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May 27 1966
(+ 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
Producer : Felton Jarvis
Engineer : Jim Malloy

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar:
Scotty Moore The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar: Chip Young Walker
Drums / Tympani: Murrey 'Buddy' Harman The Imperials: Armond Morales; Jake Hess; Gary McSpadden; Sherril
Drums: D.J. Fontana 'Shaun' Nielsen; Henry Slaughter (1.00am - 7.00am)
Piano: Floyd Cramer Millie Kirkham; June Page; Dolores Edgin
Bass: Bob Moore Charlie Hodge; Red West (Beyond the Reef)
Steel Guitar: Peter Drake  
Saxophone: Homer 'Boots' Randolph  
Saxophone: Rufus Long  
Piano: Henry Slaughter (7.00pm - 1.00am)  
Piano / Organ: David Briggs (1.00am - 7.00am)  
Bass / Harmonica / Guitar: Charlie McCoy  

So High
TPA4 0915
  May 27 1966 (1.00am - 4.00am)
Take 1 Complete 2:16   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Extra intro)~So High (FTD)°°~Where No
One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°°+How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2°
~Unsurpassed Masters 3-11° (Extra intro)
Take 2 FS 0:15   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Count-in)~Easter Special (FTD)°°+You'll
Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2°
(Count-in)
Take 3 Complete 2:06   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Count-in)~Easter Special (FTD)°° (Not
Listed - Count-in)~Unsurpassed Masters 3-11°+You'll Never Walk Alone
(Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2° (Count-in)
Take 4 M 2:11   Complete Elvis Presley Masters 13 (Sony)°°~Gospel Jubilee (Franklin
Mint Comp. Mast. Collection 11)°°~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 2°°
~How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°~Peace In The Valley 1°°
~Amazing Grace°°+How Great Thou Art Sess. Vol. 1° (Count-in only)

Farther Along
TPA4 0916
  May 27 1966 (1.00am - 4.00am)
Take 1 FS+LFS 1:08   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Count-in & LFS)~Unsurpassed Mast. 3-11°
(LFS)+You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art
Sessions Volume 1° (Count-in+FS+LFS)
Take 2 LFS 3:01   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Extra dialogue)~You'll Never Walk Alone
(Reeltrax)°~Unsurp. Masters 3-11°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Vol. 1°
Take 3 M 4:25   Complete Elvis Presley Masters 13 (Sony)°°~Hymns From The Heart
(Franklin Mint Complete Mast. Collection 34)°°~I Believe - The Gospel
Masters 2°°~How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°~Peace In The
Valley 1°°~Amazing Grace°°+How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 1°
(Count-in only)

By And By
TPA4 0917
  May 27 1966 (4.00am - 7.00am)
Take 1 Reh'sal
+FS
0:39   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°+You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How
Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2° (Extra dialogue)
Take 2 FS+FS 1:00   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°+You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How
Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2° (Extra dialogue)
Take 3 FS+LFS 2:12   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Count-in)~Unsurpassed Masters 3-11°
+You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 2° (Count-in & extra dialogue)
Take 4 FS+Comp 2:13   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (FS+Complete - Separate tracks)+Long
Lonely Highway (FTD)°° (Clipped - With dialogue from Take 3)
~Unsurpassed Masters 3-11°+You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How
Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2° (Count-in)
Take 5 FS+FS 0:23   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (2nd FS only)+You'll Never Walk Alone
(Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2° (Count-in+FS+FS)
Take 6 FS+FS 0:15   You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 2°
Take 7 FS+LFS 0:47   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How
Great Thou Art Sess. 2°
Take 8 FS+LFS 0:35   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°+You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How
Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2° (Extra dialogue)
Take 9 FS+Comp 2:12   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Extra Dialogue)+So High (FTD)°° (Extra
Dialogue)~Unsurpassed Masters 3-11°+Tape°°+You'll Never Walk Alone
(Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2° (Count-in)
Take 10 M 2:01   Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 13 (Sony)°°~Gospel Jubilee (Franklin
Mint Complete Masters Collection 11)°°~I Believe - The Gospel
Masters 2°°~How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°~Peace In The
Valley 1°°~Amazing Grace°°+How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2°
(Count-in only)

In The Garden
TPA4 0918
  May 27 1966 (4.00am - 7.00am)
Take 1 LFS+FS 0:53   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Count-in+LFS+FS)~Where No One Stands
Alone (Reeltrax)° (Count-in & LFS only)~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 1° (Count-in+LFS+FS)
Take 2 LFS 0:52   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 1°
Take 3 M 3:17   Complete Elvis Presley Masters 13 (Sony)°°~Hymns From The Heart
(Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 34)°°~I Believe - The Gospel
Masters 2°°~How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°~Peace In The
Valley 1°°~Amazing Grace°°+How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 1°
(Count-in only)+How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Count-in & Complete)

Beyond The Reef
TPA4 0919
  May 27 1966 (4.00am - 7.00am)
Take 1 FS+LFS 2:34   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 3°°
(Count-in+FS+LFS+Dialogue)~There's Always Me Vol. 4°° (LFS only)
Take 2 (M) 3:05 (Overdubbed on August 9 1968) Comp. Elvis Presley Mast. 13 (Sony)°°~Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°
~60's Box 3°°+Unsurpassed Masters 3-11°° (Different Mixes)

