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.
Elvis' vocals on Gentle On My Mind were
erased, and dubbed down to a Rhythm Track before
Elvis re-recorded his vocal on January 20.
The date is unknown when the Backup Vocal overdubs
were added to Gentle On My Mind. 'Sessions
III' lists Gentle
On My Mind as having Backup Vocals overdubbed
on January 23, but the session log shows that
as of February 4 (Date
of the Job Number) no backup vocals had been
overdubbed.
There is a page missing from the session logs
between March 25 and May 5 1969, and as there
appears to have been no backup vocals overdubbed
to any songs in May (Apart from May
6 & 7
where Brass was also overdubbed) it is safe to
assume that it is from March. The date of the
job number at the bottom of the March
25 overdub session log is March 28, so it
would be safe to assume that this missing overdub
session would be before March 28. The March 25
overdub session was for "Strings" and
"Backup Vocals" and was held from 2.00pm
until 5.00pm but it may well be that another session
was held in the evening of March 25 but just for
the backup vocalists (Sonja Montgomery, Millie
Kirkham, Dolores Edgin, Hurshell Wigington and
Joe Babcock) to add their vocals to the missing
six tracks.
Remixed versions of Gentle On My Mind
and Rubberneckin' can be found on 'The
Memphis Record'.
By taking out two of the four channels from the
rare Japanese Quadraphonic LP of 'From Elvis In
Memphis' is how the "Previously Unreleased
Versions" were created on the bootleg "The
Other Side Of Memphis" (Bilko).
Elvis sings one line of "Our Love And Aloha"
(Ernie Menehune - Roadrunner Records 1313 in 1958)
before Take 2 of Rubberneckin'. Thanks
to Bob Crane for identifying the one-liner Elvis
is singing before take 2 of Rubberneckin'.
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.