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January 29 1958
(+ 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)

Paramount Sound Stage - Hollywood, California
Soundtrack Session for Paramount's King Creole
Paramount Producer : Walter Scharf
Engineer : N/A
(5.00pm)

Musicians:   Vocals:
Clarinet: ? Liliane Montevecchi
Trumpet: P. Condoli  
Trombone: ?  
Tenor Saxophone: ?  
Drums: ?  
Drums: ?  
Bass: ?  
Piano: Dudley Brooks  

Banana
S January 29 1958 (Wed)
Take 1        
Take 2        
Take 3        
Take 4 M 2:29   Acetate°

Banana (movie version transfer)
STD  
Take 1 (M) 1:55 Mono transfer of S-04 (edit) Acetate°
         
PB (M) 1:55 Playback of STD-1 for movie The Making Of King Creole 1 (FTD)° (1:32 - instrumental break edited out)
+Soundtrack°

Notes

All songs were recorded in binaural. On this session one channel was used for the musicians (channel 1 - SO-04), and the other channel was used for Liliane Montevecchi's vocals (channel 2 - SV-04). The master was then mixed from the two-track tapes (SOV-04).

The demo acetate of 'Banana' as heard on FTD's classic album of King Creole by an unknown female vocalist, is not the same performance as heard in the movie sung by Liliane Montevecchi, although the liner notes indicate that it is.

Thanks to David English for research.


Session Logs
Musical Breakdown
King Creole
Musical Breakdown
Acetate
Banana
Banana (Thanks to Glen Johnson)
 


Music Sheets
 
Music Sheet
Banana
Banana (Thanks to Glen Johnson)
 


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