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August 8 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)

Radio Recorders Studio B - Hollywood, California
Soundtrack Session for 'Black Star' ('Flaming Star')
20th Century Fox Producer : Urban Thielmann
Engineer : Thorne Nogar
(8.00pm - 4.00am)

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar: Howard Roberts The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar: Hilmer J. 'Tiny' Timbrell Walker
Bass: Michael 'Myer' Rubin  
Drums: Bernie Mattinson  
Piano: Dudley Brooks  
Accordian: Jimmie Haskell  

Black Star
WPA5 2502
  August 8 1960
Take 1 Complete 2:49    
Take 2 Complete 2:39    
Take 3 Complete 2:33    
Take 4 Complete 2:42    
Take 5 Complete 2:30 (<- ALSO PRINT )  
Take 6 Complete 2:33    
Take 7 LFS      
Take 8 Complete 2:30    
Take 9 FS      
Take 10 FS      
Take 11 FS      
Take 12 FS      
Take 13 Complete 2:29 (Used for composite master)
(EDITED - THIS REEL ONLY
<- PRINT)
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 28 (Sony)°°~Double Features - Flaming
Star / Wild In The Country / Follow That Dream°°~Collectors Gold 1°°

Black Star (Insert #1 - Ending)
  August 8 1960
Take 1 Complete      
Take 2 Complete      
Take 3 Complete      
Take 4 Complete      
Take 5 Complete   (Used for composite master)  

Black Star (Composite)
  August 8 1960
Spliced M 2:28 (Composite of Take 13
& Insert #1 Take 5)
Black Star (Bilko 12" EP) (Acetate)°~Flaming Star (Double G) (Acetate)°

Black Star (End Title)
WPA5 2510
  August 8 1960
Take 1 FS      
Take 2 FS      
Take 3 Complete 0:39    
Take 4 FS      
Take 5 Complete 0:39    
Take 6 M 0:40   Collectors Gold 1°°

Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
M2PB 1986
  August 8 1960
Take 1 FS 0:08   Close Up 2°° (?)
Take 2 Complete 2:35   Close Up 2°°
Take 3 LFS      
Take 4 FS      
Take 5 FS      
Take 6 FS      
Take 7 LFS      
Take 8 FS 0:12   Silver Screen Stereo (FTD)°°
Take 9 Complete 2:31   Silver Screen Stereo (FTD)°°
Take 10 LFS      
Take 11 FS      
Take 12 FS      
Take 13     (Probably not announced)  
Take 14 Complete 2:17   Collectors Gold 1°° (Listed as Take 1 and Take 14)
Take 15 LFS      
Take 16 Complete 2:15 (<- PRINT)  
Take 17 Complete 2:18    
Take 18 LFS      
Take 19 Complete 2:13    
Take 20 M 2:38 (<- PRINT) Complete Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Big Screen Drama (Franklin
Mint Comp. Masters Collection 32)°°~Double Features - Flaming Star /
Wild In The Country / Follow That Dream°°~Elvis For Everyone°°
+Celluloid Rock 2-1°~The Wild In The Country & Flaming Star Sessions
(Flashlight)°
Take 21 FS 0:20   A Legendary Performer Volume 7°~Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°~The Wild
In The Country & Flaming Star Sessions (Flashlight)°
Take 22 LFS 0:47 (NO I.D.) A Legendary Performer Volume 7°~Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1° ~The Wild
In The Country & Flaming Star Sessions (Flashlight)°
Take 23 LFS 2:24   A Legendary Performer Volume 7°~Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°~There's
Always Me Volume 2°~The Wild In The Country & Flaming Star Sessions
(Flashlight)°
Take 24 Complete 2:33   Celluloid Rock 2-1°~The Wild In The Country & Flaming Star Sessions
(Flashlight)°
Take 25 Complete 2:34   Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°~There's Always Me Volume 2°~The Wild In
The Country & Flaming Star Sessions (Flashlight)°
Take 26 LFS 1:30   Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°~There's Always Me Volume 2°~The Wild In
The Country & Flaming Star Sessions (Flashlight)°

Britches (Track)
  August 8 1960
Take 1 (M) 1:59 "Lonely Man" Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°

