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March 12 1975
(+ 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
Engineer: Rick Ruggieri

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar:
James Burton Voice : Donnie Sumner; Sherrill Nielsen; Tim Baty; Tommy Hensley
Guitar: Charlie Hodge  
Guitar:
John Wilkinson Harmony Vocal:
Clavinet: David Briggs Elvis Presley (T-R-O-U-B-L-E)
Clavinet: Greg Gordon (Bringin' It Back)  
Bass: Duke Bardwell  
Drums: Ronnie Tutt  
Piano: Glen D Hardin  
Piano: Tony Brown (Bringin' It Back)  

T-R-O-U-B-L-E
EPA3 1599
  March 12 1975 (12.30am - 3.30am)
Take 1 Complete 3:16   Today (FTD)°°~6363 Sunset (FTD)°°
Take 2        
Take 3        
Take 4 (M) 3:10 (Undubbed Master) Christmas Today°°
         
Overdub M 3:02 Harmony vocal overdub by Elvis Complete Elvis Presley Masters 26 (Sony)°°~The King Of Rock 'n' Roll
(Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 36)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin'
Tonight 4 (Legacy)°°~Today (FTD)°° (Track 1)~(20 Bit)°°~70's Box 2°°
~Yesterday / Today°°+Today (FTD)°° (Different mixes)

Tiger Man
WPA5 2575
  March 12 1975 (12.30am - 3.30am)
Take 1 Jam 3:15   Christmas Today°° (Complete)~Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 26 (Sony)°°
~Today (FTD)°°~70's Box 4°° (Faded in & out)+Tiger Man - An Alternate
Anthology Volume 2°° (Extended - 3:56)

Woman Without Love
EPA3 1600
  March 12 1975 (4.00am - 7.00am)
Take 1 (M) 3:44 (Undubbed Master) Christmas Today°° (Count-in & Extra Dialogue)~Today (FTD)°°~Our
Memories Of Elvis Vol 3 (Victrola)°°~Our Memories Of Elvis (FTD - 3)°°
(See Note)+Yesterday / Today°° (Different Mix)
         
Overdub (M) 3:36 Bass part re-recorded on April 8 (Aft) A Legendary Performer Volume 5°° (No male backing vocals)
Overdub (M)   Backup vocal overdubs on April 9  
Overdub M 3:33 String overdubs on April 14 Complete Elvis Presley Masters 27 (Sony)°°~Heartache (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 6)°°~Today (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°°

Shake A Hand
EPA3 1601
  March 12 1975 (4.00am - 7.00am)
Take 1 Complete 3:49   Today (FTD)°°
Take 2 Complete 3:55   Today (FTD)°°~6363 Sunset (FTD)°°
Take 3 (M) 4:00 (Unedited Undubbed Master) Christmas Today°°~Today (FTD)°° (3:17)~Yesterday / Today°° (3:40)
+Our Memories Of Elvis Volume 3 (Victrola)°°~Our Memories Of Elvis
(FTD - 3)°° (See Note)
         
Overdub (M)   Bass part re-recorded on April 8 (Morning)  
Overdub (M)   Backup vocal overdubs on April 9  
Overdub M 3:45 Brass overdubs on April 10 Complete Elvis Presley Masters 27 (Sony)°°~Rhythm & Blues (Franklin
Mint Complete Masters Collection 9)°°~Today (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°°
~70's Box 4°°

Bringin' It Back
EPA3 1602
  March 12 1975 (9.00pm - 12.00am)
Take 1 Complete 3:18   Christmas Today°° (Extra Dialogue)~Today (FTD)°°
Take 2 FS 0:18   Christmas Today°° (Count-in)~Today (FTD)°°~6363 Sunset (FTD)°°
Take 3 Complete 3:09   Christmas Today°°~Today (FTD)°°~6363 Sunset (FTD)°°
Take 4 (M) 3:08 (Undubbed Master) Christmas Today°° (Count-in)~Today (FTD)°°~Yesterday / Today°°
         
Overdub (M)   Bass part re-recorded on April 8 (Evening)  
Overdub (M)   Backup vocal overdubs on April 9  
Overdub M 2:59 String overdubs on April 14 Complete Elvis Presley Masters 27 (Sony)°°~Songs Of The Seventies
(Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 3)°°~Today (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°°
~70's Box 2°°

Notes

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.

Duke Bardwell's bass parts were removed (Except T-R-O-U-B-L-E), and re-done by Norbert Putnam, (Mike Leech - Shake A Hand) on April 8.

The piano on Bringin' It Back on "Christmas Today" is on the right channel and guitar is on the left, whereas on the FTD of 'Today' it is the other way around. The original vinyl release of 'Today' we have piano (and guitar at times) making an appearance on both speakers creating a mono like feel if it weren't for the stereo percussion.

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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