Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

June 12 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 - 10.40pm)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Scotty Moore	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar:	Tommy Tedesco	Walker
Guitar:	Hilmer J 'Tiny' Timbrell	The Jubilee Four: Bill Johnson; George McFadden; Jimmy Adams; Ted
Bass:	Bob Moore	Brooks (Do The Clam - Track & Wolf Call - Track)
Drums:	D.J. Fontana	The Carol Lombard Singers: Carol Lombard; Gwen Johnson; Jackie Ward;
Drums:	Murrey 'Buddy' Harman	BJ Baker (Do The Clam - Track)
Drums:	Frank Carlson
Piano:	Floyd Cramer
Saxophone:	Homer 'Boots' Randolph

Startin' Tonight (Track)				2009	June 12 1964
Take 1	Complete	2:00
Take 2	FS
Take 3	(M)	1:52	(Vocal Overdub on June 15)

Do The Clam (Track)					2010	June 12 1964
Take 1	LFS
Take 2	FS
Take 3	Complete	2:39
Take 4	FS
Take 5	(M)	2:41	(Vocal Overdub on June 15) (Track Extended)	Acetate° (Count-in)

Wolf Call (Track)					2011	June 12 1964
Take 1	FS
Take 2	FS
Take 3	Complete	2:33
Take 4	FS
Take 5	FS
Take 6	FS
Take 7	FS
Take 8	Complete	2:33	(Used for spliced composite track 2011)	Acetate° (Count-in)

			2012	June 12 1964
Take 1	FS	("Intro for spliced 2011 Track")
Take 2	(M)	(Intro used for spliced 2011 Track)

					2013	June 12 1964
Take 1	(M)		("Intro from Insert #1-01 for spliced 2011 Track")

Wolf Call (Composite 2011 Track)					2011	June 12 1964
Spliced	(M)		(Spliced from 2011-08, 'Intro' of 2012-02 and / or 2013-01) (Vocal Overdub on June 15)

Girl Happy (End Title)					2023	June 12 or 15 1964
Take NA1	Complete	0:13+	(Intro used for Composite of "Girl Happy")	Tape°° (First 13 seconds of SPA3 2001)
Take NA2	Complete	1:30	(Second Movie Version of "Girl Happy")	Soundtrack°

Girl Happy (Composite)				SPA3 2001	June 12 or 15 1964
Spliced	(M)	2:19	(Composite of 2003-13, Insert #1-04 & 2023-NA-01)	Tape°°

Speeded up	M	2:09	(Spliced Master speeded up by 7.8%)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Girls! Girls! & More Girls! (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 17)°°~Girl Happy (Remastered Soundtrack)°°~Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday / Girl Happy°°+Soundtrack° (Additional Overdubs)

Track '2010' Do The Clam was extended (1:43-2:05 Repeated) before Elvis' Vocal Overdub on June 15.

The 'Movie' version of Spring Fever may be any production number from 2019 to 2022, and is spliced from parts of 2005 Take 24 (Elvis' vocals) and parts of 2503 (Female vocals).

Another possible production number from 2019 to 2022 is I've Got News For You sung by Nina Talbot in the movie.

Production numbers 2014 to 2018 are Elvis' vocal overdubs done on June 15.

The composite master of Girl Happy may have been spliced like this before it was speeded up:

0:00-0:02 = 2003 take 13 (0:00-0:02) (instrumental intro, but this part could also be from 2023)

0:02-0:13 = 2023 (0:00-0:11) (chorus vocal intro)

0:13-1:48 = 2003 take 13 (0:06-1:41) ("Every girl I see ... just a baby...")

1:48-2:15 = Insert #1 take 4 (0:00-0:27) ("...boy. First nurse that rocked..." - last chord)

2:15-2:17 = Insert #1 take 4 (Last 6 double guitar notes - Missing from MGM tape)

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.



Tape Legend June 12 1964	Acetate Spring Fever (Movie Verion)	Recording Information Girl Happy



	Acetate Wolf Call (Track)