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(+ means you need both
~ means same material
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(SFS = Short False Start | FS = False Start | LFS or BD (Breakdown)
= Long False Start | PB (Playback) or Complete = Complete Take)
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| 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 (1.00am
- 5.00am) / Bill Vandevord (10.00pm - 2.00am) |
| Musicians: |
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Backup Vocals: |
Guitar:
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Scotty Moore |
The Jordanaires: Gordon
Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray |
| Guitar: |
Jerry Reed |
Walker |
| Guitar: |
Chip Young |
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| Drums: |
D.J. Fontana |
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| Drums: |
Murrey 'Buddy' Harman |
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| Bass: |
Bob Moore |
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| Piano: |
Floyd Cramer |
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| Harmonica: |
Charlie McCoy |
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| Steel Guitar: |
Peter Drake |
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Goin' Home
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WPA1 1001
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January 16 1968 (1.00am - 5.00am) |
| Take 1 |
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| Take 2 |
FS
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0:43+ |
(Talk only) |
The American Way Volume 5° |
| Take 3 |
FS |
1:28 |
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The American Way Volume 5° |
| Take 4 |
FS |
0:34 |
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The American Way Volume 5° |
| Take 5 |
Complete |
2:33 |
(Fooling around) |
The American Way Volume 5° |
| Take 6 |
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| Take 7 |
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| Take 8 |
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| Take 9 |
FS
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0:48 |
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The American Way Volume 5° |
| Take 10 |
FS |
0:36 |
"worst fucking song I ever heard" |
The American Way Volume 5° |
| Take 11 |
FS |
0:39 |
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The American Way Volume 5° |
| Take 12 |
FS |
1:05 |
"I'm gonna start playing with my peter" |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Edited)+The American
Way Volume 5° |
| Take 13 |
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| Take 14 |
LFS
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0:41 |
"He feels like shit" |
The American Way Volume 5° |
| Take 15 |
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0:04+ |
(Announcement only) |
The American Way Volume 5° |
| Take 16 |
LFS |
1:26 |
"where the eagles shit" |
The American Way Volume 5°° |
| Take 17 |
FS |
1:16 |
"Don't know what to do to improve it" |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (After Take 12)~Collectors
Gold 2°° (Talk only
- Not listed)+The American Way Volume 5°° |
| Take 18 |
4xFS |
0:24 |
"I go on golden time in three minutes" |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Last FS only)+The
American Way Volume 5°° |
| Take 19 |
LFS |
1:57 |
"fuck the fever, man..." |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Talk only - Not
listed)+The American Way Vol 5°° |
| Take 20 |
FS |
0:35 |
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The American Way Volume 5°° |
| Take 21 |
Complete |
2:23 |
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Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°~Collectors Gold 2°°+Tape°°~Going
Home°°~I'm
Going Home°° (Count-In) ~The American Way Volume 5°°
(Count-In only) |
| Take 22 |
FS
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0:28 |
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Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°+The American Way
Volume 5°° |
| Take 23 |
(In)Comp |
0:40+ |
"Talking in unknown tongues" |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°~Collectors Gold 2°°
(Talk only - Not listed)
+The American Way Volume 5°° (Tape cut) |
| Take 24 |
FS |
0:50 |
"I Got A Woman - Heartbreak Hotel" |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°~Collectors Gold 2°°+The
American Way Vol. 5°° |
| Take 25 |
(In)Comp |
1:28+ |
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The American Way Volume 5°° (Tape cut) |
| Take 26/28 |
FS |
1:25 |
(Announced as Take 26 then 28)
"Ma ma mao mao mao" |
Collectors Gold 2°° (Talk only - Not listed)+Stay
Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Talk)
+The American Way Volume 5°° (Tape cut) |
| Take 29 |
Complete |
2:27 |
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The American Way Volume 5°° (Intro only)+Stay
Away, Joe (FTD)°°
~So High (FTD)°° |
| Take 30 |
M |
2:30 |
(W3KM 6599) |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°~Complete Elvis Presley
Masters 15 (Sony)°°
~Hollywood Hijinks (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection
29)°°
~Tomorrow Is A Long Time°°~60's Box 3°°~Speedway
(LP)°°~Double
Features - Kissin' Cousins / Clambake / Stay Away, Joe°° |
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Stay Away
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January 16 1968 (10.00pm - 2.00am) |
| Take 1 |
LFS
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1:28 |
(Slow Version)
(Announced as "Evergreen") |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Count-in only)+Tape°~I'm
Going Home°
