Elvis Presley - I'll Remember You - From First Take to the Master

Buy me a coffee to check my Patreon page for exclusive content : https://www.patreon.com/user/posts?u=... Throughout Elvis' life, particularly from the sixties onwards, his love for the US' fiftieth state remained undiminished, and it was in Hawaii where he took his final vacation just months before his death. Encompassing this love of Hawaii, he decided in 1966 to record "I'll Remember You", a song composed by native Hawaiian Kuiokalaani "Kui" Lee, but which had been recorded by Don Ho a year earlier. Elvis' version was recorded in two parts, the instrumental track laid down on 10 June 1966, with Elvis adding his overdub two days later , a practise which Elvis only usually employed during the movie soundtrack sessions which contained the poorer material. Despite being one of Elvis' finest recordings of that particular period, it was "lost" on release being added as a bonus track on the soundtrack album to his twenty first movie - Spinout. It’s most famous live performance is undoubtedly that which was featured in Elvis’ “Aloha from Hawaii” show but it had been an integral part of his set list for a year prior to that version. The backing track was recorded on 10 June 1966 as Elvis had a cold and as the musicians were already present in Nashvilles's Studio B, he asked them to record with Red West and Charlie Hodge filling in. West's vocals can just be heard in the background on the backing track. It was two days later before Elvis felt fit enough to add his vocal but after three takes it was decided that parts of takes one and three would be used creating a spliced master. This in turn would then be edited by 1minute and twenty five seconds creating the RCA master. As with all of these videos, to get the most out of the audio, I highly recommend you use ear /headphones and turn the volume up as much as you dare!