Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

February 26 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

(Session times unknown)

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

Golden Coins				SPA3 6753	February 26 1965
Take 1	FS	0:11	(C2073)	Tape°° (Count-in)~Come What May° (Listed as Take 3)
Take 2	LFS	0:55	(C2074)	Tape°°~Come What May° (Listed as Take 4)
Take 3	FS	0:20	(C2075)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°
Take 4	Complete	1:59	(C2076)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°° (Count-in)~Come What May° (Listed as Take 6)
Take 5			(C2077)
Take 6			(C2078)
Take 7	FS	0:24	(C2079)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°
Take 8	Complete	1:58	(C2080)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°
Take 9			(C2081)
Take 10			(C2082)
Take 11			(C2083) (Used for spliced master)
Take 12			(C2084)
Take 13			(C2085)
Take 14			(C2086)
Take 15			(C2087)
Take 16			(C2088) (Used for spliced master)

Spliced	M	1:57	(Spliced from Takes 11 & 16) (C2083 & C2088)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday / Girl Happy°°

Animal Instinct				SPA3 6757	February 26 1965
Take 1	LFS	1:32	(C2089)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°
Take 2			(C2090)
Take 3	LFS	1:42	(C2091)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°+Tape°°~Come What May° (Listed as Take 1) (Extra Dialogue)
Take 4	Complete	2:17	(C2092)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Tape°°~Come What May° (Listed as Take 2)
Take 5			(C2093)
Take 6	M	2:14	(C2094)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday / Girl Happy°°

Harem Holiday (Track & Original Vocals)					February 26 1965
Take 1	LFS	0:52	(C2095)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°
Take 2	(M)	2:25	(C2096) (Vocal Repair & Overdub of Track on March 9)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°

Go East - Young Man (Track)			February 26 1965
Take 1		(C2097 ?)
Take 2		(C2098 ?)
Take 3	(M)	(C2099)(?) (Vocal Overdub of Track on March 9)

Mirage (Track)			February 26 1965
Take 1		(C2100 ?)
Take 2		(C2101 ?)
Take 3		(C2102 ?)
Take 4		(C2103 ?)
Take 5	(M)	(C2104)(?) (Vocal Overdub of Track on March 9)

What is listed as being take 10 of Animal Instinct on the bootleg "Animal Instinct" appears to be just a different mix / edit of the master take - It isn't take 4 and isn't takes 2 or 5 as these are only false starts, and there is no take 10!

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.



	Recording Information Harum Scarum