Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

Charro (Track)

October 15 1968

October 15 1968

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(SFS = Short False Start | FS = False Start | LFS or BD (Breakdown) = Long False Start | PB (Playback) or Complete = Complete Take)

Samuel Goldwyn Studio - Hollywood, California

Soundtrack Session for 'Charro'

National General Producer : Hugo Montenegro

Arrangers : Billy Strange / David Gates / Hugo Montenegro

Engineer: Kevin Cleary

(7.00pm - 12.00am)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Tommy Tedesco	Ian Freebairn Smith; Ronald Hicklin; Sally Stevens; Sue Allen; Robert
Guitar:	Ralph Grasso	Zwirn; Alan Capps; Loren Farber
Guitar:	Howard Roberts
Bass:	Raymond Brown
Bass:	Max Bennett
Drums:	Carl 'Cubby' O'Brien
Piano:	Don Randi
Percussion:	Emil 'Richards' Radocchia

Let's Forget About The Stars (Track)		M10	October 15 1968
Take 1
Take 2	(M)

Charro (Vocal Overdub)					October 15 1968
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5			(Used for spliced master)
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8
Take 9			(Used for spliced master)

Spliced	(M)		(Spliced from Takes 5 & 9)

Overdub	M	2:30	(Track Repairs and full Orchestral Backing on November 25 - 27)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 16 (Sony)°°~Big Screen Drama (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 32)°°~Complete Single Collection 6°° ~Double Features - Live A Little, Love A Little / Charro / The Trouble With Girls / Change Of Habit°°

Rhythm Group repairs, and a full Orchestral Backing was overdubbed to Charro between November 25 and 27.

On the original release of Let's Forget About The Stars on the 'Let's Be Friends' LP and later on 'The U.S. Male' LP, there is a distinct piano that can be heard over the bridge of the song which is missing on the 'Double Features' mix. Strangely, the U.S. CD release of 'Let's Be Friends' from 2007 also uses the 'Double Features' mix instead of the original mix.

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. The 2007 remaster of Let's Forget About The Stars uses the original LP mix with piano.



	Recording Information Charro