All songs were recorded in Binaural.
On the old bootleg LP "From The Beach To
The Bayou" (From 1978) it has an acetate
of Track EX Take 13 (King Creole Record
Master) including the announcement, but the guitar
solo in the middle had been edited in from the
Main Title Instrumental (Track R).
The movie version of King Creole contains
extra vocals and finger clicking by The Jordanaires
that are not on the Record Version.
The Main Title Instrumental was was cut short
on "From The Beach To The Bayou" to
hide the fact that part of it was used for the
previous track on the LP.
The count-in for Young Dreams (Track Q
- Take 8) can be also found on "From The
Beach To The Bayou" where it was sneakily
inserted before Take 7 of Lover Doll (Track
H). This deceivingly made it look as though it
was Take 8 of Lover Doll on the LP. This
same bootleg has other fake edits too.
A possibility is that track P (RCA didn't use
track O because of confusion with the number zero)
was an instrumental in the movie but nothing is
confirmed, and it could have been recorded at
an earlier date (January
16).
It has been rumoured over the years that the
song Bourbon Street was recorded (maybe an instrumental)
for the movie 'King Creole', but this is unfounded.
Perhaps this was a demo submitted for, but not
considered good enough to be used.
Two demo's that were submitted for inclusion
in the movie 'King Creole' were Hoping You
Were Gone and Stop Me From Loving You
(See below). A scene was actually written for
the latter song but then rejected.
Hoping You Were Gone could possibly be
the original title of the song Dirty Dirty
Feeling which may have been attempted at this
session.
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.
In a letter from Hal Wallis on January 8th 1958,
outlining what songs would be recorded for different
scenes in the movie, it appears there was an additional
song called Stop Me which was planned to
be recorded.
Stop Me
(Authors Unknown)
You miss me when I'm gone
You really want me near
Stop me if I'm wrong
Stop me from being here
The kiss we held so long
You want your whole life through
Stop me if I'm wrong
Stop me from kissing you
Don't let our lips meet
If yours only mean to deceive
For when our lips meet
This is what I believe
Your love for me is strong
And always will be true
Stop me if I'm wrong
Stop me from loving you
Thanks to Bill Bram for the lyrics to Stop
Me