Britches (Vocal Overdub)
  August 8 1960
Take 1 LFS 0:49   Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°~There's Always Me Volume 2°~The Wild In
The Country & Flaming Star Sessions (Flashlight)°
Take 2 FS 0:42   Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°~The Wild In The Country & Flaming Star
Sessions (Flashlight)°
Take 3 LFS 0:58   Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°~The Wild In The Country & Flaming Star
Sessions (Flashlight)°
Take 4 LFS 1:00   Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°~The Wild In The Country & Flaming Star
Sessions (Flashlight)°
Take 5 LFS 1:11 (<- PRINT )
(Used for composite master)
Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°~There's Always Me Volume 2°
Take 6 LFS 0:58   Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°~The Wild In The Country & Flaming Star
Sessions (Flashlight)°
Take 7 LFS 1:39 (<- PRINT )
(Used for composite master)
Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°~There's Always Me Volume 2°

Britches (Vocal Overdub - Insert #1)
  August 8 1960
Take 1 (M) 0:59 (<- PRINT )
(Used for composite master)
Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°

Britches (Composite)
SPA3 6744
  August 8 1960
Spliced M 1:41 (Composite of Takes 5 & 7
and Insert #1 Take 1)
(HPA5-6338)
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Double Features - Flaming
Star / Wild In The Country / Follow That Dream°°~A Legendary Performer
Volume 3 (LP)°+Celluloid Rock Volume 2-1°° (Binaural - Not Listed)

A Cane & A High Starched Collar
  August 8 1960
Take 1 FS      
Take 2 LFS 0:53   A Legendary Performer Vol. 2 (LP)°~The Heartbreaker (Mexican "Promo"
Single - CD)°
Take 3 FS      
Take 4 FS      
Take 5 LFS   (<- PRINT )  
Take 6 (M) 1:45 (<- PRINT )
(Used for composite master)
 

A Cane & A High Starched Collar (Insert - Last 2 Bars)
  August 8 1960
Take 1 Complete      
Take 2 Complete      
Take 3 Complete      
Take 4 FS      
Take 5 Complete      
Take 6 (M)   (<- PRINT )
(Used for composite master)
 

A Cane & A High Starched Collar (Composite)
SPA3 6743
  August 8 1960
Spliced M 1:49 (Composite of Take 6
& Insert Take 6)
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Big Screen Drama (Franklin
Mint Complete Masters Collection 32)°°~Double Features - Flaming Star
/ Wild In The Country / Follow That Dream°°+A Legendary Performer
Volume 2 (LP)° (Part of Count-In)~The Heartbreaker (Mexican "Promo"
Single - CD)° (Part of Count-In)+Celluloid Rock Vol. 2-1°°

Summer Kisses, Winter Tears (Movie Version - Track)
  August 8 1960
Take 1        

Summer Kisses, Winter Tears (Movie Version - V.O.)
  August 8 1960
Take 1 (M)   (Drums overdubbed on August 11)  
Take 2        
Take 3        

Notes

The acetate of Black Star, as released on the 'Black Star' EP by Bilko, is the original Composite Master with repaired ending (Spliced from Take 13 & Insert #1 Take 5). The "Master" of Black Star on 'Double Features - Flaming Star / Wild In The Country / Follow That Dream', 'Collectors Gold' and even Sony's 'Complete Elvis Presley Masters' collection is just Take 13 without the repaired ending (Insert #1 Take 5).

The Master of Summer Kisses, Winter Tears on 'Double Features' and 'Elvis For Everyone' has the left and right channels swapped.

The Overdubbed Master of Britches is spliced from Take 5 (0:00-0:33), Take 7 (0:33-1:12) and Insert - Take 1 (1:12-1:42). The stereo release on 'Double Features' has a left channel delay on the track of 100 ms. The left vocal channel has been mixed with the mono track instead of releasing the song in binaural stereo.

A 2:51 edit of Britches was used on a 8-Track Stereo only (CPS1 3082) release of 'A Legendary Performer Volume 3'.

The Master of A Cane & A High Starched Collar on 'Double Features' has the left and right channels swapped.

A Cane & A High Starched Collar on the Mexican "Promo" CD 'The Heartbreaker' is taken from a vinyl source - probably 'A Legendary Performer Volume 2'.

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.

Session Logs
Recording Information
Flaming Star
Flaming Star
Tape Legend
August 8 1960
Tape Legend - August 8 1960
Music Sheet
A Cane & A High Starched Collar
A Cane & A High Starched Collar (Thanks to Glen Johnson)

Acetates
August 8 1960
Flaming Star

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