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July (18?) 1953
(+ means you need both    ~ means same material    °° means stereo or binaural    ° means mono)
(SFS = Short False Start | FS = False Start | LFS or BD (Breakdown) = Long False Start | PB (Playback) or Complete = Complete Take)

SUN Studio (Memphis Recording Service) - Memphis, Tennessee
Engineer : Marion Keisker

Musician:    
Guitar: Elvis Presley  

My Happiness
  July (18?) 1953
Take NA
 M
2:33
(WPA5 2531)
A Boy From Tupelo 1 (FTD)°~The Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 30 (Sony)°
~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 1 (Legacy)°~Comp. Single Collection 1°
~Sunrise°~50's Box 1°~The Great Performances°~Memphis Recording
Service Volume 1°

That's When Your Heartaches Begin
  July (18?) 1953
Take NA
 M
2:52
(WPA5 2532)
A Boy From Tupelo 1 (FTD)°~Memphis Recording Service Vol. 1° (Comp.)
+The Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 30 (Sony)°~Comp. Single Collection 1°
~Sunrise°~50's Box 5° (1st Guitar Strums missing)

Notes

Lee Cotten has managed to come up with a probable date for this session by matching the story of a hot summer Saturday afternoon with a salary advance that Elvis received on July 14 in order to "make a car payment" for a car that had already been paid for. ("All Shook Up", Popular Culture, Ink., 1985)

In March of 2007, Sony decided to go through all of Elvis' masters. They retransferred everything and remastered all tracks including repairing as many clicks, pops, bad edits and dropouts as they could. They have used these newly mastered recordings on their new releases since 2007 including budget soundtracks, 'Legacy' releases, the 30 disc 'Complete Elvis Presley Masters' collection and the Franklin Mint package.

According to the 'Memphis Recording Service Volume 1' the date of this demo session is August 22 1953.

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