Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

March 21 1960

(+ 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)

RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Producers : Steve Sholes / Chet Atkins

Engineer : Bill Porter

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Elvis Presley	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar:	Scotty Moore	Walker
Electric Bass:	Hank Garland
Bass:	Bob Moore
Drums:	D.J. Fontana
Drums:	Murrey 'Buddy' Harman
Piano:	Floyd Cramer

Stuck On You			L2WB 0083	March 21 1960 (12.30am - 3.30am)
Take 1	FS+Comp	2:34	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°~There's Always Me°° (Listed as Alternate Take - No Count-In)
Take 2	Incomp.	2:23	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Essential Elvis Volume 6°°
Take 3	M	2:20	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 5 (Sony)°°~Soldier Boy (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 15)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 2 (Legacy)°° ~Elvis 75 CD1°°~Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Complete Single Collection 3°°~24 Karat Hits°°~Elvis' Golden Records Vol. 3°° (24 Bit) ~60's Box 1°°+E1 (30 #1 Hits)°°

Fame & Fortune				L2WB 0084	March 21 1960 (12.30am - 3.30am)
Take 1	4xFS+ Complete	3:25	(High Key "Elvis sings Fame alone")	There's Always Me Volume 4°° (Complete only)+Tape°°
Take 2	Complete	2:35	(HPA5 6335)	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~A Legendary Performer Volume 3°° (LP)+Tape°°
Take 3	FS+LFS	1:28		Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°°~24 Carat Gold°°+Tape°°
Take 4	LFS	1:27		Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~There's Always Me Volume 4°°+Tape°°
Take 5	FS+Comp	2:45	(Low Key)	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°° (Complete only) ~24 Carat Gold°° (Complete only)~There's Always Me Volume 4°° (FS only - Not listed)
Take 6	LFS	0:50		There's Always Me Volume 4°°+Tape°°
Take 7	FS+Comp	2:41		There's Always Me Volume 4°°+Tape°°
Take 8	FS+Comp	2:47		There's Always Me°° (Listed as Alt. Take - No Count-In)+Tape°°
Take 9	FS+Comp	2:49		Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°°~24 Carat Gold°°
Take 10	LFS	1:28		Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°°~24 Carat Gold°°
Take 11	Complete	2:33		Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°°~24 Carat Gold°°
Take 12	LFS	1:30		Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°°~24 Carat Gold°°
Take 13
Take 14	Complete	2:39	(Used for spliced master)	Bilko's Gold Cuts°° (Part used for Master cut from tape)+Tape°°
Take 15			(Used for spliced master)

Spliced	M	2:32	(Spliced from takes 15 & 14)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 5 (Sony)°°~Soldier Boy (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 15)°°~Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Complete Single Collection 3°°~60's Box 1°°

A Mess Of Blues				L2WB 0085	March 21 1960 (4.00am - 7.00am)
Take 1	2xFS+ Complete	2:56		Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Long Lonely Highway (FTD)°°~Platinum 2°° (Complete only - Listed as Alternate Take)~There's Always Me°° (Complete only - Listed as Alternate Take)
Take 2	FS	0:22		Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°
Take 3	Complete	2:28		Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°
Take 4
Take 5	M	2:42	(RPA1 7394)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 5 (Sony)°°~Rhythm & Blues (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 9)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 2 (Legacy)°°~Elvis 75 CD1°°~Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Rhythm & Blues (Time Life Elvis Presley Collection Vol. 8)°°~Complete Single Coll. 3°° ~Second To None°°~60's Box 1°°+Return Of The Rocker°°+Elvis Forever Volume 2° (1st Pressing)

It Feels So Right			L2WB 0086	March 21 1960 (4.00am - 7.00am)
Take 1	Complete	2:09	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Close Up 3°°
Take 2	Complete	2:09	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°+Long Lonely Highway (FTD)°°
Take 3	Complete	2:28	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Platinum 2°° (Listed as Alternate Take)~There's Always Me°° (Listed as Alternate Take)
Take 4	FS	0:12	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°° (With Count-In from Take 3)
Take 5	M	2:11	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 5 (Sony)°°~Rhythm & Blues (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 9)°°~Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°° ~60's Box 1°°+Welcome Home Elvis (FTD)°

A remixed version of Stuck On You can be found on 'Elvis 30 #1 Hits (E1)'.

A remixed version of A Mess Of Blues (RPA1 7394) can be found on 'Return Of The Rocker'.

A Mess Of Blues was released with backing vocals way back in the mix on the 1980 1st pressing of the German RCA release 'Elvis Forever Volume 2' (with matrixnumber CL 42853). This was done by eliminating one of the stereo channels. When RCA discovered the mistake they made a new LP master with new matrix number CPL 42853.

The takes of Fame & Fortune on 'There's Always Me Volume 4' have the left and right channels swapped, although they are correct on 'There's Always Me (Volume 1)'

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 March 21 1960