Studio Sessions for RCA, May 25-28, 1966

	Studio :	RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
	Producer :	Felton Jarvis
	Engineers :	Jim Malloy (May 25-28), Al Pachucki (May 28, 19:00-22:00)

Run On

TPA4 0908

May 25 (Wed.): 22:00 - 01:00

	Take 01	LFS	1:50			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 02	Complete	2:56			Easter Special°°/Stand by Me vol. 2°+"Stand by Me vol. 2"
	Take 03
	Take 04
	Take 05
	Take 06	Complete	2:24			Stand by Me vol. 1°
	Take 07	M	2:23			How Great Thou Art(O)/Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)

How Great Thou Art

TPA4 0909

May 25 (Wed.): 22:00 - 01:00

	Take 01
	Take 02	Complete	2:56			Platinum 2°°/Stand by Me vol. 1°
	Take 03
	Take 04	M	3:02			How Great Thou Art(O)/Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)

Stand by Me

TPA4 0910

May 26 (Thu.): 01:00 - 04:00

	Take 01
	Take 02	Complete	2:43			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 03	FS	1:00			Easter Special°°/Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 04	LFS	0:51			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 05
	Take 06	FS+FS(?)	0:20			Easter Special°°
	Take 07	Complete	2:34			Easter Special°°(released as "take 2")/Stand by Me vol. 1°+"Easter Special"
	Take 08
	Take 09	LFS	1:26			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 10	FS+Complete	2:40			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 11	M	2:28			How Great Thou Art(O)/Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)

Where No One Stands Alone

TPA4 0911

May 26 (Thu.): 01:00 - 04:00

	Take 01
	Take 02
	Take 03	LFS	2:24			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 04	(M)	1:36+	Used for composite master

Where No One Stands Alone (workpart)

May 26 (Thu.): 01:00 - 04:00

	Take 01	FS+Complete	1:51			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 02	FS	0:13			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 03	Complete	1:21			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 04
	Take 05
	Take 06
	Take 07	(M)	1:09	Used for composite master

Where No One Stands Alone (composite)

TPA4 0911

Spliced

M

2:43

Composite of take 4 and workpart take 7.

How Great Thou Art(O)/Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)

Down in the Alley

TPA4 0912

May 26 (Thu.): 04:00 - 07:00

	Take 01	Complete	3:16			60's Box 5
	Take 02	FS	0:07			Always Me vol. 4
	Take 03	LFS	1:59			Always Me vol. 4
	Take 04	FS	0:52			Always Me vol. 4
	Take 05	NA	1:09+			"Always Me vol. 4"(announcement only)
	Take 06	Complete	2:49			Always Me vol. 4
	Take 07
	Take 08
	Take 09	M	2:50			Spinout LP(O)/Tomorrow Is a Long Time(repaired)(R)/60's Box 3(cut)(R)

Tomorrow Is a Long Time

TPA4 0913

May 26 (Thu.): 04:00 - 07:00

	Take 01	FS	0:21			Always Me vol. 4
	Take 02	FS+Complete	5:41			Always Me vol. 4
	Take 03
	Take 04	M	5:22			Spinout LP(O)/60's Box 3(R)/Tomorrow Is a Long Time(R)

Love Letters

TPA4 0914

May 26 (Thu.): 22:00 - 01:00 (and 18.30 - 21.30?)

	Take 01
	Take 02	Complete	2:52			24 C Gold
	Take 03	FS	0:09			Collectors Gold
	Take 04	FS	0:29			Collectors Gold
	Take 05	LFS	0:48			Always Me vol. 4
	Take 06	NA	0:04+			Always Me vol. 4(Announcement only)
	Take 07	Complete	3:02			Collectors Gold
	Take 08	Complete	3:00			Always Me vol. 4
	Take 09	M	2:51			From the Heart(O)/ Gold Rec. 4(O)/Tom.Is a Long Time(R)/60's Box 3(R)

