Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

September 30 / October 1 1963

(+ 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 B - Nashville, Tennessee

Soundtrack Session for MGM's Kissin' Cousins

Musical Director for MGM : Fred Karger

Engineer : Bill Porter

(7.00pm - 3.30am)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Scotty Moore	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar:	Thomas 'Grady' Martin	Walker
Guitar:	Jerry Kennedy	Millie Kirkham; Winnifred Brest; Dolores Edgin
Guitar:	Harold Bradley
Drums:	D.J. Fontana
Drums:	Murrey 'Buddy' Harman
Bass:	Bob Moore
Saxophone:	Homer 'Boots' Randolph
Saxophone:	Bill Justis
Piano:	Floyd Cramer
Fiddle:	Cecil Brower
Banjo:	Jerry Kennedy ('Smokey Mountain Boy')
Banjo:	Harold Bradley ('Barefoot Ballad')
Jug:	Homer 'Boots' Randolph ('Barefoot Ballad')

Smokey Mountain Boy (track)					2007	Sept. 30 / Oct. 1 1963 (Mon / Tue)
Take 1	Complete?	0:37+		Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (intro only - count-in)
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4	(M)	3:04	(Vocal overdub on October 10)	Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (count-in)

Catchin' On Fast (track)					2008	Sept. 30 / Oct. 1 1963 (Mon / Tue)
Take 1	Complete	2:14		Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4	(M)		(used for composite 2008 track)

Catchin' On Fast (track - ending)					2008	Sept. 30 / Oct. 1 1963 (Mon / Tue)
Take 1
Take 2	Complete	0:14	"2008 ending, Take 2"	Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8	(M)		(used for composite 2008 track)

Catchin' On Fast (composite 2008 track)					2008
Spliced	(M)		Composite of 2008-04 & 2008 (ending)-08 (Vocal overdub on October 10)

Barefoot Ballad (track)					2009	Sept. 30 / Oct. 1 1963 (Mon / Tue)
Take 1
Take 2	Complete	3:03		Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5	FS+LFS
Take 6	LFS
Take 7	(M)	2:56	(Vocal overdub on October 10)	Acetate° (count-in)

Anyone (Could Fall In Love With You) (track)					2010	Sept. 30 / Oct. 1 1963 (Mon / Tue)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4	FS+Comp	2:45		Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 5	(M)	2:29	(Vocal overdub on October 10)	Acetate° (count-in)

Kissin' Cousins (track)					2011	Sept. 30 / Oct. 1 1963 (Mon / Tue)
Take 1	Complete	1:45		Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 2	Complete		Alternate master track
Take 3	(M)		(Vocal overdub on October 10)

Barefoot Ballad (instrumental)				2012	Sept. 30 / Oct. 1 1963 (Mon / Tue)
Take 1	FS
Take 2	LFS
Take 3	FS+(M)	1:27	Soundtrack° (1:00)+Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°°

There's Gold In The Mountains (instrumental)					2013	Sept. 30 / Oct. 1 1963 (Mon / Tue)
Take 1	(M)	1:18		Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (count-in)+Soundtrack° (2:30 - extended)

2012 and 2013 are instrumentals of 'Barefoot Ballad' and 'There's Gold In The Mountains' and were actually used in the movie. Although unlikely, it is unsure if Elvis did a vocal overdub to one of these on October 10 (2018). More likely the production number 2018 was reserved for but not used for a vocal overdub, as sometimes happened with movie company recording sessions.

Thanks to Kevan Budd and Erik Rasmussen.



Acetate Barefoot Ballad	Acetate Anyone (Could Fall In Love With You)