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March 30 1972
(+ 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
'Mock' Studio Session for 'Elvis On Tour'
Producer: Felton Jarvis
Engineer: Al Pachucki

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar: James Burton JD Sumner & The Stamps Quartet: Bill Baize; Ed Enoch; Donnie Sumner;
Guitar: Charlie Hodge Richard Sterban
Guitar: John Wilkinson  
Piano: Glen D. Hardin  
Bass: Emory Gordy  
Drums: Ronnie Tutt  

Burning Love
HRA1 8619
  March 30 1972 (Thur)
Rehearsal #1 2:00 ('My Boy' playback - not Elvis,
before rehearsal)
Camera & Microphone Rehearsal° (dialogue edited - talk about the
rehearsal, after rehearsal Take 1, edited in before Take 1)+Tape°
(end only)
Rehearsal #2 3:20   Camera & Microphone Rehearsal°~Tape°
Rehearsal #3 2:32   Comp On Tour Sessions Volume 3° (spliced - second half of track 7)
+Camera & Microphone Rehearsal°+Tape° (second half only)
Take 1 LFS 2:33   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Ed'n 5°° (2:14)+Elvis On Tour - Deluxe
Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°° (comp)~Complete On Tour Sessions
Vol. 3° (spliced - 1st half of track 7)+Camera & Microphone Rehearsal°
+Tape° (tape cut)
Take 1 Complete 3:52 "Here We Go Again" "One" Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Edition 5°°+Elvis On Tour - Deluxe
Ed'n (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°°~At The Richmond Coliseum (Victrola)°°
(complete - listed as Take 2)~Camera & Microphone Rehearsal°~Tape°
(The Searcher - Movie°)
Take 2 Complete 3:28 "The Lords Prayer" "Take 2" Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Edition 5°° (track 3)+Elvis On Tour -
Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°° (complete - listed as Take 3)
~Lost On Tour° (track 5 - with dialogue from Take 1) (tape cut)+Camera
& Microphone Rehearsal°~Tape° (tape cut)
    0:56 "Sweet Sweet Spirit" Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Edition 5°° (one-liner at end of track 3)
+Elvis On Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°° (tape cut)
+Complete On Tour Sessions Volume 2° (first part of track 1)~Stax Trax°
(track 6 - not listed)+Camera & Microphone Rehearsal°~Tape°+At The
Richmond Coliseum (Victrola)°° (part - edited in before 'Burning Love')
(Take 2) Playback 1:41+ (playback of Take 2) Camera & Microphone Rehearsal°~Tape° (first half only - tape cut)

