home
Recording Sessions
Essential lists
Essential Magazines
Elvis Movies
World Of FTD
Video footage
Elvis website links
March 31 1970 (Overdub)
(+ 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 A - Nashville, Tennessee
Producer: Felton Jarvis
Engineer: Al Pachucki
Technician: Roy Shockley

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
NA
  Millie Kirkham; Mary Holladay; Ginger Holladay; Mary 'Jeanie' Greene;
Sandra Posey Robinson
    Dolores Edgin; June 'Ricki' Page; Hurshel Wiginton; Joseph Babcock
(10.00am - 2.00pm)

Mama Liked The Roses (overdub)
XPA5 1152
  March 31 1970 (Tue: 10.00am - 2.00pm)
Overdub M 2:48 Backup vocals overdubed by Sandra
Posey Robinson, after string
overdubs
(SPA1 4135)
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°°~The Memphis Sessions
(Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 33)°°+From Elvis At American
Sound (FTD)°° (faded - original mix)~From Elvis In Memphis (2000)°°
~Comp. Single Collection 7°°~Suspicious Minds - The Memphis 1969
Anthology°°~60s Box 4°°~The Memphis Record°° (different mix - faded)
+From Elvis In Memphis (Legacy)°~The Mono Masters CD4 (Venus)°

Runaway (overdub)
XPA5 2315
  March 31 1970 (Tue: 10.00am - 2.00pm)
Overdub (M)   Backup vocals overdubbed, after
guitar solo repair
 
         
Overdub M 2:32 Additional backup vocals
overdubbed on April 1 1970
Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 18 (Sony)°°~Live In Las Vegas (Franklin
Mint Complete Masters Collection 10)°°~On Stage (Legacy)°°~Elvis In
Person (FTD)°°~On Stage (1970)°°

Yesterday (overdub)
XPA5 2318
  March 31 1970 (Tue: 10.00am - 2.00pm)
Overdub M 2:27 Backup vocals overdubbed to live
master, originally recorded in Las
Vegas on August 25 1969
Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 19 (Sony)°°~Live In Las Vegas (Franklin
Mint Comp. Mast. Coll. 10)°°~On Stage (FTD)°°~On Stage (Legacy)°°
~Elvis in Person (FTD)°°~On Stage (70)°°

The Wonder Of You (overdub)
ZPA5 1300
  March 31 1970 (Tue: 10.00am - 2.00pm)
Overdub (M)   Backup vocals overdubbed to live
master, originally recorded in Las
Vegas on February 18 1970
 
         
Overdub M 2:35 Additional backup vocals and end
applause overdubbed on April 3
Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 19 (Sony)°°~Live In Las Vegas (Franklin
Mint Comp. Mast. Coll. 10)°°~On Stage (FTD)°°~On Stage (Legacy)°°
~Elvis 75 CD3°°~Viva Las Vegas CD1°° (wrongly listed as February 17)
~Wonder Of You (2005 single)°°~Single (1970)°°~On Stage (1970)°° &
(1999)°°+All Time Greatest Hits CD2°° (diff. mix)~Live In Las Vegas 3°°
+Top Ten Hits° (remix - SPA1 4193)+30 No. One Hits (E1)°° (after 2007)
+The Mono Masters CD4 (Venus)°

Proud Mary (overdub)
ZPA5 1289
  March 31 1970 (Tue: 3.00pm - 7.00pm)
Overdub M 2:47 Backup vocals overdubbed to live
master, originally recorded in Las
Vegas on February 16 1970
Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 19 (Sony)°°~Live In Las Vegas (Franklin
Mint Comp. Mast. Coll. 10)°°~On Stage (FTD)°°~On Stage (Legacy)°°
~Viva Las Vegas CD1°°~On Stage (1970 - no intro & 1999 - edited intro)°°
(diff. mixes)+Live In Las Vegas 3°° (intro)+Rebooked At The Internat'l 2°°
(different mix)

Let It Be Me (overdub)
ZPA5 1291
  March 31 1970 (Tue: 3.00pm - 7.00pm)
Overdub M 3:41 Backup vocals overdubbed to live
master, originally recorded in Las
Vegas on February 17 1970
Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 19 (Sony)°°~Live In Las Vegas (Franklin
Mint Comp. Mast. Coll. 10)°°~On Stage (FTD)°°~On Stage (Legacy)°°
~Viva Las Vegas 1°°~Wonder Of You (2005 single)°°~On Stage°° (1970
& 1999 Reissue) (different mixes)~Live In Las Vegas 3°°+The Definitive
Love Album°° (edited)+Rebooked At The International 2°° (different mix)

Sweet Caroline (overdub)
ZPA5 1293
  March 31 1970 (Tue: 3.00pm - 7.00pm)
Overdub M 2:43 Backup vocals overdubbed to live
master, originally recorded in Las
Vegas on February 16 1970
Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 19 (Sony)°°~Live In Las Vegas (Franklin
Mint Comp. Mast. Coll. 10)°°~On Stage (FTD)°°~On Stage (Legacy)°°
+On Stage ('70 & '99 Reissue)°°+Live In Las Vegas 3°° (different mix)
+Rebooked At The International 2°° (different mix)

Release Me (overdub)
ZPA5 1294
  March 31 1970 (Tue: 3.00pm - 7.00pm)
Overdub M 3:11 Backup vocals overdubbed to live
master, originally recorded in Las
Vegas on February 18 1970
Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 19 (Sony)°°~Live In Las Vegas (Franklin
Mint Comp. Mast. Coll. 10)°°~On Stage (FTD)°°~On Stage (Legacy)°°
~Viva Las Vegas 1°° (multi-track - no dialogue)~Elvis Country (2006)°°
(no dialogue)~On Stage (1970 - dialogue & 1999 Reissue - no dialogue)°°
(different mixes)~Live In Las Vegas 3°° (no dialogue)+Welcome To My
World°° (no dialogue - different mix)+The Definitive Love Album°° (edited)
+Rebooked at the International 2°° (extra dialogue)

Notes

Session Logs
Recording Information
March 31 1970 (Overdub)
March 31 1970
Music Sheet
The Wonder Of You
The Wonder Of You (Thanks to Glen Johnson)
Music Sheet
Let It Be Me
Let It Be Me (Thanks to Glen Johnson)

back