Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR)
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Elvis Presley – lead vocals [click here to see more Vinyl / SACD featuring Elvis Presley]
The Surfers – backing vocals
The Jordanaires – backing vocals
Boots Randolph – saxophone
George Field – harmonica
Freddie Tavares – ukulele
Bernie Lewis – ukulele
Hank Garland – acoustic guitar
Tiny Timbrell – acoustic guitar
Scotty Moore – electric guitar
Alvino Rey – pedal steel guitar
Floyd Cramer – piano
Dudley Brooks – piano, celeste
Bob Moore – double bass
D.J. Fontana – drums
Bernie Mattinson – drums, percussion
Hal Blaine – drums, percussion
Blue Hawaii
Adapted and arranged by Elvis Presley
Written-By – Leo Robin , Ralph Rainger, Fred Wise, Ben Weisman , Don Robertson, Hal Blair, George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, Dolores Fuller, Sylvia Dee, Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, Al Hoffman, Charles E. King , Dick Manning
1 Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR
Limited numbered edition (3,000 copies)
Stereo
Studio
Label : MOFI
Original Label : RCA Victor
Recorded March 21–23, 1961 at Radio Recorders (Hollywood)
Produced by Steve Sholes
Mastered by Krieg Wunderlich, Assisted by Rob LoVerde at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab ®, Sebastopol
Originally released in October 1961
Reissued in September 2022
Tracks:
- Blue Hawaii
- Almost Always True
- Aloha Oe
- No More
- Can't Help Falling in Love
- Rock-A-Hula Baby
- Moonlight Swim
- Ku-u-i-po
- Ito Eats
- Slicin' Sand
- Hawaiian Sunset
- Beach Boy Blues
- Island of Love
- Hawaiian Wedding Song
Reviews:
“Elvis movies never came bigger than Blue Hawaii, the 1961 romantic musical comedy whose success helped push Presley into near full-time filmmaking for the bulk of the '60s. Not only was the flick a hit but so was the soundtrack, going Gold by the end of 1961, a success partially fueled by the ballad "Can't Help Falling in Love," a song so good it suggests the rest of the record might contain other gems. That's not the case. The record has its moments, including the dreamy title track, but as an album, Blue Hawaii is undone by a film that demands a good chunk of its tunes carry a Hawaiian flavor. Often, this mid-century Polynesian exotica has its charms -- Elvis croons sweetly on the swaying luaus and everybody involved has the good sense to embrace the project's inherent silliness, letting themselves josh around on deliberate fluff like "Rock-A-Hula Baby" and the vaudevillian rhumba that's "Beach Boy Blues." Both of these are ridiculous but on record, they're slightly preferable to the steady march of island tunes ("Aloha Oe," "Ku-U-I-Po," "Island of Love," "Hawaiian Love Song"), all silver screen corn performed with a bit more panache than they deserve.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ultra High-Resolution (UHR) is a dual-layer hybrid SACD recorded with Direct Stream Digital Technology at a sampling rate of 11.2 MHZ and a frequency response of DC to 100KHz. In addition, a high-precision down-conversion is utilized for the CD layer (16bit/44.1kHz) to preserve the sonic integrity of the original DSD capture. The result: State-of-the-art sound on any machine that can play either standard compact discs or SACDs.
Ratings :
Discogs : 3.94 / 5