Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

Killing Me Softly

September 23 1973 (9.30pm - 10.50pm)

Lead Vocals - Sherrill Nielsen

(Backup Vocal Overdub)

September 23 / 24 1973

(+ 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)

Elvis Presley's Residence - 845 Chino Canyon Road, Palm Springs, California

Producer: Elvis Presley

Engineers: Rick Ruggieri / Rich Simpson

(7.00pm - 9:20pm / 1.15am - 3.15am)

(Voice: 9.30pm - 10:50pm / 10.50pm - 12.20am / 12.25am - 1.00am / 3.20am - 4.25am / 4.27am - 5.55am)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	James Burton (I Miss You, Killing Me Softly	Voice: Donnie Sumner; Tim Baty; Sherrill 'Shaun' Nielsen
	Why Me, Lord & Are You Sincere)
Guitar:	Charlie Hodge (I Miss You, Killing Me Softly	Backup Vocal Overdubs:
	Why Me, Lord & Are You Sincere)	Donnie Sumner & Tim Baty
Guitar:	Tim Baty (Killing Me Softly, In The Sweet	(Killing Me Softly, Why Me, Lord, In The Sweet By And By, Danny's Song
	By And By, Danny's Song & Aubrey)	& Aubrey)
Piano:	Donnie Sumner	Sherrill 'Shaun' Nielsen (Killing Me Softly, Why Me, Lord & Aubrey)
Bass:	Thomas Hensley (All songs except In The
	Sweet By And By)

I Miss You				CPA5 4774	September 23 1973
Take 1	Complete	2:19		Raised On Rock (FTD)°° (Count-in)~Today, Tomorrow & Forever 4°°
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5	Complete	2:17		Raised On Rock (FTD)°°
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8
Take 9
Take 10	Complete	2:22		Raised On Rock (FTD)°° (Complete)+Raised On Rock (FTD)°° (Spliced with Take 11)
Take 11	Comp. ?			Raised On Rock (FTD)°° (Spliced with Take 10)
Take 12	FS	0:22		Raised On Rock (FTD)°°
Take 13	FS	0:10		Raised On Rock (FTD)°°
Take 14	FS	0:17		Raised On Rock (FTD)°°
Take 15	M	2:38	(Master is without overdubs)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Loves Lost (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 12)°°~Raised On Rock (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°° +Raised On Rock (FTD)°° (Count-in / different mix)~Always On My Mind°°

Are You Sincere				CPA5 4775	September 23 1973
Take 1	Complete	3:08		Raised On Rock (FTD)°° (Complete)~Our Memories Of Elvis°° (2:00) ~Our Memories Of Elvis (FTD - 1)°° (2:00)~Songs To Sing°° (2:00)
Take 2	Incomp.	2:14		Raised On Rock (FTD)°° (In)complete)~Keep Rollin' On (Venus)°° (Intro clipped - Listed as Take 3)+Platinum 4°° (Edited - Last bar from Take 1)
Take 3
Take 4	M	1:58	(Master is without overdubs)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Country Roots (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 8)°°~Raised On Rock (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°° ~Country (2006 - DSD)°°~70's Box 4°°

One bar of I Miss You on Take 5 has been repaired on FTD's 'Raised On Rock' Classic Album.

The composite of I Miss You (Takes 10 & 11) on FTD's 'Raised On Rock' Classic Album consists of the first part (0:00-1:18 to "I wish you were here") of Take 10 and the second part (1:19-2:18 from "All through the night") of Take 11.

Take 2 of Are You Sincere on 'Platinum' is edited - The last bar of the song used on 'Platinum' is actually from Take 1. On 'Platinum' the piano is also missing from the mix. The complete unedited Take 2, with piano, can be found on FTD's 'Raised On Rock' Classic Album.

The master of Are You Sincere is edited.

Elvis' vocal group 'Voice' recorded demo's during this session, and Elvis also paid for a session for 'Voice' to record demo's on September 29 at RCA Studio's in Hollywood.

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 Rogier van Luyken for providing session information on the 'Voice' demo's.



Recording Information September 23 1973	Recording Information 'Voice' Demo's