Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

January 13 1969

(+ 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)

American Sound Studio - Memphis, Tennessee

Producers : Felton Jarvis / Chips Moman

Engineer: Al Pachucki / Roy Shockley

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Elvis Presley	NA
Guitar:	Reggie Young
Drums:	Gene Chrisman
Organ:	Bobby Emmons
Bass:	Tommy Cogbill
Bass:	Mike Leech
Piano:	Bobby Wood

Long Black Limousine				XPA5 1142	January 13 1969 (7.00pm - 10.00pm)
Take 1	FS	1:01	"Number One" (Preceded by Rehearsal)	The American Way Vol 3°~Finding The Way Home° (CD1-Track 3-Part 1)
Take 2	LFS	2:32		The American Way Volume 3°~Finding The Way Home° (1-3-2 Faded)
Take 3	FS	0:34		The American Way Volume 3°~A Legendary Performer Volume 7°
Take 4	FS	0:43	"Take Number Four"	The American Way Volume 3°~Finding The Way Home° (1-3-3)
Take 5	FS	0:57	"We're Rolling - Number Five"	The American Way Volume 3°~A Legendary Performer Volume 7°
Take 6	PB	4:21		Memphis Sessions (FTD)°°+From Elvis In Memphis (FTD)°°~The American Way Volume 3°~A Legendary Performer Volume 7°~Finding The Way Home° (1-3-6)~American Crown Jewels° (Faded - 12 seconds)
Take 7	FS	0:37		From Elvis In Memphis (FTD)°° (0:16)+The American Way Volume 3° ~Finding The Way Home° (1-3-4)
Take 8	FS	0:21		From Elvis In Memphis (FTD)°°~The American Way Volume 3°~Finding The Way Home° (1-3-5)
Take 9	(M)	4:24	(Unrepaired Undubbed Master) (Part of vocal track used for master)	From Elvis In Memphis (FTD)°° (Complete)~The American Way Vol. 3° (Count-in only - 0:04)

V.O.	(M)		Vocal Repair on January 22
Overdub	(M)		Brass & Piano (Bell) overdubs on January 22
Overdub	(M)	3:31	Backup V.O's on January 24	Draft Mix Tape° (Track 7)
Overdub	M	3:40	String overdubs on March 18 (Aft) (SPA1 4125)	From Elvis In Memphis (FTD)°°~Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°° ~The Memphis Sessions (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 33)°° ~From Elvis In Memphis (Legacy)°°~From Elvis In Memphis°°~Suspicious Minds - The Memphis 1969 Anthology°°~60's Box 4°°+The Memphis Record°°+The Other Side Of Memphis°°

This Is The Story				XPA5 1143	January 13 1969 (10.00pm - 1.00am)
Take 1	FS	0:27		Back In Memphis (FTD)°° (Count-in)~Memphis Sessions (FTD)°°+The American Way Volume 5°~Tape°
Take 2	(M)		(Unrepaired Master - Vocal Track Erased)

V.O.	(M)	3:02	Vocals replaced on January 21 (Unedited Undubbed Master)	Back In Memphis (FTD)°° (Unedited)~Memphis Sessions (FTD)°° (Faded)
Overdub	(M)	2:32	Backup V.O's on January 24	The American Way Vol. 5°~Draft Mix Tape° (Track 6)~American Rejects°
Overdub	(M)		String overdubs on May 5
Overdub	M	2:28	Backup V.O's & Brass overdubs on May 6	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°°~The Memphis Sessions (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 33)°°~From Elvis In Memphis (Legacy)°°~Back In Memphis (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°~Suspicious Minds - The Memphis 1969 Anthology°°~60's Box 4°°

There are two draft mono mix tapes, of which at least one is dated February 28, 1969. A tape log of a later tape copy of both these tapes (except for the last three tracks of the second tape - Don't Cry Daddy, A Little Bit Of Green & You'll Think Of Me) was shown in the magazine 'The Man and His Music' #13 listed as 'Basic + Alt. Vocals'. This source is referred to as the 'Draft mix tape'. This mono tape was actually the source of the 1992 bootleg 'American Rejects' (AR 1569), although the notes claimed acetate source for that.

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.



Recording Information January 13 1969	Draft Mix Tape Basic & Alt. Vocals