Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

February 25 1965

(+ 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

Soundtrack Session for 'Harum Scarum'

MGM Producers : Fred Karger / Gene Nelson

Engineer : Bill Vandevort

(10.15pm - 3.30am)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Scotty Moore	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar:	Grady Martin	Walker
Guitar:	Charlie McCoy
Bass:	Henry Strezelcki
Drums:	D.J. Fontana
Drums:	Kenneth Buttery
Piano:	Floyd Cramer
Tambourine:	Hoyt Hawkins
Congas:	Gene Nelson
Flute:	Rufus Long
Oboe:	Ralph Strobel

So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise)				SPA3 6754	February 25 1965
Take 1	Complete	3:26	(C2042)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°
Take 2	FS	0:12	(C2043)	A Legendary Performer Volume 6°
Take 3	Complete	3:06	(C2044) (Used for spliced master)	A Legendary Performer Volume 6°~Come What May° (Listed as Take 4) +Tape°°
Take 4	Complete	3:16	(C2045) (Used for spliced master)	Collectors Gold 1°° (Listed as Take 1 - Echo Added)~Come What May° (Listed as Take 5)+Tape°°

Spliced	M	3:04	(Spliced from Takes 3 & 4) (C2044 & C2045)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday / Girl Happy°°

My Desert Serenade				SPA3 6761	February 25 1965
Take 1	LFS	1:10	(C2046)	Tape°~Come What May° (Listed as Take 6)
Take 2	FS	0:18	(C2047) ("More")	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Come What May° (Listed as Take 7)
Take 3	Complete	1:55	(C2048)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Come What May° (Listed as Take 8)
Take 4			(C2049)
Take 5			(C2050)
Take 6			(C2051)
Take 7	Complete	1:58	(C2052)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Today, Tomorrow & Forever 2°°
Take 8	?	0:16+	(C2053)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Today, Tomorrow & Forever 2°° (Dialogue only - edited in before Take 7)
Take 9			(C2054)
Take 10	Complete	1:56	(C2055)	Come What May° (Listed as Take 5)
Take 11			(C2056)
Take 12	M	1:49	(C2057)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday / Girl Happy°°

Wisdom Of The Ages				SPA3 6760	February 25 1965
Take 1	FS	0:11	(C2058)	Tape°~A Legendary Performer Volume 5°
Take 2	Complete	1:58	(C2059)	Tape°~A Legendary Performer Volume 5° (Count-in)~Come What May° (Listed as Take 9)
Take 3	Complete	2:04	(C2060)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°
Take 4			(C2061)
Take 5	M	1:58	(C2062)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday / Girl Happy°°

Kismet				SPA3 6758	February 25 1965
Take 1	FS	0:26	(C2063)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Tape°~A Legendary Performer Volume 8°
Take 2	Complete	2:15	(C2064)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°° (Count-in)~Tape°~A Legendary Performer Vol. 8° ~Come What May° (Listed as Take 4)
Take 3			(C2065)
Take 4			(C2066)
Take 5	M	2:11	(C2067)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday / Girl Happy°°

Hey Little Girl				SPA3 6759	February 25 1965
Take 1	FS	0:29	(C2068)	Out In Hollywood (FTD)°°+Harum Scarum (FTD)°° (Count-in)(Clipped)
Take 2	Complete	2:29	(C2069)	Out In Hollywood (FTD)°°+Harum Scarum (FTD)°° (Extra Dialogue) (Clipped)
Take 3	Complete	2:40	(C2070)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°
Take 4	FS	0:23	(C2071)	Tape°° (Count-in)~Come What May° (Listed as Take 1)
Take 5	M	2:19	(C2072)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Girls! Girls! & More Girls! (Franklin Mint Comp.Masters Collection 17)°°~Harum Scarum (FTD)°° ~Double Features - Harem Holiday / Girl Happy°°~Come What May° (Listed as Take 2)+Tape°° (Count-in)

Take 4 of So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise) with echo added, can be found on 'Collectors Gold' but it is incorrectly listed as being Take 1. 'Sessions III' and the FTD release of 'Harum Scarum' both also wrongly list Take 1 as being on 'Collectors Gold'.

So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise) is spliced as follows:

0:00-1:33 = Take 3
1:33-3:02 = Take 4

The songs Baby If You'll Give Me All Your Love, Let Yourself Go and Please Don't Stop Loving Me were originally submitted to be used for the movie, but were eventually dropped. They were, however, used in later movies ('Double Trouble', 'Speedway' and 'Frankie & Johnny').

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.



Acetate My Desert Serenade	Recording Information Harum Scarum