Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

Let's Be Friends

March 5 1969

(Used for composite master)

March 5 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)

Decca Universal Studio, Universal City - Hollywood, California

Soundtrack Session for 'Change Of Habit'

Universal Producer: William Goldenberg

Engineers: Mel Metcalf / Phil Yen

(7.00pm - 2.00am)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Dennis Budimir
Guitar:	Michael Deasy
Guitar:	Howard Roberts
Guitar:	Robert Bain (Have A Happy)
Bass:	Joe Mondragon
Bass:	Lyle Ritz
Bass:	Max Bennett (Have A Happy)
Bass:	Carol Kaye (Change Of Habit - Overdub)
Drums:	Carl 'Cubby' O'Brien
Piano:	Roger Kellaway

Let Us Pray (Track)					MB1	March 5 1969
Take NA	(M)		(Vocal Overdub on March 6)

Change Of Habit			ZPA4 1058	MB2	March 5 1969
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6	M	3:19	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 18 (Sony)°°~Big Screen Drama (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 32)°°~Double Features - Live A Little, Love A Little / Charro / The Trouble With Girls / Change Of Habit°° ~Memphis Tennessee° (LP - Acetate)

Change Of Habit (Movie Version)					(M601)	(September 3 1969)
Overdub	(M)	2:15	(Original Bass removed and new Bass overdubbed - Edited)	Soundtrack°

Let's Be Friends (Work Part - Ending)						March 5 1969
Take NA	(M)		(Used for composite master)

Let's Be Friends (Composite)				ZPA4 1057		March 5 1969
Spliced	M	2:42	(Spliced from MB-03 & Work Part - Ending-NA)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 18 (Sony)°°~Big Screen Drama (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 32)°°~Double Features - Live A Little, Love A Little / Charro / The Trouble With Girls / Change Of Habit°°

Have A Happy (Track)					MB4	March 5 1969
Take NA	(M)		(Vocal Overdub on March 6)

The movie version of Change Of Habit has the original bass removed and is redone by bassist Carol Kaye on September 3 1969 in post-production of the film.

It is a guess that the unknown production number MB1 is the instrumental track of Let Us Pray, and MB4 is the instrumental track of Have A Happy.

Credibility is given to this theory in the liner notes of 'Today, Tomorrow & Forever' where it states that Let Us Pray was recorded on March 5 & 6. Until this release the recording date has always been stated as just March 5.

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 Change Of Habit