Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

June 19 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)

RCA Studio B - Nashville, Tennessee

Overdub Session for Paramount's King Creole

Paramount Producer : Walter Scharf

Producer : Steve Sholes

Engineer : Bob Ferris

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Drums / Brushes:	Unknown ('Lover Doll')	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
		Walker

Steadfast, Loyal And True (overdub)				J2PB 3261	June 19 1958 (Thur)
Take 1			Backup vocal overdub of solo version
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8
Take 9
Take 10
Take 11
Take 12	M	1:16		King Creole (FTD)°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 4 (Sony)°~Rockin' Rebel (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 31)°~King Creole - The Music (FTD)°~King Creole (1997)°~(LP)°~Elvis Chante Leiber & Stoller°~50s Box 4°~The Complete '50s Movie Masters And Session Recordings 1 (MRS)°

Lover Doll (overdub)				J2PB 3262	June 19 1958 (Thur)
Take 1			Backup vocal overdub of solo version
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8
Take 9
Take 10
Take 11
Take 12
Take 13
Take 14
Take 15
Take 16
Take 17
Take 18	M	2:10	(LP version)	King Creole (FTD)°~Complete Elvis Presley Masters 28 (Sony)°~Girls! Girls! & More Girls! (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 17)° ~The Complete '50s Movie Masters And Session Recordings 1 (MRS)° ~King Creole - The Music (FTD)°~King Creole (1997)°~(LP)°~50s Box 4°

The first few guitar notes were omitted from the start of the LP version of 'Lover Doll'. Where the undubbed EP version has the guiter intro twice, the album version has the intro only once.

On the CD Elvis Presley - As He Was Meant To Be Heard Volume 3 there is what's listed as a stereo version of 'Lover Doll'. This is actually nothing of the sort - It's the LP and single versions of the song (undubbed and overdubbed) mixed together in two separate channels, giving a fake stereo effect!

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.

Thanks to Kevan Budd for take information and for the drums overdub on 'Lover Doll'.



Musical Breakdown King Creole	Recording Information June 19 1958



Music Sheet Steadfast, Loyal And True	Music Sheet Lover Doll