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June 10 1964
(+ 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 'Girl Happy'
MGM Producer : George Stoll
Engineer : Dave Weichman
(7.00pm - 11.40pm / 12.40pm - 3.00am)

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar:
Scotty Moore The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar: Tommy Tedesco
Walker
Guitar: Hilmer J 'Tiny' Timbrell  
Bass: Bob Moore  
Drums: D.J. Fontana  
Drums: Murrey 'Buddy' Harman  
Drums: Frank Carlson  
Piano: Floyd Cramer  
Saxophone: Homer 'Boots' Randolph  

Puppet On A String
SPA3 2010
2001 June 10 1964
Take 1 FS
  ("Missing from tape")
 
Take 2 FS   ("Missing from tape")  
Take 3 Complete   ("Start is missing from tape")  
Take 4 LFS      
Take 5 FS 0:24   Girl Happy (FTD)°°+Tape° (Count-in)
Take 6 LFS 0:38   Girl Happy (FTD)°° (Count-in)~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°
Take 7 Complete 2:48   Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Celluloid Rock 1-3°° (Count-in)~Out In Hollywood
(FTD)°°
Take 8 FS      
Take 9 LFS      
Take 10 Complete 2:48   Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Celluloid Rock 1-3°° (Count-in)~Today, Tomorrow
And Forever 2°°
Take 11 M 2:49   Complete Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~The Ultimate Love Songs
(Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 25)°°~Girl Happy (Remastered
Soundtrack)°°~Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday
/ Girl Happy°°+Girl Happy (LP)°° (Longer Intro & different mix)
+Celluloid Rock 1-3°° (Count-in)

The Meanest Girl In Town
SPA3 2008
2002 June 10 1964
Take 1 LFS
  ("Funny - Many mistakes")  
Take 2 FS      
Take 3 FS      
Take 4 FS 0:35   Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+Tape° (Count-in)
Take 5 LFS 0:45   Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+Tape° (Count-in)
Take 6 Complete 2:09 ("Confusion at the end") Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+Tape° (Count-in)
Take 7 LFS 1:07   Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 8 FS 0:27   Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 9 Complete 2:20   Girl Happy (FTD)°° (Count-in)~Out In Hollywood (FTD)°°
Take 10 FS      
Take 11 Complete 2:27   Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 12 LFS      
Take 13 M 1:57   Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Girls! Girls! & More Girls!
(Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 17)°°~Girl Happy (Remastered
Soundtrack)°°~Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday
/ Girl Happy°°

Girl Happy
2003 June 10 1964
Take 1 LFS
1:51 ("Very slow") Girl Happy (FTD)°°+Tape°° (Count-in)
Take 2 LFS 0:46   Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 3 LFS 2:24   Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+Tape° (Count-in)
Take 4 Complete 2:24 ("Bluesy") Girl Happy (FTD)°° (Count-in)~Collectors Gold 1°°~Girl Happy At The
Worlds Fair°
Take 5 SFS      
Take 6 SFS   ("Faster")  
Take 7 LFS      
Take 8 LFS      
Take 9 SFS      
Take 10 LFS      
Take 11 LFS      
Take 12 LFS      
Take 13 LFS (M) 2:32 ("Hold") ("Ending missing from tape")
(Used for composite master of 'Girl
Happy'
)
Girl Happy (FTD)°° (Spliced with end of unknown take)

Girl Happy (Insert #1 - Ending)
  June 10 1964
Take 1 Complete   (Insert used for 2013 track)  
Take 2 Complete      
Take 3 FS      
Take 4 (M) 0:36 ("Guitar notes missing from tape")
(Used for composite master of 'Girl
Happy'
)
Girl Happy (FTD)°° (End of Track 24)
Take 5 Complete 0:32 ("Hold") Memphis Tennessee (LP)°~Acetate° (Spliced to end of 2003-13)

Girl Happy (Original Composite)
2403 (June 22 1964)
Spliced (Alt. M) 2:15 (Original splice of 2003-13 &
Insert #1-05 ?)

Memphis Tennessee (LP)°+Acetate° (With count-in for 2003-13)

Notes

Puppet On A String has a slightly longer intro (Foot Tapping) on the 'Girl Happy' LP that is not on any other official release, and also features a completely different mix not used on other releases with a slight echo on Elvis' vocals and the instruments and backing vocals more centralised.

The 'Movie' version of Puppet On A String is an edited, but speeded up, Take 11 (0:22 - 1:43).

The acetate of Girl Happy on the bootleg LP "Memphis Tennessee" is most of 2003 take 13 (with the count-in edited out), but also has an unknown 'Insert #1 Ending' take (Possibly Take 5) spliced at the end, that is different to the master 'Insert #1 Ending' (Take 4). It would appear that this was initially intended to be the original spliced master as an acetate was cut.

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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