Take 5 of 'Drums Of The Islands' on FTD's
Paradise, Hawaiian Style extended soundtrack has dialogue
from after 'Queenie Wahine's Papaya' (JOV
Take 4) edited in at the end.
'Drums Of The Islands' is a composite of:-
0:00-2:19: AOV-06
2:19-2:25: A1V-03 (last 14 seconds: "If ever I
wander...")
The movie version of 'Drums Of The Islands'
can be heard twice in the movie.
The first version has a long intro and lasts around
3:27, with verses 1-2-3-4 / solo / 3-4
The second version was a medley with 'This Is My
Heaven' at the end of the movie and lasts 2:42,
with verses 1-2-3 followed by a part of the original
song 'Bula Meleya' and closing with the last line
of verse 4 three times.
The record version is verses 1-2-3-4-4-4.
Drums of the islands, you're beating in my heart
You're with me, no no matter where I roam
If ever I wander, if ever we're apart
I know that you will lead me home
If I should journey across the deep blue sea
I’ll never forget these coral shores
Drums of the islands, I'll hear you calling me
And I'll return, forever yours
I love each valley, each grain of sand, each hill
The flowers, the music of the isles
These are the things that I love and always will
Though I may roam ten thousand miles
Drums of the islands, you're beating in my heart
You're with me, no no matter where I roam
If ever I wander, if ever we're apart
I know that you will lead me home
Drums of the islands, you're beating in my heart
You're with me, no no matter where I roam
If ever I wander, if ever we're apart
I know that you will lead me home
Drums of the islands, you're beating in my heart
You're with me, no no matter where I roam
If ever I wander, if ever we're apart
I know that you will lead me home
'This Is My Heaven' is spliced from takes
8 & 6:
0:00-1:48: FOV-08 ("...forever")
1:48-2:36: FOV-06 ("Here 'neath the sky...")
With no satisfactory master take cut for 'Sand
Castles', Elvis' vocals were removed from KO
take 10 and the remaining instrumental track was
overdubbed with new vocals by Elvis on August
3.
In March of 2007, Sony decided to go through all of Elvis' masters. They retransferred everything and remastered all tracks including repairing as many clicks, pops, bad edits and dropouts as they could. They have used these newly mastered recordings on their new releases since 2007 including budget soundtracks, Legacy releases, the 30 disc Complete Elvis Presley Masters collection and the Franklin Mint package.
