All tracks on "Celluloid Rock" have
channels reversed to the same tracks on the "Memory"
release "Elvis Sings Girls! Girls! Girls!",
with Elvis' vocals in either the left or right
channel. A better stereo image with Elvis' vocal
centred, is presented on the same tracks on FTD's
'Girls! Girls! Girls!' soundtrack, 'Double Features
- Kid Galahad / Girls! Girls! Girls!', 'Elvis
Chante Leiber & Stoller', and "There's
Always Me Volume 2".
Track 23 on the "Memory" release "Elvis
Sings Girls! Girls! Girls!" has Earth
Boy listed as "Master Version - Splice
of takes 2 & 4", but this is actually
MO Take 9 (Record Version Master).
Track 12 on the "Memory" release "The
Elvis Acetates Volume 2 - Girls! Girls! Girls!"
has Earth Boy listed as "MO-04 or
02", but this is actually the undubbed Movie
Version with the count-in for NO Take 2.
The Movie Version of Earth Boy has extra
spoken vocals by Elvis in between the backup vocals,
probably recorded on the movie set.
Dainty Little Moonbeams / Girls! Girls! Girls!
- End Title Composite Master on the "Memory"
release "The Elvis Acetates Volume 2 - Girls!
Girls! Girls!" (Track 10) has the count-in
for Dainty Little Moonbeams (PO) Take 6.
The 'Movie Version' of I Don't Wanna Be Tied
is spliced from Take 8 (Master) and the Intro
of Take 10. The acetate of the 'Movie Version'
on the "Memory" release "The Elvis
Acetates Volume 2 - Girls! Girls! Girls!"
has the count-in for Take 8.
The first officially released master of Plantation
Rock on 'Legendary Performer Volume 4' was
spliced from the same takes (a few seconds more
of take 17 was used, and the "And now you're
right at home" part from the Insert was not
used). 'A Life In Music' states that this is incorrectly
edited, but also incorrectly states that it is
presented on 'Double Features - Kid Galahad /
Girls! Girls! Girls!' as it appeared on the original
lacquer.
Some differences how the same takes were spliced
differently on other releases are as follows (Timings
include the count-in):
'A Legendary Performer Volume 4' (1:52) = Take
17 (0:03 - 1:11) / Insert Take NA (0:22 - 1:05).
"Add some pep, double step (laugh)..."
used, "And now you're right at home..."
not used.
'Double Features' (1:51) = Take 17 (0:03 - 1:00)
/ Insert Take NA (0:11 - 1:03). This splice was
also used on the Memory Records release 'Elvis
Sings Girls Girls Girls' (Track 31). Elvis' laugh
after "Add some pep, double step ..."
not used, "And now you're right at home..."
used.
'Girls! Girls! Girls!' (Memory)(1:57) = Take
17 (0:00 - 1:11) / Insert Take NA (0:11 - 1:03).
"Add some pep, double step (laugh)..."
used, "And now you're right at home..."
used too. This Alternate splice from acetate can
be found on the Memory Records release "Elvis
Sings Girls Girls Girls" (Track 34), and
also includes the count-in for take 17. The same
acetate was first released on the bootleg 'Memphis
Tennessee' but without the count-in. This would
have been considered to be the original Master
Splice as an acetate was cut in the studio at
that time (Original lacquer - as noted above by
Ernst Jørgensen), and it's this splice
that is used on FTD's 'Girls Girls Girls' expanded
soundtrack as well as Sony's 'Complete Elvis Presley
Masters' collection.
'Sessions III' lists Plantation Rock as
being recorded on March 23 1962, but I cannot
understand why Track RO would be recorded before
the rest of the session.
The original title for the song Plantation
Rock was We're Gonna Have A Good Time,
and had slightly different lyrics.
The instrumental of Mama (SO) was originally
intended to be overdubbed by the Jordanaires,
but was eventually not used.
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.
