Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

June 27 - 28 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)

NBC Studio 4 - Burbank, California

Playback / Overdub Session for NBC TV Special 'Elvis'

Producer : Steve Binder

Engineer: Bones Howe

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
NA		NA

Calliope Carnival / Big Boss Man (Playback) (Amusement Pier - Part 1)				June 27 1968 (7.00am - 10.00am)
Take 1	Incomplete	(Playback & Lip Synch of "Escape" Section 2 & 3)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (101)
Take 2	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (102)
Take 3	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (103)
Take 4	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (104)
Take 5	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (105)
Take 6	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (106)
Take 7	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (107)
Take 8	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (108)
Take 9	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (109)
Take 10	(M)	(Used for Soundtrack Road Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (110)~If We Can Dream (LP)°

It Hurts Me (Vocal Overdub & Playback) (Amusement Pier - Part 2)					June 27 1968 (7.00am - 10.00am)
Take 1	Incomplete	0:44	(V.O. & Lip Synch of "Escape" #4)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (111)
Take 2	Incomplete	1:35	Start... "to see you sit and cry"	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (112)
Take 3	Complete	3:25	(Playback & Lip Synch of "Escape" #4 during fight)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (113)
Take 4	Complete	2:24	"when I know" ... "he'll never change"	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (114)
Take 5	Incomplete	2:20		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (115)
Take 6	Incomplete	1:22		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (116)
Take 7	Complete	0:54		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (117)
Take 8	Complete	1:31		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (118)
Take 9	Complete	0:58		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (119)
Take 10	(M)	2:05	(Used for Soundtrack Road Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (120)

It Hurts Me (Playback) (Amusement Pier - Part 2 Pickups)				June 27 1968 (7.00am - 10.00am)
Take 1	Incomplete	(PB& Lip Synch of "After Karate" #1)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (121)
Take 2	Incomplete	"the whole town"-"he'll never change"	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (122)
Take 3	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (123)
Take 4	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (124)
Take 5	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (125)
Take 6	(M)	(Used for Soundtrack Road Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (126)

(Amusement Pier - Part 3)?			June 27 1968 (7.00am - 10.00am)
Take 1		(201)
Take 2		(202)
Take 3		(203)
Take 4		(204)
Take 5		(205)
Take 6		(206)
Take 7		(207)
Take 8	(M)	(208)

It Hurts Me (Playback) (Amusement Pier - Part 4)				June 27 1968 (7.00am - 10.00am)
Take 1	Complete	(PB of "Electronic Karate" & Lip Synch of "After Karate" #1 - Ending)	The '68 Comeback (Special Edition DVD)° (209)
Take 2	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Special Edition DVD)° (210)
Take 3	(M)	(Used for Soundtrack Road Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Special Edition DVD)° (211)

Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child / Where Could I Go But To The Lord / Up Above My Head (Part 1) (Playback)				June 28 1968 (9.00am - 12.00pm)
Take 1	Complete	(PB & Lip Synch of "Gospel" #1)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (501)
Take 2	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (502)
Take 3	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (503)
Take 4	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (504)
Take 5	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (505)
Take 6	(M)	(Used for Soundtrack Gospel Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (506)

Up Above My Head / Saved (Part 2) (Playback)				June 28 1968 (9.00am - 12.00pm)
Take 1	Incomplete	(PB & Lip Synch of "Gospel" #2)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (507)
Take 2	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (508)
Take 3	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (509)
Take 4	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (510)
Take 5	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (511)
Take 6	(M)	(Used for Soundtrack Gospel Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (512)

I Found That Light / Saved (Part 2 - Pickups) (Playback)				June 28 1968 (9.00am - 12.00pm)
Take 1	Incomplete	(PB & Lip Synch of "Gospel" #3)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (513)
Take 2	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (514)
Take 3	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (515)
Take 4	(M)	(Used for Soundtrack Gospel Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (516)

Preach For The Sky / Saved (Part 3 - Pickups) (Playback)				June 28 1968 (2.00pm - 3.00pm)
Take 1	Complete	(PB & Lip Synch of "Gospel" #3)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (517)
Take 2		(Erroneous 518 Slate - 601 called but not slated)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (518 / 601)
Take 3	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (602)
Take 4	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (603)
Take 5	(M)	(Used for Soundtrack Gospel Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (604)

Let Yourself Go (Bordello - Part 1) (Playback)				June 28 1968
Take 1	FS	(PB & Lip Synch of "Guitar Man's Evil" #2)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (605) (601 slate label corrected - Gospel label not)
Take 2	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (606) (Gospel label on slate corrected)
Take 3	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (607)
Take 4	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (608)
Take 5	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (609)
Take 6	(M)	(Used for Soundtrack Road Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (610)

Let Yourself Go (Bordello - Part 3) (Playback)				June 28 1968
Take 1	FS	(PB & Lip Synch of "Guitar Man's Evil" #3)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (611) (601 slate label corrected - Gospel label not)
Take 2	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (612) (Gospel label on slate corrected)
Take 3	Incomplete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (613)
Take 4	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (614)
Take 5	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (615)
Take 6	Complete		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (616)
Take 7	(M)	(Used for Soundtrack Road Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (617)

Let Yourself Go (Bordello - Inserts) (Playback)				June 28 1968
Take 1	NG	(PB & Lip Synch of "Guitar Man's Evil" #3)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (No 618 slate)
Take 2	(M)	"Grapes" (Used for Str. Road Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (619)
Take 3	NG	"Holding Hands" (Not Used)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (620)
Take 4	(M)	"Leaning" (Used for Str Road Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (621)
Take 5	(M)	"Kissing" (Used for Str. Road Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (622)

Let Yourself Go (Bordello - Part 2) (Playback) (No Elvis)				June 28 1968
Take 1	NG	(Playback of "Guitar Man's Evil" #3) "Ladies dance with chairs"	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (623)
Take 2	NG		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (624)
Take 3	(M)	(Used for Soundtrack Road Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (625)
Take 1	NG	"Ladies dance"	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (626)
Take 2	NG		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (627)
Take 3	NG		The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (628)
Take 4	(M)	(Used for Soundtrack Road Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (629)
			(No 630 slate)
Take 1	(M)	"Ladies lounge about" (Used for Soundtrack Road Medley)	The '68 Comeback (Deluxe DVD 3)° (631)

Numbers shown in brackets refer to the Slate / Clapperboard numbers used during filming.

This is Elvis' vocal overdub, and also 'Lip Synch' of It Hurts Me (Escape Section 4) recorded on June 20, that will become part of the composite 'Road Medley' used for the filmed soundtrack. The vocal overdub is from the beginning to "...to see you sit and cry" and the lip synch / playback is from during the fight ("...when I know" to "...he'll never change").

The other production numbers are only lip synched performances by Elvis to material already recorded between June 20 & 23.

All production numbers can be found on 'The 68 Comeback' Deluxe DVD set, apart from the ending of It Hurts Me, which can be found as an "Easter Egg" on the stand-alone 'The 68 Comeback - Special Edition' DVD.