Somebody Bigger Than You And I
  May 27 1966 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
Take 1 FS
0:04   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°
~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 1°
Take 2 LFS 0:51 (Lower Key) Unsurp. Masters 3-11° (Faded)+Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°
~How Great Thou Art Sessions Vol. 1° (Count-in & extra dialogue)
Take 3 LFS 1:50   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How
Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 1°
Take 4 Tryout 1:46 (Bridge Only) Unsurp. Masters 3-11° (Faded)+You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°
~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 1° (Count-in & extra dialogue)
Take 5 Tryout
+FS
0:44   You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 1°
Take 6 FS 0:20   You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 1°
Take 7 FS 0:17   You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 1°
Take 8 LFS 1:54   Unsurpassed Masters 3-11°+You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How
Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 1° (Count-in )
Take 9 FS 0:25   You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 1°
Take 10 LFS 0:36   You'll Never Walk Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 1°
Take 11 Complete 2:39   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~So High (FTD)°°~Where No One Stands
Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Vol 1° (Count-in)
~Unsurpassed Masters 3-11°
Take 12 Complete 2:46   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~Easter Special (FTD)°°~Unsurpassed
Masters 3-11°+Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou
Art Sessions Volume 1° (Count-in)
Take 13 FS 0:21   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°
~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 1°
Take 14 LFS 0:46   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Count-in only)+Where No One Stands Alone
(Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 1°
Take 15 FS+Comp 3:05   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~Close Up 3°° (Complete only)+Unsurpassed
Masters 3-11°(FS+Complete)+Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°
~How Great Thou Art Sessions Vol 1° (Count-in+FS+Comp.)
Take 16 (M) 2:33 (Used for composite master) Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 1° (Part used for Master - cut from tape)+Tape° (Complete)

Somebody Bigger Than You And I (Work Part - Ending)
  May 27 1966 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
Take 1 LFS
0:37   Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 1°
Take 2 LFS 1:36   Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 1°
Take 3 LFS 1:08   Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 1°
Take 4 Complete 1:25   Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 1°
Take 5 Complete 1:28   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Extra dialogue)~Where No One Stands
Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 1°
Take 6 (M) 1:35 (Used for composite master) Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 1° (Part used for Master - cut from tape)+Tape° (Complete)

Somebody Bigger Than You And I (Composite)
TPA4 0920
  May 27 1966 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
Spliced M 2:26 (Spliced from Take 16 & Work Part
Take 6)
Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 13 (Sony)°°~Moved By Faith (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 13)°°~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 2°°
~How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°~Peace In The Valley 1°°
~Amazing Grace°°

Without Him
TPA4 0921
  May 27 1966 (10.00pm - 1.00am)
Take 1 Complete
3:07   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Count-in)~So High (FTD)°°+Unsurpassed
Masters 4-12° (Dialogue from before Take 3)+Where No One Stands
Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2° (Count-in)
Take 2 FS 0:18   Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 2°
Take 3 FS 0:56   Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 2°
Take 4 FS+FS
+LFS
2:09   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (1st FS only)+Where No One Stands Alone
(Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Vol 2° ( (Count-in+FS+LFS)
Take 5 FS 0:14   Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 2°
Take 6 FS 0:11   Unsurpassed Masters 4-12°+Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°
~How Great Thou Art Sessions Vol. 2° (Count-in )
Take 7 LFS 1:16   Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 2°
Take 8 FS+Comp 2:52   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Complete only)+Close Up 3°°~Unsurpassed
Masters 4-12°+Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou
Art Sessions Volume 2°
Take 9 FS 0:26   Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 2°
Take 10 FS+FS 0:20   Unsurpassed Masters 4-12°~Stand By Me Volume 2° (Count-in & 1st FS)
+Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 2° (Count-in+FS+FS)
Take 11 LFS 0:59   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°
~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2°
Take 12 M 2:32   Complete Elvis Presley Masters 13 (Sony)°°~Hymns From The Heart
(Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 34)°°~I Believe - The Gospel
Masters 2°°~How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°~Peace In The
Valley 1°°~Amazing Grace°°+Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°
~How Great Thou Art Sessions Vol. 1° (Dialogue)
Take 13 LFS 1:01   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°°~Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°
~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 2°
Take 14 Complete 2:35   How Great Thou Art (FTD)°° (Count-in)~Unsurpassed Masters 4-12°
+Where No One Stands Alone (Reeltrax)°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 2° (Count-in)

Notes

Some of the mono sessions as released on the "2001" Bootlegs "The How Great Thou Art Sessions - Volumes 1, 2 and 3" sound heavily compressed, as if they were taken from an MP3 source. The stereo sessions on the same releases however, actually sound better than the same takes released by BMG, as they are clipped, and too loud, on some of the BMG releases.

Take 2 of So High is listed on FTD's 'Easter Special' but we actually get Takes 2 and 3 which isn't listed.

Takes 3 and 4 of Somebody Bigger Than You And I are listed on the bootleg 'Where No One Stands Alone' (Reeltrax) when in fact it's takes 1 and 2.

Take 1 of Beyond The Reef on "There's Always Me Volume 4" has the left and right channels swapped.

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
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May 27 1966
May 27 1966
Music Sheet
Farther Along
Farther Along (Thanks to Glen Johnson)
Music Sheet
In The Garden
In The Garden (Thanks to Glen Johnson)

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