, 29 (Master) (record version) 03:47
15 Beach Boy Blues - Take 1, 2 (Master) (record version) 02:59
16 Beach Boy Blues - Take 3 (Master) (movie version) 02:06
17 Rock-A-Hula-Baby - Take 1-3 03:53
18 Rock-A-Hula-Baby - Take 4, 5 (Master) 03:08

Tracks 1-3 recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, March 22, 1961
Tracks 4-18 recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, March 23, 1961

Total playing time 00:51:18


vinyl 33rpm EP

(EP sleeve cover art)
Track Title Time
Side 1:
1 No More 02:24
2 Blue Hawaii 02:38
Side 2:
1 Moonlight Swim 02:21
2 Almost Always True 02:23

(Source: private collection)



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