Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

December 10 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)

Stax Studio - Memphis, Tennessee

Producer: Felton Jarvis

Engineers: Mike Moran / Dick Baxter

(9.00pm - 4.30am)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	James Burton	JD Sumner & The Stamps: Bill Baize; Ed Enoch; David Rowland
Guitar:	Charlie Hodge	Voice : Donnie Sumner; Sherrill Nielsen; Tim Baty; Per Eric "Pete" Hallin
Guitar:	Johnny Christopher	Mary Holladay; Susan Pilkington; Kathy Westmoreland; Jeannie Greene
Piano / Organ:	David Briggs
Bass:	Norbert Putnam	Harmony Vocal:
Drums:	Ronnie Tutt	Elvis Presley (It's Midnight)
Wurlitzer Piano:	Per Eric "Pete" Hallin (I Got A Feelin' In My Body)

I Got A Feelin' In My Body				CPA5 1617	December 10 1973
Rehearsal		0:08+		Good Times (FTD)°° (Part)
Take 1	Complete	3:36		Essential Elvis Vol. 5°°+Good Times (FTD)°° (Different Mixes - Extra Dialogue)
Take 2	Complete	3:40		Good Times (FTD)°°
Take 3	Reh'sal+	0:26		Good Times (FTD)°°
	(M)	3:42	(Undubbed Master) (JPA5 6060)	Our Memories Of Elvis°°~Our Memories Of Elvis (FTD - 2)°° +Good Times (FTD)°°
Take 4	Complete	3:43		Good Times (FTD)°° (Count-In)~Today, Tomorrow & Forever 4°°
Take 5
Take 6	FS	0:14		Easter Special (FTD)°°
Take 7	Complete	3:45		Good Times (FTD)°°+Easter Special (FTD)°° (Count-In)

Overdub	(M)		Backup V.O's on January 2 1974
Overdub	M	3:33	Band overdubs on January 2 1974	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Gospel Jubilee (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 11)°°~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 3°° ~Good Times (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°°~Peace In The Valley 2°°+70's Box 4°° (Different Mixes)

It's Midnight				CPA5 1618	December 10 1973
Rehearsal		1:37		Let It Roll°°
Take 1	LFS	0:57		Promised Land (FTD)°°
Take 2	FS	0:13		Promised Land (FTD)°°
Take 3	FS	0:31	"Rich since I was 21"	Promised Land (FTD)°°
Take 4	No take	0:42	"I've been a millionaire"	Promised Land (FTD)°°
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7	Complete	3:45		Promised Land (FTD)°°
Take 8	FS	0:19		Promised Land (FTD)°°
Take 9	Complete	3:29		Promised Land (FTD)°°
Take 10	Complete	3:47		Promised Land (FTD)°°~Platinum 4 °°+Let It Roll°° (Listed as Take 1)
Take 11	Complete	4:02		Promised Land (FTD)°° ("That's a gas" at end)+Made In Memphis (FTD)°° (Count-In & Dialogue at start)
Take 12
Take 13
Take 14
Take 15
Take 16
Take 17
Take 18
Take 19	2xFS+(M)	4:45	(Undubbed Master) (HPA5 6377)	Unedited Masters - Stax '73 (Venus)°° (Unedited)+Our Memories of Elvis°° ~Our Memories Of Elvis (FTD - 1)°° (See Notes)

V.O.	(M)	3:28	Harmony vocal overdub by Elvis	Our Memories Of Elvis Vol 3 (Victrola)°~By Special Request - From Louisiana To Tennessee°~Stax Trax°

Overdub	M	3:19	String overdubs on January 10 1974	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Loves Lost (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 12)°°~Promised Land (FTD)°°~Complete Single Collection 8°°~Promised Land (20 Bit)°°+(2000)°°~70's Box 2°° +Always On My Mind°° (Different Mixes)

The undubbed masters on 'Our Memories Of Elvis' weren't really the pure undubbed masters. They were the fully overdubbed or regular masters but with certain instruments and backing vocal channels removed or stripped down. The real unedited undubbed master of It's Midnight can be found on the Venus bootleg release "Unedited Masters - Stax 1973".

I Got A Feelin' In My Body was remixed when used on the '70's Box'.

It's Midnight was remixed when used on 'Always On My Mind', the '70's Box' and the BMG 2000 release of 'Promised Land'.

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 December 10 1973