Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

September 4 1956

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(SFS = Short False Start | FS = False Start | LFS or BD (Breakdown) = Long False Start | PB (Playback) or Complete = Complete Take)

20th Century Fox Stage 1 - Hollywood, California

Soundtrack Session for 20th Century Fox's The Reno Brothers (Love Me Tender)

Producer : Lionel Newman

Arranger : Ken Darby

Engineers : Bob Mayer / Ken Runyon

(9.00am - 12.00pm)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Vito Mumolo	The Ken Darby Trio : Rad Robinson; Jon Dodson; Charles Prescott
Bass:	Michael "Myer" Rubin
Drums:	Richard Cornell
Banjo:	Luther "Red" Roundtree
Accordian:	Carl Fortina

Poor Boy (remake)						September 4 1956 (Tue)
Take 1	FS	0:57	S20 (abandoned)	Love Me Tender (FTD)°°~The Complete '50s Movie Masters And Session Recordings 2 (MRS)°°

Let Me (track)			September 4 1956 (Tue)
Take 1	FS	S21
Take 2	(M)	S22 (Vocal overdub on September 5)

Poor Boy (new third verse - track)			September 4 1956 (Tue)
Take 1	FS	S23
Take 2		S24
Take 3	(M)	S25 (abandoned - replaced by part from S12)

The running title of this movie at this time was The Reno Brothers instead of Love Me Tender.

The master of 'Poor Boy' was spliced as follows:-
0:00-1:15 of Take 3 (S-12) = Start to "...that's enough for me"
0:42-0:59 of Take 3 (S-12) = "They call me poor boy..." to "...as long as I've got a dolly like you"
0:59-1:07 of New Third Verse V.O - Take 6 (S-31) = "Don't have a pig, don't have a cow, don't have a horse to pull the plough"
1:07-1:41 of Take 3 (S-12) = "But what I've got is a heart full of lovin' memory..." to end

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



Recording Information Love Me Tender	Acetates Love Me Tender	Tape Legend Love Me Tender



	Musical Breakdown Love Me Tender