Overdub Session for RCA, March 18, 1969 (strings)

Studio :

American Sound, Memphis, Tennessee

Producer :

Chips Moman, Felton Jarvis

Engineer :

Al Pachucki

Arranger :

Mike Leech, Glen Spreen

In the Ghetto (overdub)

XPA5 1154

March 18 (Tue.): 12:30 - 15:30

Take NA

(M)

String overdubs, perhaps after vocal replacement

UN







Overdubs M 2:47 Brass overdubs on March 18(night) March 18 (From Elvis in Memphis°°/24 K Hits°°/E1°°)

Any Day Now (overdub)

XPA5 1274

March 18 (Tue.): 12:30 - 15:30

Take NA

(M)

String overdubs after vocal repair

UN







Overdubs

(M) Brass overdubbed on March 18 (Night) March 18 (UN)

Overdubs

M

3:03

Backup vocal overdubs on March 25?

March 25? (From Elvis in Memphis°°)

Long Black Limousine (overdub)

XPA5 1142

March 18 (Tue.): 12:30 - 15:30

Takes NA

M

3:43

String overdubs after backup vocal overdubs

From Elvis in Memphis°°(O)/Memphis Record°°(R, 3:38, poor eq)

Kentucky Rain (overdub)

XPA5 1271

March 18 (Tue.): 12:30 - 15:30

Takes NA

(M)

String overdubs of February 19 master

UN







Overdubs (M) Brass overdubs on March 18 (Evening) March 18 (UN)
Overdubs M 3:15 Backup vocal overdubs on March 25 March 25 (Great Country DSD°°)

Suspicious Minds (overdub)

XPA5 1227

March 18 (Tue.): 12:30 - 15:30

Take NA (M) 3:22 String overdubs after harmony vocal overdub Memphis Record°°(R)/Elvis Rocks & the Girls Roll°°(acetate, ~7.2% fast)







Overdubs?

Possibly basic brass on March 18

if so: March 18 (Memphis Record°°/Kid Galahad 3°°)

Overdubs

M

4:31

Brass overdubbed on August 7 (extended)

August 7 (Heart & Soul DSD°°)

 

Musicians:

Conductor/Viola :

Glen Spreen

Violin :

Noel Gilbert, Gloria Hendricks, Albert Edelman, Robert Snyder, Anna Oldham, Hal Saunders, 

Edward Freudberg, Mary Snyder, John Whelan, Nino Ravarino, Vernon Taylor

Cello :

Anne Kendall, Peter Spurbreck

Gypsy Fiddle :

Sydney Sharp (Any Day Now)


Notes:

Overdub sessions mainly focused on the single release of In the Ghetto (released April 14) and the LP 'From Elvis in Memphis' (released June) began in Memphis on March 18.