Soundtrack Sessions for M.G.M.: Viva Las Vegas, July 9-12, 1963

	Studio :	Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
	Musical Director :	George Stoll
	Engineer :	Dave Weichman

Night Life

2001

July 9 (Tue.): 19:00 - 00:00

	Take 01	BD				UN
	Take 02	Complete				UN
	Take 03	Complete	2:06			Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(no dialogue)+"Out in Hollywood°°"(with dialogue)
	Take 04	FS				UN
	Take 05	SFS				UN
	Take 06	LFS				UN
	Take 07	SFS				UN
	Take 08	Complete				UN
	Take 09	BD				UN
	Take 10	Complete				UN
	Take 11	Complete				UN
	Take 12	Rehearsal				UN
	Take 13	Complete				UN
	Take 14	M	1:58		WPA1 8023	Viva Las V. FTD(R)°°/Fl. Star(O)°°+E. Rocks&G.R..(acetate,dialog+long fade)

C'mon Everybody (record version)

2002

July 9 (Tue.): 19:00 - 00:00

	Take 01	BD	0:53			Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(with announcement)/Silver Scr. St.°°(no dialogue)
	Take 02	FS	0:37			Viva Las Vegas FTD°°+"Silver Screen Stereo"/Silver Screen Stereo°°
	Take 03	Complete	2:43	Including blues ending		Viva Las Vegas FTD°°+"Silver Screen Stereo"/Silver Screen Stereo°°
	Take 04	LFS				UN
	Take 05	M	2:18	Blues ending cut or possibly not recorded.	RPA3 0389	Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(R)/EP Collection vol.2°°/Double Features°°(R)

If You Think I Don't Need You

2003

July 10 (Wed.): 01:00 - 04:15

	Take 01	BD				UN
	Take 02	Complete	1:48+			UN+tape°(intro missing, short tape break)
	Take 03	SFS	0:05			tape°
	Take 04	-	0:04			"tape°"(announcement only)
	Take 05	LFS/BD	1:17			Viva Las Vegas FTD°°+"Viva Las Vegas(Lucky)°"/Viva Las Vegas(Lucky)°
	Take 06	LFS/BD	1:04			tape°
	Take 07	Complete	2:14			Viva Las Vegas FTD°°
	Take 08	LFS/BD	2:07			tape°
	Take 09	LFS/BD	1:12			tape°/Viva Las Vegas(Lucky)°/Movie S. M.°/Tiger Man vol.1°
	Take 10	LFS/BD	1:10			Viva Las Vegas(Lucky)°/Movie Session Memories°/Tiger M.1°
	Take 11	BD	0:04+			UN+"tape°"(announcement only)
	Take 12	BD				UN
	Take 13	M	2:05		RPA3 0387	Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(R)/EP Collection vol.2/Double Features

Viva Las Vegas (demo arrangement)

2004

July 10 (Wed.): 01:00 - 04:15

Take 01

LFS

1:40

(1:33)  Continued on July 10 (evening)

Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(with announcement)/Silver Scr. St.°°(less dialogue)

I Need Somebody to Lean On

2005

July 10 (Wed.): 19:00 - 23:00

	Take 01	SFS				UN
	Take 02	Complete				UN
	Take 03	SFS				UN
	Take 04	SFS				UN
	Take 05	Complete				UN
	Take 06	FS				UN
	Take 07	LFS				UN
	Take 08	Complete	3:14			Viva Las Vegas FTD°°/Out in Hollywood°°
	Take 09	SFS				UN
	Take 10	BD				UN
	Take 11	SFS				UN
	Take 12	BD				UN
	Take 13	SFS				UN
	Take 14	SFS				UN
	Take 15	Complete				UN
	Take 16	SFS				UN
	Take 17	BD				UN
	Take 18	BD				UN
	Take 19	Complete				UN
	Take 20	M	3:00		RPA3 0386	Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(R)/EP Coll. vol.2°°/Double Features(R, early fade)

