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September 10 / 11 1967
(+ 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
Producer : Felton Jarvis
Engineer : Jim Malloy

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar:
Scotty Moore The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar: Chip Young Walker
Guitar: Harold Bradley Millie Kirkham
Guitar: Jerry Reed ('Guitar Man' & 'Big Boss Man')  
Drums: D.J. Fontana  
Drums: Murrey 'Buddy' Harman  
Bass: Bob Moore  
Piano: Floyd Cramer  
Saxophone: Homer 'Boots' Randolph  
Steel Guitar: Peter Drake  
Organ: Hoyt Hawkins ('Mine', 'Singing Tree' & 'Just Call Me Lonesome')
Organ / Guitar / Harmonica: Charlie McCoy  

Guitar Man
  Sept. 10 1967 (Sun: 6.00pm - 12.00am)
Take 1 3xFS
1:18   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°° (1st count-in, dialogue & 3xFS - 0:58)
+Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°~I'm Going Home°° (2nd count-in
& 3xFS - 0:57)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 2 LFS 0:41   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°° (with dialogue from Take 5)+Guitar Man -
'67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°~There's
Always Me Volume 2°°
Take 3 FS 0:56   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sess' 1 (FTD)°°~Sessions from Clambake (Victrola)°°
~There's Always Me Volume 2°°~I'm Going Home°°
Take 4 2xFS 1:10   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sess' 1 (FTD)°°~Sessions from Clambake (Victrola)°°
~I'm Going Home°°
Take 5 FS+Comp 3:02   Platinum 2°°~There's Always Me Vol. 2°° (complete only)+Elvis Sings
Guitar Man (FTD)°° (FS & comp.)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°~I'm Going Home°° (count-in, FS
& complete)
Take 6 FS 1:14   Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°° (CD1 track 16 & CD2 track 5)~I'm
Going Home°° (tape cut - 0:27)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 7 4xFS 0:17   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°~Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°
(count-in)~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°
Take 8 LFS 1:12   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 9 Complete 2:40   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°
~So High (FTD)°°+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 10 Complete 2:59 "What'd I Say" Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°
~Long Lonely Highway (FTD)°°+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 11 FS+LFS 1:02 "High Noon" Platinum 2°° (one-liner inserted before Take 5)+Elvis Sings Guitar Man
(FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°° (0:52)+Guitar Man - '67/'68
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 12 FS+(M) 3:09 Unedited undubbed master
(including What'd I Say ending)
Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°° (faded)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1
(FTD)°°

Guitar Man (overdub)
UPA4 2765
  Sept. 10 1967 (Sun: 6.00pm - 12.00am)
Overdub (M) 3:00 Guitar overdub of Take 12 by
Jerry Reed

Unedited overdubbed master
60s Box 3°°+Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°° (speed corrected)
+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
         
Edit M 2:21 Master edited Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters
15 (Sony)°°~Country Legend (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Coll'n 18)°°
~Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 3
(Legacy)°°~Elvis 75 CD2°°~Clambake (FTD)°°~Clambake (remastered
soundtrack)°°~Complete Single Collection 5°°~Tomorrow Is A Long Time°°
+The Mono Masters CD3 (Venus)°

