Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

April 3 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
Guitar:	Hank Garland
Bass:	Bob Moore
Drums:	D.J. Fontana
Drums:	Murrey 'Buddy' Harman
Saxophone:	Homer 'Boots' Randolph
Piano:	Floyd Cramer

Fever			L2WB 0098	April 3 1960 (7.30pm - 12.00am)
Take 1	Complete	3:49	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Essential Elvis Volume 6°°~There's Always Me°°
Take 2	LFS	0:59	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°+Nashville 60-61°° (Count-In)
Take 3	Incomp.	3:15	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°+Elvis Meets Presley°°~Nashville 60-61°° (Count-In)
Take 4	M	3:34	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 5 (Sony)°°~Soldier Boy (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 15)°°~Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°° ~60's Box 1°°+The Definitive Love Album°° (Edited)+Welcome Home Elvis (FTD)°

Like A Baby			L2WB 0099	April 3 1960 (7.30pm - 12.00am)
Take 1	FS+LFS	2:16	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°° (Count-in+FS+LFS)~Collectors Gold°° (FS) +Tape°°~Nashville 60-61°°
Take 2	Complete	2:46	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Collectors Gold°°+Tape°°~Nashville 60-61°°
Take 3	FS	0:34	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Nashville 60-61°°
Take 4	2xFS+ Complete	3:15	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°~Nashville 60-61°° ~There's Always Me°° (2nd FS+Complete - Listed as Takes 3 & 4) +Tape°°
Take 5	FS	0:30	Tape°°~Nashville 60-61°°
Take 6	M	2:40	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 5 (Sony)°°~Soldier Boy (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 15)°°~Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°° ~60's Box 1°°+Welcome Home Elvis (FTD)°

It's Now Or Never				L2WB 0100	April 3 1960 (7.30pm - 12.00am)
Take 1	2xFS+ Complete	3:29		Elvis Is Back (FTD)°° (2xFS+Complete)~Long Lonely Highway (FTD)°° (1st FS & Complete only)
Take 2	Complete	3:24	(Used for spliced master)	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°
Take 3	3xFS	0:33		Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°~Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°
Take 4	Complete	3:22	(Used for spliced master)	Elvis Is Back (FTD)°°

Spliced	(M)	3:14	(Spliced from Takes 4 and 2) (Master overdubbed on April 5)	60's Box 5°°

Only Bass and two Drums were used on Fever.

An edited (2:02) version of Fever, with omitted verses ("Fever in the morning, Fever all through the night..." to "Fever with thy flaming youth"), was released in 1987 on the BMG Ariola release 'The Definitive Love Album'.

It's Now Or Never is spliced from Take 4 and the ending of Take 2.

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

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 April 3 1960