LSP-2426 Blue Hawaii 

Modified: December 29, 2015

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor LSP-2426 Blue Hawaii (LP)
Release Date: 10/1961

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side 1

Blue Hawaii
Almost Always True
Aloha Oe
No More
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Rock-A-Hula Baby
Moonlight Swim

Side 2

Ku-u-i-po
Ito Eats
Slicin’ Sand
Hawaiian Sunset
Beach Boy Blues
Island Of Love (Kauai)
Hawaiian Wedding Song

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Cover Front: RCA and catalog number upper left corner. Living Stereo and Victor upper right corner, with or without sticker affixed to cover.
Cover Back: Catalog number upper right corner.

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Sticker Contains the “Twist” Special ROCK-A-HULA BABY and CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE LPM/LSP-2426

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Disc: (1961) Stereo. Black label, RCA logo is silver, “LIVING STEREO” at bottom. Elvis Presley is in small font on bottom. Side 1, the Jordanaires are credited for 1,3-7. On side 2, the Jordanaires are credited for 1-5,7.1

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2 PY2998-1S B1 / Side 2: M2 PY2999-1S B1 (Indianapolis pressing)2

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Disc: (1961) Stereo. Black label, RCA logo is silver, “LIVING STEREO” at bottom.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2PY-2998-3S / Side 2: M2PY-2999-5S (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: (1963) Stereo. Black label, RCA logo in silver at top and “STEREO” at bottom.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2PY-2998-12S / Side 2: M2PY-2999-12S (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: (1964) Stereo. Black label, RCA logo is white, other label print is silver. Title in small font. Side 1, track 3, The A in Arr.: is capitalized. and ALOHA-OE has a dot between the words. The Jordanaires are credited for tracks 1,3. Side 2, track 7 on one line. The Jordanaires are credited with tracks 1,3-7. In the statement (from the Hal Wallis Prod. “Blue Hawaii” a Paramount Film) the P in Prod and F in Film are capitalized and “Blue Hawaii” on the first of two lines. The spacing between the song titles and the (from the Hal Wallis Prod. “Blue Hawaii” a Paramount Film) statement are equal throughout.

Matrix numbers
Side 1:
M2PY-2998-12S / Side 2: M2PY-2999-12S (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: (1964) Stereo. Black label, RCA logo is white, other label print is silver. Title in small font. Side 1, track 3, The A in Arr.: is capitalized. and ALOHA-OE has a dot between the words. The Jordanaires are credited for tracks 1,3. Side 2, track 7 on one line. The Jordanaires are credited with tracks 1,3-7. In the statement (from the Hal Wallis Prod. “Blue Hawaii” a Paramount Film) the P in Prod and F in Film are capitalized and “Blue Hawaii” on the first of two lines. The spacing between the songs are tight with a space between the last song title and the (from the Hal Wallis Prod. “Blue Hawaii” a Paramount Film) statement.

Matrix numbers
Side 1:
M2PY-2998-12S / Side 2: M2PY-2999-12S (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: (1964) Stereo. Black label, RCA logo is white, other label print is silver. Title in large font. Side 1, track 3, The a in arr.: is not capitalized. and ALOHA OE does not have a dot between the words. The Jordanaires are credited for tracks 1,3-6. Side 2, track 7 on two lines. The Jordanaires are credited with tracks 1-5,7. In the statement (from the Hal Wallis prod. “Blue Hawaii” a Paramount film) the p in prod and f in film are not capitalized and “Blue Hawaii” on the second of two lines.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2PY-2998-15S A1 / Side 2: M2PY-2999-15S A2 (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: M2PY-2998-15S A2 / Side 2: M2PY-2999-17S (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: (11/1968) Orange label. Rigid vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2PY-2998-18S A2 / Side 2: M2PY-2999-18S A (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: M2PY-2998-18S A3E / Side 2: M2PY-2999-18S B1A (Rockaway pressing)

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Cover Front: RCA and catalog number upper left corner. Living Stereo and Victor upper right corner. RE lower left corner. (1971-1977 est.)
Cover Back: Catalog number upper right corner. RE lower left corner. Two variations of the RE. The one on the left is relatively common. The one on the right features a much smaller RE. A comparision of the two demonstrates this significant difference.

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Disc: (1970) Orange label. Non-flexible vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side 1:
M2PY-2998-17S C1 / Side 2: M2PY-2999-20S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)
Side 1: M2PY-2998-20S A1D / Side 2: M2PY-2999-22S A1C (hand etched) (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: (1971) Orange label. Flexible vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side 1:
M2PY-2998-17S / Side 2: M2PY-2999-16S3
Side 1: M2PY-2998-22S A1 / Side 2: M2PY-2999-22S B2 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (1976) Tan label.

Matrix numbers
Side 1:
M2PY-2998-22S A2 / Side 2: M2PY-2999-22S B1 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (1976) Tan label. Rigid label.4

Matrix numbers
Side 1:
M2PY-2998-22S A4 / Side 2: M2PY-2999-22S B1 (Indianapolis pressing)5

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Disc: (1977) Black label, dog near top. Flexible vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side A:
M2PY-2998-22S A2G6 / Side B: M2PY-2999-24S A1L (Indianapolis pressing)
Side A: M2PY-2998-22S A2 #1 / Side B: M2PY-2999-27S A1 #3 (unknown pressingI Z)

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Disc: (1977) Black label, dog near top. Rigid vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side A:
M2PY-2998-23 / Side B: M2PY-2999-26 (hand etched) (unknown pressing S)

Inner Sleeves
To identify the inner sleeve that is most appropriate for each release, look at the Inner Sleeves page on this site.

Also released in monaural as LPM-2426 Blue Hawaii and re-released as AFL1-2426 Blue Hawaii.

Promotional Material

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This is a store banner used to promote 14 Great Songs, Elvis’ Big New Album Blue Hawaii, Complete Original Soundtrack Recording, RCA Victor. It features the original stereo cover.6

  1. Images and discovery from the collection of PIOTRULA (of Poland)
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of PIOTRULA (of Poland)
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Shawn O’Grady
  4. Images and discovery from the collection of Antti V.
  5. Matrix numbers from the collection of Antti V.
  6. Images from the collection of Christian (of France).