Soundtrack Sessions for M.G.M.: Girl Happy, June 10-12, 1964

Studio :

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California

Musical Director :

George Stoll

Engineer :

Dave Weichman

Puppet on a String

2001

June 10 (Wed.): 19:00 - 23:40

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

Take 05

Take 06

FS

0:27

Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 07

Complete

2:46

Colonels' Collection°°/Celluloid Rock°°/Out in Hollywood°°

Take 08

Take 09

Take 10

Complete

2:48

Colonels' Collection°°/Celluloid Rock°°

Take 11

M

2:49

SPA3 2010

Girl Happy LP/Celluloid Rock°°/Double Features/Command Perf.

The Meanest Girl in Town

2002

June 10 (Wed.): 19:00 - 23:40

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

FS

0:27

Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 05

FS

0:41

Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 06

LFS

2:07

Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 07

Take 08

Take 09

Complete

2:15

Out in Hollywood°°

Take 10

Take 11

Take 12

Take 13

M

1:57

SPA3 2008

Girl Happy LP/Double Features

Girl Happy

2003

June 10 (Wed.): 19:00 - 23:40

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

LFS

2:06

Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 04

Complete

2:18

Collectors Gold°°/Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 05

Take 06

Take 07

Take 08

Take 09

Take 10

Take 11

Take 12

Take 13

(M)

2:15

Used for composite master

Memphis Tennessee LP(acetate)°+"tape"

Girl Happy (insert 1, ending)

June 11 (Thu.): 00:40 - 03:00

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

(M)

(0:30)

Used for composite master

Girl Happy (insert 2, intro)

June 11 (Thu.): 00:40 - 03:00

Take NA

(M)

(0:13)

Used for composite master

Girl Happy (insert, ending-last notes)

June 11 (Thu.): 00:40 - 03:00

Take NA

(M)

(0:04)

Used for composite master

Girl Happy (composite)

June 11 (Thu.): 00:40 - 03:00

Spliced

(M)

2:19

Splice of insert 2, 2003-13, insert 1 & ending notes

Sped up

M

2:09

Spliced master speeded up ~7.8%

SPA3 2001

Double Features/Girl Happy LP

Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

2004

June 11 (Thu.): 19:00 - 23:45

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

Take 05

Take 06

Complete

2:03

Out in Hollywood°°

Take 07

Take 08

LFS

1:21

Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 09

LFS

1:32

Used for spliced master

Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 10

Take 11

Complete

1:57

Used for spliced master

Spliced

M

1:56

Spliced from takes 9 & 11. Piano intro overdubbed.

SPA3 2007

Girl Happy LP/Double Features

Spring Fever

2005

June 11 (Thu.): 19:00 - 23:45

Take 01

Take 02

FS+LFS

1:03

Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 03

FS+FS

0:35

Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 04

Complete

1:56

Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 05

Take 06

Take 07

Take 08

Take 09

Take 10

Take 11

Take 12

Take 13

Take 14

Take 15

Take 16

Take 17

Take 18

Take 19

Take 20

Take 21

Take 22

Take 23

Take 24

M

1:53

Double Features/Girl Happy LP

Do Not Disturb

2006

June 11 (Thu.): 19:00 - 23:45

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

Take 17

Take 18

Take 19

Take 20

Take 21

Take 22

Take 23

Take 23

Take 23

Take 26

LFS

1:49

Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 27

Complete

2:02

Girl Happy at the World's Fair°

Take 28

Take 29

Take 30

Take 31

Take 32

Take 33

Take 34

Take 35

Take 36

M

1:53

Girl Happy LP/Double Features

I've Got to Find My Baby (track)

2007

June 12 (Fri.): 00:45 - 05:00

Take 01

Take 02

(M)

:

Vocal overdub on June 15

Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce (track)

2008

June 12 (Fri.): 00:45 - 05:00

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

Take 05

Take 06

Take 07

(M)

:

Vocal overdub on June 15

Startin' Tonight (track)

2009

June 12 (Fri.) 19:00 - 22:40

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

(M)

:

Vocal overdub on June 15

Do the Clam (track)

2010

June 12 (Fri.) 19:00 - 22:40

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

Take 05

(M)

:

Vocal overdub on June 15

Wolf Call (track)

2011

June 12 (Fri.) 19:00 - 22:40

Take 01

Take 02

Spliced

(M)

:

Splice of unknown takes. Vocal overdub on June 15

Musicians:

Guitar :

Scotty Moore

Guitar :

Hilmer J. "Tiny" Timbrell

Guitar :

Tommy Tedesco

Bass :

Bob Moore

Drums :

Murrey "Buddy" Harman

Drums :

D.J. Fontana

Drums :

Frank Carlson

Piano :

Floyd Cramer

Saxophone :

Homer "Boots" Randolph

Backup Vocals :

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

Backup Vocals :

The Jubilee Four: Bill Johnson, George McFadden, Jimmy Adams and Ted Brooks (Do the Clam & Wolf Call)

Backup Vocals :

The Carol Lombard Trio: Carol Lombard, Gwen Johnson, Jackie Ward and B.J. Baker (Do the Clam)


Notes:

The composite master of Girl Happy may have been spliced like this before it was speeded up:

0:00:0:02 = 2003 take 13 (0:00-0:02) (instrumental intro, but this part could also be from insert 2)

0:02-0:13 = insert 2 (0:00-0:11) (chorus vocal intro)

0:13-1:48 = 2003 take 13 (0:06-1:41) ("Every girl I see ... just a baby...")

1:48-2:15 = insert 1 take 4 (0:00-0:27) ("...boy. First nurse that rocked..." - last chord)

2:15-2:17 = unknown insert of last 6 double guitar notes (D, if the pitch settings described are right)

Originally released RCA two-channel masters are ambient and the dynamic compression of vocals work very well except on Girl Happy and Spring Fever where the compression of the high-end is far too heavy (on 2 verified copies of the 7.5 ips R2R at least) -definitely a mistake. Otherwise, BMG's Double Features sound flat in comparison.