(Count-In)~24 Carat Gold° |
| Take 2 |
FS+Comp |
3:27 |
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Long Lonely Highway (FTD)°+Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°~Latino°°~There's
Always Me Volume 2°°+Tape°+Tape°°~I'm Going
Home°° (Count-In)
~24 Carat Gold° (Count-In+FS only - Not listed) |
| Jam |
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0:25 |
"Muleskinner Blues" |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°~So High (FTD)°~Tape°~There's
Always Me
Volume 4° |
| Take 3 |
FS |
0:39 |
(Fast Version)
"... entitled to one supid ass mistake" |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Talking only - Not
listed)+Tape°~There's Always
Me Volume 4°~I'm Going Home° |
| Take 4 |
LFS |
2:06 |
"You got one more Chip, then that's
it for you darlin'..." |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Talking only - Not
listed)+Tape°~I'm Going
Home° (Count-In+LFS)~There's Always Me Vol. 4° (Count-In+Talk
only)
~24 Carat Gold° |
| Take 5 |
FS |
0:11 |
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Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°+Tape°~A Legendary
Performer Volume 6°
(Count-in) |
| Take 6 |
Complete |
2:25 |
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So High (FTD)°°+Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°~Tape°~I'm
Going Home°
(Count-In)~24 Carat Gold° |
| Take 7 |
FS |
0:17 |
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Tape°~There's Always Me Volume 4°~I'm Going
Home° |
| Take 8 |
FS |
0:25 |
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Tape°~There's Always Me Volume 4°~I'm Going
Home° |
| Take 9 |
Complete
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2:20 |
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Tape°~I'm Going Home° (Count-In)~24 Carat
Gold° |
| Take 10 |
FS |
0:30 |
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Tape°~A Legendary Performer Volume 6° |
| Take 11 |
FS+LFS |
2:14 |
"You Belong To My Heart" |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Count-in & LFS)+Tape°~There's
Always Me
Volume 4° |
| Take 12 |
FS |
0:15 |
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Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°+Tape°~I'm Going
Home° (Count-In)~24 Carat
Gold° |
| Take 13 |
Complete |
2:18 |
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Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Count-in & Talking
- Not listed)+Tape°~I'm Going
Home°~24 Carat Gold° |
| Take 14 |
Complete |
2:31 |
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Today, Tomorrow & Forever 3°°+Stay Away,
Joe (FTD)°°~Tape°
~There's Always Me Volume 4° (Count-in) |
| Take 15 |
(M) |
2:42 |
(Undubbed Master) |
Tape°~I'm Going Home°~24 Carat Gold° |
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Stay Away (Overdub)
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WPA1 1002
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January 16 1968 (10.00pm - 2.00am) |
| Take 1 |
Complete |
2:16 |
(Guitar Overdub of Take 15
by Jerry Reed) |
Tape°~A Legendary Performer Volume 6° |
| Take 2 |
Complete |
2:27 |
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Tape° |
| Take 3 |
M |
2:33 |
(W3KM 6600) |
Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°~Complete Elvis Presley
Masters 15 (Sony)°°
~Hollywood Hijinks (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 29)°°
~Tomorrow Is A Long Time°°~Double Features - Kissin' Cousins
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Clambake / Stay Away, Joe°°+Tape° (Count-In)+Single°
(Faded) |
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Stay Away (Movie Version)
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January 16 1968 (?) |
| Overdub |
(M) |
2:19 |
(Harmonica 'Intro' / Faded at end) |
Soundtrack° |

An obscure bootleg CD-R entitled "Escondido"
has what appears to be the first half of the Goin'
Home session taken from an acetate source.
On further inspection, it's only some of the first
half of the session, and the takes are in the
wrong running order - Takes 10, 11, 12, 14, 15
(Announcement only), 9, 10 (Announcement only),
5, 3, 4, 5 (Announcement only), 2, 3 (Announcement
only). This first half of the session can also
be found on the bootleg "The American Way
Volume 5 - Going Home To Memphis" in a much
improved sound quality and in the correct order.
For the takes of Goin' Home on 'Collectors
Gold' the original film company custom Matrix
Number W3KM 6599 issued by RCA to M.G.M. was used
instead of the Master Matrix Number WPA1 1001,
for some reason.
The 'Jam' listed on FTD's 'So High' and the expanded
soundtrack of 'Stay Away, Joe' is actually called
"Muleskinner Blues".
Confusingly, on FTD's expanded soundtrack of
'Stay Away, Joe' we get the "Muleskinner
Blues" jam (from after Take 2 of Stay
Away), then the count-in for Take 1, then
Take 2 of Stay Away. This is also the first
official release of Take 2 in stereo.
The movie version of Stay Away has a long
intro with harmonica and is also overdubbed at
the beginning of the song.
The original temporary matrix numbers for these
songs issued by RCA to M.G.M (W3KM 6599 &
6600) were later changed for record release by
RCA. Strangely, the temporary matrix number for
the takes of Goin' Home on 'Collectors
Gold' the original film company custom Matrix
Number W3KM 6599 was used instead of the Master
Matrix Number WPA1 1001, for some reason.
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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Acetate
Stay Away - Movie Version
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Recording Information
January 16 1968
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