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Ed Begley |
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SPA1 6893 |
October 10? (Sun.) |
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overdub |
(M) |
2:23 |
Overdub of 2007-03 |
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SPA1 6898 (sic) |
October 10? (Sun.) |
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overdub |
(M?) |
2:23? |
Overdub of 2007-03 |
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Guitar : |
Al Caiola |
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Guitar, Harmonica : |
Dominic Contese |
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This overdub session of
Santa
Lucia
(2007-03,
originally recorded in 1963) was first listed in Tunzi's Elvis Sessions
II and later confirmed by Ernst Jorgensen, so there can be
no doubt that it did take place. The date combined with the
second matrix number is a mystery though. The number SPA1
6898 is identical to that of the usual master, first
released on "Elvis for Everyone". The problem is that the
album was released in July 1965 and that this matrix number
should have been assigned by then. The Viva Las
Vegas
soundtrack version seems to have the same guitar/harmonica
parts as the released master, but it's hard to tell. So one
guess is that there is something wrong with the information
of the number SPA1 6898 being reused in October 1965.
Another theory is that the overdub session may have taken
place earlier than October, that this SPA1 6898 is the
released master and that it was overdubbed in the first
place. It is strange if the song was overdubbed 3 months
after release and did the union allow studio musicians to
work on a Sunday? It's even possible that the true date is
October 10, 1963 (Thursday, would fit, the NY studio would
not), although the numbers weren't assigned until 1965.
Jorgensen lists the same musicians as
overdubbed on the 1963 session. The fourth digit '1' is
unique and therefore difficult to solve. |
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