Soundtrack Session for 20th Century Fox: Wild in the Country, November 7-8, 1960

Studio :

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California

Producer :

Urban Thielmann

Engineer :

Thorne Nogar

Lonely Man (record version)

November 7

Take 01

Complete

3:00

Movie Session Memories°°(L/R swapped)

Take 02

FS

UN

Take 03

LFS

UN

Take 04

Complete

3:06

"2:55"

Out in Hollywood°°

Take 05

LFS

UN

Take 06

FS

UN

Take 07

FS

UN

Take 08

Complete

2:55

UN

Take 09

Complete

2:55

UN

Take 10

LFS

UN

Take 11

FS

UN

Take 12

Complete

2:44

UN

Take 13

M

2:45

L2PB 5381

Command Performances°°/Double Features°°(L/R swapped)

Lonely Man (solo)

November 7

Take 01

Complete

2:09

Wild in the Country Sessions°(Laurel LP/TCB CD & LP)/Behind Closed LP°

Take 02

LFS

0:52

In My Way LP°/Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 03

Complete

2:02

In My Way LP°/Wild in the Country Sessions°/Hollywood Sessions°

Take 04

M

2:09

WPA5 2504

Collectors Gold°°/Double Features°°+"Wild in the Country Sessions"

In My Way (solo)

November 7

Take 01

Complete

1:32

Silver Scr.°°+"W. in the C. Sessions"°(Laurel LP/TCB CD&LP)/Beh.Cl.D. LP°

Take 02

Complete

1:35

Meets Presley°°/For Everyone CD°°/In My Way LP°+"W. in the C. Sessions"

Take 03

FS

0:09

Wild in the Country Sessions°(Laurel LP/TCB CD & LP)

Take 04

FS

0:39

Wild in the Country Sessions°(Laurel LP/TCB CD & LP)

Take 05

FS

0:26

In My Way LP°/Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 06

LFS

0:52

"(watch FS)"

In My Way LP°/Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 07

FS

0:29

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 08

M

1:27

L2PB 5384

Double Features°°+"Wild in the Country Sessions"

Wild in the Country (record version)

November 7

Take 01

LFS

1:06

full group on take 1 only

Wild in the Country Sessions°/Behind Closed Doors LP°

Take 02

LFS

1:04

In My Way LP°/Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 03

FS

0:22

Wild in the Country Sessions°(Laurel LP/TCB CD & LP)

Take 04

FS

0:19

Wild in the Country Sessions°(Laurel LP/TCB CD & LP)

Take 05

FS

0:24

Wild in the Country Sessions°(Laurel LP/TCB CD & LP)

Take 06

LFS

1:13

Wild in the Country Sessions°(Laurel LP/TCB CD & LP)

Take 07

LFS

1:10

Wild in the Country Sessions°(Laurel LP/TCB CD & LP)

Take 08

LFS

1:43

Wild in the Country Sessions°(Laurel LP/TCB CD & LP)

Take 09

LFS

1:06

Wild in the Country Sessions°(Laurel LP/TCB CD & LP)

Take 10

FS

0:23

Wild in the Country Sessions°(Laurel LP/TCB CD & LP)

Take 11

Complete

2:06

"hold"

In My Way LP°/Wild in the Country Sessions°/Hollywood Sessions°

Take 12

FS

0:22

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 13

Complete

1:56

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 14

Complete

2:07

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 15

FS

0:18

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 16

Complete

1:53

Silver Box LP 3 & CD 2°°+"Wild in the Country Sessions"/Behind Closed LP°

Take 17

FS

0:59

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 18

FS

0:29

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 19

M

2:00

L2PB 5383

Command Perf.°°/Double Features°°(L/R swapped)+"W. in the C. Sessions"

Forget Me Never (solo)

November 7

Take 01

Complete

1:40

Wild in the Country Sessions°/Behind Closed Doors LP°

Take 02

FS

0:27

In My Way LP°/Wild in the Country Sessions°/Behind Closed LP°

Take 03

M

1:43

L2PB 5385

Double Features°°/Meets Presley°°/For Everyone CD°°/In My Way LP°

+"Wild in the Country Sessions"

I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell

November 8

Take 01

LFS

1:24

high key

In My Way LP°/Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 02

FS

0:21

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 03

Complete

1:44

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 04

FS+FS

0:32

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 05

LFS

0:57

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 06

FS+Complete

1:47

In My Way LP°/Wild in the Country Sessions°/Hollywood Sessions°

Take 07

FS

0:19

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 08

LFS

0:56

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 09

Complete

1:55

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 10

Complete

1:45

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 11

Complete

1:56

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 12

FS

0:31

In My Way LP°/Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 13

M

1:42

L2PB 5382

Double Features°°/In My Way LP°+"Wild in the C Sessions/In My Way LP"

Take 14

LFS

0:53

low key

Wild in the Country Sessions°/Behind Closed Doors LP°

Take 15

FS

0:26

Wild in the Country Sessions°/Behind Closed Doors LP°

Take 16

Complete

1:55

Wild in the Country Sessions°/Behind Closed Doors LP°

Take 17

FS

0:37

Wild in the Country Sessions°

Take 18

(M)

1:55

WPA5 2504

Double Features°°/Collectors Gold°°+"Wild in the Country Sessions°"

Musicians:

Guitar :

Scotty Moore

Guitar :

Hilmer J. "Tiny" Timbrell

Guitar :

Elvis Presley

Bass :

Michael "Meyer" Rubin

Drums :

D. J. Fontana

Accordion :

James Haskell -only on Lonely Man (record version)

Piano :

Dudley Brooks

Backup Vocals :

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


Notes:

The first session tape is (was?) missing. There may have been another version of Wild in the Country. The released version was marked "record version" on the log and why does take 1 include the full group?

The stereo outtake of Lonely Man (record version) on 'Movie Session Memories' seems to come from a hissy tape or an acetate and is poorly restored. Hopefully this has been released elsewhere.

The TCB CD 'The Complete Wild in the Country Sessions' is actually a pretty good source, although noisy, for this material if the pitch is corrected and only one channel kept. It runs a little more than 5% too fast, which is a lot. The Laurel LP 'In My Way', with only some takes, is even better. The Laurel double LP with the session is unfortunately not that flawless. On 'Elvis Meets Presley', noisy and 2% too slow, but great stereo versions without echo can be found of In My Way take 2 (first note missing) and Forget Me Never take 3 (master). Stay away from the "Radio Recordes Luxembourg" CD 'Wild in the Country Sessions' (PEWCCD129) since it has the worst kind of noise reduction!

It may appear that there was a left channel guitar overdub on Forget Me Never. This can be heard on the CDs 'Elvis For Everyone' and 'Elvis Meets Presley', but not on 'Double Features'. This responding guitar is however present on the releases that were mastered from the mono session tape. So it probably was removed for the 'Double Features' release rather than overdubbed in the first place.

The stereo version of Wild in the Country with overdubbed maracas was probably not overdubbed during the original session. Tunzi says it was overdubbed by Boots Randolph during the post production of the movie. Some lists this overdub version to be take 40, but that is surely because a "take 40" announcement by Elvis(!) had been poorly added to the overdubbed Wild in the Country on the bootleg LP 'From the Beach to the Bayou' and perhaps others. The "take 40" announcement was naturally a joke and is actually preceeded by an interrupted "take 15" announcement by the engineer. The announcement sounds like it's from a 1950's session and can probably be identified.