Do The Vega

2006

July 10 (Wed.): 19:00 - 23:00

	Take 01	Complete	2:47			Viva Las Vegas FTD°°
	Take 02	Complete				UN
	Take 03	SFS				UN
	Take 04	BD				UN
	Take 05	FS				UN
	Take 06	SFS				UN
	Take 07	M	2:25		WPA1 8025	Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(R)/Flaming Star(O)°°/Double Features

Santa Lucia (track)

2007

July 10 (Wed.): 19:00 - 23:00

	Take 01	LFS				UN
	Take 02	Complete				UN
	Take 03	(M)	1:13	Undubbed master track. Vocal overdub on July 11		UN

Viva Las Vegas

2004

July 10 (Wed.): 19:00 - 23:00

	Take 02	Complete	2:45	Revised arrangement		Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(with announcement)/Silver Scr. St.°°(less dialogue)
	Take 03	SFS				UN
	Take 04	LFS				UN
	Take 05	LFS				UN
	Take 06	BD				UN
	Take 07	M	2:22		RPA3 0234	2nd to None°°(R)/EP Coll. 2°°/Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(R)/D. Features°°(R)

The Climb (George MacFadden)

2008

July 11 (Thu.): 00:00 - 03:30

	Take 01	LFS/BD	1:05	Lead vocal by George MacFadden of Jubilee Four.		Viva Las Vegas FTD°°
	Take 02	BD		Backup vocals by Jordanaires and Elvis.		UN
	Take 03	PB/Alt. M?				UN
	Take 04	FS	0:27			Viva Las Vegas FTD°°
	Take 05	LFS	0:56			Viva Las Vegas FTD°°
	Take 06	BD				UN
	Take 07	Complete				UN
	Take 08	Complete				UN
	Take 09	M	2:46	(2:37)	HRA1 8687	Viva Las Vegas FTD°°/Soundtrack°(edit)

Yellow Rose of Texas/The Eyes of Texas

2009

July 11 (Thu.): 00:00 - 03:30

	Take 01	FS				UN
	Take 02	BD				UN
	Take 03	BD				UN
	Take 04	BD				UN
	Take 05	FS				UN
	Take 06	FS+Rehearsal				UN
	Take 07	Complete				UN
	Take 08	FS				UN
	Take 09	M	2:57		WPA1 8024	Flaming Star(O)°°/Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(severly clipped)/D. Feat(R)°°

C'mon Everybody (movie version)

2002

July 11 (Thu.): 00:00 - 03:30

	Take 06	FS	0:12	take numbering continued		Viva Las Vegas FTD°°
	Take 07	(M)	2:17	(2:09) Without blues ending or blues ending cut.		Viva Las Vegas FTD°°
				Claps & snaps overdubbed. Blues ending spliced.

The Lady Loves Me (duet)

2010

July 11 (Thu.): 15:00 - 17:45

	Take 01	LFS				UN
	Take 02	Complete				UN
	Take 03	LFS				UN
	Take 04	-				UN
	Take 05	SFS				UN
	Take 06	Complete				UN
	Take 07	BD				UN
	Take 08	BD				UN
	Take 09	Complete	3:47			Viva Las Vegas FTD°°+"Silver Scr. Stereo"/Silver Sc. St.°°/Very Best of AM°°
	Take 10	M	3:46		NPA5 5825	Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(R)/Legendary Perf. vol. 4°°/Double Features

You're the Boss (duet)