So High

TPA4 0915

May 27 (Fri.): 01:00 - 04:00

	Take 01	Complete	2:01			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 02	FS	0:10			Easter Special°°
	Take 03	Complete	2:03			Easter Special°°/Stand by Me vol. 1°+"Easter Special"
	Take 04	M	1:58			How Great Thou Art(O)/Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)

Farther Along

TPA4 0916

May 27 (Fri.): 01:00 - 04:00

	Take 01	FS	0:39			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 02	LFS	2:32			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 03	M	4:05			How Great Thou Art(O)/Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)

By and By

TPA4 0917

May 27 (Fri.): 04:00 - 07:00

	Take 01
	Take 02
	Take 03	FS+LFS	2:50			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 04	FS+Complete	2:13			Long Lonely Highway°°/Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 05
	Take 06
	Take 07
	Take 08
	Take 09	Complete	1:52			Stand by Me vol. 1°
	Take 10	M	1:51			How Great Thou Art(O)/Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)

In the Garden

TPA4 0918

May 27 (Fri.): 04:00 - 07:00

	Take 01
	Take 02
	Take 03	M	3:11			How Great Thou Art(O)/Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)

Beyond the Reef

TPA4 0919

May 27 (Fri.): 04:00 - 07:00 (06:00-07:00)

	Take 01	FS+LFS	2:41			Always Me 4 (L/R swapped)+tape(FS+dialogue)
	Take 02	(M)	3:05	Master overdubbed on August 9, 1968		60's Box 3(R)

Somebody Bigger Than You and I

TPA4 0920

May 27 (Fri.): 19:00 - 22:00

	Take 01
	Take 02	LFS	0:43	low key		Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 03
	Take 04	Tryout?	1:03	Bridge only		Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 05
	Take 06
	Take 07
	Take 08	LFS	1:44			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 09
	Take 10
	Take 11	Complete	2:33			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 12	Complete	2:39			Easter Special°°/Stand by Me vol. 1°+"Easter Special"
	Take 13
	Take 14
	Take 15	FS+Complete	2:50			Stand by Me vol. 1°
	Take 16	(M)		Used for composite master

Somebody Bigger Than You and I (workpart, ending)

May 27 (Fri.): 19:00 - 22:00

	Take 01
	Take 02
	Take 03
	Take 04
	Take 05
	Take 06	(M)		Used for composite master

Somebody Bigger Than You and I (composite)

TPA4 0920

Spliced

M

2:27

How Great Thou Art(O)/Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)

Without Him

TPA4 0921

May 27 (Fri.): 22:00 - 01:00

	Take 01	Complete	3:03			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 02
	Take 03
	Take 04
	Take 05
	Take 06	FS	0:10			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 07
	Take 08	Complete	2:30			Stand by Me vol. 1°
	Take 09
	Take 10	FS	0:12			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 11
	Take 12	M	2:30			How Great Thou Art(O)/Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)
	Take 13
	Take 14	Complete	2:33			Stand by Me vol. 2°

If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side

TPA4 0922

May 28 (Sat.): 01:00 - 05:00

	Take 01	Complete	1:37			Stand by Me vol. 1°
	Take 02
	Take 03
	Take 04	Complete	1:42			Stand by Me vol. 2°
	Take 05	M	1:38			How Great Thou Art(O)/Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)
	Take 06	Complete	1:49			Stand by Me vol. 2°

Where Could I Go But to the Lord?

