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RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee |
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A&R
/ Producer : Felton Jarvis
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| Engineer : Al Pachucki | |
| (6.00pm - 9.00pm / 9.00pm - 12.00am / 1.00am - 4.00am) | |
| Musicians: | Backup Vocalists: | ||
| Guitar : | James Burton | The Imperials : Jimmie Murray; Terry Blackwood; Greg Gordon; Joe Moscheo | |
| Guitar : | Chip Young | Mary Holladay; Ginger Holladay; Millie Kirkham | |
| Guitar : | Charlie Hodge | ||
| Organ : | Glen Spreen | ||
| Piano : | David Briggs | ||
| Bass : | Norbert Putnam | ||
| Drums : | Kenneth Buttrey |
| The Lords Prayer | WPA5 2571 | May 16 |
| Take 1 | Complete | 2:37 | (Informal Jam) | Essential Elvis Volume 4°° |
| I'll Be Home On Christmas Day | APA4 1266 | May 16 |
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| Take 2 | |||||
| Take 3 | Complete | 4:55 | (Extra Verse) | I Sing All Kinds (FTD)°° | |
| Take 4 | Complete | 3:49 | Platinum 4°° | ||
| Take 5 | |||||
| Take 6 | |||||
| Take 7 | |||||
| Take 8 | (M) | (Undubbed Master) | |||
| Overdubs | M | 3:50 | Brass & String overdubs on June 22 (Evening) | Christmas With Elvis (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 4)°°~Christmas Peace (DSD)°° | |
| ~If Everyday Was Like Christmas°°~The Wonderful World Of Christmas°° |
| On A Snowy Christmas Night | APA4 1267 | May 16 |
| Take NA | (M) | 2:49 | (Undubbed Master) | O Come All Ye Faithful° (See Note) | |
| Overdubs | Backup vocal overdubs on May 24 | ||||
| Overdubs | M | 2:50 | Brass & string overdubs on June 22 | Christmas With Elvis (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 4)°°~Christmas Peace (DSD)°° | |
| ~If Everyday Was Like Christmas°°~The Wonderful World Of Christmas°° |
| Winter Wonderland | APA4 1268 | May 16 |
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| Take 2 | |||||
| Take 3 | |||||
| Take 4 | |||||
| Take 5 | |||||
| Take 6 | |||||
| Take 7 | |||||
| Take 8 | "Mother fucker" | ||||
| Take 9 | |||||
| Take 10 | M | 2:15 | (Master is without overdubs) | Christmas With Elvis (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 4)°°~Christmas Peace (DSD)°° | |
| ~If Everyday Was Like Christmas°°+Blue Christmas°° (Different mixes) | |||||
| 2:25 | (2008 Re-recorded backing track and vocals) | Christmas Duets°° (with The Jordanaires) | |||
| 2:24 | (2008 Re-recorded backing track and vocals) | Christmas Duets°° ('European' Pressing - with Hanna Pakarinen & The Jordanaires) |
| Don't Think Twice It's All Right | APA4 1269 | May 16 |
| Take 1 | Jam | 11:25 | (Unedited) | Elvis Now (FTD)°° | |
| Take 1 | Jam | 9:38 | (Edited) | Behind Closed Doors (LP Box)°° | |
| Take 1 | Jam | 8:35 | (Edited) (JPA5 6069) | Our Memories Of Elvis Volume 2°° | |
| Take 1 | Jam | 4:00 | (Edited) | 70's Box 4°° | |
| Take 1 | Jam | 2:45 | (Edited) | Loves Lost (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 12)°°~Elvis - Fool (20 Bit)°° | |
| Take 1 | Jam | 14:25 | (Extended) | Don't Think Twice (Madison)°° | |
| Take 2 |
| O Come All Ye Faithful (Track) | APA4 1270 | May 16 |
| Take NA | (M) |
| O Come All Ye Faithful (Vocal Overdub) | APA4 1270 | May 16 |
| Take 1 | (M) | (Undubbed Master) | |||
| Take 2 | Complete | 4:05 | (MWA5 9085) | Memories Of Christmas°°~O Come All Ye Faithful°° | |
| Overdubs | (M) | Brass & string overdubs on June 21 | |||
| Overdubs | M | 2:48 | Organ overdubbed on July 26 | Christmas With Elvis (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 4)°°~Christmas Peace (DSD)°° | |
| ~Complete Single Collection 7°°~If Everyday Was Like Christmas°°~The Wonderful World Of | |||||
| Christmas°°+Blue Christmas°° (Different mixes) | |||||
| Duet | 2:52 | (2008 Re-recorded backing track and vocals) | Christmas Duets°° (Olivia Newton John) |
| The First Noel (Track) | APA4 1271 | May 16 |
| Take NA | (M) |
