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June 9 1971
(+ 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)

RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee
Producer: Felton Jarvis
Engineer: Al Pachucki
(6.00pm - 9.00pm / 10.00pm - 1.00am / 1.30am - 4.30am)(Elvis - 7.00pm - 3.00am)

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar:
James Burton The Imperials: Jimmie Murray; Terry Blackwood; Greg Gordon; Joe
Guitar: Chip Young Moscheo; Armond Morales
Guitar: Charlie Hodge Millie Kirkham
Guitar: Joe Esposito Carol 'Sonja' Montgomery; June Page (except The First Time Ever I Saw
Piano: David Briggs _Your Face)
Bass: Norbert Putnam  
Drums: Kenneth Buttrey  
Drums: Jerry Carrigan  
Organ: Charlie McCoy  

He Is My Everything
APA4 1292
   June 9 1971
Take 1 Reh'sal+ 1:11   He Touched Me (FTD)°°~Easter Special (FTD)°° (2:02 - Not listed)
  Complete 2:44   He Touched Me (FTD)°°~Easter Special (FTD)°°
Take 2 FS 0:22 ("Without sunshine or light to lead
the way") 		He Touched Me (FTD)°°
Take 3     (Used for Spliced Master?) He Touched Me (FTD)°° (Count-In only - Not Listed)
Take 4 Incompl. 2:11   He Touched Me (FTD)°°
Take 5     (Used for Spliced Master?)  
         
Spliced (M) 2:40 Master is Take 3 or 5 or a splice of
the two (Undubbed Master)		 Pure Diamonds Volume 3°°
         
Overdub M 2:40 String overdubs on June 22 He Touched Me (FTD)°°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 22 (Sony)°°
~Moved By Faith (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 13)°°
~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 3°°~Inspirational°°~He Touched Me
(24 Bit)°°~Peace In The Valley 2°°

There Is No God But God
APA4 1293
   June 9 1971
Take 1 FS 0:34   He Touched Me (FTD)°° (Count-in)~Easter Special (FTD)°°
Take 2 Complete 2:45   He Touched Me (FTD)°° (Additional Dialogue)~Easter Special (FTD)°°
Take 3 FS 0:08   He Touched Me (FTD)°°
Take 4 FS 0:53 (Preceded by Rehearsal) He Touched Me (FTD)°°
Take 5 M 2:22 (Master is without overdubs) He Touched Me (FTD)°°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 22 (Sony)°°
~Moved By Faith (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 13)°°
~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 3°°~He Touched Me (24 Bit)°°~Peace In
The Valley 2°°+Pure Diamonds 3°°+He Touched Me (FTD)°° (Count-In
- after Take 4)

I, John
APA4 1294
   June 9 1971
Take 1 Incomp. 2:04   He Touched Me (FTD)°°
Take 2 (M) 2:14 (Undubbed Master) Pure Diamonds Volume 3°°
         
Overdub (M)   Backup V.O's on February 8 1972  
Overdub M 2:15 Backup V.O's on February 21 1972 He Touched Me (FTD)°°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 22 (Sony)°°
~Gospel Jubilee (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 11)°°
~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 3°°~Ultimate Gospel°°~He Touched Me
(24 Bit)°°~Peace In The Valley 2°°

Bosom Of Abraham
APA4 1295
   June 9 1971
Take 1        
Take 2 LFS 0:29 "You Better Run" He Touched Me (FTD)°°
Take 3 FS+Comp 2:13   He Touched Me (FTD)°°~Platinum 4°° (1:37)+Let It Roll°° (Listed as
'Alternate Take')
Take 4 Complete 1:47   He Touched Me (FTD)°° (Additional Dialogue)~I Sing All Kinds (FTD)°°
Take 5 LFS 0:46   He Touched Me (FTD)°°~Let It Roll°° (Dialogue Only - After 'Alt. Take')
Take 6 M 1:34 (Master is without overdubs) He Touched Me (FTD)°°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 22 (Sony)°°
~Gospel Jubilee (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 11)°°
~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 3°°~Ultimate Gospel°°~He Touched Me
(24 Bit)°°~Peace In The Valley 2°°+Pure Diamonds Volume 3°° (Different
mixes)
Take 7 Complete 1:40   He Touched Me (FTD)°° (Count-In)~Easter Special (FTD)°° (No Count-In
- With dialogue from before Take 5)

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
APA4 1255
   June 9 1971
Overdub (M) 3:34 Vocal repairs & additions to
May 21 Master		 Pure Diamonds Volume 4°° (Channels Reversed)
         
Overdub M 3:42 Brass & string overdubs on June 21 Complete Elvis Presley Masters 21 (Sony)°°~The Ultimate Love Songs
(Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 25)°°~Complete Single
Collection 7°°+Elvis Now (FTD)°°~Rare Elvis°°~Single°°~Elvis Aron
Presley 3°°+70's Box 1°° (Different mixes)+Elvis Aron Presley (Cassette
- 4:19)°°+Unedited Masters - Nashville 1971 (Venus)°° (Different Mix &
Additional Dialogue)

Notes

Both takes 3 and 5 of He Is My Everything have been cut from the session reel so the master is unknown. It could be either complete take 3 or 5 or a splice of the two takes.

The rehearsal before Take 1 of He Is My Everything on 'Easter Special' also contains one liners edited in from the Until It's Time For You To Go session on June 8.

Take 3 of Bosom Of Abraham released on 'Let It Roll' is far superior sound quality to the same take as released on 'Platinum'.

A remixed version of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was featured on the '70's Box'.

An extended version of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was featured on the cassette only release of the box set 'Elvis Aron Presley'.

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.

Thanks to Luuk Bonthond regarding extended versions of songs on the cassette version of 'Elvis Aron Presley'.

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