Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

May 1 1957

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(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

Soundtrack Session for 'Jailhouse Rock'

MGM Producer : Jeffrey Alexander

Engineer : Thorne Nogar

(10.00am - 12.00pm)

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

I Want to Be Free					2007	May 1 1957
Take NA		2:12	"No Prints"

Session abandoned. Elvis walked out shortly after lunch when the Jeffrey Alexander attempts to cut off a gospel jam with the Jordanaires. ('A Life in Music', 'Day By Day'.)

MGM session log says "no prints", but a time note of 2:12 indicates at least one complete take.



Recording Information April / May 1957	Tape Log Jailhouse Rock	Session Log April / May 1957