Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

May 2 1962

(+ 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)

Radio Recorders Studio B - Hollywood, California

Soundtrack Session for 'Girls! Girls! Girls!'

Paramount Producer : Joseph Lilley

Engineer : Thorne Nogar

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Scotty Moore	The Amigo's: Jose Vadiz; Miguel Alciade; Felix Melendez; Pedro Berrios
Guitar:	Barney Kessel
Guitar:	Hilmer J 'Tiny' Timbrell
Bass:	Keith Mitchell
Drums:	Roy Hart
Piano:	James Rowles

Mama (The Amigo's)					SOX	May 2 1962
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8
Take 9	Complete	2:15	(1 line used for composite master)	Girls! Girls! Girls! (Memory)°°~Celluloid Rock 1-1°° (Track 16)
Take 10	(M)	2:17	(Used for composite master)	Girls! Girls! Girls! (FTD)°°~Girls! Girls! Girls! (Memory)°° ~Celluloid Rock 1-1°° (Track 17)

Mama (Composite)				WPA1 8122
Spliced	M	2:20	(Spliced from LO-10, The Amigo's Take 10 and 1 line from The Amigo's Take 9)	Let's Be Friends (LP)°~The Heartbreaker (Mexican "Promo" CD Single)° ~Latino°~Girls! Girls! Girls! (Memory)°+Girls! Girls! Girls! (FTD)° (Sigh at end)

The Nearness Of You (Gilda Maiken)					TOV	May 2 1962
Take NA	M	2:41		Acetate° (Listed as TTD-1 but without overdubs - Count-In)

The Nearness Of You (Movie Version)					TTD
Take 1	(M)	2:02+	(Lip Synch by Stella Stevens in movie - Additional Overdubbs)	Soundtrack°

Dissertation Of The State Of Bliss (Love & Learn) (Gilda Maiken)					UOV	May 2 1962
Take NA	M	2:03		Acetate° (Count-In)

Dissertation Of The State Of Bliss (Love And Learn) (Movie Version)				(Not Used)	UTD
Take 1	(M)		(Additional Instruments Overdubbed)

Celito Linda (Gilda Maiken)(?)				(Not Used / Recorded)	VO	May 2 1962 (?)

Never Let Me Go (Gilda Maiken)					WOV	May 2 1962
Take 1	Complete	1:53	(Fast Tempo)	Acetate° (Count-In)
Take 2	M	2:00		Acetate° (Count-In)

Never Let Me Go (Movie Version)					WTD
Take 1	(M)	1:09+	(Lip Synch by Stella Stevens in movie - Additional Overdubbs)	Soundtrack°

Baby, Baby, Baby (Gilda Maiken)				XOV	May 2 1962
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6	M	2:07	Acetate° (Count-In)

Baby, Baby, Baby (Movie Version)					XTD
Take 1	(M)	0:32+	(Lip Synch by Stella Stevens in movie - Additional Overdubs)	Soundtrack°

Love Is A Lonely Thing (Gilda Maiken)				YOV	May 2 1962
Take 1
Take 2	M	2:53	Acetate° (Count-In)

Love Is A Lonely Thing (Movie Version)				(Not Used)	YTD
Take 1	(M)		(Additional Instruments Overdubbed)

Just One More Chance (Gilda Maiken)				ZOV	May 2 1962
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3	M	2:25	Acetate° (Count-In)

Just One More Chance (Movie Version)				(Not Used)	ZTD
Take 1	(M)		(Additional Instruments Overdubbed)

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".

Additional instruments were overdubbed to the songs by Gilda Maiken and acetates were cut for the use of playback in the movie. These 'Movie Version' acetates were issued with new production numbers (WTD-1, XTD-1 etc...) instead of listing the actual master take numbers (WOV-02, XOV-06 etc...).

Thanks to Rogier van Luyken for sharing his private acetate collection.

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.



Recording Information Girls! Girls! Girls!	Tape Legend Girls! Girls! Girls!	Recording Information Girls! Girls! Girls!



Acetate Love And Learn	Acetate WOV-1 / ZOV-3	Acetate WOV-2 / XOV-6 / YOV-2



	Acetate The Nearness Of You (TTD-1)