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January 16 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 (1.00am - 5.00am) / Bill Vandevord (10.00pm - 2.00am)

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  

Goin' Home
WPA1 1001
  January 16 1968 (1.00am - 5.00am)
Take 1        
Take 2 FS
0:43+ (Talk only) The American Way Volume 5°
Take 3 FS 1:28   The American Way Volume 5°
Take 4 FS 0:34   The American Way Volume 5°
Take 5 Complete 2:33 (Fooling around) The American Way Volume 5°
Take 6        
Take 7        
Take 8        
Take 9 FS
0:48   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   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        
Take 14 LFS
0:41 "He feels like shit" The American Way Volume 5°
Take 15   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   The American Way Volume 5°°
Take 21 Complete 2:23   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
0:28   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+   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   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°°

Stay Away
  January 16 1968 (10.00pm - 2.00am)
Take 1 LFS
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   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   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   Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°+Tape°~A Legendary Performer Volume 6°
(Count-in)
Take 6 Complete 2:25   So High (FTD)°°+Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°~Tape°~I'm Going Home°
(Count-In)~24 Carat Gold°
Take 7 FS 0:17   Tape°~There's Always Me Volume 4°~I'm Going Home°
Take 8 FS 0:25   Tape°~There's Always Me Volume 4°~I'm Going Home°
Take 9 Complete
2:20   Tape°~I'm Going Home° (Count-In)~24 Carat Gold°
Take 10 FS 0:30   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   Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°°+Tape°~I'm Going Home° (Count-In)~24 Carat
Gold°
Take 13 Complete 2:18   Stay Away, Joe (FTD)°° (Count-in & Talking - Not listed)+Tape°~I'm Going
Home°~24 Carat Gold°
Take 14 Complete 2:31   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°

Stay Away (Overdub)
WPA1 1002
  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   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 /
Clambake / Stay Away, Joe°°+Tape° (Count-In)+Single° (Faded)

Stay Away (Movie Version)
  January 16 1968 (?)
Overdub (M) 2:19 (Harmonica 'Intro' / Faded at end) Soundtrack°

Notes

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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Stay Away - Movie Version
Stay Away
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January 16 1968
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