2011

July 11 (Thu.): 15:00 - 17:45

	Take 01	LFS				UN
	Take 02	SFS				UN
	Take 03	Complete	2:47			Viva Las Vegas FTD°°+"Silver Scr. Stereo"/Silver Sc. St.°°/Very Best of AM°°
	Take 04	LFS				UN
	Take 05	SFS				UN
	Take 06	BD				UN
	Take 07	LFS				UN
	Take 08	BD				UN
	Take 09	BD				UN
	Take 10	Complete				UN
	Take 11	BD				UN
	Take 12	Complete				UN
	Take 13	BD				UN
	Take 14	Complete		Announced as "take 13" by mistake		UN
	Take 15	BD				UN
	Take 16	M	2:51		WPA5 2511	Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(R)+"E. Rocks & Girls."(acetate,dialog)" /DF°°(R)
	Spliced	Alt. M	2:47	Mid 80's splice of takes 16 and 3(ending)	OPA5 ?	Leiber & Stoller°°/Collectors Gold°° (intended for GC?)

Today, Tomorrow and Forever (duet version)

2012

July 11 (Thu.): 15:00 - 17:45

	Take 01	LFS/BD	1:32	Slow version, live Elvis and Ann-Margret duet		Viva Las Vegas FTD°°
	Take 02	M	4:11	(3:54)	OPA5 8215	Viva Las Vegas FTD°°/Today, Tomorrow and Forever°°

Today, Tomorrow and Forever (track)

	Take 03	Complete		Production #2012 continued		UN
	Take 04	Complete		Medium tempo intrumental+backup vocals track.		UN
	Take 05	-		Arrangement similar to duet version. Not used.		UN
	Take 06	(M)	3:40	(3:28) Possibly considered for movie version v.o.		UN (not used, no vocal bleeding, implying music only recorded)

Today, Tomorrow and Forever (record version)

2013

July 11 (Thu.): 15:00 - 17:45

	Take 01	BD		Faster tempo, with live Elvis vocals.		UN
	Take 02	SFS				UN
	Take 03	FS	0:08			Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(w. announcem.)/Silver Screen St.°°(no announcem.)
	Take 04	(Alt. M)	3:30	(3:23) Used for music+backup vocal dubd.: 2014		Viva Las Vegas FTD°°/Silver Screen Stereo°°
	Take 05	SFS				UN
	Take 06	M	3:25	Record version. Track used for dubdown: 2014	RPA3 0388	Viva Las Vegas FTD°°/EP Collection vol.2°°/Double Features°°
				and movie version v.o.: 2016

Today, Tomorrow and Forever (track, dubdown)

2014

July 11 (Thu.): 19:00 - 00:40

	"Take 04"	Dub (Alt. M)	3:23	(3:31) Music and chorus dubdown of 2013-04.		UN (#2014 and "take 04" dubdown confirmed)
				Probably considered for movie ver. v.o. Not used.

	"Take 06"	Dub (M)	2:49	(2:42) Music & chorus dubd. of 2013-06 with 2nd		UN (#2014 unconfirmed, "take 06" dubdown confirmed)
				bridge+3rd verse edited. Used for movie ver. v.o.

Santa Lucia (v.o.)

2015

July 11 (Thu.): 19:00 - 00:40

	Take 01	Complete		Vocal overdub of track 2007-06		UN
	Take 02	Complete				UN
	Take 03	Complete
	Take 04	Complete
	Take 05	Complete
	Take 06	(M)	1:13	Master possibly overdubbed		UN
	Overdub?	M	1:13	Accordion and guitar overdubs? Later overdubs:	SPA3 5518	Viva Las Vegas FTD°°(Spliced:O+R!)/For Everyone 1992°°(O)/D. F.°°(R)
				Accordion and guitar overdubs on Oct. 10, 1965	SPA1 6893/8	UN (not used)

Today, Tomorrow and Forever (movie ver., v.o.)

2016

July 11 (Thu.): 19:00 - 00:40

	Take 01			Vocal overdub of 2014-06 (i.e. edited 2013-06) with
	Take 02			Jordanaires' big ending edited out as well before
	Take 03			vocal overdub by Elvis.
	Take 04
	Take 05
	Take 06
	Take 07
	Take 08	Complete				UN
	Take 09
	Take 10	M	2:49	(2:30) Could refer to take 9 since take 10 is ann. again		UN
	Edit	M	1:22	Second verse edited out as well.		soundtrack° (2nd verse edited out after v.o.)

