Paradise, Hawaiian Style

LSP-3643
Released: June 10, 1966

33 rpm, Mono
LP 12"

Side A
Matrix Side A: TPRS-3846--2S

01. Paradise Hawaiian Style [2:35] ³)
02. Queenie Wahine's Papaya [1:33] ³)
03. Scratch My Back [2:13] ²)
04. Drums Of The Islands [2:32] ¹)
05. Datin' [1:22] ³)

Side 2
Matrix Side B: TPRS-3847--2S

01. Dog's Life [1:57] ³)
02. House Of Sand [2:02] ²)
03. Stop Where You Are [2:03] ²)
04. This Is My Heaven [2:34] ¹)
05. Sand Castles [2:55] ¹)

¹) Recorded: Radio Recorders, Hollywood, August 2, 1965
²) Recorded: Radio Recorders, Hollywood, August 3, 1965
³) Recorded: Radio Recorders, Hollywood, August 4, 1965

Paradise, Hawaiian Style is the twenty-sixth album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3643, in June 1966. Recording sessions took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California, on July 26 and 27, and August 2, 1965. It peaked at #15 on the Top Pop Albums chart.

Presley found himself in 1965 recording soundtrack albums for films that were almost a year away from release — gone were the days when the turnaround time from the final session for Elvis Is Back! to its arrival in the shops was less than one week. While working on this album, his most recent film in the theaters was Tickle Me, and Presley had completed three more movies since then. With titles like "A Dog's Life" and "Queenie Wahine's Papaya," he openly ridiculed the material, wasting time before finally approaching the microphone to do the job. He begrudgingly accepted songs given him that he would have rejected outright years earlier. He always finished the work, but in essence Presley had become a hired hand in his own career.

Paradise, Hawaiian Style was number 15 on the Hot LP chart when it entered on July 16, 1966, it remained on the chart for nineteen weeks.