Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

Mexico (Track)

January 22 1963

(Used for Movie Version ?)

January 22 1963

(+ 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 'Fun In Acapulco'

Paramount Producer : Joseph Lilley

Engineer : Dave Weichman

(1.00pm - 7.00pm / 8.00pm - 1.15am)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Scotty Moore	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar:	Barney Kessel	Walker
Guitar / Mandoline:	Hilmer J 'Tiny' Timbrell	The Amigo's : Jose Vadiz; Miguel Alciade; German Vega; Pedro Berrios
Bass:	Ray Siegel
Drums:	D.J. Fontana
Drums:	Hal Blaine
Percussion:	Emil Radocchia
Piano:	Dudley Brooks
Trumpet:	Anthony Terran
Trumpet:	Rudolph Loera

Bossa Nova Baby			PPA3 4431	AO	January 22 1963
Take 1	FS	0:19	Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°
Take 2	Complete	2:21	Platinum 2°°~Elvis Chante Leiber & Stoller°°+Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°° (Count-in)(Clipped)
Take 3	Complete	2:49	Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8
Take 9
Take 10
Take 11	M	2:13	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 9 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 3 (Legacy)°°~Elvis 75 CD2°°~Fun In Acapulco (Remastered Soundtrack)°°~Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°~Second To None°°~Complete Single Collection 3°°~Elvis Chante Leiber & Stoller°°~Double Features - It Happened At The Worlds Fair / Fun In Acapulco°°+Elvis Acetates Volume 1 (Memory)° (Count-in)+Top Ten Hits° (Remix - SPA1 4191) +Latino°° (Extended - 5:10)

Bossa Nova Baby (Movie Version)
Spliced	(M)	1:47	(Instrumental solo removed & last "Bossa Nova, Bossa Nova" repeated)	Tape°°~Soundtrack°

I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here				PPA3 4430	BO	January 22 1963
Take 1	Complete	2:53		Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7	Complete		(Used for spliced master - 2nd to last line)
Take 8
Take 9
Take 10	Complete	3:08	(Used for spliced master - 0:00-2:37 / 2:43-2:53)	The Elvis Acetates Volume 1 (Memory)°

Spliced	M	2:53	(Spliced from takes 10 & 7)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 9 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Fun In Acapulco (Remastered Soundtrack)°°~Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°~Double Features - It Happened At The Worlds Fair / Fun In Acapulco°°

Mexico				PPA3 4425	CO	January 22 1963
Take 1	FS	0:36		Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°
Take 2	Complete	2:07		Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°~Today, Tomorrow & Forever 2°°
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5	M	2:10		Complete Elvis Presley Masters 9 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Fun In Acapulco (Remastered Soundtrack)°°~Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°~Double Features - It Happened At The Worlds Fair / Fun In Acapulco°°+The Elvis Acetates Volume 1 (Memory)° (Count-in)
Take 6	Complete	2:10	(Same lyrics as boy's Vocal overdub of Movie Version)	Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°
Take 7	(M)	1:58	(Alternate Master)(?)	Out In Hollywood (FTD)°°~Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°° (Clipped)

Mexico (Movie Version - Vocal Overdub)					COV ?	January 22 1963
Take NA	(M)	2:07	(Boy Overdub of CO-05 & COD-03 ?)	The Elvis Acetates Volume 1 (Memory)°~Soundtrack°

The Bullfighter Was A Lady				PPA3 4428	DO	January 22 1963
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4	FS	0:46		Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°
Take 5	FS	0:43		Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°
Take 6	Complete	2:22		Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°
Take 7			(Used for spliced master)
Take 8
Take 9	Complete	2:10	(Used for spliced master)	The Elvis Acetates Volume 1 (Memory)°

Spliced	M	2:04	(Spliced from takes 9 & 7)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 9 (Sony)°°~Girls! Girls! & More Girls! (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 17)°°~Fun In Acapulco (Remastered Soundtrack)°°~Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°~Double Features - It Happened At The Worlds Fair / Fun In Acapulco°°

Marguerita			PPA3 4427	EO	January 22 1963
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6	Complete	2:53	Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°
Take 7
Take 8	M	2:42	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 9 (Sony)°°~Girls! Girls! & More Girls! (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 17)°°~Fun In Acapulco (Remastered Soundtrack)°°~Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°~Double Features - It Happened At The Worlds Fair / Fun In Acapulco°°

Vino, Dinero Y Amor (Amigo's - Boat Version)				HO	January 22 1963
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3	(M)	0:30+	Soundtrack°

The record version of The Bullfighter Was a Lady is listed as being spliced from takes 9 and 7. However the acetate version on "The Elvis Acetates Volume 1" (Memory) listed as take 9, does not reveal any unique parts. This may actually be the spliced master but with the count-in for take 9, as sometimes happens when acetates are cut, or maybe the master wasn't spliced at all.

An extended (5:10) mix of Bossa Nova Baby was released on a 12" Single in March 1987, and can also be found on the bootleg "Loose Ends Volume 3".

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 Fun In Acapulco	Tape Legend January 22 1963	Acetate Vino, Dinero Y Amor