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March 19 1969 (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)

American Sound Studio - Memphis, Tennessee
Producer : Felton Jarvis
Engineer: Al Pachucki
Arrangers: Mike Leech / Glen Spreen
(11.30am - 2.30pm)

Musicians:    
Leader / Viola:
Mike Leech  
Contractor / Violin: Noel Gilbert  
Violin: Gloria Hendricks  
Violin: Albert Edelman  
Violin: Robert Snyder  
Violin: Anna Oldham  
Violin: Hal Saunders  
Violin:
Edward Freudberg  
Viola: Mary Snyder  
Viola: John Wehlan  
Viola: Nono Ravarino  
Viola: Vernon Taylor  
Cello: Anne Kendall  
Cello: Peter Spurbeck  

My Little Friend (overdub)
XPA5 1153
  March 19 1969 (Wed)
Overdub (M) 3:08 Strings overdubbed, after brass overdubs  
         
Overdub (M)   Backup v.o's on March 20
Unedited master
 
Faded M 2:43 Master faded Complete Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°°~The Memphis Sessions
(Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 33)°°~From Elvis At
American Sound (FTD)°°~U.S. Male (LP / CD)°°+Complete Single
Collection 6°°~Suspicious Minds - The Memphis 1969 Anthology°°
~60s Box 4°° (Different Mix)+From Elvis In Memphis (Legacy)°~The
Mono Masters CD4 (Venus)°

Mama Liked The Roses (overdub)
XPA5 1152
  March 19 1969 (Wed)
Overdub (M) 2:35 Strings overdubbed, after brass overdubs Memphis Memories (LP)° (acetate - faded)+The Alternate 1969
Recordings° (acetate - faded)
         
Overdub M 2:48 Backup v.o. by Sandra Posey
Robinson on March 31 1970

(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)°

Hey Jude (overdub)
XPA5 1157
  March 19 1969 (Wed)
Overdub (M)   Strings overdubbed, after brass
overdubs
 
         
Overdub M 4:31 Backup v.o's on March 20 Complete Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°°~The Memphis Sessions
(Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 33)°°~From Elvis At American
Sound (FTD)°°~From Elvis In Memphis (Legacy)°°~Elvis Now (FTD)°°
~(20 Bit)°°~Suspicious Minds - Memphis 1969 Anthology°°~60s Box 4°°
+Memphis Memories° (LP) (acetate - no backup vocals) (too fast)

Gentle On My Mind (overdub)
XPA5 1155
  March 19 1969 (Wed)
Overdub (M)   Strings overdubbed, after brass overdubs  
         
Overdub M 3:22 Backup v.o's & band overdubs
on March 20
(SPA1 4131)
From Elvis In Memphis (FTD)°°~Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°°
~Country Legend (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 18)°°~From
Elvis In Memphis (Legacy)°°~Great Country Songs (DSD)°°~From Elvis
In Memphis°°~Suspicious Minds - The Memphis 1969 Anthology°°~60s
Box 4°°~Behind Closed Doors°° (acetate)+The Other Side Of Memphis°°
+The Memphis Record°° (different mix)

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