Big Boss Man
UPA4 2766
  Sept. 10 1967 (Sun: 6.00pm - 12.00am)
Take 1 FS+LFS
1:09   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°° (count-in, FS, LFS & extra dialogue, with
extra dialogue from after Take 2)~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°
(LFS only)~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 3°° (LFS only)+Guitar
Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°° (count-in, FS, LFS & extra dialogue)
Take 2 2xFS+
Complete
4:29 (preceded by rehearsal)
"Two" "Okay we're rolling, this is two"
"Okay here we go, we're rolling,
this is two"
Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°° (3rd slate, 2xFS & complete)~60s Box 5°°
(faded & edited)+Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°~How Great Thou
Art Sessions Volume 3°° (3:48)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
(1st, 2nd & 3rd take slates, rehearsal, 2xFS & complete)
Take 3 2xFS 0:59   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°° (2nd FS only)+Guitar Man - '67/'68
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°~How Great
Thou Art Sessions Volume 3°°~There's Always Me Volume 4°° (count-in
& 2xFS)
Take 4 FS 0:32   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°~Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°
~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 3°°
Take 5 LFS 0:48   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 3°°~There's Always Me Volume 4°°
Take 6     (no Take 6 announced)  
Take 7 FS 1:03   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°+Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°
~How Great Thou Art Sessions Vol. 3°° (tape cut & additional dialogue)
+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 8 2xFS 0:32   Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Volume 3°°~There's Always Me Volume 4°° (0:19)+Guitar Man - '67/'68
Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 9 FS+Comp 2:58   Today, Tomorrow And Forever 3°° (FS & comp.)+Elvis Sings Guitar Man
(FTD)°° (count-in, FS & comp.)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°~How Great Thou Art Sessions
Vol. 3°° (count-in, FS & complete & additional dialogue)~There's Always
Me Volume 4°°
Take 10 FS 0:22   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 11 M 2:51 "That's a gas, man"
(3:02 with count-in)
Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°° (track 1)~Complete Elvis Presley
Masters 15 (Sony)°°~Rhythm & Blues (Franklin Mint Complete Masters
Collection 9)°°~Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin'
Tonight 3 (Legacy)°°~Clambake (remastered strk)°°~Clambake (FTD)°°
~Comp. Single Collection 5°°~Tomorrow Is A Long Time°°~60s Box 3°°
~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°+The Mono Mast. CD3 (Venus)°
(master)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°° (track 22 - count-in)

Mine
  Sept. 11 1967 (Mon: 1.00am - 5.30am)
Take 1 FS
0:22   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°~Speedway (FTD)°°~Sessions
From Clambake (Victrola)°°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 3°°
Take 2 FS 0:18   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°~Speedway (FTD)°°~Sessions
From Clambake (Victrola)°°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 3°°
Take 3 LFS 1:53 "Goddamn man" Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°~Speedway (FTD)°°~Sessions
From Clambake (Victrola)°°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 3°°
~There's Always Me Volume 4°°
Take 4 Complete 3:15 (preceded by rehearsal) So High (FTD)°° (edited talk)+Speedway (FTD)°°Guitar Man - '67/'68
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°~+Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°~How Great
Thou Art Sessions Volume 3°°~There's Always Me Volume 4°°
Take 5 FS 0:13 (instrumental track) Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake
(Victrola)°° ~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 3°°
Take 6 FS 0:13 (instrumental track) Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake
(Victrola)°° ~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 3°°
Take 7 FS+Comp 2:56 (unused instrumental track) Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake
(Victrola)°° ~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 3°°~There's Always
Me Volume 4°°
Take 8 2xFS 0:58 (Elvis is off mic') Close Up 3°° (last part of 2nd FS only)+Speedway (FTD)°° (2nd FS)
+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake
(Victrola)°°~How Great Thou Art Sessions Volume 3°°
Take 9 Complete 2:44   Close Up 3°° (edited dialogue)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
~Speedway (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°~How Great
Thou Art Sessions Volume 3°°~There's Always Me Volume 4°°
Take 10 LFS 0:44   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 11 FS 0:19   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 12 2xFS+LFS 1:58 "I'll be Goddamn" Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 13 Complete 2:43   ~Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°Speedway (FTD)°°~Sessions
From Clambake (Victrola)°°
Take 14 FS 0:25   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 15 FS 0:18   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 16 LFS 2:30 "Fifteen... sixteen" "Goddamn" Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 17 FS 0:21   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 18 Complete 2:58 "Good..." Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 19 FS 0:19   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 20 FS 0:13   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 21 (M) 2:41 (backing track used for master) Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°

Mine (dubdown)
   
Dub (M) 2:38 Dubdown of Take 21 to instrumental
track - Elvis' vocals removed
 

Mine (vocal overdub)
UPA4 2767
  Sept. 11 1967 (Mon: 1.00am - 5.30am)
V.O. M 2:38 Vocal overdub of Take 21 - dubdown Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters
15 (Sony)°°~In The Mood (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 24)°°
~Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°~Speedway (FTD)°°~We Love Elvis 2-2°°
~Tomorrow Is A Long Time°°~60s Box 3°°+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2
(FTD)°°+Speedway (FTD)°

