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January 19 1957
(+ 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
(2.00pm - 5.00pm / 6.00pm - 9.00pm)

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: Dudley Brooks  
Organ: Hoyt Hawkins  

It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
H2WB 0282
  January 19 1957 (Sat)
Take 1 FS 0:28   Essential Elvis Volume 2°°~Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°°+Tape°°
~Stereo '57°°
Take 2 LFS 2:03   Essential Elvis Volume 2°°~Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°°+Tape°°
~Stereo '57°°
Take 3 Complete 3:54   Essential Elvis Volume 2°°~Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°°+Tape°°
~Stereo '57°°
Take 4 LFS 2:00   Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 5 Complete 4:02   Elvis Christmas Album (FTD)°°+Flashback (FTD)°°~Easter Special (FTD)°°
(listed as Take 12)~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 6 FS 0:23   Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 7 FS 0:26   Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 8 FS 0:10   Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°°+Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 9 FS 0:12   Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 10 FS 0:22   Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 11 FS 0:31   Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°°+Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 12 Complete 4:02   Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°°+Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 13 (M) 3:56   Close Up 1°°+Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°°+Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
         
Take 13 M 3:56   Elvis' Christmas Album (FTD)°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 3 (Sony)°
~Hymns From The Heart (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 34)°
~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 1°~Elvis' Christmas Album (24 Bit)°
~Amazing Grace°~Peace In The Valley 3°~50s Box 3°~Made In Germany
4 (MRS)°
         
Re-Recording 4:27 2017 re-recorded backing track Elvis: Christmas With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Deluxe)°°

Blueberry Hill
H2WB 0283
  January 19 1957 (Sat)
Take 1 FS 0:18   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 2 Complete 3:06   Essential Elvis Volume 2°°+Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°
~Stereo '57°°
Take 3 Complete 3:05   Flashback (FTD)°°+Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 4 FS+LFS 1:37   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 5 LFS 0:44   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 6 FS 0:14   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 7 Complete 2:47   Essential Elvis Volume 2°°+Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°
~Stereo '57°°
Take 8 Complete 2:46   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~A Legendary Performer Vol. 6°°
~Stereo '57°°
Take 9 (M) 2:42   Close Up 1°°+Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
         
Take 9 M 2:40   Loving You (FTD)°~(DSD)°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 3 (Sony)°
~Elvis Goes To Hollywood (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 19)°
~50s Box 3°~Made In Germany 4 (MRS)°

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
H2WB 0284
  January 19 1957 (Sat)
Take 1 LFS 0:59   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 2 Complete 1:59   Essential Elvis Volume 2°°+Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°
~Stereo '57°°
Take 3 LFS 1:34   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 4 LFS 0:57   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 5 FS 0:25   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 6 LFS 2:04   Flashback (FTD)°°~Essential Elvis Vol. 2°°+Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°
~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 7 Complete 2:34   Flashback (FTD)°°+Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 8 FS 0:18   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 9 FS 0:10   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 10 FS 0:09   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 11 FS 0:24   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 12 LFS 0:55   Essential Elvis Volume 2°°+Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°
~Stereo '57°°
Take 13 Complete 2:43   Essential Elvis Volume 2°°+Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°
~Stereo '57°°
Take 14 Complete 2:47   Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~A Legendary Performer Vol. 5°°
~Stereo '57°°
Take 15 (M) 2:42   Close Up 1°°+Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
         
Take 15 M 2:33   Loving You (FTD)°~(DSD)°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 3 (Sony)°
~Elvis Goes To Hollywood (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 19)°
~50s Box 3°~Made In Germany 4 (MRS)°+The Definitive Country Album°
(no intro)

Is It So Strange
H2WB 0285
  January 19 1957 (Sat)
Take 1 Complete 2:41   Essential Elvis Volume 2°°+A Date With Elvis (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 2 FS 0:20   A Date With Elvis (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 3 FS 0:13   A Date With Elvis (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 4 FS 0:15   A Date With Elvis (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 5 FS 0:17 (announced as Take 6) A Date With Elvis (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 6 FS 0:25   A Date With Elvis (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 7 LFS 1:40   Essential Elvis Volume 2°°+A Date With Elvis (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 8 FS 0:36   A Date With Elvis (FTD)°°~Flashback (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 9 Complete 2:38   A Date With Elvis (FTD)°°~Flashback (FTD)°°+Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 10 Complete 2:43   Today, Tomorrow & Forever 1°+Stereo '57°° (incomplete)+A Date With
Elvis (FTD)°°~Tape°°
Take 11 Complete 2:46   Essential Elvis Volume 2°°+A Date With Elvis (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Stereo '57°°
Take 12 (M) 2:42 Undubbed master Stereo '57°° (1st min. only)+Close Up 1°°+A Date With Elvis (FTD)°°
~Tape°°

Is It So Strange (backup vocal overdub / repair)
H2WB 0285
  January 19 1957 (Sat)
Overdub M 2:30 Backup vocal overdub of Take 12 Loving You (FTD)°~(DSD)°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 3 (Sony)°
~Elvis Goes To Hollywood (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 19)°
~A Date With Elvis (FTD)°~50s Box 3°~Made In Germany 4 (MRS)°

Notes

All songs were recorded in binaural.

An edited (2:24) version of 'Have I Told You Lately That I Love You', which omitted the instrumental intro, was released in 1987 on the BMG Ariola release The Definitive Country Album.

The master of 'Is It So Strange' is documented as being just Take 12, but the Jordanaires had to overdub two additional "Bop, Bop"s to cover Elvis trying, and failing, to hit the high note at the point where he sings "To waste a love like ours would be a si-hiii-hiiiiin…..". This is not documented and only transpired with the release of Take 12 in binaural on Close Up where the difference to the original master can be heard.

The re-recording of 'It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)' can found on the deluxe edition of the 2017 album Elvis: Christmas With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which contained Elvis' original vocals but with new backings by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The standard CD release of Elvis: Christmas With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra did not contain this track.

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.

Thanks to Adrian V Stokes regarding the edited versions of songs on the BMG Ariola set of Definitive albums.

Thanks to Josep Rulló Guardia for discovering the difference on 'Is It So Strange'.


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Music Sheets
Music Sheet
It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) (Thanks to Christopher Brown)
Music Sheet
Blueberry Hill
Blueberry Hill (Thanks to Christopher Brown)
Music Sheet
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Have I Told You Lately (Thanks to Glen Johnson)

 
Music Sheet
Is It So Strange
Is It So Strange (Thanks to Glen Johnson)
 


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