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September 2 & 3 1969
(+ 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)

Decca Universal Studio, Universal City - Hollywood, California
Scoring Session for Universal's Change Of Habit
Universal Producer: William Goldenberg
Engineers: NA

Musicians:    
Unknown
    
Bass:
 Carol Kaye (M601)  

Neighborhood Heckling
M201 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 1:48   Soundtrack°+Billy Goldenberg - Columbo: "Ransom For A Dead Man" Plus
Other Film & Television Scores (LP)°~YouTube°

Girls Enter Church
M202 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 0:55   Soundtrack°+Billy Goldenberg - Columbo: "Ransom For A Dead Man" Plus
Other Film & Television Scores (LP)°~YouTube°

Chi Ki, Chi Ki
M301 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 1:58   Soundtrack°+Billy Goldenberg - Columbo: "Ransom For A Dead Man" Plus
Other Film & Television Scores (LP)°~YouTube°

Praying
M401 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 1:00   Soundtrack° (0:53)

Bags Of Paint
M402 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 1:13   Soundtrack° (1:13 & 0:25)+Billy Goldenberg - Columbo: "Ransom For A
Dead Man" Plus Other Film & Television Scores (LP)°~YouTube°

Guitar Improvising
M501 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 0:24   Soundtrack° (few separate sections of guitar strumming)

Guitar Improvising
M501A September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 0:24   Soundtrack° (few separate sections of guitar strumming)

Goodnight Michelle
M502 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 0:27   Soundtrack°

Irene At Desk
M503
/ M600		 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 2:31   Soundtrack° (1:44)+Billy Goldenberg - Columbo: "Ransom For A Dead
Man" Plus Other Film & Television Scores (LP)°~YouTube°

Goodnight Sisters
M701 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 0:10   Soundtrack° (0:07)

Thanking Sister Joseph
M702
/ M800		 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 3:12   Soundtrack°

Elvis Leads Barbara Away
M801 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 1:10   Soundtrack° (1:04)+Billy Goldenberg - Columbo: "Ransom For A Dead
Man" Plus Other Film & Television Scores (LP)°~YouTube°

Michelle Undressing
M903
/ M1000		 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 3:30   Soundtrack°+Billy Goldenberg - Columbo: "Ransom For A Dead Man" Plus
Other Film & Television Scores (LP)°~YouTube°

Try To Find A Way
M1001 September 2 1969 (Tue)
Take NA (M) 0:46   Soundtrack° (0:43)

Universal Emblem
M101 September 3 1969 (Wed)
Take NA (M) 0:27   Soundtrack°

Main Title / Change Of Habit (movie version)
   M102
/ M601		 September 3 1969 (Wed)
Overdub (M) 2:17 Original bass removed and new
bass overdubbed to March 5/6
master - edited		 Soundtrack°

Rubberneckin'
M104 September 3 1969 (Wed)
Take NA (M) 1:27   Soundtrack°

Rubberneckin'
M201X September 3 1969 (Wed)
Take NA (M) 1:24   Soundtrack°

Rubberneckin' (movie version)
M104
/ M201X		  
Overdub (M) 2:55 Some backing vocals & brass
removed from March 5/6 reuse
of master & is edited		 Soundtrack°

Have A Happy
M602 September 3 1969 (Wed)
Take NA (M) 2:24 (2:30 & 1:55) Soundtrack° (1:36 & 1:49)+Billy Goldenberg - Columbo: "Ransom For A
Dead Man" Plus Other Film & TV Scores (LP)°~YouTube°~YouTube°

Have A Happy
M603 September 3 1969 (Wed)
Take NA (M) 2:46   Soundtrack°+Billy Goldenberg - Columbo: "Ransom For A Dead Man" Plus
Other Film & Television Scores (LP)°~YouTube°

Have A Happy (movie version)
      
Overdub (M) 2:46 M603 overdubbed to
March 5/6 master - edited		 Soundtrack°

Habit - Merry-Go-Round
M701X September 3 1969 (Wed)
Take NA (M) 0:51   Soundtrack°

Empty Street
M902 September 3 1969 (Wed)
Take NA (M) 1:17   Soundtrack°+Billy Goldenberg - Columbo: "Ransom For A Dead Man" Plus
Other Film & Television Scores (LP)°~YouTube°

End Title
M1003 September 3 1969 (Wed)
Take NA (M) 0:19   Soundtrack°+Billy Goldenberg - Columbo: "Ransom For A Dead Man" Plus
Other Film & Television Scores (LP)°~YouTube°

Let Us Pray (movie version) / End Title
   
Overdub (M) 3:08 Additional backup vocals overdubbed
to 'dubdown to track'		  
         
V.O. M 3:08 Vocals re-recorded by Elvis
on September 26		 Soundtrack°

Unknown (?)
M?  
Take NA (M) 1:12 (not used) Billy Goldenberg - Columbo: "Ransom For A Dead Man" Plus Other Film
& Television Scores (LP)°~YouTube°

Notes

Two takes (MV5-NA & MV5-08) may have been considered as master for 'Let Us Pray', having backup vocals overdubbed to both takes individually on March 26 by The Blossoms (Darlene Love; Jean King & Fanita James).
This is assumed because the backup vocals are totally different on 'Let Us Pray' on the bootleg Memphis Tennessee from acetate, as opposed to the alternate master' (Take 8) on Today, Tomorrow And Forever.
Take NA must have then been discarded, in favour of Take 8 being used for the master.

Elvis' vocals were then removed (dubdown to track) from Take 8, although the backing vocals were kept, and Elvis re-recorded new lead vocals on September 26 in Nashville.

The movie version of 'Let Us Pray' has extra backing vocals in the chorus, recorded before Elvis replaced his own vocal track on September 26 1969.

All timings in the 'Musical Breakdown' below are taken from the DVD release of the movie.

Thanks to 'DarkShade' on FECC for providing information on the missing production numbers.

Thanks to 'drjohncarpenter' and 'wolfi' on FECC for providing information on some audio sources for the production numbers.

Session Logs
 
Musical Breakdown
Change Of Habit
Change Of Habit
  


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