Overdub/Playback Sessions for NBC: Elvis TV Special, June 30, 1968

Studio :

NBC Studio 4, Burbank, California

Producer :

Steve Binder

Engineer :

NA (unless Bones Howe)

Nothingville ("Road#1", playback)

901-903

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

NG

1:21

Lip-synch/playback of Guitar Man's Evil #1

901

video

Take 02

NG

2:00

902

video

Take 03

(M)

1:42

Used for composite soundtrack Road medley

903

video

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Guitar Man ("Road#2", v.o.)

904-905

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

NG

1:21

v.o. of Escape #1, remake (Guitar Man, part 2)

904

video

Take 02

(M)

1:21

Used for composite soundtrack Road medley

905

video

_

Guitar Man ("Road#3", v.o.)

906-911

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

NG

1:00

v.o. of After Karate #2 (Guitar Man, part 3)

906

video

Take 02

NG

1:23

907

video

Take 03

NG

1:11

908

video

Take 04

NG

1:09

909

video

Take 05

NG

1:24

910

video

Take 06

(M)

1:25

Used for composite soundtrack Road medley

911

video

Guitar Man ("Opening section #3", playback)

912

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

(M)

3:36

Playback of Guitar Man Opening: "if you ever take a..."

912

video

and The Scratch.

Used for soundtrack Opening medley

 

 

Let Yourself Go (closing instrumental, playback)

913

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

(M)

1:38

Playback of June 23 master

913

video

Used as soundtrack closing section

 

 

Tag

914

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

(M)

1:44

"Uh-huh-huh" tag (White dress. Possibly not used)

914

video/'68 Comeback

+"Burbank 68" (announcem. only)

 

If I Can Dream (soundtrack version, v.o.)

915-918

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

FS

0:53

Vocal overdub of master take 5/instrumental track

915

'68Comeback



Take 02

Complete

3:48

916

'68Comeback

Take 03

Complete

3:52

917

Burbank 68 (released as "take 4")

Take 04

M

4:32

"Thank you goodnight" also used after LP master

918

Memories/"TV Sp."(dialogue only)

Trouble (opening, v.o.) /

919-925

June 30 (Sun.)

Guitar Man (opening, playback) ("Section#1")

Take 01

NG

3:03

Vocal overdub of Trouble. Lip-synch of Guitar Man

919

video

Take 02

NG

2:55

(Guitar Man Opening)

920

video

Take 03

NG

1:04

921

video

Take 04

NG

1:29

922

video

Take 05

NG

2:15

923

video

Take 06

NG

2:29

924

video

Take 07

(M)

3:15

Used for composite soundtrack Opening medley

925

video

Trouble / Guitar Man ("Guitar insert", playback)

926

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

(M)

4:24

Playback of both Trouble & Guitar Man

926

video

Used for composite soundtrack Opening medley

 

 

Trouble / Guitar Man ("Stills", playback)

927

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

(M)

3:58

Playback/lip-synch of both Trouble & Guitar Man

927

video

Used for composite soundtrack Opening medley

 

 

Guitar Man ("Alley", v.o.)

1001-1006

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

Complete

1:39

v.o. of Guitar Man's Evil #1 (Guitar Man, part 1)

1001

video

Take 02

Complete

1:32

1002

video

Take 03

FS

1:37

1003

video

Take 04

Incomplete

0:34

1004

video

Take 05

Complete

1:37

1005

video

Take 06

(M)

1:26

Used for composite soundtrack Road medley

1006

video

Little Egypt / Trouble ("Little Egypt", v.o.)

1007-1010

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

Complete

2:51

Vocal overdub of After Karate #2 & After Karate #3

1007

video

Take 02

-

3:12

1008

video

Take 03

Complete

2:50

1009

video

Take 04

(M)

2:48

Used for composite soundtrack Road medley

1010

video

Trouble ("Discotheque", v.o.)

1011-1012

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

LFS

1:38

Vocal overdub of After Karate #3.

1011

video

Take 02

(M)

1:57

Used for soundtrack Road medley

1012

video

 

Trouble ("Supper club", v.o.)

1013-1015

June 30 (Sun.)

Take 01

Complete

3:37

Vocal overdub of After Karate #3.

1013

video

Take 02

FS

1:04

1014

video

Take 03

(M)

2:02

Used for composite soundtrack Road medley

1015

video

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Gospel medley (soundtrack version, composite)

Spliced:

M

8:33

Composite of:

soundtrack


5??

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

5??

Where Could I Go But to the Lord / Yes, Yes, Yes

5??

Up Above My Head / Soul Support

5??

