September 26 1969 (Overdub)

RCA Studio A - Nashville, Tennessee

  A&R / Producer : Felton Jarvis
  Engineer : Al Pachucki
   
  (6.00pm - 7.00pm)
   

Musicians:   Backup Vocalists:
       
  Guitar : James Burton Elvis Presley (Let Us Pray / A Little Bit Of Green / Johnny B Goode / And The
      Grass Won't Pay No Mind)
      Charlie Hodge (A Little Bit Of Green)

 

 Let Us Pray (Vocal Overdub - Remake) ZPA4 1957 September 26
  Take 1     (Vocals re-recorded by Elvis of March 6  
        'Dubdown' to backing track)  
  Take 2        
  Take 3        
  Take 4        
  Take 5 M 3:01   Gospel Jubilee (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 11)°°~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 4°°
        ~Double Features - Live A Little Love A Little / Charro / The Trouble With Girls / Change Of
          Habit°°~You'll Never Walk Alone (LP)°°+Soundtrack° (with Chorus)

 

 A Little Bit Of Green (Vocal Replacement) XPA5 1148 September 26
  Take NA (M)   (Vocals re-recorded by Elvis to Jan. 14 Master)  

 

 A Little Bit Of Green (Harmony Vocal Overdub) XPA5 1148 September 26
  Take NA M 3:22 (Harmony Vocal Overdub by Charlie Hodge) The Memphis Sessions (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 33)°°~From Elvis In Memphis
          (Legacy Ed'n)°°~Back In Memphis (24 Bit)°°~Suspicious Minds - The Memphis 1969 Anthology°°
          ~60's Box 4°°

 

 And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind (Vocal Replacement) XPA5 1267 September 26
  Take NA M 3:10 (Vocals re-recorded by Elvis to Feb. 18 Master) The Memphis Sessions (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 33)°°~From Elvis In Memphis
          (Legacy Edition)°°~Inspirational (DSD)°°~Back In Memphis (24 Bit)°°~Suspicious Minds - The
          Memphis 1969 Anthology°°~60's Box 4°°

 

 Johnny B Goode (Vocal Repair / Guitar Solo Repair) XPA5 2314 September 26
  Take NA M 2:20 (Originally recorded in Las Vegas at the Live In Las Vegas (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 10)°°~On Stage (Legacy)°°~Elvis In
        August 24 Midnight Show) Person (FTD)°°~Elvis In Person°°~From Memphis To Vegas°°+Platinum CD3°° (Matrix Number
          changed to WPA5 2595 - Channels Reversed)

 

 Runaway (Guitar Solo Repair) XPA5 2315 September 26
  Take NA (M)   (Originally recorded in Las Vegas at the  
        August 25 Dinner Show)
           
  Overdubs (M)   (Backup vocals overdubbed on March 31 1970)  
           
  Overdubs M 2:32 (Additional Backup vocals overdubbed on Live In Las Vegas (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 10)°°~On Stage (Legacy)°°~Elvis In
        April 1 1970) Person (FTD)°°~On Stage (1970)°°

 

Notes:

'Sessions III' lists Elvis' Harmony vocal overdub of Do You Know Who I Am as being recorded on September 26, but this surely cannot be the case as the strings and backup vocals were overdubbed on March 25, and the acetate found on "Memphis Memories" (Which contains mostly February songs with overdubs prior to March 25) does not contain these overdubs, but does contain the Harmony Vocal, meaning the Harmony Vocal must have been recorded before March 25.

RCA originally had the date of Elvis recording Let Us Pray as being September 22 1969.

Vocal repairs on Words (XPA5 2313) may have been done at this session, as well as additional material from the American Sound sessions.

In March of 2007 SONY decided to go through all of Elvis' masters and they retransferred everything, 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 including budget soundtracks, 'Legacy' releases and the Franklin Mint package.