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January 15 1968
(+ 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 MGM's 'Stay Away, Joe'
& Studio Session for RCA (Double Session)
Producer : Felton Jarvis
Engineer : Al Pachucki
(7.00pm - 12.00am)

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar:
Scotty Moore The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar: Jerry Reed Walker
Guitar: Chip Young  
Drums: D.J. Fontana  
Drums: Murrey 'Buddy' Harman  
Bass: Bob Moore  
Piano: Floyd Cramer  
Harmonica: Charlie McCoy  
Steel Guitar: Peter Drake  

Too Much Monkey Business
WPA4 1800
  January 15 1968
Take 1 FS 0:15   Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°
Take 2        
Take 3 LFS 2:14   Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°
Take 4 FS
1:06+ (Preceded by Rehearsal) Elvis By The Presleys°°~So High (FTD)°° (Rehearsal only - 0:59)
+Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Count-in & Rehearsal only - Not listed)
Take 5        
Take 6 LFS 0:38   Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Not Listed)
Take 7        
Take 8        
Take 9 Complete 2:46   Long Lonely Highway (FTD)°°+Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Count-in)
Take 10 Complete 3:28 "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" Elvis By The Presleys°°~So High (FTD)°°+Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°
(Count-in)
Take 11        
Take 12 FS 0:23   Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°
Take 13        
Take 14 (M)   (Undubbed Master)  

Too Much Monkey Business (Overdub)
WPA4 1800
  January 15 1968
Take 1     (Guitar Overdub of Take 14 by Jerry Reed)
Take 2        
Take 3        
Take 4        
Take 5 M 2:33 (LPA5 5816) Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 15 (Sony)°°
~The Nashville Sessions (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 27)°°
~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 3 (Legacy)°°~Elvis Sings Flaming Star°°
~60's Box 3°°+This Is Elvis°° (Edit)+Tomorrow Is A Long Time°° (Remixed)
+Celluloid Rock 2-4°° (Part of Count-In)

Notes

During the Too Much Monkey Business session, we get to hear some pre-song banter between Elvis and the guys after Take 12, and we get a snippet of Elvis singing “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”, as well as Elvis joking with Jerry Reed about the song “Tupelo Mississippi Flash”.

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.

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