Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

August 30 1963

(+ 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)

Radio Recorders Studio B - Hollywood, California

Soundtrack Session for MGM's Viva Las Vegas

Musical Director for MGM : George Stoll

Engineer : Dave Wiechman

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Billy Strange	The Jubillee Four : Bill Johnson; George McFadden; Jimmy Adams; Ted
Guitar:	Alton Hendrickson	Brooks
Guitar:	Glen Campbell	The Carol Lombard Quartet : Carol Lombard; Gwen Johnson; Jackie
Bass:	Ray Siegal	Ward; Marjorie Cranford
Drums:	Frank Carlson
Piano:	Artie Kane
Saxophone:	Steve Douglas
Percussion:	Roy Harte

What'd I Say				RPA3 0235	2580	August 30 1963 (Fri)
Take 1	FS	0:44		Viva Las Vegas (FTD)°°~The Viva Las Vegas Sessions 1 (FTD)°° (0:35) +Hard Knocks (Venus)°° (additional dialogue)
Take 2	Complete	3:21	"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"	The Viva Las Vegas Sessions 1 (FTD)°°~Viva Las Vegas (FTD)°°~Hard Knocks (Venus)°°
Take 3	BD	2:46		Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 (FTD)°° (spliced with ending of Take 4) +The Viva Las Vegas Sessions 2 (FTD)°° (2:30)+Hard Knocks (Venus)°°
Take 4	M	3:03	(3:32 with count-in)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 10 (Sony)°°~Songs Of The Sixties (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 2)°°~Viva Las Vegas (remastered s'track) ~Viva Las Vegas (FTD)°°~Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 (FTD)°°~Double Features - Love In Las Vegas / Roustabout°°+Elvis' Gold Records Vol. 4 (FTD)°~The Mono Masters CD1 (Venus)°~The Making Of Viva Las Vegas (FTD)°+The Viva Las Vegas Sessions 1 (FTD)°° (remixed)+The Viva Las Vegas Sessions 2 (FTD)°° (3:15)+Hard Knocks (Venus)°° (count-in & additional dialogue)
"Take 5"	Dubdown / Remix	3:40	Extended - 30 sec's of instrumental break repeated (not used)	Acetate°~The Making Of Viva Las Vegas (FTD)°+Tape°°

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

What should have been the definitive release of these sessions on Follow That Dream's limited edition The Viva Las Vegas Sessions 3xCD set, sadly wasn't the case. Although everything has been restored, remixed and remastered from scratch, some outakes are missing dialogue and take slates which were present on previous releases, and where takes were presented with dry vocals on previous releases, they now contain added reverb, as does the complete set.

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.



Acetate What'd I Say (remix)	Movie Scene Sheets Viva Las Vegas	Tape Legend What'd I Say



Recording Information Viva Las Vegas	Musical Breakdown Viva Las Vegas



	Music Sheet What'd I Say