Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

July 2 1956

(+ 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 Studios - New York

Producer : Steve Sholes

Engineer : Ernie Oehlrich

(2.00pm - 5.00pm / 6.00pm - 9.00pm)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Elvis Presley	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Hugh
Guitar:	Scotty Moore	Jarrett
Bass:	Bill Black
Drums:	D.J. Fontana
Piano:	Shorty Long
Piano:	Gordon Stoker ('Hound Dog')

Hound Dog			G2WB 5935	July 2 1956 (Mon)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8
Take 9
Take 10
Take 11
Take 12
Take 13
Take 14
Take 15
Take 16
Take 17
Take 18
Take 19
Take 20
Take 21
Take 22
Take 23
Take 24
Take 25
Take 26
Take 27
Take 28
Take 29
Take 30
Take 31	M	2:17	Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°~Young Man With The Big Beat 2 (Legacy)° ~Elvis (FTD)°~(DSD)°~Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 2 (Sony)°~The King Of Rock 'n' Roll (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 36)°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 1 (Legacy)°~Elvis 75 CD1°~New York-RCA Studio 1 (MRS)°~Elvis 56 (DSD)°~24 Karat Hits°~Complete Single Collection 1° ~Elvis Rock (DSD)°~Billboard 1956°~50s Box 2°~E1 (30 #1 Hits)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°+Mono To Stereo (MRS)°° (digitally extracted stereo)

Don't Be Cruel			G2WB 5936	July 2 1956 (Mon)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5	Complete
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8	Complete
Take 9
Take 10
Take 11
Take 12
Take 13
Take 14
Take 15
Take 16
Take 17
Take 18
Take 19
Take 20
Take 21
Take 22
Take 23
Take 24
Take 25
Take 26
Take 27
Take 28	M	2:04	Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°~Young Man With The Big Beat 2 (Legacy)° ~Elvis (FTD)°~(DSD)°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 2 (Sony)°~Songs Of The Fifties (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 1)°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 1 (Legacy)°~New York - RCA Studio 1 (MRS)° ~Elvis 56 (DSD)°~Complete Single Collection 1°~Elvis Rock (DSD)° ~50s Box 2°~E1 (30 #1 Hits)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°+Mono To Stereo (MRS)°° (digitally extracted stereo)

Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)			G2WB 5937	July 2 1956 (Mon)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8
Take 9
Take 10
Take 11
Take 12	M	2:15	Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°~Young Man With The Big Beat 2 (Legacy)° ~Elvis (FTD)°~(DSD)°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 2 (Sony)°~The Ultimate Love Songs (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 25)° ~New York - RCA Studio 1 (MRS)°~Elvis 56 (DSD)° ~Comp. Single Coll. 2° ~50s Box 2°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°+Tape° (no echo)+Mono To Stereo (MRS)°° (digitally extracted stereo)

Only You						July 2 1956 (Mon)
Tryout			(see notes)

It had been rumoured over the years that the song 'Only You' may have been attempted at this session.

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.



Tape Log July 2 1956	Recording Information July 2 1956



Music Sheet Hound Dog	Music Sheet Don't Be Cruel	Music Sheet Any Way You Want Me



	Music Sheet Only You