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March 27 1972
(+ 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 C - Hollywood, California
Producer: Felton Jarvis
Engineers: Al Pachucki / Rick Ruggieri
(7.00pm - 3.00am)

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar:
James Burton JD Sumner & The Stamps Quartet: Bill Baize; Ed Enoch; Donnie Sumner;
Guitar: Charlie Hodge Richard Sterben
Guitar: John Wilkinson  
Guitar: Joe Esposito Harmony Vocal:
Piano: Glen D. Hardin Elvis Presley (For The Good Times & Separate Ways)
Bass: Emory Gordy  
Drums: Ronnie Tutt  

Separate Ways
BPA3 1149
   March 27 1972
Take 1 FS
 0:17   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 2 FS 0:34   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 3 FS 0:30   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 4 LFS 1:03 (Announced as 'Take 3') Standing Room Only (FTD)°° (Faded)
Take 5 FS 0:21   Standing Room Only (FTD)°° (Faded)
Take 6        
Take 7        
Take 8        
Take 9        
Take 10        
Take 11 FS
 0:33   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 12 LFS 1:05   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 13 LFS 1:50   Standing Room Only (FTD)°° (Faded)
Take 14        
Take 15        
Take 16        
Take 17        
Take 18        
Take 19        
Take 20 FS
 0:10   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 21 (M) 2:58 (Undubbed Master) Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 22 FS 0:32   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 23 FS 0:35   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 24 LFS 1:12   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 25 Complete 2:58   Standing Room Only (FTD)°° (Count-In)+Unedited Masters - Hollywood
To Nashville 1972-1980 (Venus)°°~Platinum 4°° (2:38)+Pure Diamonds
Volume 4°° (Different mixes)
         
V.O. (M)   Harmony V.O. by Elvis (Last Verse)  
         
Overdub (M) 2:34 Brass & Strings overdubs on May 8 For The Good Times°°~Tiger Man - An Alternate Anthology Volume 2°°
Overdub M 2:36 (Strings removed) Complete Elvis Presley Masters 23 (Sony)°°~Loves Lost (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 12)°°~Standing Room Only (FTD)°°~Comp.
Single Collection 8°°~70's Box 1°°+Always On My Mind°° (Different Mixes)

For The Good Times
BPA3 1150
   March 27 1972
Take 1 FS 0:15   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 2 Complete 3:26   Standing Room Only (FTD)°° (Count-In)~The Romantic (Time Life Elvis
Presley Collection Vol 7)°°~Platinum 4°° (Listed as Take 3)
Take 3 Complete 3:17   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°~6363 Sunset (FTD)°° (Count-In)
~Love Elvis°°
Take 4 (M)   (Undubbed Master)  
         
V.O. (M) 3:11 Harmony vocal overdub by Elvis Unedited Masters - Hollywood To Nashville 1972-1980 (Venus)°°+Pure
Diamonds Volume 4°° (Tracks 14 & 20 - Different mixes)
         
Overdub M 3:09 Brass & Strings overdubs on May 8 Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 23 (Sony)°°~Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
~Elvis Fool (FTD)°°~Country (2006 DSD)°°~70's Box 4°°~Burning Love°°
~For The Good Times°° (Acetate)

Where Do I Go From Here
BPA3 1151
   March 27 1972
Take 1 FS
      
Take 2 Complete
 2:37   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 3 FS 0:10   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 4 LFS 1:13   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 5 Complete 2:03   Standing Room Only (FTD)°° (Count-In)~Today, Tomorrow & Forever 4°°
(1:55)
Take 6 Complete 2:53   Standing Room Only (FTD)°° (Extra Dialogue)~6363 Sunset (FTD)°°
Take 7 LFS 1:15   Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
Take 8 (M) 2:52 (Undubbed Master) Standing Room Only (FTD)°° (Count-In)+Unedited Masters - Hollywood
To Nashville 1972-1980 (Venus)°°+Pure Diamonds Volume 4°° (Different
Mixes)
         
Overdub M 2:38 Brass & Strings overdubs on May 8 Complete Elvis Presley Masters 23 (Sony)°°~Songs Of The Seventies
(Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Coll'n 3)°°~Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
~Elvis Fool (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°°+Elvis Fool (FTD)°° (Track 15)~For The
Good Times°° (1:49)

Notes

The undubbed master of For The Good Times is listed on the Venus release "Unedited Masters - Hollywood To Nashville 1972-1980" although it actually contains Elvis' Harmony vocal overdub. This appears to be from a tape source as opposed to the Harmony vocal overdub that appeared on "Pure Diamonds Volume 4" from two acetate sources.

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.

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