Studio Session for RCA, June 10, 1966

Studio :

RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee

Producer :

Felton Jarvis

Engineers :

Jim Malloy

Indescribably Blue (track)

TPA4 0982

June 10 (Fri.): 19:00 - 22:00 

Take NA

(M)

2:48

Vocal overdub on June 12

I'll Remember You (track)

TPA4 0983

June 10 (Fri.): 22:00 - 02:00 

Take NA

(M)

4:07

Vocal overdub on June 12

If Every Day Was Like Christmas (track)

TPA4 0984

June 10 (Fri.): 22:00 - 02:00 

Take NA

(M)

2:54

Vocal overdub on June 12

Musicians:

Guitar :

Scotty Moore

Guitar :

Chip Young

Guitar :

Harold Bradley

Bass :

Bob Moore

Drums/Tympani :

Murrey "Buddy" Harman

Drums :

D.J. Fontana

Piano :

David Briggs

Organ :

Henry Slaughter (of The Imperials)

Steel Guitar :

Peter Drake

Saxophone :

Rufus Long

Backup Vocals :

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

Backup Vocals :

The Imperials: Armond Morales, Jake Hess and Gary McSpadden

Backup Vocals :

Millie Kirkham, June Page and Dolores Edgin

Guide Vocals :

Red West


Notes:

Besides from providing the guide vocals, Red West supposedly recorded his own If Every Day Was Like Christmas and Sleepless Nights, Endless Days during this session as well. The arrangements on If Every Day Was Like Christmas are however so different that it's not impossible that Red's version was recorded at a different session. The guide vocals are audibly bleeding on the final masters by the way. A fact that could be considered when comparing with the criticism of bleeding vocal tracks and the proficiency of the M.G.M Soundstage engineers later the same month.