I Found That Light /Saved (part 1)

604

Preach for the Sky /Saved (part 2) "Gospel pick-up"

_

Opening medley (soundtrack version, composite)

Spliced:

M

3:40

Composite of:

soundtrack

925 Section #1: Trouble (v.o.)925 Section #1: Guitar Man (playback)927 Stills: (left angle, spotlight on top)
925 Section #1: (continued, silhouettes)925 Section #1: (1s at end of 925, center angle, black backgr.)925 Section #1: (continued, silhouettes)
927 Stills: (left angle, black backgr.)925 Section #1: (continued, silhouettes)927 Stills: (right angle, black backgr.)
925 Section #1: (continued, silhouettes-center)926 Guitar insert: (left angle)925 Section #1: (continued, background gray-red)
926 Guitar insert: (close-up)927 Stills: (left angle, spotlight on top, glare on guitar)927 Stills: (right angle, black backgr.)
927 Stills: (right angle, close-up)927 Stills: (left angle, black backgr.)927 Stills: (right angle, black backgr.)
926 Guitar insert: (close-up)912 Opening Section #3: Guitar Man (zooming out)912 Opening Section #3: Guitar Man (zooming out)

925

Trouble (v.o.) /Guitar Man (playback) ("Section #1")

927

"Stills" (left angle, spotlight on top)

925

"Section #1" (continued, silhouettes)

925

"Section #1" (1s. end 925, center angle,black backgr.)

925

"Section #1" (continued, silhouettes)

927

"Stills" (left angle, black backgr.)

925

"Section #1" (continued, silhouettes)

927

"Stills" (right angle, black backgr.)

925

"Section #1" (continued, silhouettes-center)

926

"Guitar insert" (left angle)

925

"Section #1" (continued, background gray-red)

926

"Guitar insert" (close-up)

927

"Stills" (left angle, spotlight on top, glare on guitar)

927

"Stills" (right angle, black backgr.)

927

"Stills" (right angle, close-up)

927

"Stills" (left angle, black backgr.)

927

"Stills" (right angle, black backgr.)

926

"Guitar insert" (close-up)

912

"Opening Section #3" Guitar Man (zooming out)

_
_
_

_

Road medley (soundtrack version, composite)

Spliced:

M

15:19

Composite of:

soundtrack

9031006610
Let Yourself Go (blonde stills/red lense)610Let Yourself Go (blonde stills/red lense)
610Let Yourself Go (blonde stills/red lense)610
Let Yourself Go (blonde stills/red lense)610Let Yourself Go (blonde stills/red lense)
610625621
622619622
629631617


9111010
10121015804

 

903

Nothingville ("Road#1")

1006

Guitar Man ("Alley")

not on OST

610

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go part II")

not on OST

NA

Let Yourself Go (blonde stills/red lense)

not on OST

610

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go part II")

not on OST

NA

Let Yourself Go (blonde stills/red lense)

not on OST

610

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go part II")

not on OST

NA

Let Yourself Go (blonde stills/red lense)

not on OST

610

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go part II")

not on OST

NA

Let Yourself Go (blonde stills/red lense)

not on OST

610

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go part II")

not on OST

NA

Let Yourself Go (blonde stills/red lense)

not on OST

610

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go part II")

not on OST

625

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go part 2")

not on OST

621

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go, insert")

not on OST

622

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go, insert")

not on OST

619

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go, insert")

not on OST

622

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go, insert")

not on OST

629

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go part 2A")

not on OST

631

"Guitar Man Let Yourself Go, girl inserts, part 2A"

not on OST

617

Let Yourself Go ("Guitar Man Let Yourself Go part 3")

not on OST

905

Guitar Man ("Road #2")

not on OST

NA

Calliope Carnival

NA

Big Boss Man (playback)

NA

It Hurts Me (first part. v.o)

not on OST

NA

It Hurts Me (second part, playback during fight)

not on OST

NA

It Hurts Me (karate section)

not on OST

NA

It Hurts Me (last verse, playback)

not on OST

911

Guitar Man (Road #3)

1010

Little Egypt /Trouble ("Little Egypt")

1012

Trouble (discotheque, v.o.)

1015

Trouble (supper club, v.o.)

804

Trouble /Guitar Man (standup, v.o.) "you gonna start a ..."

_

Musicians:

-


Notes:

These June 30 notes refer to filming sessions for the NBC TV Special with vocal overdubs to prerecordings with original vocals taken out as well as lip-synched playback of prerecordings. The prerecordings were recorded between June 20-24 and mixed on June 24. Unofficial video copies have circulated since the late 1970's and were also used as source for some of the bootleg LP's of the time. Video copies of these overdub/playback recordings can be found in slightly better sound than released on the old bootlegs '68 Comeback' vol. 1 & 2(or both on 1 CD) and 'Memories of 68'.

Sequences with only playback/lip-synch are listed in gray color since they do not provide any recording session information, but belong in the context.

The NBC recordings were done in mono.