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October 16 1961
(+ 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
(1.00am - 4.00am)

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar: Scotty Moore The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar: Jerry Kennedy Walker
Bass: Bob Moore Millie Kirkham
Drums: D.J. Fontana  
Drums: Murrey 'Buddy' Harman  
Piano / Organ: Floyd Cramer  
Saxophone / Clarinet: Homer 'Boots' Randolph  

I Met Her Today
M2WW 1005
   October 16 1961
Take 1 Complete
 2:56 (High Key) Pot Luck (FTD)°° (Count-In)~Collectors Gold 2°°~There's Always Me°°
+Night Rider '61°° (Count-In)~Unsurpassed Masters 3-8°° (Count-In)
Take 2 FS+LFS 1:33   Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-8°°~24 Carat Gold°°
Take 3 FS 0:35   Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-8°°
Take 4 Complete 2:49   Pot Luck (FTD)°°~Essential Elvis Volume 6°°~24 Carat Gold°°+Night
Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-8°° (Count-In)
Take 5 LFS 1:57   Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-8°° (Count-In)~24 Carat Gold°°
Take 6 FS+Comp 3:06   Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-8°° (Count-In+FS+Complete)
~Especially For You°° (Complete only)
Take 7 Complete 2:58   Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-8°°~There's Always Me°°
Take 8 FS 0:25   Pot Luck (FTD)°°~Studio B (FTD)°°~Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed
Masters 3-8°°
Take 9 Complete 2:42   Pot Luck (FTD)°°~Studio B (FTD)°°~Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed
Masters 3-8°° (Not Listed)
Take 10 FS 0:18   Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-9°°
Take 11 FS 0:31   Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-9°°
Take 12 FS 0:15   Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-9°°
Take 13 Complete 2:42   Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-9°°
Take 14 Complete 2:54   Night Rider '61°°~A Legendary Performer Volume 5°°~Unsurpassed
Masters 3-9°°
Take 15 FS+FS 0:31 (Low Key) Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-9°°
Take 16 2xFS
+Comp		 3:29   Pot Luck (FTD)°°~Close Up 3°° (Count-In+Complete)+Night Rider '61°°
~Unsurpassed Masters 3-8°° (Count-In+2xFS+Complete)
Take 17 LFS 0:54   Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-9°°
Take 18 FS+M 3:02   Complete Elvis Presley Masters 7 (Sony)°°~In The Mood (Franklin
Mint Complete Masters Collection 24)°°~Pot Luck (FTD)°°~(BMG '99)°°
~60's Box 2°° (Master only)+Night Rider '61°°(Count-In+FS)
+Unsurpassed Masters 3-9°° (Count-In+FS+Master)
Take 19 FS+LFS 1:18   Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-9°° (FS+LFS)~There's Always
Me Volume 3°° (LFS)
Take 20 LFS 1:50   Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-9°°~There's Always Me
Volume 3°°

Night Rider
M2WW 1006
   October 16 1961
Take 1 FS+Comp 2:46   Pot Luck CD1 (FTD)°°~Close Up 3°° (Comp. only)+Pot Luck CD2 (FTD)°°
~Collectors Gold 2°° (FS only)+Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed
Masters 3-9°° (Count-In+FS+Complete)
Take 2 Complete 2:20   Pot Luck (FTD)°°~Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-9°°
+Collectors Gold 2°° (Echo added)
Take 3 M 2:29   Complete Elvis Presley Masters 7 (Sony)°°~The Nashville Sessions
(Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 27)°°~Pot Luck (FTD)°°
~Elvis In Nashville°°~Pot Luck (BMG '99)°°~60's Box 2°° (Master only)
+Night Rider '61°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-9°° (Count-In)

Notes

The False Start from take 1 of Night Rider on 'Collectors Gold' has the left and right channels swapped.

Elvis re-recorded the song Night Rider on March 18 1962. The Master from that day was first released on the Time Life Elvis Presley Collection CD set (Volume 11) 'Treasures 1960 / 1963'.

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 15 / 16 1961
October 15 / 16 1961
  

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