Studio Session for RCA, April 3-5, 1960

Studio :

RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee

Producer :

Steve Sholes/Chet Atkins

Engineer :

Bill Porter

Fever

L2WB 0098

April 3

Take 01

Complete

3:52

Essential 6+"Animal Instinct"+Always Me 1/Nashville 60-61

Take 02

FS

1:01

Elvis Meets Presley+"Nashville 60-61(L2WB 0098 announcement)"

Take 03

Incomplete

3:20

Elvis Meets Presley+"Nashville 60-61"

Take 04

M

3:34

Elvis Is Back DCC/Elvis Is Back 24bit/Elvis Is Back '99/60's Box 1

Like a Baby

L2WB 0099

April 3

Take 01

FS+LFS

2:17

Collectors Gold(FS)+Always Him/Nashville 60-61

Take 02

Complete

2:50

Collectors Gold+"Always Him/Nashville 60-61"

Take 03

FS

0:34

Always Him/Nashville 60-61

Take 04

2xFS+Complete

3:20

Fame and Fortune/Always Him/Nashville 60-61+Always Me 1

Take 05

FS

0:31

Always Him/Nashville 60-61

Take 06

M

2:40

Elvis Is Back DCC/Elvis Is Back 24bit/Elvis Is Back '99/60's Box 1

It's Now or Never

L2WB 0100

April 3

Take 01

FS+Complete

3:23

Long Lonely Highway

Take 02?

Complete

3:12

Ending used for spliced master?

Fame and Fortune

Take 03?

3xFS

0:32

Fame and Fortune

Take 04

Spliced

(M)

3:16

Probably spliced from takes 4&2. Overdubbed

60's Box 5

The Girl of My Best Friend

L2WB 0101

April 4

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Complete

2:35

Fame and Fortune

Take 04

Take 05

Take 06

Complete

2:31

Essential 6

Take 07

Take 08

Take 09

Take 10

M

2:24

Elvis Is Back DCC/Elvis Is Back 24bit/Elvis Is Back '99/60's Box 1

Dirty, Dirty Feeling

L2WB 0102

April 4

Take 01

Complete

1:54

No guitar solo

Fame and Fortune+"Always Me 1°/Nashville 60-61°"

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

M

1:34

Elvis Is Back DCC/Elvis Is Back 24bit/Elvis Is Back '99/60's Box 1

Thrill of Your Love

L2WB 0103

April 4

Take 01

FS+Complete

3:37

Fame and Fortune+"Always Me 1°/Nashville 60-61°"

Take NA

M

3:01

Elvis Is Back DCC/Elvis Is Back 24bit/Elvis Is Back '99/60's Box 1

I Gotta Know

L2WB 0104

April 4

Take 01

Take 02

M

2:16

Golden Records vol. 3, 24bit/Elvis Is Back '99/60's Box 1

Such a Night

L2WB 0105

April 4

Take 01

Complete

3:07

Fame and Fortune/Always Me 1°/Nashville 60-61°

Take 02

FS

0:22

Leg. Perf. 2(CD&LP)/Elvis Is Back DCC/Essential 6

Take 03

FS

0:20

Leg. Perf. 2(CD&LP/Elvis Is Back DCC/Essential 6

Take 04

0:09+

"Leg. P.2/Elvis Is Back DCC/Essential 6"(Announcement only)

Take 05

M

3:02

Master is probably take 5

Elvis Is Back DCC/Elvis Is Back 24bit/'99/60's Box 1/Essential 6

Are You Lonesome Tonight?

L2WB 0106

April 4

Take 01

FS+FS

0:24

Today, Tomorrow and Forever°°

Take 02

Complete

3:14

Today, Tomorrow and Forever°°/Colonel's Coll.°/Always Me 1°

Take 03

Take 04

Take 05

Spliced

M

3:07

Spliced from take 5 and an unknown take

Golden Records vol. 3, 24bit/24K Hits/Elvis Is Back '99/60's Box 1

The Girl Next Door Went Awalking

L2WB 0107

April 4

Take 01

FS+LFS

1:05

Fame and Fortune

Take 02

FS+FS

0:30

Fame and Fortune

Take 03

LFS

1:56

Fame and Fortune+"Always Me 1°/Nashville 60-61°"

Take 04

M

2:13

Elvis Is Back DCC/Elvis Is Back 24bit/'99/60's Box 1/Essential 6

I Will Be Home Again

L2WB 0108

April 4

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

M

2:34

Elvis Is Back DCC/Elvis Is Back 24bit/'99/60's Box 1

Reconsider, Baby

L2WB 0109

April 4

Take 01

Take 02

M

3:40

Elvis Is Back DCC/Elvis Is Back 24bit/'99/60's Box 1

It's Now or Never (overdub)

L2WB 0100

April 5

Overdub

M

3:16

Piano and bass overdub of spliced master

24K Hits/Golden Records vol. 3, 24bit/Elvis Is Back '99/60's Box 1

Musicians:

Guitar :

Hank Garland

Guitar :

Scotty Moore

Guitar :

Elvis Presley

Bass :

Bob Moore

Drums :

D.J. Fontana

Drums :

Murrey "Buddy" Harman

Saxophone :

Homer "Boots" Randolph

Piano :

Floyd Cramer

Backup Vocals :

The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews and Ray Walker

Backup Vocals :

Charlie Hodge (on I Will Be Home Again)


Notes:

According to Jorgensen's 'A Life in Music', the master of Such a Night is take 5. Perhaps Joan Deary edited the dialogue of take 4 on 'A Legendary Performer' vol. 2. The other complete take could then be take 4 as well as take 1.