Soundtrack Session for Paramount: Roustabout, March 2-3, 1964

Studio :

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California

Musical Director :

Joseph Lilley

Engineer :

Dave Weichman

Little Egypt

AO

March 2

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Take 15

M

2:19

Continued later. Used for spliced movie master.

RPA3 5270

Double Features/Command Performances/Roustabout LP

Poison Ivy League

BO

March 2

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

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M

2:04

RPA3 5272

Double Features/Command Performances/Roustabout LP

Hard Knocks

CO

March 2

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M

1:44

RPA3 5267

Double Features/Roustabout LP

It's a Wonderful World

DO

March 2

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Take 13

M

1:50

RPA3 5268

Double Features/Roustabout LP

Big Love, Big Heartache

EO

March 3

Take 01

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Take 06

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Take 08

Take 09

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M

1:59

RPA3 5265

Double Features/Roustabout LP

One Track Heart

FO

March 3

Take 01

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M

2:17

RPA3 5271

Double Features/Roustabout LP

Roustabout No.2

GO

March 3

Take NA

Replaced by Giant/Baum/Kaye song

UN(tape lost)

It's Carnival Time (track)

HO

March 3

Take 01

Take 02

(M)

:

It's Carnival Time (vocal overdub)

HOV ?

March 3 ?

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Take NA

M

(1:31)

movie version

soundtrack

Take 09

M

1:34

record version

RPA3 5269

Double Features/Roustabout LP

Carny Town

JO

March 3

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

Take 05

Take 06

Take 07

Take 08

Take 09

M

1:21

Original master faded at 1:11

RPA3 5266

Double Features(longer)/Roustabout LP

There's a Brand New Day on the Horizon

KO

March 3

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

Take 05

M

2:02

RPA3 5274

Double Features/Roustabout LP/Memphis Tennessee LP(acetate edit)

Wheels on My Heels

LO

March 3

Take 01

Take 02

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Take 04

Take 05

Take 06

Take 07

M

1:21

RPA3 5275

Double Features/Roustabout LP

Little Egypt (remake)

AO (MO?)

March 3

Take 16

Take numbering assumed continued

Take 17

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Take 20

Take 21

(M)

2:41

Used for spliced movie master.

WPA5 2553

Movie Magic/Out in Hollywood

Little Egypt (movie version, composite)

Spliced

M

2:22

Spliced from AO-15 and remake-21

(soundtrack)

Musicians:

Guitar :

Scotty Moore

Guitar :

Hilmer J. "Tiny" Timbrell

Guitar :

Billy Strange

Guitar :

Barney Kessel (March 2 only)

Bass :

Bob Moore

Drums :

Murrey "Buddy" Harman

Drums :

D.J. Fontana

Drums :

Hal Blaine

Piano :

Floyd Cramer

Saxophone :

Homer "Boots" Randolph

Backup Vocals :

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


Notes:

Otis Blackwell's song Roustabout (which is referred to as "No.2") was the only song of his that the songwriter knew was recorded and still remained unreleased. Since he had heard Elvis' version there is hope that an acetate was made that eventually will be found. The session tapes are reportedly lost.

The movie version of It's Carnival Time is a different vocal overdub take. That same version apppears twice in movie, one with instrumental overdubs of the intro and one edited version.

The movie version of Little Egypt is a composite of the record version and the remake  

(unless the released "remake" version was edited). It is then spliced like this:

0:00-1:17 of record version,

1:21-1:38 of remake ("She did a triple somersault ... nineteen-") and

1:33-2:19 of record version ("-fortynine...")