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Soundtrack Sessions for M.G.M.: Girl Happy, June 10-12, 1964 |
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Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California |
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Musical Director : |
George Stoll |
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Engineer : |
Dave Weichman |
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2001 |
June 10 (Wed.): 19:00 - 23:40 |
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Take 01 |
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Take 02 |
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Take 03 |
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Take 04 |
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Take 05 |
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Take 06 |
FS |
0:27 |
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Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 07 |
Complete |
2:46 |
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Colonels' Collection°°/Celluloid Rock°°/Out in Hollywood°° |
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Take 08 |
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Take 09 |
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Take 10 |
Complete |
2:48 |
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Colonels' Collection°°/Celluloid Rock°° |
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Take 11 |
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2:49 |
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SPA3 2010 |
Girl Happy LP/Celluloid Rock°°/Double Features/Command Perf. |
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2002 |
June 10 (Wed.): 19:00 - 23:40 |
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Take 01 |
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Take 02 |
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Take 03 |
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Take 04 |
FS |
0:27 |
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Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 05 |
FS |
0:41 |
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Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 06 |
LFS |
2:07 |
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Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 07 |
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Take 08 |
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Take 09 |
Complete |
2:15 |
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Out in Hollywood°° |
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Take 10 |
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Take 11 |
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Take 12 |
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Take 13 |
M |
1:57 |
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SPA3 2008 |
Girl Happy LP/Double Features |
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2003 |
June 10 (Wed.): 19:00 - 23:40 |
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Take 01 |
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Take 02 |
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Take 03 |
LFS |
2:06 |
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Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 04 |
Complete |
2:18 |
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Collectors Gold°°/Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 05 |
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Take 06 |
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Take 07 |
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Take 08 |
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Take 09 |
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Take 10 |
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Take 11 |
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Take 12 |
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Take 13 |
(M) |
2:15 |
Used for composite master |
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Memphis Tennessee LP(acetate)°+"tape" |
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June 11 (Thu.): 00:40 - 03:00 |
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Take 01 |
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Take 02 |
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Take 03 |
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Take 04 |
(M) |
(0:30) |
Used for composite master |
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June 11 (Thu.): 00:40 - 03:00 |
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Take NA |
(M) |
(0:13) |
Used for composite master |
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June 11 (Thu.): 00:40 - 03:00 |
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Take NA |
(M) |
(0:04) |
Used for composite master |
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June 11 (Thu.): 00:40 - 03:00 |
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Spliced |
(M) |
2:19 |
Splice of insert 2, 2003-13, insert 1 & ending notes |
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Sped up |
M |
2:09 |
Spliced master speeded up ~7.8% |
SPA3 2001 |
Double Features/Girl Happy LP |
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2004 |
June 11 (Thu.): 19:00 - 23:45 |
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Take 01 |
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Take 02 |
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Take 03 |
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Take 04 |
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Take 05 |
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Take 06 |
Complete |
2:03 |
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Out in Hollywood°° |
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Take 07 |
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Take 08 |
LFS |
1:21 |
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Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 09 |
LFS |
1:32 |
Used for spliced master |
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Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 10 |
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Take 11 |
Complete |
1:57 |
Used for spliced master |
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Spliced |
M |
1:56 |
Spliced from takes 9 & 11. Piano intro overdubbed. |
SPA3 2007 |
Girl Happy LP/Double Features |
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2005 |
June 11 (Thu.): 19:00 - 23:45 |
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Take 01 |
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Take 02 |
FS+LFS |
1:03 |
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Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 03 |
FS+FS |
0:35 |
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Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 04 |
Complete |
1:56 |
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Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 05 |
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Take 06 |
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Take 07 |
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Take 08 |
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Take 09 |
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Take 10 |
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Take 11 |
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Take 12 |
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Take 18 |
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Take 21 |
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Take 22 |
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Take 23 |
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Take 24 |
M |
1:53 |
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Double Features/Girl Happy LP |
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2006 |
June 11 (Thu.): 19:00 - 23:45 |
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Take 06 |
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Take 07 |
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Take 08 |
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Take 09 |
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Take 10 |
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Take 11 |
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Take 12 |
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Take 13 |
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Take 14 |
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Take 23 |
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Take 23 |
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Take 26 |
LFS |
1:49 |
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Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 27 |
Complete |
2:02 |
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Girl Happy at the World's Fair° |
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Take 28 |
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Take 29 |
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Take 30 |
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Take 35 |
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Take 36 |
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1:53 |
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Girl Happy LP/Double Features |
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2007 |
June 12 (Fri.): 00:45 - 05:00 |
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Take 01 |
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Take 02 |
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2008 |
June 12 (Fri.): 00:45 - 05:00 |
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Take 02 |
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Take 03 |
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Take 04 |
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Take 05 |
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Take 06 |
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Take 07 |
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2009 |
June 12 (Fri.) 19:00 - 22:40 |
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Take 01 |
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Take 02 |
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Take 03 |
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2010 |
June 12 (Fri.) 19:00 - 22:40 |
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Take 01 |
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Take 02 |
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Take 03 |
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Take 04 |
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Take 05 |
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2011 |
June 12 (Fri.) 19:00 - 22:40 |
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Take 01 |
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Take 02 |
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Spliced |
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Splice of unknown takes. Vocal overdub on June 15 |
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Musicians: |
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Guitar : |
Scotty Moore |
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Guitar : |
Hilmer J. "Tiny" Timbrell |
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Guitar : |
Tommy Tedesco |
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Bass : |
Bob Moore |
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Drums : |
Murrey "Buddy" Harman |
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Drums : |
D.J. Fontana |
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Drums : |
Frank Carlson |
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Piano : |
Floyd Cramer |
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Saxophone : |
Homer "Boots" Randolph |
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Backup Vocals : |
The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews and Ray Walker |
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Backup Vocals : |
The Jubilee Four: Bill Johnson, George McFadden, Jimmy Adams and Ted Brooks (Do the Clam & Wolf Call) |
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Backup Vocals : |
The Carol Lombard Trio: Carol Lombard, Gwen Johnson, Jackie Ward and B.J. Baker (Do the Clam) |
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The composite master of Girl Happy may have been spliced like this before it was speeded up: |
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0:00:0:02 = 2003 take 13 (0:00-0:02) (instrumental intro, but this part could also be from insert 2) |
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0:02-0:13 = insert 2 (0:00-0:11) (chorus vocal intro) |
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0:13-1:48 = 2003 take 13 (0:06-1:41) ("Every girl I see ... just a baby...") |
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1:48-2:15 = insert 1 take 4 (0:00-0:27) ("...boy. First nurse that rocked..." - last chord) |
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2:15-2:17 = unknown insert of last 6 double guitar notes (D, if the pitch settings described are right) |
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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. |
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