TPA4 0923

May 28 (Sat.): 01:00 - 05:00

	Take 01
	Take 02	M	3:37			How Great Thou Art(O)/Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)

Come What May

TPA4 0924

May 28 (Sat.): 19:00 - 22:00

	Take 01	FS+LFS	2:04			Come What May°
	Take 02	Complete	2:03			Come What May°
	Take 03
	Take 04	Complete	1:52			Come What May°
	Take 05	FS	0:31			Come What May°
	Take 06	Complete	1:52			Collectors Gold°°
	Take 07	Complete	1:59			60's Box 3°°/Tomorrow Is a Long Time°°
	Take 08	M	2:00			Long Lonely Highway(clipped >0dB)(R)°°/Rare Elvis(O)°

Fools Fall in Love

TPA4 0925

May 28 (Sat.): 19:00 - 22:00

	Take 01
	Take 02
	Take 03
	Take 04	Complete	2:11			Long Lonely Highway°°
	Take 05	M	2:06			60's Box 3(R)°°/Tomorrow Is a Long Time(R)°°/Leiber & Stoller CD(O)°°

	Musicians:
	Guitar :	Scotty Moore
	Guitar :	Chip Young
	Guitar :	Harold Bradley?
	Bass :	Bob Moore (May 25-27)
	Bass :	Henry Strzelecki (May 28)
	Bass/Harmonica/Guitar :	Charlie McCoy (May 25-27)
	Drums/Tympani :	Murrey "Buddy" Harman
	Drums :	D.J. Fontana
	Piano :	Floyd Cramer
	Piano/Organ :	Henry Slaughter (of The Imperials, May 25-27)
	Piano/Organ :	David Briggs (May 26)
	Steel Guitar :	Peter Drake
	Saxophone :	Homer "Boots" Randolph
	Saxophone :	Rufus Long
	Trumpet	Ray Stevens
	Backup Vocals :	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews and Ray Walker
	Backup Vocals :	The Imperials: Armond Morales, Jake Hess, Gary McSpadden, Sherrill Nielsen (May 25-27)
	Backup Vocals :	Millie Kirkham, June Page and Dolores Edgin

	Notes:
	On the 1999 Japanese paper sleeve CD (BVCM-3702) and the first regular CD release of "How Great Thou Art" the original two-channel album masters were used. Generation loss is more than compensated for by the full ambience and natural sounding vocals. Neither release has noise reduction. The original RCA/BMG CD runs too slow (~2%) while this has been corrected on the Japanese CD. Overall the Japanese CD is normalized to 0 dB (max. amplitude) or even subjected to unnecessary hard limiting, especially noticeable on loud songs such as So High. It may still be the best choice in terms of sound. BMG's "Amazing Grace" and "Peace in the Valley" are remastered/remixed from the original multi-channel backup tapes and both have too much noise reduction and artificial sounding vocals due to overuse of tasteless clarity improvement products, although the source and generation as such is better than the original album masters used previously. The more recent "Peace in the Valley" has added high-end noise that continues after the songs are finished, but also slightly improved high-end compared to "Amazing Grace". The fact that noise can be identified as added afterwards suggests that the record company is aware of some of the problems with these remasters. Avoid releases derived from this bad early 1990's attempt that is released over and over again. Unfortunately they will need to go back to the tapes again to get it right, unless the basic transfer was kept somewhere. 6 drum beats of the intro of Down in the Alley were missing on the 60's Box. When rectified on the CD "Tomorrow Is a Long Time", a remastered intro with better ambience was spliced onto the 60's Box master rather than remastering the entire song again. It is possible that the intro was cut from the multichannel tapes in the first place. From this session BMG's remasters as released on the 60's Box and "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" are more conservative and far better than "Amazing Grace"/"Peace in the Valley". However, Love Letters has better ambience on "From the Heart" or the first CD version of "Gold Records volume 4". On later BMG releases such as the "60's Box" and "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" this sounds a bit dull and flat. The best source of this master may be the reel-to-reel "Golden Records vol.3 & 4" (ST 713-P-DP), but it would take a Dolby A (B?) decoder to find out for sure. The long lost stereo master of Come What May was severely and audibly clipped when finally released on the BMG/FTD CD "Long Lonely Highway". The same goes for the alternate Fools Fall in Love and By and By. The latter also suffers from DAT jitter (at 1:32). Similar jitter can be found on the CD "Come What May" (Come What May take 1, at 0:52-0:53 of track 1) implying a similar source in spite of being released in mono...