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June 11 / 12 1964
(+ 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 Girl Happy
Musical Director for MGM : George Stoll
Engineer : Dave Wiechman

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar:
Scotty Moore The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar: Tommy Tedesco
Walker
Guitar: Hilmer J 'Tiny' Timbrell  
Bass: Bob Moore  
Drums: D.J. Fontana  
Drums: Murrey 'Buddy' Harman  
Drums: Frank Carlson  
Piano: Floyd Cramer  
Saxophone: Homer 'Boots' Randolph  

Cross My Heart And Hope To Die
SPA3 2007
2004 June 11 1964 (Thur: 7.00pm - 11.45pm)
Take 1 LFS
    The Girl Happy Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 2 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 3 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 4 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 5 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 6 Complete 2:05   Out In Hollywood (FTD)°°+Girl Happy (FTD)°° (clipped)+The Girl Happy
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 7 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 8 LFS 1:26   Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+The Girl Happy Sess' 2 (FTD)°°
~Tape° (count-in)
Take 9 LFS 1:47 (used for spliced master) Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+The Girl Happy
Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 10 FS 0:11   Girl Happy (FTD)°°+The Girl Happy Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
Take 11 Complete 2:01 (used for spliced master) Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair° (faded)
+The Girl Happy Sessions 2 (FTD)°°~Tape° (complete)
         
Spliced (M) 1:56 Spliced from takes 9 & 11 The Girl Happy Sessions 2 (FTD)°°
         
Overdub M 1:56 Piano intro overdubbed to spliced
master
Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Sun Sand & Surf (Franklin Mint
Comp. Masters Collection 14)°°~Girl Happy (remastered soundtrack)°°
~The Girl Happy Sessions 1 (FTD)°°~Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Double Feat's
- Harum Scarum / Girl Happy°°

Cross My Heart And Hope To Die (movie version - transfer)
2404  
Take 1     Mono transfer of 2004-SP
 
Take 2 (M)
1:56
Acetate°

Spring Fever
SPA3 2002
2005 June 11 1964 (Thur: 7.00pm - 11.45pm)
Take 1 FS
0:30   A Legendary Performer Volume 8°+The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 2 SFS+LFS 1:04   Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+A Legendary Performer Volume 8°
+The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 3 SFS+LFS 0:39   Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+A Legendary Performer Volume 8°
+The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 4 Complete 2:21   Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+The Girl Happy
Sessions 3 (FTD)°° (count-in)
Take 5 SFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 6 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 7 FS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 8 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 9 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 10 SFS+LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 11 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 12 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 13 LFS
    The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 14 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 15 SFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 16 Complete     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 17 SFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 18 FS 0:24   Girl Happy (FTD)°°+The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 19 LFS 1:08   Girl Happy (FTD)°°+The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 20 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 21 Complete 2:15   Girl Happy (FTD)°°+The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 22 SFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 23 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 24 M 1:54   Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Sun Sand & Surf (Franklin Mint
Comp. Masters Collection 14)°°~Girl Happy (remastered soundtrack)°°
~The Girl Happy Sessions 1 (FTD)°°~Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Double Feat's
- Harum Scarum / Girl Happy°° (master)
+The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°° (count-in)

Spring Fever (movie version - transfer)
2405 (June 22 1964)
Take 1 (M)
1:50 Mono transfer of 2005-24
(parts of Elvis' vocals removed and
spliced with 2412 for composite
movie version
)
Acetate°
Take 2 (M)
1:50   Acetate°