For The Good Times
HRA1 8620
  March 30 1972 (Thur)
Playback 3:31 (playback of March 27 master) Complete On Tour Sessions Volume 3° (track 11 - listed as Take 1)
+Lost On Tour° (listed as Take 1, 2nd part of track 1 = incomplete
take spliced with dialogue before Take 2)+Camera & Microphone
Rehearsal° (spliced with start of Take 2 so seems complete!)+Tape°
(2nd half only - tape cut)
Rehearsal #1 2:43   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Ed'n 5°° (1:11)+Elvis On Tour - Deluxe
Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°°
Take 1 LFS 3:36 "Okay, here we go" Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Ed'n 5°° (3:00)+Elvis On Tour - Deluxe
Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°° (complete)~Camera & Microphone
Rehearsal° (2nd half only)+Tape° (2nd half only - tape cut)
Rehearsal #2 0:55 (piano only) Elvis On Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°° (track 7)
~Camera & Microphone Rehearsal°~Tape°
Rehearsal #3 0:56 (LFS) Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Ed'n 5°° (1st part of track 6)+Elvis On
Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°° (track 7)~Complete On
Tour Sessions Vol. 3° (track 12 - listed as Take 3)+Lost On Tour° (listed
as Take 1 - end of track 1)+Camera & Microphone Rehearsal°+Tape°
Take 2 Complete 4:07 "Let's put it down, here we go" Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Ed'n 5°° (2nd part of track 6)+Elvis On
Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°°~Lost On Tour° (listed
as Take 1 - 1st part of track 1 - "washcloth" dialogue only)~Complete On
Tour Sessions Volume 3° (first part of track 12 "washcloth" dialogue
& dialogue from after Take 2 only)+Camera & Microphone Rehearsal°
(spliced with end of rehearsal #1)+Tape° (talking over end - tape cut)
Take 3 FS 0:23   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Ed'n 5°° (1st part of track 7)+Elvis On
Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°°~Complete On Tour
Sessions Volume 3° (track 12 - listed as Take 5)+Camera & Microphone
Rehearsal°+Tape°
Take 4 Complete 3:54   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Ed'n 5°° (2nd part of track 7 & talk is 1st
part of track 8 with "Any time you're feeling lonely" dialogue)+Elvis On
Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°°~Comp. On Tour Sess.
Vol. 3° (track 12 - listed as Take 6)+Camera & Microphone Rehearsal°
(1st part only)+Tape°
Rehearsal #4 4:17 "Any Time You're Feeling Lonely" Elvis On Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°° (complete)
+Tape° (tape cut)
Take 5 Complete 3:22   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Edition 5°° (2nd part of track 8)+Elvis
On Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°°~Complete On Tour
Sessions Volume 3° (track 13 - listed as Take 7 - with dialogue from after
Take 5)+Lost On Tour° (track 6 - listed as Take 2 - complete take)+Tape°
    1:13 "El Paso" (HRA1 8621) Elvis On Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°° (out of
sequence!)~Elvis On Tour - Rehearsals (FTD)°°~Elvis On Tour - 50th
Anniversary Edition 5°°+Complete On Tour Sessions Volume 1°~Lost On
Tour° (end of track 6)+Tape°
Take 6 FS+LFS 3:30   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Ed'n 5°°~Elvis On Tour - Deluxe Edition
(Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°° (LFS)~Complete On Tour Sessions Vol. 3°
(track 8 - listed as Take 9 - LFS)~Lost On Tour - The Sequel° (1st take of
track 3 - LFS)+Tape° (FS+LFS)
Take 7 Complete 4:05   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Ed'n 5°° (3:29)+Elvis On Tour - Deluxe
Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°° (extra dialogue)~Elvis On Tour - The
Rehearsals (FTD)°°~Lost On Tour - The Sequel° (2nd take of track 3 - 1st
half only)

Johnny B. Goode
HRA1 8622
  March 30 1972 (Thur)
Take 1 LFS 1:21   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Edition 5°° (1st part ot track 12)~Elvis
On Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°°~At The Greensboro
Coliseum (Victrola)°°
Take 2 LFS 0:47   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Edition 5°° (2nd part ot track 12)~Elvis
On Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°°~At The Greensboro
Coliseum (Victrola)°°
    0:56 "Oh, How I Love Jesus" Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Edition 5°° (3rd part ot track 12)~Elvis
On Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°°~At The Greensboro
Coliseum (Victrola)°°
Take 3 Complete 2:41   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Edition 5°° (4th part ot track 12)~Elvis
On Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°°~Elvis On Tour
- The Rehearsals (FTD)°°~At The Greensboro Coliseum (Victrola)°°
+Complete On Tour Sessions Volume 1° (track 1)+Lost On Tour - The
Sequel° (track 4)
(Elvis On Tour - Movie°+Video°)

A Big Hunk O' Love
  March 30 1972 (Thur)
Take 1 LFS 6:01 "I Need Your Lovin' Every Day" Elvis On Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°° (complete)
~Elvis On Tour - The Rehearsals (FTD)°° (part - not listed)+Between
Takes With Elvis° (tape cut)
    0:19+ "How The Web Was Woven" Between Takes With Elvis°

