Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

January 11 1956

(+ 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 Studios - Nashville, Tennessee

Producer : Steve Sholes

Engineer : Bob Farris

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Elvis Presley	Gordon Stoker; Ben Speer; Brock Speer
Guitar:	Scotty Moore
Guitar:	Chet Atkins
Bass:	Bill Black
Drums:	D.J. Fontana
Piano:	Floyd Cramer

I'm Counting On You			G2WB 0211	January 11 1956 (Wed: 4.00pm - 7.00pm)
Take 1a	FS+FS	0:38	Elvis Presley (FTD)°~Flashback (FTD)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)° +Elvis Presley (FTD)° (dry reverb tape)
Take 1b	FS+FS+ (In)Comp.	1:14+	Elvis Presley (FTD)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)° (2xFS & Incomplete) +Flashback (FTD)° (2xFS - listed as Take 2)
Take 2	FS+ (In)Comp.	1:36+	Elvis Presley (FTD)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)° (dry reverb tape)
Take 3			(recorded over?)
Take 4			(recorded over?)
Take 5			(recorded over?)
Take 6			(recorded over?)
Take 7			(recorded over?)
Take 8			(recorded over?)
Take 9			(recorded over?)
Take 10			(recorded over?)
Take 11			(recorded over?)
Take NA	Complete	2:20	Elvis Presley (FTD)°~Flashback (FTD)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°
Take 13	Complete	2:33	Young Man With The Big Beat 4 (Legacy)°~Elvis Presley (FTD)° ~Platinum 1°~Elvis Presley / Elvis (Sony)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°
Take 14	(In)Comp.	2:19+	Elvis Presley (FTD)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°
Take 15			(recorded over?)
Take 16			(recorded over?)
Take 17	M	2:24	Young Man With The Big Beat 1 (Legacy)°~Elvis Presley (FTD)°~(DSD)° ~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 1 (Sony)°~The Ultimate Love Songs (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 25)°~Complete Single Collection 1°~50s Box 1°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°+Mono To Stereo (MRS)°° (digitally extracted stereo)

I Was The One			G2WB 0218	January 11 1956 (Wed: 4.00pm - 7.00pm)
Take 1	FS	0:13	Elvis Presley (FTD)°~Treasures '53-'58 (Time Life Volume 10)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°~Totally Stung°
Take 2a	FS	0:11	Elvis Presley (FTD)°~Treasures '53-'58 (Time Life Volume 10)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°~Totally Stung°
Take 2b	Complete	2:32	Young Man With The Big Beat 4 (Legacy)°~Elvis Presley (FTD)° ~Treasures '53-'58 (Time Life Volume 10)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)° ~Totally Stung°~CD Single°
Take 3a	FS	0:12	Elvis Presley (FTD)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°
Take 3b	(In)Comp.	0:56+	Elvis Presley (FTD)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°
Take 4			(recorded over?)
Take 5			(recorded over?)
Take NA	(In)Comp.	1:30+	Elvis Presley (FTD)°~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°
Take 7a	Complete	2:41	Elvis Presley (FTD)°~Flashback (FTD)°~Elvis Presley / Elvis (Sony)° ~Studio Sessions '56 (MRS)°
Take 7b	M	2:33	Elvis' Golden Records (FTD)°~Young Man With The Big Beat 1 (Legacy)° ~Elvis Presley (FTD)°~(DSD)°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 1 (Sony)° ~Songs Of The Fifties (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 1)° ~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 1 (Legacy)°~Comp. Single Collection 1° ~Elvis 56 (DSD)°~50s Box 1°~Studio Sess' '56 (MRS)°+Mono To Stereo (MRS)°° (digitally extracted stereo)

The complete unknown take (NA) of 'I'm Counting On You' could be any from Take 3 to Take 12.

The incomplete unknown take (NA) of 'I Was The One' could be any from Take 4 to Take 6.

"(In)Complete" in this context means that the take is incomplete because the rest was erased by a recording engineer, when the tape was reused for sessions with another artist. What is left of this session is presented perfectly on the Follow That Dream release of Elvis Presley.

In March of 2007, Sony decided to go through all of Elvis' masters. They retransferred everything and remastered all tracks including repairing as many clicks, pops, bad edits and dropouts as they could. They have used these newly mastered recordings on their new releases since 2007 including budget soundtracks, Legacy releases, the 30 disc Complete Elvis Presley Masters collection and the Franklin Mint package.



	Recording Information January 11 1956



Music Sheet I'm Counting On You	Music Sheet I Was The One