| The First Noel (Vocal Overdub) | APA4 1271 | May 16 |
| Take NA | (M) | (Undubbed Master) | |||
| Overdubs | M | 2:14 | Backup vocal overdubs on May 24 | Christmas With Elvis (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 4)°°~Christmas Peace (DSD)°° | |
| ~If Everyday Was Like Christmas°°~The Wonderful World Of Christmas°° +Blue Christmas°° | |||||
| +O Come All Ye Faithful°° (Different mixes) | |||||
| 2:14 | (2008 Re-recorded backing track) | Christmas Duets°° |
| The Wonderful World Of Christmas (Track) | APA4 1272 | May 16 |
| Take NA | (M) |
| The Wonderful World Of Christmas (Vocal Overdub) | APA4 1272 | May 16 |
| Take NA | (M) | (Undubbed Master) | |||
| Overdubs | (M) | Backup vocal overdubs on May 24 | |||
| Overdubs | M | 1:59 | Brass & string overdubs on June 21 | Christmas With Elvis (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 4)°°~Christmas Peace (DSD)°° | |
| ~If Everyday Was Like Xmas°°~The Wonderful World Of Xmas°°+Unsurpassed Masters 4-15°° | |||||
| (Different Mixes)+Tape°° (Vocal Only)+Tape° (No Backing Vocals) |
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On 'Today Tomorrow & Forever' it wrongly lists Take 9 of I'll Be Home On Christmas Day from this session as being released on there, when it is actually Take 9 from June 10. Elvis sang an extra verse for the first few takes of I'll Be Home On Christmas Day, and then that verse was omitted for whatever reason, from Take 4 onwards. The Master was then cut (Take 8) without that verse being included. On June 10 Elvis re-recorded I'll Be Home On Christmas Day again in a different tempo, but started off using the same (unused) verse. After take 9 someone decided, again for whatever reason, to leave out that verse, and take 10 was cut as the (Alternate) master on that date without this verse. The extra verse is as follows:- |
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| "It's
been so long since I've seen little John, Michelle, Christine and Karen; |
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| (I) almost forgot all the presents that I bought, a purse for little sister to carry. | ||
| (If)
I could set aside my pride, I'd just be on my way, |
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| I'd be on that (Catch that) train tomorrow, I'll be home on Christmas Day". | ||
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On A Snowy Christmas Night on 'O Come All Ye Faithfull' is probably just the left channel only (centred) of a stereo acetate of the fully overdubbed master. By eliminating the right channel on the same track on 'Christmas Peace' I was able to get the exact same results. This is possible because backing vocals (and occasionally strings) tend to be panned 100% right on the original mixes from these sessions, so you can often eliminate them by cutting out the right channel, with no discernable bleed. Take 2 of O Come All Ye Faithful was first released in 1982 on 'Memories Of Christmas' at which point it was issued a different serial number (MWA5 9085) to the Master (APA4 1270). The master of Don't Think Twice It's All Right is Take 1, but Elvis carried on with an additional take. A fake 'Vocal Only' version of The Wonderful World Of Christmas has been doing the rounds amongst collectors, but this is just one channel removed from a binaural mix, and then centred. This gives the effect of having no backing singers of musicians present. In March of 2007 SONY decided to go through all of Elvis' masters and they retransferred everything, 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 including budget soundtracks, 'Legacy' releases and the Franklin Mint package. Thanks to Michael Schemies for pointing out the mistake regarding I'll Be Home On Christmas Day on 'Today Tomorrow & Forever'. Thanks to Colin Bryant for pointing out the European pressing of 'Christmas Duets' containing the duet with Hanna Pakarinen from Finland. |
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