Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

October 30 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

Producer : Steve Sholes

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	Millie Kirkham
Bass:	Bob Moore	Charlie Hodge (His Hand In Mine, I Believe In The Man In The Sky
Drums:	D.J. Fontana	& He Knows Just What I Need)
Drums:	Murrey 'Buddy' Harman
Piano:	Floyd Cramer
Saxophone:	Homer 'Boots' Randolph

Milky White Way			L2WW 0373	October 30 1960 (6.30pm - 9.30pm)
Take 1	FS	0:14	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Stand By Me Volume 2°°~Surrender°°
Take 2	FS	0:10	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Stand By Me Volume 2°°~Surrender°°
Take 3	Complete	2:40	Platinum 2°°+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°° ~Stand By Me°°~Surrender°° (Count-In)
Take 4	FS	0:54	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Stand By Me Volume 2°°~Surrender°°
Take 5	Complete	2:37	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°+Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Stand By Me Volume 2°°~Surrender°° (Extra Dialogue)
Take 6	FS	0:11	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°+Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°° (Count-In)
Take 7	FS+M	2:53	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Moved By Faith (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 13)°°~His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° ~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 1°°~Ultimate Gospel (DSD)°°~His Hand In Mine (24 Bit)°°~Peace In The Valley 1°°~Amazing Grace°°~Complete Single Collection 5°° (Master only)+Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°° (Listed as Takes 7 & 8)~Surrender°°~His Hand In Mine - Alternate Album (Flashlight)°° (Count-In+FS+M)+The Definitive Gospel Album°° (Edited)

His Hand In Mine				L2WW 0374	October 30 1960 (6.30pm - 9.30pm)
Take 1	FS+Comp	3:41		Platinum 2°° (Complete only)+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Stand By Me°°~Surrender°° (Count-In+FS+M)
Take 2	FS	0:38		His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°+Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°° (Extra Dialogue)
Take 3	FS	1:40		His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Mast. 1-3°°~Surrender°°
Take 4	FS+Comp	3:39	(Used for spliced master)	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (Count-In)+Fame & Fortune (FTD)°° (Spliced with Take 5)+Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°° (Part from Spliced Master edited in)
Take 5	Complete	3:23	(Rejected Master) (Used for spliced master)	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (Count-In)+Fame & Fortune (FTD)°° (Spliced with Take 4)+Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°° (Part from Spliced Master edited in)

Spliced	M	3:17	(Spliced from Take 5 & ending of Take 4)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Hymns From The Heart (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 34)°°~His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° ~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 1°°~Ultimate Gospel (DSD)°°~His Hand In Mine (24 Bit)°°~Peace In The Valley 1°°~Amazing Grace°°~Complete Single Collection 6°°

I Believe In The Man In The Sky			L2WW 0375	October 30 1960 (6.30pm - 9.30pm)
Take 1	FS+Comp	2:27	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Essential Elvis Vol. 6°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°°~Seasons Greetings°° (Count-In+FS+Complete)~Stand By Me°°(Complete only)
Take 2	FS	0:24	His Hand In Mine (FTD)+Unsurpassed Mast. 1-3°°~Seasons Greetings°° ~Surrender°°
Take 3	LFS	1:20	His Hand In Mine (FTD)+Unsurpassed Mast. 1-3°°~Seasons Greetings°° ~Surrender°°
Take 4	M	2:16	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Gospel Jubilee (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 11)°°~His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 1°°~Ultimate Gospel (DSD)°°~His Hand In Mine (24 Bit)°°~Complete Single Collection 4°°~Peace In The Valley 1°° ~Amazing Grace°° (Master only)+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (CD2 - Orig. Mix)~Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°° (Count-In)

He Knows Just What I Need				L2WW 0376	October 30 1960 (10.00pm - 1.00am)
Take 1	Complete	2:02		His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Easter Special (FTD)°°~Unsurp. Masters 1-3°° ~Stand By Me Vol. 2°° ~Surrender°°
Take 2	FS	0:42		His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°+Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°° (Count-In)
Take 3	LFS	1:02		His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Stand By Me Volume 2°°~Surrender°°
Take 4	Complete	2:07		His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°°
Take 5	LFS	1:09		His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°+Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°° (Count-In)
Take 6	FS	0:34		Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Unsurp. Mast. 1-3°° ~Surrender°° (Count-In)
Take 7	Complete	2:08		His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°~Unsurp. Mast. 1-3°° ~Stand By Me Volume 2°°
Take 8	Complete	2:20	("Slower - No solo voice on chorus")	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°°
Take 9	Complete	2:21	("Slower - No solo voice on chorus")	Stand By Me°°+Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°°~His Hand In Mine - Alternate Album (Flashlight)°° (Count-In)
Take 10	M	2:20		Complete Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Hymns From The Heart (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 34)°°~His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° ~His Hand In Mine (24 Bit)°°~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 1°° ~Peace In The Valley 1°°~Amazing Grace°° (Master only)+Unsurpassed Mast. 1-3°°~Surrender°°~His Hand In Mine - Alternate Album (Flashlight)°° (Count-In)

