Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

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
Take 2	LFS
Take 3	LFS
Take 4	LFS
Take 5	LFS
Take 6	Complete	2:05		Out In Hollywood (FTD)°°+Girl Happy (FTD)°° (clipped)
Take 7	LFS
Take 8	LFS	1:26		Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+Tape° (count-in)
Take 9	LFS	1:47	(used for spliced master)	Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°
Take 10	FS	0:11		Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 11	Complete	2:01	(used for spliced master)	Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair° (faded)+Tape° (complete)

Spliced	(M)	1:56	Spliced from takes 9 & 11

Overdub	M	1:56	Piano intro overdubbed to spliced master	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Sun Sand & Surf (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 14)°°~Girl Happy (remastered soundtrack)°°~Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Double Features - 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	Tape°~A Legendary Performer Volume 8°
Take 2	SFS+LFS	1:04	Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+Tape°~A Legendary Performer Vol. 8° (count-in)
Take 3	SFS+LFS	0:39	Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+Tape°~A Legendary Performer Vol. 8° (count-in)
Take 4	Complete	2:21	Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°+Tape° (count-in)
Take 5	SFS
Take 6	LFS
Take 7	FS
Take 8	LFS
Take 9	LFS
Take 10	SFS+LFS
Take 11	LFS
Take 12	LFS
Take 13	LFS
Take 14	LFS
Take 15	SFS
Take 16	Complete
Take 17	SFS
Take 18	FS	0:24	Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 19	LFS	1:08	Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 20	LFS
Take 21	Complete	2:15	Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 22	SFS
Take 23	LFS
Take 24	M	1:54	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Sun Sand & Surf (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 14)°°~Girl Happy (remastered soundtrack)°°~Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harum Scarum / Girl Happy°°

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"
Take 2	FS
Take 3	FS
Take 4	FS
Take 5	FS		"2005"
Take 6	FS
Take 7	FS
Take 8	FS+LFS
Take 9	FS+FS
Take 10	LFS
Take 11	LFS
Take 12	LFS
Take 13	LFS
Take 14	SFS
Take 15	LFS
Take 16	LFS+ Reh'sal
Take 17	LFS
Take 18	LFS
Take 19	SFS
Take 20	LFS
Take 21	SFS
Take 22	LFS
Take 23	LFS
Take 24	LFS	1:35		Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 25	SFS	0:15		Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 26	LFS	2:08		Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°
Take 27	Complete	2:08		Girl Happy (FTD)°°~Girl Happy At The Worlds Fair°
Take 28	Complete		"2006"
Take 29	LFS
Take 30	LFS
Take 31	LFS
Take 32	SFS
Take 33	LFS
Take 34	SFS
Take 35	Complete	2:06		Girl Happy (FTD)°°
Take 36	M	1:59		Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Sun Sand & Surf (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 14)°°~Girl Happy (remastered soundtrack)°°~Girl Happy (FTD)°°+Double Features - Harum Scarum / Girl Happy°° (faded)

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°~Acetate° (count-in)
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
Take 5	(M)	2:47	Unused alternate master track	From Santa Monica Blvd, LA, California°+Acetate° (count-in)
Take 6	LFS
Take 7	(M)	2:23	(Vocal overdub on June 15)	From Santa Monica Blvd, LA, California°~Acetate° (count-in)

'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.



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



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



	Acetate Spring Fever



Music Sheet Cross My Heart And Hope To Die	Music Sheet Spring Fever	Music Sheet Do Not Disturb