Soundtrack Sessions for M.G.M.: Stay Away, Joe

+Studio Sessions for RCA, January 15-17, 1968

Studio :

RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee

Producer :

Felton Jarvis

Engineer :

Al Pachucki (January 15-16) / Bill Vandevort (January 16-17)

Too Much Monkey Business

WPA4 1800

January 15 (Mon.): 19:00-00:00

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

Take 05

Take 06

Take 07

Take 08

Take 09

2:42

Long Lonely Highway

Take NA

M

2:33

(2:31) (take 5 according to Tunzi)

Flaming Star(O)/Double Features(R)+"Celluloid Rock vol. 2"

 

Goin' Home

WPA1 1001

January 16 (Tue.): 01:00-05:00

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

Take 05

Take 06

Take 07

Take 08

Take 09

Take 10

Take 11

Take 12

Take 13

Take 14

Take 15

Take 16

LFS

1:28

Going Home

Take 17

FS

1:16

Going Home

Take 18

4xFS

0:24

Going Home/60th Anniv. Celebration(last FS only)

Take 19

LFS

1:55

Going Home/60th Anniv. Celebration

Take 20

FS

0:38

Going Home

Take 21

Complete

2:24

Collectors Gold+"Going Home"

Take 22

FS

0:29

Collectors Gold+"Going Home"/Going Home

Take 23

(In)complete

0:32

Going Home(cut)

Take 24

FS

0:52

Going Home

Take 25

(In)complete

1:30

Going Home(cut)

Take 28/26

FS

1:07

announced as/upgraded to "take 28"

Going Home

Take 29/27

FS+

0:17

actually take 27

Going Home(cut)

Take 30/28

M

2:27

(2:28) probably take 28

Speedway LP(O)/Speedw.,Cl. CD(O,L/R Swapped)/Double Features(R)

Stay Away

WPA1 1002

January 16 (Tue.): 22:00-02:00

Take 01

LFS

1:41

slow version (announced as "Evergreen" take 1 :-)

24 C Gold°+"tape"

Take 02

FS+Complete

3:23

Long Lonely Highw.°/tape°°/Always Me 2°°/60th Ann. Cel °°+"24 C Gold"

-

Jam

0:26

Unknown yodel

Always Me 4°

Take 03

FS

0:41

fast version

Always Me 4°+"tape"

Take 04

LFS

2:06

24 C Gold°+"Always Me 4"

Take 05

FS

Take 06

Complete

2:20

24 C Gold°

Take 07

FS

0:17

Always Me 4°

Take 08

FS

0:24

Always Me 4°

Take 09

Complete

2:20

24 C Gold°

Take 10

FS

Take 11

FS+LFS

2:15

Always Me 4°

Take 12

FS

0:09

24 C Gold°

Take 13

Complete

2:21

24 C Gold°

Take 14

Complete

2:22

Today, Tomorrow and Forever°°+"Always Me 4°"

Take 15

(M)

2:36

Master overdubbed

24 C Gold°+"24 C Gold"

Stay Away (overdub)

WPA1 1002

January 16 (Tue.): 22:00-02:00

Take 01

Complete

:

Guitar overdub of take 15 by Jerry Reed

Take 02

Complete

:

Take 03

M

2:36

(2:23)

Double Features(R)/Tomorrow Is a Long Time(R)+"tape"

U.S. Male

WPA4 1807

January 17 (Wed.): 02:00-02:00

Take 01

LFS

1:59

Always Me 2°

-

Jam

1:05

Prisoner's Song (with slightly altered lyrics)

Always Me 2°

Take 02

2xFS+LFS

1:59

Alw.Me 2(LFS only,rel. as "take 4")°+W.of Angel(EP10005)°/St. Away°

Take 03

FS+LFS

1:18

Wings of an Angel(EP10005)°/Stay Away°

Take 04

LFS

2:14

Wings of an Angel(EP10005)°/Stay Away°

Take 05

(Incomplete)

0:42+

tape°(cut)

Take 06

FS+LFS

1:57

Always Me 4°+"tape"

Take 07

FS+Complete

3:02

Today, Tomorrow and Forever°°+"tape°"/Always Me 4°(Complete only)

Take 08

LFS

1:23

tape°

Take 09

2xFS+LFS

2:14

Always Me 4°(early fade-out)+tape°

Take 10

Complete

3:15

Always Me 4°

Take 11

FS+LFS

3:02

24 C Gold°(LFS)+tape°(FS)

Take 12

M

2:43

RD CD Box-Legend Lives On(O)/60's Box 3(R)/Celluloid Rock vol. 2

Musicians:

Guitar :

Scotty Moore

Guitar :

Jerry Reed

Guitar :

Chip Young

Bass :

Bob Moore

Drums :

Murrey "Buddy" Harman

Drums :

D.J. Fontana

Piano :

Floyd Cramer

Harmonica :

Charlie McCoy

Steel Guitar :

Peter Drake

Backup Vocals :

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

 


Notes:

Master of Too Much Monkey Business is listed as take 5 by Tunzi (Elvis Sessions II), while Jorgensen lists it as NA and it may sound like a later take than the alternate take 9. Since the session tapes have been recovered it should be possible to sort out the right take.