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October 31 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  
Drums: D.J. Fontana  
Drums: Murrey 'Buddy' Harman  
Piano: Floyd Cramer  
Saxophone: Homer 'Boots' Randolph  

In My Father's House
L2WW 0379
  October 31 1960 (1.30am - 4.30am)
Take 1 3xFS 0:38   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 2 LFS 0:34   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 3 LFS 0:39   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 4 LFS 1:14   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 5 FS 0:16   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 6 LFS 1:31   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 7 FS+Comp 2:20   Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (Count-In)
Take 8 (M) 2:10 (Used for composite master) Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°°~Surrender°°~His Hand In Mine - Alternate
Album (Flashlight)°°

In My Father's House (Work Part)
  October 31 1960 (1.30am - 4.30am)
Take 1 (M) 0:32 (Used for composite master) Surrender°°~His Hand In Mine - Alternate Album (Flashlight)°°

In My Father's House (Composite)
L2WW 0379
  October 31 1960 (1.30am - 4.30am)
Spliced M 2:06 (Composite of Take 8
& Work Part Take 1)
Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Hymns From The Heart (Franklin
Mint Complete Masters Coll. 34)°°~His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°
~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 1°°~Peace In The Valley 1°°
~Amazing Grace°°

Joshua Fit The Battle
L2WW 0380
  October 31 1960 (1.30am - 4.30am)
Take 1 Complete 2:52   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Easter Special (FTD)°°
Take 2 Complete 2:56   His Hand In Mine (FTD)~Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°
Take 3 LFS 2:00   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 4 M 2:51   Comp. 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)°°~Peace In The Valley 1°°~Amazing Grace°°~Complete Single
Collection 5°° (Master only)+Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°°~His Hand In
Mine - Alternate Album (Flashlight)°° (Count-In)+The Definitive Gospel
Album°° (Edited)

Swing Down Sweet Chariot
L2WW 0381
  October 31 1960 (1.30am - 4.30am)
Take 1 FS+LFS 2:48   Today, Tomorrow & Forever 2°° (FS - Not Listed)+His Hand In Mine
(FTD)°° (FS+LFS)
Take 2 FS 0:14   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Today, Tomorrow & Forever 2°°
Take 3 Complete 2:43   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Today, Tomorrow & Forever 2°°
Take 4 M 2:39   Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Gospel Jubilee (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 11)°°~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 1°°
~Ultimate Gospel°° (DSD)~His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°~Peace In
The Valley 1°°~Amazing Grace°°~Complete Single Collection 5°° (Master
only)+Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°°~His Hand In Mine - Alternate Album
(Flashlight)°° (Count-In)+The Definitive Gospel Album°° (Edited)

I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs
L2WW 0382
  October 31 1960 (1.30am - 4.30am)
Take 1 M 1:54   Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Gospel Jubilee (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 11)°°~His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°
~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 1°°~Peace In The Valley 1°°~Amazing
Grace°° (Master only)+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (CD1 Track 16 -
Original Mix)~Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°°(Count-In)
Take 2 FS+FS 0:37   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Easter Special (FTD)°°
Take 3 Complete 1:57   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Easter Special (FTD)°°
Take 4 Complete 2:12 (Slower Tempo) His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 5 Complete 2:05   His Hand In Mine (FTD)~Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°

If We Never Meet Again
L2WW 0383
  October 31 1960 (5.00am - 8.00am)
Take 1 M 2:02   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°° (Master only)
+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (CD1 Track 23 - Original Mix+Count-In)
~Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°° (Count-In)

Known Only to Him
L2WW 0384
  October 31 1960 (5.00am - 8.00am)
Take 1 FS 0:43   Easter Special (FTD)°°+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (Count-In)
Take 2 Complete 1:42   Stand By Me°°+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Easter Special (FTD)°°
(Count-In)
Take 3 FS 0:28   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 4 FS+FS 0:34   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
Take 5 FS+M 2:44   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°°~Complete Single Collection 5°°
(Master only)+He Walks Beside Me°° (Remixed)+His Hand In Mine
(FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 1-4°° (Count-In+FS+M)

Crying In The Chapel
L2WW 0385
  October 31 1960 (5.00am - 8.00am)
Take 1 LFS 1:35   Unsurpassed Mast, 1-4°°~Stand By Me Vol, 2°°+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
(Count-In)
Take 2 FS 0:38   E1 (30 #1 Hits - DVDA)°°+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Unsurp. Mast. 1-4°°
~Stand By Me Vol. 2°° (Count-In)
Take 3 M 2:37   Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Moved By Faith (Franklin Mint
Comp. Masters Coll. 13)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 2 (Legacy)°°
~Elvis 75 CD2°°~His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~I Believe - The Gospel
Masters 1°°~Comp. Single Collection 4°°~Inspirational (DSD)°°~Ultimate
Gospel°°~How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~(24bit)°°~Peace In The Valley 1°°
~Amazing Grace°°+E1 (30 #1 Hits)°°+Top Ten Hits° (Remix - SPA1 4192)
(Master only)+Unsurp.Masters 1-4°° (Count-In)+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°
(CD2 - Original Mix+Count-In & extra dialogue)

Working On The Building
L2WW 5001
  October 31 1960 (5.00am - 8.00am)
Take 1 FS+Comp 2:03   His Hand In Mine (FTD)°°~Fame & Fortune (FTD)°°~Unsurp. Mast. 1-4°°
~Stand By Me Vol. 2°° +Tape°° (Count-In)
Take 2 Complete 2:17   Bilko's Gold Cuts°°~Unsurp. Mast. 1-4°°~Stand By Me°°+His Hand In Mine
(FTD)°°~There's Always Me°° (Count-In)
Take 3 FS 0:20   His Hand In Mine (FTD)
Take 4 FS+Comp 2:05   Close Up 3°°+His Hand In Mine (FTD)°° (Count-In)
Take 5 M 2:04   Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 6 (Sony)°°~Gospel Jubilee (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 11)°°~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 Masters 1-4°°
~His Hand In Mine - Alternate Album (Flashlight)°° (Count-In)

Notes

An edited (2:08) version of Joshua Fit The Battle, with omitted verse ("You may talk about your men of Gideon, you may brag about your men of Saul..."), was released in 1987 on the BMG Ariola release 'The Definitive Gospel Album'.

The first False Start of Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Take 2) on 'Today, Tomorrow & Forever' is actually from Take 1 but is not listed.

An edited (1:50) version of Swing Down Sweet Chariot, with omitted verse ("Ezekial went down in the middle of a field, he saw an angel workin' on a chariot wheel..."), was released in 1987 on the BMG Ariola release 'The Definitive Gospel Album'

Take 5 (FS & Master) of Known Only to Him is wrongly listed as Takes 5 & 6 on the 'Unsurpassed Masters' box.

Remixed versions of Crying In The Chapel can be found on 'Elvis 30 #1 Hits (E1)' and 'Top Ten Hits'.

Originally, Take 3 of Crying In The Chapel was not deemed suitable as being the Master take, and was listed as "No Master" in the session logs, but was eventually released in 1965 as a 'Single' and in 1967 on 'How Great Thou' Art'.

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.

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October 31 1960
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Music Sheet
I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs
Walk Dem Golden Stairs (Thanks to Glen Johnson)
Music Sheet
Known Only To Him
Known Only To Him (Thanks to Glen Johnson)
Music Sheet
Crying In The Chapel
Crying In The Chapel (Thanks to Glen Johnson)

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