Always On My Mind
LPA5 5821
  March 30 1972 (Thur)
Rehearsal 2:55   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Edition 5°° (1:46)+At The Greensboro
Coliseum (Victrola)°° (part - listed as Take 2)~Elvis On Tour - Deluxe
Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°° (beginning cut)+Between Takes With
Elvis° (beginning - tape cut)
Take 1 LFS 2:02 "This'll be take 1" Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Ed'n 5°°+At The Greensboro Coliseum
(Victrola)°° (listed as Take 2)~Hillcrest Blues°°
Take 2 FS 0:31 "Two" Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Edition 5°° (1st part of track 15)+At The
Greensboro Coliseum (Victrola)°° (listed as Take 2)~Hillcrest Blues°°
Take 3 Complete 5:05 "Okay, like three"
(LPA5 5821 - overdubbed)
Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniv. Edition 5°° (2nd part of track 15 - 3:50)+At The
Greensboro Coliseum (Victrola)°°~Elvis On Tour - Deluxe Ed'n (Amiga)°°
~Hillcrest Blues°° (listed Take 2)~The Great Performances°°+Elvis On
Tour - Rehearsals (FTD)°°+Lost On Tour - Sequel° (count-in)~Complete
On Tour Sessions Vol. 1° (track 10)+Complete On Tour Sessions Vol. 2°
(track 9) (different mixes)+This Is Elvis°° (edited - overdubbed)+Between
Takes With Elvis° (talking after Take 3)
(This Is Elvis°~Great Performances°+Video°)

Separate Ways
HRA1 8623
  March 30 1972 (Thur)
Rehearsal 0:55+ (listening to playback of Take 25
from March 27)
Between Takes With Elvis°+Tape° (tape cut)
Take 1 Complete 4:12   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Ed'n 5°°+At The Greensboro Coliseum
(Victrola)°°~Elvis On Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°°
~From The Heart (Time Life Vol. 3)°°+Comp. On Tour Sessions Vol. 1°
(track 9)+Lost On Tour - The Sequel° (tr'k 2)+Between Takes With Elvis°
+Tape° (count-in)
(Elvis On Tour - Movie°)(part - "cut It...")
Take 2 Complete 3:46   Elvis On Tour - 50th Anniversary Ed'n 5°°+At The Greensboro Coliseum
(Victrola)°°~Elvis On Tour - Deluxe Edition (Amiga)°°~Hillcrest Blues°°
+Elvis On Tour - The Rehearsals (FTD)°° ("This time lord you gave me a
mountain"
from after 'C. C. Rider' Take 1 - March 31 edited in)~A Leg.
Performer Vol 7°+Complete On Tour Sessions Vol 1° (track 2)+Lost On
Tour - The Sequel° (tr'k 16)+Between Takes With Elvis°+Tape° (count-in
& talking after Take 2)+The Searcher°° (remix)
(Elvis On Tour - Movie°°)

Notes

Once a matrix number had been issued to a song, the same matrix number was used for all takes or different rehearsals of the same song, regardless of whether it was recorded on March 30 or 31.

Take 1 (complete) of 'Burning Love' is listed as Take 2 on the Madison bootleg Hillcrest Blues although it's announced "One" after the long false start of Take 1.

Take 2 of 'Burning Love' is listed as Take 3 on Hillcrest Blues although it's announced "Take 2".

Take 3 of 'Always On My Mind' is listed as Take 2 on the Madison bootleg Hillcrest Blues although it's announced "Three".

What is listed on the Victrola bootleg Elvis At The Greensboro Coliseum as "'Always On My Mind' Take 2 with additional dialogue" is actually the dialogue from after the first rehearsal, along with takes 1, 2 and 3.

Not listed as source, but included in the Follow That Dream 2xBook & 4xCD set Elvis - Now In Person 1972, are the following tracks found on CD2:
Burning Love (take 2)
For The Good Times (take 5)
Always On My Mind (take 3)
Separate Ways (take 2)

The exact same tracks as above, can also be found on the 2023 Sony vinyl 2xLP set Burning Love - The RCA Rehearsals (19658-74626-1) released in conjunction with Record Store Day.


Music Sheets
Music Sheet
Burning Love
Burning Love
Music Sheet
For The Good Times
For The Good Times
Music Sheet
El Paso
El Paso (Thanks to Christopher Brown)

Music Sheet
Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode
Music Sheet
A Big Hunk O' Love
A Big Hunk O' Love
Music Sheet
Always On My Mind
Always On My Mind

 
Music Sheet
Separate Ways
Separate Ways
 

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