Surrender				L2WW 0377	October 30 1960 (10.00pm - 1.00am)
Take 1	Complete	2:02	("Elvis doesn't go up on ending")	60's Box 5°°+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°° ~Surrender°° (Count-In)
Take 2	Complete	2:01	("Elvis doesn't go up on ending")	Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Unsurp. Mast. 1-3°° ~Surrender°° (Count-In)
Take 3	LFS	1:07	("Slower")	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°+Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°° (Count-In)
Take 4	(M)	1:46+	(Used for composite master)	Unsurpassed Masters 1-3°°~Surrender°°~His Hand In Mine - Alternate Album (Flashlight)°° (Count-In edited with Composite Master)
Take 5	FS	0:35	("Slower")	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Close Up 3°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°° ~Surrender°°
Take 6	Complete	1:58	("Slower")	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Close Up 3°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°° ~Surrender°°
Take 7	LFS	1:46	("Could be used with ending") ("Slower")	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (Complete)~Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°° (Complete)~Surrender (Spliced with ending of Take 6)
Take 8	FS	0:34		His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 9	Complete	2:04		Essential Elvis Vol. 6°°~There's Always Me°°+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (Count-In)

Surrender (Work Part)					October 30 1960 (10.00pm - 1.00am)
Take 1	Complete		("N.G.")	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (Spliced with Work Part Take 2)
Take 2	FS			His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (Spliced with Work Part Take 1)
Take 3	Complete	0:44		His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 4	Complete	0:44	("N.G.")	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 5	Complete	0:47	("N.G.") ("Needs to be faded")	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 6	Complete	0:51	("N.G.")	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 7	Complete	0:42	("N.G.")	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 8	(M)		(Used for Composite Master)

Surrender (Composite)				L2WW 0377		October 30 1960 (10.00pm - 1.00am)
Spliced	M	1:55	(Spliced from Take 4 & Work Part Take 8)	The Complete Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~The Nashville Sessions (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 27)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 2 (Legacy)°°~Elvis 75 CD2°°~His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° ~His Hand In Mine (24 Bit)°°~Comp. Single Collection 3°°~60's Box 1°° +E1 (30 #1 Hits)°°+Top Ten Hits°° (Remix - SPA1 4187)

Mansion Over The Hilltop			L2WW 0378	October 30 1960 (10.00pm - 1.00am)
Take 1	Complete	3:16	Easter Special (FTD)°°+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (Count-In)
Take 2	FS+LFS	0:47	His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 3	FS+M	3:14	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Hymns From The Heart (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 34)°°~His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° ~(24 Bit)°°~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 1°°~Peace In The Valley 1°° ~Amazing Grace°° (Master only)+Unsurpassed Mast. 1-4°°~Surrender°° ~His Hand In Mine - Alternate Album (Flashlight)°° (Count-In+FS+M)

Take 7 (FS & Master) of Milky White Way is wrongly listed as Takes 7 & 8 on the 'Unsurpassed Masters' box.

An edited (1:31) version of Milky White Way, which omitted the last verse ("I'm gonna meet God the father and God the son..."), was released in 1987 on the BMG Ariola release 'The Definitive Gospel Album'.

A splice of takes 4 & 5 of His Hand In Mine, different to the Spliced Master, can be found on 'Fame & Fortune'.

Takes 4 and 5 of His Hand In Mine on the 'Unsurpassed Masters' box and 'Surrender' both have the parts used for the Spliced Master edited in, presumable as these parts would have been cut from the tape.

Take 4 of Surrender on the 'Unsurpassed Masters' box and 'Surrender' have the Spliced Master edited in with the Count-In for Take 4, presumable as the rest of Take 4 would have been cut from the tape.

Different remixed versions of Surrender can be found on 'Elvis 30 #1 Hits (E1)' and 'Top Ten Hits'.

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 October 30 1960	Tape Legend October 30 1960



Music Sheet His Hand In Mine	Music Sheet He Knows Just What I Need	Music Sheet Mansion Over The Hilltop