It seems as if RCA's tapes were rolling before
the video cameras started rolling, as we get more
takes or parts of takes from RCA / BMG than we
do on the EPE Deluxe Aloha From Hawaii 2-DVD Box Set.
The master of 'Blue Hawaii' is Take 2, and is listed as Take 2 in A Life In Music, but it is listed as being
Take 10 in Sessions III.
The master of 'Ku-U-I-Po' is Take 4, and is listed as Take
4 in A Life In Music, but it is listed as being Take
2 in Sessions III. Incidently, it is listed as being Take 3 on the 2004 Deluxe DVD set of Aloha From Hawaii.
The master of 'No More' is Take 4, and is listed as Take
4 in A Life In Music and Sessions III, but it is listed as being Take
2 on the 2004 Deluxe DVD set of Aloha From Hawaii.
The master of 'Hawaiian Wedding Song' is Take 3, but is listed as Take
2 in A Life In Music and Sessions III. Incidently, it is listed as being Take 4 on the 2004 Deluxe DVD set of Aloha From Hawaii.
Take 1 of 'Ku-U-I-Po' is edited on the Alternate
Aloha CD to take out the line "See the sweet
Hawaiian rose, see it blossom through it's nose".
The complete unedited take along with dialogue
and false start can be found on the Venus bootleg
release Stax '73 - Unedited Masters.
This complete after show session, although slightly edited to take out count-ins etc.., but remixed from scratch, can be found on the Follow That Dream 3xCD set Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite from 2022. The same remixed session can also be found on the RCA Legacy 3xCD and Blu-Ray set Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite - Deluxe Edition from 2023.
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.