Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

March 13 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
Clavinet:	David Briggs
Bass:	Duke Bardwell
Drums:	Ronnie Tutt
Piano:	Glen D Hardin

Pieces Of My Life				EPA3 1603	March 13 1975 (12.30am - 3.30am)
Take 1	Complete	3:43		Today (FTD)°°~Today, Tomorrow & Forever 4°°
Take 2	FS	0:35		Today (FTD)°°
Take 3	Complete	3:55		Today (FTD)°°
Take 4	(M)	3:57	(Undubbed Master)	Christmas Today°° (Count-in & Complete)+Today (FTD)°° (Different Mix)

Overdub	(M)		Bass part re-recorded on April 8 (Aft)
Overdub	M	4:03	String overdubs on April 14	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 27 (Sony)°°~Loves Lost (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 12)°°~Today (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°°~70's Box 2°° ~Country (2006 - DSD)°°~Always On My Mind°°+Yesterday / Today°° (Different Mix)

On "Christmas Today" is a different mix of the undubbed master of Pieces Of My Life with Elvis' vocals way back and the backing vocals more up front in the mix.

Nothing is mentionned in "Sessions III" regarding Pieces Of My Life having the bass part re-done by Norbert Putnam on April 8, although it was re-done on that date.

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.