January 20 1969

(+ means you need both ~ means same material °° means stereo or binaural ° means mono)
   

American Sound - Memphis, Tennessee

  Producers : Felton Jarvis / Chips Moman
  Engineer : Al Pachucki
   

Musicians:   Harmony Vocal:
       
  Guitar : Elvis Presley Elvis Presley (Gentle On My Mind)
  Guitar : Reggie Young Ronnie Millsap (Gentle On My Mind)(March 20?)
  Steel Guitar : John Hughey (Rubberneckin')  
  Drums : Gene Chrisman  
  Organ : Bobby Emmons  
  Bass : Tommy Cogbill  
  Bass : Mike Leech  
  Piano : Bobby Wood  

 

Gentle On My Mind (Vocal Overdub) XPA5 1155 January 20 (9.00pm - 12.00am)
  Take NA (M) 3:29 Vocal Replacement / Repair of Jan 15 'Track' The American Way Vol. 5°~Draft Mix Tape° (Track 5)~Edge Of Reality°~A Legendary Performer
          Volume 3° (Bootleg)
           
  V.O. (M)   Harmony Vocal Overdub by Elvis  
           
  Overdubs (M)   Brass overdubs on March 18 (Evening)  
  Overdubs (M)   String overdubs on March 19 (Afternoon)  
  Overdubs (M)   Band overdubs on March 20  
  Overdubs M 3:22 Backup V.O's on March 25 (Evening ?) Great Country Songs (DSD)°°~From Elvis In Memphis°°~Suspicious Minds - The Memphis 1969
        (SPA1 4131) Anthology°°~The Memphis Record°°~Welcome To My World°°~60's Box 4°°~Behind Closed
          Doors°° (Acetate)+The Other Side Of Memphis°°

 

 Rubberneckin' XPA5 1156 January 20 (9.00pm - 12.00am)
  Take 1 FS 0:39   The American Way Volume 1°°~Unsurpassed Masters 4-15°°~There's Always Me Volume 3°°
  Take 2 (M) 3:17 (Undubbed Master) The American Way Volume 1°°~Unsurpassed Masters 4-15°°~There's Always Me Volume 3°°
        (Preceded by Rehearsal & Unknown 1 Liner) ~American Crown Jewels°°
           
  Overdubs (M) 2:04 Backup V.O's between January 22-24 Draft Mix Tape° (Track 14)~Edge Of Reality°
  Overdubs M 2:11 Brass overdubs on March 19 (Evening) Complete Single Collection 7°°~Suspicious Minds - The Memphis 1969 Anthology°°~60's Box 4°°
        (SPA1 4129) The Memphis Record°°~Almost In Love°°~Unsurpassed Masters 4-15°° (3 Mixes)

 

Notes:

There are two draft mono mix tapes, of which at least one is dated February 28, 1969. A tape log of a later tape copy of both these tapes (except for  the last three tracks of the second tape) was shown in the magazine 'The Man and His Music' #13 listed as 'Basic + Alt. Vocals'. This source is referred to as the 'Draft mix tape'. This mono tape was actually the source of the 1992 bootleg 'American Rejects' (AR 1569), although the notes claimed acetate source for that. 

The date is unknown when the Backup Vocal overdubs were added to Gentle On My Mind. 'Sessions III' lists Gentle On My Mind as having Backup Vocals overdubbed on January 23, but the session log shows that as of February 4 (Date of the Job Number) no backup vocals had been overdubbed.

There is a page missing from the session logs between March 25 and May 5 1969, and as there appears to have been no backup vocals overdubbed to any songs in May (Apart from May 6 & 7 where Brass was also overdubbed) it is safe to assume that it is from March. The date and job number at the bottom of the March 25 overdub session log is March 28, so it would be safe to assume that this missing overdub session would be before March 28. The March 25 overdub session was for "Strings" and "Backup Vocals" and was held from 2.00pm until 5.00pm but it may well be that another session was held in the evening of March 25 but just for the backup vocalsits (Sonja Montgomery, Millie Kirkham, Dolores Edgin, Hurshell Wigington and Joe Babcock).

Remixed versions of Gentle On My Mind and Rubberneckin' can be found on 'The Memphis Record'.

Rubberneckin' on the album 'Almost In Love' has left and right channels swapped.

By taking out two of the four channels from the rare Japanese Quadraphonic LP of 'From Elvis In Memphis' is how the "Previously Unreleased Versions" were created on the bootleg "The Other Side Of Memphis" (Bilko).

Session Log.

 

 

 

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