Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

May 27 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)

RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Producer : Steve Sholes

Engineer : Bill Porter

(7.00pm - 4.00am)

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

Memphis, Tennessee				PPA4 0302	May 27 1963
Take 1	FS+Comp	2:34		Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°~Elvis Meets Presley°° ~60's Box 5°° (Complete)+Unsurpassed Mast. 3-10°° (Count-In+FS +Complete)
Take 2	M	2:34	(Jungle Version) (Rejected Master)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 28 (Sony)°°~Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°° (No Echo)+Collectors Gold 2°° (Echo)~La Legende - Rock 'n' Roll 1963-68 (BMG France)°° (Echo)~Memphis Tennessee (LP - Edited)° (Acetate - No Echo)+Tape°° (Ending - After Fade)

(It's A) Long Lonely Highway				PPA4 0303	May 27 1963
Take 1	Complete	2:54	('Single' Master)	Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°~Long Lonely Highway (FTD)°° ~Complete Single Collection 4°+The Echoes Of Love Sessions°° ~Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° (Count-In)
Take 2	M	2:21	('Album' Master)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 9 (Sony)°°~The Nashville Sessions (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 27)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 3 (Legacy)°°~Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°° ~For The Asking°°~60's Box 3°°+Tickle Me (Soundtrack)°

Ask Me				PPA4 0304	May 27 1963
Take 1	FS+Comp	2:48		Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°+Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° (Listed as takes 1 & 2)~The Echoes Of Love Sessions°° (Count-In+FS +Complete) ~24 Carat Gold°° (Complete - CD1 / Count-In+FS on CD2)
Take 2	M	2:06	(Rejected Master - Continued later)	Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°° (No Echo)+Elvis Forever Vol 2°° ~Collectors Gold 2°°~The Echoes Of Love Sessions°° (Echo Added) +Memphis Tennessee (LP - Acetate)° (No Echo)

Western Union			PPA4 0305	May 27 1963
Take 1	FS+Comp	2:16	Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°+Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° ~The Echoes Of Love Sessions°°~There's Always Me Volume 2°°
Take 2	LFS	0:56	Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° ~The Echoes Of Love Sessions°°
Take 3	FS+Comp	2:26	Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°~Studio B (FTD)°°+Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° (Count-In+FS+Complete)~There's Always Me°° (Complete only - Listed as Take 4)
Take 4	M	2:23	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 9 (Sony)°°~The Nashville Sessions (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 27)°°~Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°~For The Asking°°~60's Box 3°° (Master only) +Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° (Count-In)~Memphis Tennessee (LP - Acetate)°

Slowly But Surely			PPA4 0306	May 27 1963
Take 1	Complete	2:31	Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°~Long Lonely Highway (FTD)°° +Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°°~The Echoes Of Love Sessions°° (Extra Dialogue)~There's Always Me Volume 2°°
Take 2	FS	0:20	Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°+Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° ~The Echoes Of Love Sessions°°
Take 3	LFS	0:31	Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° ~The Echoes Of Love Sessions°°
Take 4	LFS	2:09	Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° ~The Echoes Of Love Sessions°°
Take 5	M	2:09	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 9 (Sony)°°~The Nashville Sessions (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 27)°°~Fun In Acapulco (Remastered Soundtrack)°°~Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°° ~Fun In Acapulco (FTD)°°~For The Asking°°~60's Box 3°°+Tickle Me (Soundtrack)°

Blue River				SPA4 6768	May 27 1963
Take 1	FS	0:34	(Announced as PPA4 0307)	Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°+Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° ~The Echoes Of Love Sessions°°~Bilko's Gold Cuts°°~There's Always Me Volume 2°°
Take 2	(M)	1:54	SPA4 6768 (Used for master)	Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°° (Count-in)+60's Box 3°°~La Legende - Rock 'n' Roll 1963-68 (BMG France)°° (Echo)+Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°°~The Echoes Of Love Sessions°°~There's Always Me Volume 2°° (Count-in)

Spliced	M	2:14	(Spliced from 0:00-1:25 and 0:44-1:31 of Take 2) (Changed to SPA4 7357 in 1965)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 9 (Sony)°°~Heartache (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 6)°°~Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°° ~Double Trouble (FTD)°°~Comp. Single Collection 4°° (Faded at 2:10)

Ask Me				PPA4 0304	May 27 1963
Take 3	LFS	1:01	(Continued)	Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° ~The Echoes Of Love Sessions°°~24 Carat Gold°°
Take 4	Complete	2:23		Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° ~The Echoes Of Love Sessions°° (Count-In)~24 Carat Gold°°
Take 5	LFS	0:58		Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°°
Take 6	2xFS+M	2:46	(Rejected Alternate Master)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 28 (Sony)°° (M only)+Elvis Sings Memphis Tennessee (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed Masters 3-10°° (Count-In) ~Memphis Tennessee (LP - Acetate)° (Master only)

The movie 'Tickle Me' features Long Lonely Highway with overdubbed orchestral backing, played over the opening credits - This was done during post production of that movie.

On the LP '"Memphis Tennessee" there are two acetates of Ask Me - listed as 'Number 1' and 'Number 2'. It is now known that 'Number 1' is actually Take 6, and 'Number 2' is Take 2 from this session.

Memphis Tennessee and Ask Me were both re-recorded on January 12 1964.

Although the matrix number for Blue River is announced as PPA4 0307, this number (PWA4 0307) was actually assigned to a song by Jeanne Pruett called Little Black Book (47-8232). The correct matrix number for Blue River is SPA4 6768, this is for the complete Take 2 and was assigned in 1965. To make Blue River longer for release it was spliced from 0:00-1:25 and 0:44-1:31 of Take 2 and this was issued yet another matrix number, SPA4 7357 in 1965.

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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