Bongos instrumental

2017

	Take 01
	Take 02
	Take 03
	Take 04
	Take 05	M	1:09+			soundtrack°(intro+gymnasium dance number)?

Appreciation (Ann-Margret, #1, short version)

2020

	Take 01	SFS				UN
	Take 02	SFS				UN
	Take 03	M

Appreciation (Ann-Margret, #2)

2021

Take 01

M

Appreciation (Ann-Margret, #3)

2022

	Take 01
	Take 02	M	2:32+	Guessing movie version is 2022 or composite.		Soundtrack°/BF Ann Margret Box?

My Rival (Ann-Margret)

2025

Take 01

M

2:27

Soundtrack°/BF Ann Margret Box

C'mon Everybody (movie version, overdubs)

2501

	Take 01	NG		Hand claps & snaps overdubs of 2002-07		UN
	Take 02	NG				UN
	Take 03	(M)		Used for composite movie master		UN

C'mon Everybody (movie version, blues ending)

2502

	Take 01	(M)		Blues ending used for composite movie master		Soundtrack°
				(Unknown if 2502-01 refers to dubdown)

C'mon Everybody (movie version, composite)

	Spliced	(M)	2:28	Composite of overdubbed 2002-07 & blues ending		Soundtrack°(claps & snaps overdubbed, blues ending)

 

	Musicians:
	Guitar :	Scotty Moore
	Guitar :	Tiny Timbrell
	Guitar :	Billy Strange
	Bass :	Bob Moore
	Drums :	Buddy Harman
	Drums :	D.J. Fontana
	Drums :	Frank Carlson (July 10-11, July 11)
	Percussion :	Hal Rees, Roy Hart, Larry Bunker, Frank Flynn and Michael Sylva
	Piano :	Floyd Cramer
	Piano :	Dudley Brooks
	Piano :	Calvin Jackson (July 10-11)
	Organ :	Calvin Jackson (July 11)
	Saxophone :	Boots Randolph
	Saxophone :	William Green (July 10-11)
	Trumpet :	Oliver Mitchell (July 9-10)
	Trumpet :	James Zito (July 10-11)
	Trombone :	Herb Taylor (July 10-11)
	Trombone :	Randall Miller (July 10-11)
	Vocals :	Ann Margret: The Lady Loves Me, You're the Boss and Today, Tomorrow and Forever (duet)
	Vocals :	George McFadden: The Climb
	Backup Vocals :	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews and Ray Walker
	Backup Vocals :	Elvis Presley: The Climb
	Guitar :	Al Caiola: Santa Lucia
	Accordion :	Dominic Cortese: Santa Lucia

Notes:

Unlike most other 1960's soundtrack there is no subjective decision to make whether the 'Viva Las Vegas'  masters should be remastered from 3-track for release or not, simply because there were no (final) original stereo masters produced for 'Viva Las Vegas' in the first place. It is not an easy task because of dry sound and unrational use of the 3 tracks available. How a mix should be done is usually too subjective to even argue about, but perhaps not in this case. The title song with its intense arrangements has all the instruments on one channel, the vocals on another and the only backup vocals on the third.  The following songs were recorded with backup vocals only on the third, "empty" channel: Viva Las Vegas (master, takes 2-7), C'mon Everybody, Do the Vega, Santa Lucia, Yellow Rose of Texas/The Eyes of Texas, The Lady Loves Me and You're the Boss. These songs have an acoustic guitar on the third channel: I Need Somebody to Lean On and Viva Las Vegas (take 1)  These songs have brass instead of backup vocals on the third channel: Night Life (saxophone) and If You Think I Don't Need You (saxophone/trumpets/trombone). No effort at creating a stereo or even mono image can improve this situation and it is considered necessary to keep the instruments on one stereo channel