Do Not Disturb
SPA3 2006
2006 June 11 1964 (Thur: 7.00pm - 11.45pm)
Take 1 FS
  "2006" The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 2 FS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 3 FS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 4 FS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 5 FS   "2005" The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 6 FS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 7 FS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 8 FS+LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 9 FS+FS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 10 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 11 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 12 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 13 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 14 SFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 15 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 16 LFS+
Reh'sal
    The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 17 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 18 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 19 SFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 20 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 21 SFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 22 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 23 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 24 LFS
1:35   Girl Happy (FTD)°°+The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 25 SFS 0:15   Girl Happy (FTD)°°+The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 26 LFS 2:08   Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+The Girl Happy
Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 27 Complete 2:08   Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+The Girl Happy
Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 28 Complete   "2006" The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 29 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 30 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 31 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 32 SFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 33 LFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 34 SFS     The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 35 Complete 2:06   Girl Happy (FTD)°°+The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°°
Take 36 M 1:59   Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Sun Sand & Surf (Franklin Mint
Comp. Masters Collection 14)°°~Girl Happy (remastered soundtrack)°°
~The Girl Happy Sessions 1 (FTD)°°~Girl Happy (FTD)°° (master)
+Double Features - Harum Scarum / Girl Happy°° (faded - master)
+The Girl Happy Sessions 3 (FTD)°° (count-in)

Do Not Disturb (movie version - transfer)
2406 (June 19 1964)
Take 1 (M) 2:01 Mono transfer of 2006-36 Acetate°
Take 2 (M) 2:01   Acetate°

Do Not Disturb (movie version)
   
Overdub (M)
2:01 Few extra bars added to beginning Soundtrack°

I've Got To Find My Baby (track)
2007 June 12 1964 (Fri: 12.45am - 5.00am)
Take 1 (M) 2:10 (higher tone)
Unused alternate master track
From Santa Monica Blvd, LA, California (Elvis One)°~Acetate° (count-in)
+The Girl Happy Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 2 (M) 2:16 (lower tone)
(Vocal overdub on June 15)
Acetate° (count-in)

Fort Lauderdale Chamber Of Commerce (track)
2008 June 12 1964 (Fri: 12.45am - 5.00am)
Take 1 SFS      
Take 2 SFS      
Take 3 SFS      
Take 4 Complete     The Girl Happy Sessions 1 (FTD)°°
Take 5 (M) 2:47 Unused alternate master track From Santa Monica Blvd, LA, California (Elvis One)°+Acetate° (count-in)
Take 6 LFS      
Take 7 (M) 2:23 (Vocal overdub on June 15) From Santa Monica Blvd, LA, California (Elvis One)°~Acetate° (count-in)

Notes

The definitive release of these sessions can be found on Follow That Dream's limited edition The Girl Happy Sessions 3xCD set, where everything has been mixed and remastered from scratch, and all masters and outtakes are presented in the best possible sound.

'Cross My Heart And Hope To Die' is spliced from the begining of Take 9 (to the first "Cross my heart, hope to die...") and Take 11 (from "Well... I wouldn't tell you no lies...").

Takes 5 to 27 of 'Do Not Disturb' are incorrectly announced as "2005" instead of "2006".

MGM transfers to acetate for movie purposes are numbered as follows:-
2401 - Puppet On A String
2402 - The Meanest Girl In Town
2403 - Girl Happy
2404 - Cross My Heart And Hope To Die
2405 - Spring Fever
2406 - Do Not Disturb
2407 - I've Got To Find My Baby
2408 - Fort Lauderdale Chamber Of Commerce
2409 - Startin' Tonight
2410 - Do The Clam
2411 - Wolf Call
2412 - Spring Fever
2451 - Wolf Call

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.

Session Logs
Tape Legends
June 11 & 12 1964
Tape Legends - June 11 & 12 1964
Recording Information
Girl Happy
Girl Happy
Acetate
Cross My Heart And Hope To Die
Acetate - Cross My Heart And Hope To Die

Acetate
Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb
Acetate
I've Got To Find My Baby (track)
I've Got to Find My Baby (track)
Acetate
Fort Lauderdale (track)
Fort Lauderdale Chamber Of Commerce (track)

 
Acetate
Spring Fever
Acetate - Spring Fever
 


Music Sheets
Music Sheet
Cross My Heart And Hope To Die
Cross My Heart And Hope To Die (Thanks to Christopher Brown)
Music Sheet
Spring Fever
Spring Fever
Music Sheet
Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb

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