Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

September 1 1956

(+ 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)

Radio Recorders Studio 1 - Hollywood, California

Producer : Steve Sholes

Engineer : Thorne Nogar

Recording Assistant : Bones Howe

(1.00pm - 4.00pm / 5.00pm - 8.00pm)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Elvis Presley	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Hugh
Guitar:	Scotty Moore	Jarrett
Bass:	Bill Black
Drums:	D.J. Fontana
Piano:	Elvis Presley
Piano:	Gordon Stoker

Playing For Keeps				G2WB 4920	September 1 1956
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7			(Used for spliced master)
Take 8
Take 9
Take 10
Take 11
Take 12
Take 13
Take 14
Take 15
Take 16
Take 17
Take 18			(Used for spliced master)

Spliced	M	2:54	(Spliced from take 7 & ending of take 18)	Young Man With The Big Beat 2 (Legacy)°~Comp Elvis Presley Masters 2 (Sony)°~The Ultimate Love Songs (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 25)°~Elvis (DSD)°~Elvis 56 (DSD)°~Complete Single Coll'n 2° ~50's Box 2°

Love Me				G2WB 4921	September 1 1956
Take 1			"N.G."	(Recorded Over?)
Take 2	Complete	2:43		(Recorded Over?)
Take 3	Complete	2:45		(Recorded Over?)
Take 4			"N.G."	(Recorded Over?)
Take 5			"N.G."	(Recorded Over?)
Take 6			"N.G."	(Recorded Over?)
Take 7	Complete	2:44		(Recorded Over?)
Take 8	Complete	2:44		(Recorded Over?)
Take 9	M	2:45	(Original time note - 2:43)	Young Man With The Big Beat 2 (Legacy)°~Comp Elvis Presley Masters 2 (Sony)°~The Early Years (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 28)° ~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 1 (Legacy)°~Elvis (DSD)°~Elvis 56 (DSD)°~Complete Single Collection 10°~50's Box 2°

Paralyzed						September 1 1956
Take 1			"N.G." (Abandoned)	(Recorded Over?)

I Need You So						September 1 1956
Tryout			(Abandoned)	(Recorded Over?)

How Do You Think I Feel			G2WB 4923	September 1 1956
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7	M	2:24	Young Man With The Big Beat 2 (Legacy)°~Comp Elvis Presley Masters 2 (Sony)°~The Early Years (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 28)° ~Elvis (DSD)°~50's Box 2°

How's The World Treating You				G2WB 4924	September 1 1956
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7	M	2:24	(Spliced from take 7 & unknown take?)	Young Man With The Big Beat 2 (Legacy)°~Comp Elvis Presley Masters 2 (Sony)°~Country Roots (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 8)° ~Elvis (DSD)°~50's Box 2°

Playing For Keeps is spliced from Take 7 (0:00-2:37) and the ending of Take 18.

Paralyzed was attempted after Love Me but the band couldn't work the arrangement properly and the song was abandoned after only one take.

I Need You So was the next song to be tried after Paralyzed but the song didn't really work any better than Paralyzed and was also abandoned. I Need You So was eventually recorded on February 23 1957.

The master of How's The World Treating You is supposed to be take 7, but there is a splice at 1:27 that isn't documented. It is unknown which other take is used for the spliced master, or if Take 7 is just edited.

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.



Recording Information September 1 1956	Tape Log September 1956	Recording Information Love Me / Paralyzed



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