Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

July 30 1957

(+ 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)

MGM Sound Stage - Hollywood, California

Scoring Session for MGM's Jailhouse Rock

MGM Producer : Jeffrey Alexander

Engineer : Fred Mulculpin

(9.00am - 10.00am)

Musicians:
Guitar:	Vincent Terri

Guitar Chords				2525	July 30 1957 (Tue: 9:00am - 9:05am)
Take 1	Complete	0:07
Take 2	(M)	0:08	Soundtrack°

Treat Me Nice (overdub)				H2WB 6778	2526	July 30 1957 (Tue: 9:05am - 9:25am)
Take 1	Complete	1:58	Guitar overdubbed to 2405
Take 2	(M)	1:58	Overdubbed movie version (stereo)	Jailhouse Rock Volume 1 CD1 (FTD)°° (track 21)~The Complete '50s Movie Masters & Session Recordings 1 (MRS)°°~Great Performances°° ~Elvis Chante Leiber & Stoller°°~Soundtrack° (1st version in movie - studio - with drum beats)

The overdubbed verson of 'Treat Me Nice' was the first version used in the movie.

2025 is the guitar chords heard when Vince is practicing the guitar with Hunk in their prison cell.

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

Thanks to David English for extensive research on these sessions.



Movie Scene Sheets Jailhouse Rock	Daily Music Report July 30 1957	Jailhouse Rock Movie Song Index



	Musical Breakdown Jailhouse Rock