Studio Sessions for RCA, September 10-12, 1967

Studio :

RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee

Producer :

Felton Jarvis

Engineers :

Jim Malloy

Guitar Man

UPA4 2765

September 10 (Sun.): 18:00 - 00:00 

Take 01

FS+FS

0:57

tape/Stay Away

Take 02

LFS

0:41

Always Me 2

Take 03

FS

0:55

Always Me 2

Take 04

FS+FS

1:09

tape/Stay Away

Take 05

FS+Complete

2:58

Platinum(complete take only)+tape/Always Me 2

Take 06

FS

0:31+

tape

Take 07

FS

0:06+

High Noon one-liner (between takes 7-12)

UN+Platinum (High Noon one-liner only)

Take 08

LFS

UN

Take 09

Complete

UN

Take 10

Complete

2:56

Long Lonely Highway

Take 11

Take 12

(M)

3:00

including What'd I Say

Blue Suede Shoes Ballet(~2.4% too fast)+60's Box 3/60's Box 3(~2.4% fast)

Take 12

M

2:19

Master faded before going into What'd I Say

Speedway,Clambake CD(O)/Tomorrow Is a Long Time(R, ~2.4% too fast)

Big Boss Man

UPA4 2766

September 10 (Sun.): 18:00 - 00:00 

Take 01

LFS

0:52

tape

Take 02

Complete

3:52

60's Box 5+"tape"

Take 03

FS+FS

0:53

Always Me 4(L/R swapped)+"tape"

Take 04

FS

0:33

tape

Take 05

LFS

0:55

Always Me 4(L/R swapped)+"tape"

Take 06

UN (cut from 2-track tape, lost or considered alt. master?)

Take 07

FS

0:40

tape

Take 08

FS

0:32

Always Me 4(L/R swapped)+"tape"

Take 09

FS+Complete

2:57

Today, Tomorrow and Forever 3/Always Me 4(L/R swapped)+tape

Take 10

0:07+

"tape"(dialogue after take 9 only)

Take 11

2:52

Speedw.,Clamb. CD(O)/Clambake LP/60's Box 3(R)

Mine

UPA4 2767

September 11 (Mon.): 01:00 - 05:30 

Take 01

FS

UN

Take 02

FS

UN

Take 03

LFS

1:39

Always Me 4(L/R swapped)

Take 04

Complete

2:42

Always Me 4(L/R swapped)

Take 05

FS

UN

Take 06

FS

UN

Take 07

FS

UN

Take 08A

Complete

2:38

Instrumental tracks only, mistake?

Always Me 4(Instrumental tracks only, L/R swapped)

Take 08B

FS

UN

Take 09

Complete

2:35

Close Up 3/Always Me 4(L/R swapped)

Take 10

Take 11

Take 12

Take 13

Take 14

Take 15

Take 16

Take 17

Take 18

Take 19

Take 20

Take 21

M

2:37

We Love Elvis vol. 2(O)/Speedw.LP(O)/T.Is a Long Time(R)/60's Box 3(R)

Singing Tree

UPA4 2768

September 11 (Mon.): 01:00 - 05:30 

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

Complete

2:56

Close Up 3

Take 05

Take 06

Take 07

Take 08

Take 09

Take 10

FS

UN

Take 11

FS

UN

Take 12

Complete

UN

Take 13

(M)

2:59

Treasures 1964-1969+Long Lonely Highway/L. Lonely Highw./Alw. Me 2

Just Call Me Lonesome

UPA4 2769

September 11 (Mon.): 01:00 - 05:30 

Take 01

M

2:08

Speedw.,Clamb.CD(O)/In Nashville(R)/T. Is a L. Time(R)/60's Box 3(R)

Take 02

FS

UN

Take 03

FS+FS

UN

Take 04

Complete

UN

Take 05

FS

UN

Take 06

Complete

2:02

Great Country Songs°°(L/R swapped)/Come What May°

Hi-Heel Sneakers

UPA4 2770

September 11 (Mon.): 18:00 - 21:00 

Take 01

LFS

UN

Take 02

Rehearsal+FS

UN

Take 03

FS

UN

Take 04

FS

UN

Take 05

Complete

UN

Take 06

LFS

0:15+

Take 7 preceeded by Ode to Billie Joe one-liner

UN+60's Box 3(Ode to Billie Joe one-liner only)

Take 07

Rehearsal+(M)

