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September 29 / 30 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 - 2.00am)

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 Lead Vocals:
Drums: Murrey 'Buddy' Harman Dolores Edgin ('Pappy, Won't You Please Come Home')
Bass: Bob Moore  
Saxophone: Homer 'Boots' Randolph  
Saxophone: Bill Justis  
Piano: Floyd Cramer  
Fiddle: Cecil Brower  

Pappy, Won't You Please Come Home
2001 September 29 / 30 1963 (Sun / Mon)
Take 1     Vocals by Dolores Edgin  
Take 2        
Take 3        
Take 4        
Take 5        
Take 6 M 2:35   Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (count-in)~Soundtrack° (2:25)

There's Gold In The Mountains (track)
2002 September 29 / 30 1963 (Sun / Mon)
Take 1 Complete 2:03   Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°°
Take 2 LFS 1:03   Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 3 FS+(M)   (Vocal overdub on October 10)  

One Boy Two Little Girls (track)
2003 September 29 / 30 1963 (Sun / Mon)
Take 1        
Take 2 Complete 2:50   Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 3        
Take 4        
Take 5 FS+(M)   (Vocal overdub on October 10)  

Once Is Enough (track)
2004 September 29 / 30 1963 (Sun / Mon)
Take 1 Complete 3:11 Preceded by rehearsal Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 2        
Take 3 FS+(M)   (Vocal overdub on October 10)  

Tender Feeling (track)
2005 September 29 / 30 1963 (Sun / Mon)
Take 1 Complete 2:40   Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 2 (M)   (Vocal overdub on October 10)  

Kissin' Cousins (No. 2) (track)
2006 September 29 / 30 1963 (Sun / Mon)
Take 1 Complete 2:05   Kissin' Cousins (FTD)°°
Take 2 (M)   (Vocal overdub on October 10)  

Notes

'Pappy, Won't You Please Come Home' had vocals sung by backing singer Dolores Edgin, but Glenda Farrell is credited as the vocalist on imdb.com, among others.

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