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January 11 1974 (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's - Hollywood, California
Producer: Felton Jarvis
Engineer: Mickey Crofford
Arranger: Mike Leech
(2.00pm - 5.00pm / 7.00pm - 10.00pm)

Musicians:    
Violin:
Sidney Sharp  
Violin: Arnold Belnick  
Violin: Murray Adler  
Violin: William Kurasch  
Violin: Tibor Zelig  
Violin: Henry Ferber  
Violin: Bernard Kundel  
Violin: Ralph Schaeffer  
Viola: Samuel Boghossian  
Viola: Harry Hyams  
Viola: David Schwartz  
Viola: Alan Harshman  
Cello: Jerome Kessler  
Cello: Armand Kaproff  
Cello: Jesse Erlich  
Cello: Raymond J Kelley  

Mr Songman (overdub)
CPA5 1621
  January 11 1974 (Fri)
Overdub M 2:07 Strings overdubbed to
December 12 1973 master
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Heartache (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 6)°°~Promised Land (FTD)°°~Complete
Single Collection 8°°~Elvis At Stax 3°°~Promised Land (20 Bit)°°+(2000)°°
~70s Box 2°° (different mixes)~Our Memories Of Elvis Vol. 3 (Victrola)°°
(track 11)

Thinking About You (overdub)
CPA5 1622
  January 11 1974 (Fri)
Overdub (M) 4:53 Strings overdubbed to
December 12 1973 master

Unedited master
Unedited Masters - Stax 1973 (Venus)°° (count-in & unedited)
Faded M 3:02 Master faded Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Heartache (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 6)°°~Promised Land (FTD)°°~Complete
Single Collection 8°°~Elvis At Stax 3°°~Promised Land (20 Bit)°°+(2000)°°
~70s Box 2°° (different mixes)

Love Song Of The Year (overdub)
CPA5 1623
  January 11 1974 (Fri)
Overdub (M) 3:59 Strings overdubbed, after band
overdubs

Unedited master
Unedited Masters - Stax 1973 (Venus)°° (count-in & unedited)
Faded M 3:18 Master faded Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~The Ultimate Love Songs
(Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 25)°°~Promised Land (FTD)°°
~Elvis At Stax 3°°~Promised Land (20 Bit)°°+(2000)°° (different mixes)
+Tape°°

Help Me (overdub)
CPA5 1624
  January 11 1974 (Fri)
Overdub M 2:25 Strings overdubbed to Dec. 12 1973
master, after Elvis' harmony vocal
overdub
Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Moved By Faith (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 13)°°~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 3°°
~Promised Land (FTD)°°~Complete Single Collection 8°°~Inspirational°°
~Ultimate Gospel (DSD)°°~Elvis At Stax 3°°~Promised Land (20 Bit)°°
+The Mono Masters CD5 (Venus)°+(2000)°° (different mixes)+Unedited
Masters - Stax 1973 (Venus)°° (2:50- including count-in & false start)

Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues (overdub)
CPA5 1627
  January 11 1974 (Fri)
Overdub (M) 4:42 String overdubbed, after band
overdubs

Unedited master
Unedited Masters - Stax 1973 (Venus)°°
Edit M 3:09 Master edited - repeated verse removed Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Country Legend (Franklin
Mint Comp. Masters Collection 18)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 4
(Legacy)°°~Good Times (FTD)°°~70s Box 4°°~Elvis At Stax 3°°+Country
(2006 - DSD)°°+Good Times°° (20 Bit - too slow) (different mixes)

Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming (overdub)
CPA5 1630
  January 11 1974 (Fri)
Overdub (M) 4:00 Strings overdubbed to
December 15 1973 master

Unedited master
Unedited Masters - Stax 1973 (Venus)°°
Faded M 2:53 Master faded Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~The Ultimate Love Songs
(Franklin Mint Comp Masters Collection 25)°°~Promised Land (FTD)°°
~Elvis At Stax 3°°~Promised Land (20 Bit)°°+(2000)°° (diff. mixes &
longer fade out)

There's A Honky Tonk Angel (overdub)
CPA5 1631
  January 11 1974 (Fri)
Overdub M 3:30 Strings overdubbed to
December 15 1973 master
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Country Legend (Franklin
Mint Comp. Masters Collection 18)°°~Promised Land (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°°
~Country (2006 - DSD)°°~Elvis At Stax 3°°+Promised Land (2000)°°
(different mixes)(2:53)+Promised Land (FTD)°° (count-in - rough mix
master)(3:30)~Unedited Masters - Stax 1973 (Venus)°° (3:17)

If That Isn't Love (overdub)
CPA5 1632
  January 11 1974 (Fri)
Overdub M 3:29 Strings overdubbed to
December 16 1973 master
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 26 (Sony)°°~Moved By Faith (Franklin
Mint Comp. Masters Collection 13)°°~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 3°°
~Good Times (FTD)°°~Inspirational (DSD)°°~Good Times (20 Bit)°°
~Peace In The Valley 2°°~Elvis At Stax 3°°

She Wears My Ring (overdub)
CPA5 1634
  January 11 1974 (Fri)
Overdub M 3:23 Strings overdubbed to
December 17 1973 master
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 26 (Sony)°°~Country Legend (Franklin
Mint Comp. Masters Collection 18)°°~Good Times (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°°
~Country (2006 - DSD)°°~Elvis At Stax 3°°+The Definitive Love Album°°
(edited)

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