4:33

60's Box 3(R)/Silver Box cassette(Timing 5:00? NOT VERIFIED)

Edit

M

2:47

Edited master (0:00-1:15, 3:01-4:33 of take 7, if 4:33)

Silver Box LP/CD(R)/Rec.Baby(R, extended 10 s.)/T. Is a Long Time(R)/

Rare Elvis(O)° 2:42

You Don't Know Me

UPA4 2771

September 11 (Mon.): 18:00 - 21:00, 21:00-00:30 

Take 01

Rehearsal+M

2:33+

(Master w/o dialogue: 2:30)

We Love Elvis vol. 2(O)+"Black St.Bilko EP(acetate source)"+UN(rehearsal)

Take 02

Complete

0:05+

Last chord possibly used for spliced BMG master

UN

Spliced

(M)

2:28

Spliced from take 1 & last chord from take 2?

60's Box 3(R)/Tomorrow Is a Long Time

We Call on Him

UPA4 2772

September 11 (Mon.): 18:00 - 21:00, 21:00-00:30 

Take 01

FS

UN

Take 02

Complete

2:41

Stand by Me vol. 2°°/Gospel(Time-Life)

Take 03

Complete

2:33

Stand by Me vol. 1°°

Take 04

FS

0:14

Easter Special

Take 05

Complete

2:43

Easter Special

Take 06

FS

UN

Take 07

Complete

UN

Take 08

Complete

2:33

Today, Tomorrow and Forever 3

Take 09

M

2:33

Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)/You'll Never Walk Alone(O)

You'll Never Walk Alone

UPA4 2773

September 11 (Mon.): 21:00-00:30 

Take 01

Complete

Used for spliced master

UN

Take 02

FS+Complete

3:42

Platinum/Stand by Me vol. 1°°(Complete only)+UN(FS)

Take 03

FS

UN

Take 04

LFS

UN

Take 05

FS

UN

Take 06

FS

UN

Take 07

FS+FS

UN

Take 08

LFS+rehearsal

Used for spliced master

UN

Spliced

M

2:45

Spliced from takes 8 and 1

Peace in the Valley(R)/Amazing Grace(R)/Greatest Hits vol. 1(R)/

You'll Never Walk Alone(O)/Colonel's Collection°

Singing Tree (remake)

UPA4 2774

September 12 (Tue.): 01:00-03:30 

Take 01

FS

UN

Take 02

FS+FS

UN

Take 03

Complete

2:54

Always Me 2

Take 04

FS

UN

Take 05

(M)

2:19

Harmony vocal overdubbed

UN

Singing Tree (remake, harmony vocal, v.o.)

UPA4 2774

September 12 (Tue.): 01:00-03:30 

Take NA

M

2:19

Harmony vocal overdub of take 5

Clambake LP(O)/Tomorrow Is a Long Time(R)/60's Box 3(R)

Musicians:

Guitar :

Scotty Moore

Guitar :

Jerry Reed (Guitar Man and Big Boss Man)

Guitar :

Harold Bradley

Guitar :

Chip Young

Bass :

Bob Moore

Drums :

Murrey "Buddy" Harman

Drums :

D.J. Fontana

Piano :

Floyd Cramer

Piano :

Elvis Presley (You'll Never Walk Alone)

Organ :

Hoyt Hawkins (Mine, Singing Tree and Just Call Me Lonesome)

Organ/Guitar/Harmonica :

Charlie McCoy

Saxophone :

Homer "Boots" Randolph

Steel Guitar :

Peter Drake

Trumpet

Ray Stevens

Backup Vocals :

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

Backup Vocals :

Millie Kirkham


Notes:

The BMG remaster of Guitar Man appears to run about 2.4% too fast (even when taking into account that Jerry Reed kept tuning this guitar as can be heard before take 10). The original master is right (both on 'Clambake' LP and the Pair Double Feature CD) and so are the 'Platinum' and 'Long Lonely Highway' outtakes. (Should be key of Cb, thanks Johnny Savage.)

Either the RCA or BMG master of
You Don't Know Me is spliced from take 1 and last chord from unknown take. Thanks to Jean-Marc Juilland for the detective work and for finding rare original masters on CD!

Thanks to Arjan Deelen for providing take numbers!


There's no point in trying to describe all the added flaws on 'There's Always Me' vol.2, but here's a lazy attempt: "an angry 3-year old child playing with a compressor". Volume 4, on the other hand, is excellent.