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June 11 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 Wiechman
(7.00pm - 11.45pm / 12.45pm - 5.00am)

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  

Cross My Heart & Hope To Die
SPA3 2007
2004 June 11 1964
Take 1 LFS
     
Take 2 LFS      
Take 3 LFS      
Take 4 LFS      
Take 5 LFS      
Take 6 Complete 2:05   Out In Hollywood (FTD)°°+Girl Happy (FTD)°° (Clipped)
Take 7 LFS      
Take 8 LFS 1:26   Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+Tape° (Count-in)
Take 9 LFS 1:47 (Used for spliced master) Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°
Take 10 FS 0:11   Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 11 Complete 2:01 (Used for spliced master) Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair° (Faded)+Tape°
(Complete)
         
Spliced (M) 1:56 (Spliced from takes 9 & 11)  
         
Overdub M 1:56 (Piano intro overdubbed to spliced master) Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Sun Sand & Surf (Franklin
Mint Complete Masters Collection 14)°°~Girl Happy (Remastered
Soundtrack)°°~Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday
/ Girl Happy°°

Spring Fever
SPA3 2002
2005 June 11 1964
Take 1 FS
0:30   Tape°~A Legendary Performer Volume 8°
Take 2 SFS+LFS 1:04   Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+Tape°~A Legendary Performer Vol. 8°
(Count-in)
Take 3 SFS+LFS 0:39   Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+Tape°~A Legendary Performer Vol. 8°
(Count-in)
Take 4 Complete 2:21   Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+Tape° (Count-in)
Take 5 SFS      
Take 6 LFS      
Take 7 FS      
Take 8 LFS      
Take 9 LFS      
Take 10 SFS+LFS      
Take 11 LFS      
Take 12 LFS      
Take 13 LFS
     
Take 14 LFS      
Take 15 SFS      
Take 16 Complete      
Take 17 SFS      
Take 18 FS 0:24   Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 19 LFS 1:08   Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 20 LFS      
Take 21 Complete 2:15   Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 22 SFS      
Take 23 LFS      
Take 24 M 1:54 (Parts spliced with 2012-03 for Movie Version) Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Sun Sand & Surf (Franklin
Mint Complete Masters Collection 14)°°~Girl Happy (Remastered
Soundtrack)°°~Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday
/ Girl Happy°°

Spring Fever (Movie Version)
2405  
Take 1 (M)
1:50 (Parts of Elvis' vocals removed and
spliced with 2503 for Composite
Movie Version)
Acetate°

Do Not Disturb
SPA3 2006
2006 June 11 1964
Take 1 FS
  ("2006")  
Take 2 FS      
Take 3 FS      
Take 4 FS      
Take 5 FS   ("2005")  
Take 6 FS      
Take 7 FS      
Take 8 FS+LFS      
Take 9 FS+FS      
Take 10 LFS      
Take 11 LFS      
Take 12 LFS      
Take 13 LFS      
Take 14 SFS      
Take 15 LFS      
Take 16 LFS+
Reh'sal
     
Take 17 LFS      
Take 18 LFS      
Take 19 SFS      
Take 20 LFS      
Take 21 SFS      
Take 22 LFS      
Take 23 LFS      
Take 24 LFS
1:35   Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 25 SFS 0:15   Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 26 LFS 2:08   Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°
Take 27 Complete 2:08   Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°
Take 28 Complete   ("2006")  
Take 29 LFS      
Take 30 LFS      
Take 31 LFS      
Take 32 SFS      
Take 33 LFS      
Take 34 SFS      
Take 35 Complete 2:06   Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 36 M 1:59   Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Sun Sand & Surf (Franklin
Mint Complete Masters Collection 14)°°~Girl Happy (Remastered
Soundtrack)°°~Girl Happy (FTD)°°+Double Features - Harem Holiday
/ Girl Happy°° (Faded)

Do Not Disturb (Movie Version)
2406 (June 19 1964)
Take 1 (M)
2:01 (Few extra bars added to beginning) Acetate°~Soundtrack°

I've Got To Find My Baby (Track)
2007 June 11 1964
Take 1 (M) 2:10 (Higher Tone)
(Unused Alternate Master Track)
Acetate° (Count-in)
Take 2 (M) 2:16 (Lower Tone)
(Vocal Overdub on June 15)
Acetate° (Count-in)

Fort Lauderdale Chamber Of Commerce (Track)
2008 June 11 1964
Take 1 SFS      
Take 2 SFS      
Take 3 SFS      
Take 4 Complete      
Take 5 (M) 2:47 (Unused Alternate Master Track) Acetate° (Count-in)
Take 6 LFS      
Take 7 (M) 2:23 (Vocal Overdub on June 15) Acetate° (Count-in)

Notes

Cross My Heart & Hope To Die is spliced from the begining of Take 9 (to the first "Cross my heart, hope to die...") and Take 11 (from "Well... I wouldn't tell you no lies...").

Takes 5 to 27 of Do Not Disturb are incorrectly announced as "2005" instead of "2006".

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.

Session Logs
Recording Information
Girl Happy
Girl Happy
Acetate
Do Not Disturb
Acetate - Do Not Disturb
Acetate
Spring Fever (Movie Verion)
Acetate - Spring Fever

Acetate
I've Got To Find My Baby (Track)
I've Got to Find My Baby - Acetate
Acetate
Fort Lauderdale (Track)
Fort Lauderdale Chamber Of Commerce
 

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