Singing Tree
UPA4 2768
  Sept. 11 1967 (Mon: 1.00am - 5.30am)
Take 1 Complete
3:10 (preceded by rehearsal) Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°~Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°
~So High (FTD)°°+Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°° (different mix)
Take 2 FS 0:40 (preceded by rehearsal) Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°
(0:28)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 3 FS 0:20   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 4 Complete 3:00   Close Up 3°° (part of count-in - 2:54)+Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°
~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°° (count-in with "Okay" from Take 3)
+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 5 LFS 1:59   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 6 FS 0:21   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 7 Complete 2:59   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 8 Complete 3:22   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°° (3:00)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2
(FTD)°°
Take 9 FS 1:07 "Gonna be the only kid in the world
with a solid gold stroller"
Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 10 FS 0:20   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°° (with dialogue from Take 9)+Guitar Man -
'67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 11 FS 0:24   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 12 Complete 2:55   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 13 (M) 2:50 Alternate master
(3:08 with count-in)
Treasures '64-'69 (Time Life Vol. 12)°° (complete only)+Elvis Sings
Guitar Man (FTD)°°~Long Lonely Highway (FTD)°°~Unsurp. Mast. 4-12°°
(count-in+comp.)~There's Always Me Volume 2°° (listed as alt. take)
+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°° (count-in & extra dialogue)

Just Call Me Lonesome
UPA4 2769
  Sept. 11 1967 (Mon: 1.00am - 5.30am)
Take 1 M 2:06 (2:48 with count-in) Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 1 (FTD)°°~Comp. Elvis Presley Masters
15 (Sony)°°~Country Roots (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 8)°°
~Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°~Clambake (remastered soundtrack)°°
~Clambake (FTD)°°~Tomorrow Is A Long Time°°~60s Box 3°°~Sessions
From Clambake (Victrola)°° (master)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2
(FTD)°° (dialogue & count-in)
Take 2 FS
0:32   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 3 3xFS 0:21   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°° (3xFS & dialogue from takes 1 & 2)
~So High (FTD)°° (last 2xFS only)~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°
(last FS only - not listed)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 4 Complete 2:08   Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°°~Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°
~So High (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°
Take 5 FS 0:50   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°
+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°° (extra dialogue)
Take 6 Complete 2:17   Elvis Sings Guitar Man (FTD)°°~Sessions From Clambake (Victrola)°°
(count-in - 2:07)+Guitar Man - '67/'68 Sessions 2 (FTD)°° (extra dialogue)
~Great Country Songs°°~Come What May°

Notes

The definitive release of these sessions can be found on the Follow That Dream 5xCD set Guitar Man - The '67/'68 Sessions, where all outtakes and masters have been remixed and mastered from scratch. However, on this release some editing has been done to take out some swearing and inappropriate language, or they have muted (turned down) Elvis' vocal channel at some points.

There's Always Me Volume 2 has takes 1, 2 and 5 of 'Guitar Man' listed, but actually has takes 2, 3 and only the complete take of Take 5.

Elvis can be heard singing part of 'High Noon' before take 5 of 'Guitar Man' on Platinum - A Life In Music, but this is actually from before Take 11.

The takes of 'Big Boss Man' on There's Always Me Volume 4 have the left and right channels swapped, and they are not in the order they are listed on the cover.

Take 2 of 'Big Boss Man' on the 60's Box is faded, but it also has the dialogue from after the take edited in before the take.

The takes of 'Mine' on There's Always Me Volume 4 have the left and right channels swapped.

The unused instrumental track of 'Mine' was called out for by Elvis hoping to get a satisfactory take, and then overdub his vocal, but he carried on recording live.

The takes of 'Just Call Me Lonesome' on So High and Great Country Songs have the left and right channels swapped.

Take 6 of 'Just Call Me Lonesome' was used instead of the master in 1980 for the Guitar Man overdub sessions.

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.

Session Logs
 
Recording Information
September 10 - 12 1967
September 10 - 12 1967
 


Music Sheets
Music Sheet
Guitar Man
Guitar Man
Music Sheet
Big Boss Man
Big Boss Man
Music Sheet
Mine
Mine (Thanks to Piotr Stefaniszyn)

Music Sheet
Singing Tree
Singing Tree (Thanks to Piotr Stefaniszyn)
Music Sheet
Just Call Me Lonesome
Just Call Me Lonesome (Thanks to Glen Johnson)
 

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