The instrumentral intro (0:00-0:05) and second
verse (0:47-1:25), along with the lead out at
the end is cut on the released MGM/RCA
master of 'Wolf Call'
The movie version of 'Wolf Call' has overdubbed
dog barking noises in the background.
A
fake overdubbed version of 'Wolf Call' can
be found on the bootlegs Animal Instinct and Fried Bananas Ice Cream & Gatorade, but this has the intro to GOV Take 4 from the Paradise, Hawaiian Style sessions, tagged to
the beginning of it!
The middle part of the song (1:02-1:38) and ending
(2:00-2:23) is cut on the released MGM/RCA master
of 'Fort Lauderdale Chamber Of Commerce'.
A tape recording of the unedited acetate of was
posted on You Tube in November 2012 - Thanks to
'drghanem'.
The unedited master of 'Startin' Tonight' is as follows. The parts which were edited out of the final master are shown in bold:
Michigan State, M.I.T,
Harvard University;
Vassar, Wellesley, Smith and Brown,
Shakin' up this here town tonight,
Startin' tonight,
Have a ball, do it all, startin' tonight.
(intro music)
Grab your partner by the hand,
Spread a blanket on the sand;
Three a.m. go for a swim,
Clothes and all, jump right in tonight,
Startin' tonight, pull out the stops,
Call the cops, it's all right
(intro music)
'Cause when the cops have come and gone,
You just keep carrying on;
Don't you worry if you land in jail,
We'll forward your mail, if you can't make bail tonight,
Startin' tonight,
Have a ball, do it all, startin' tonight.
(guitar solo)
'Cause when the cops have come and gone,
You just keep carrying on;
Don't you worry if you land in jail,
We'll forward your mail, if you can't make bail tonight,
Startin' tonight,
Have a ball, do it all, startin' tonight
Anything goes, everything goes, startin' tonight
Startin' tonight.
Another edit of 'Startin' Tonight' (2409) was meant to be used in the movie, but was eventually dropped, where only the instrumental intro's to the verses and the first "Cause when the cops have come and gone" verse are edited out:
Michigan State, M.I.T,
Harvard University;
Vassar, Wellesley, Smith and Brown,
Shakin' up this here town tonight,
Startin' tonight,
Have a ball, do it all, startin' tonight.
Grab your partner by the hand,
Spread a blanket on the sand;
Three a.m. go for a swim,
Clothes and all, jump right in tonight,
Startin' tonight, pull out the stops,
Call the cops, it's all right
(guitar solo)
'Cause when the cops have come and gone,
You just keep carrying on;
Don't you worry if you land in jail,
We'll forward your mail, if you can't make bail tonight,
Startin' tonight,
Have a ball, do it all, startin' tonight
Anything goes, everything goes, startin' tonight
Startin' tonight.
The Instrumental intro (0:00-0:04) and second
verse (0:32-1:01) is cut on the released MGM/RCA
master of 'I've Got to Find My Baby'.
Two possible production numbers from 2019 to 2022
are the two different versions of 'I've Got News For You' sung by Nina Talbot
in the movie, once slow and the other fast.
The composite 'end title' of 'Girl Happy'
is spliced as follows and is speeded up:-
0:00-0:02 = 2003 Take 13 (0:00-0:02) (instrumental
intro, but this part could also be from 'insert
#2')
0:02-0:20 = Insert #2 Take NA2 (0:00-0:18) (guitar
& chorus vocal intro - Guitar instrumental
& "Girl happy..., girl happy..., girl happy...,
girl happy, girl girl happy...")
0:21-0:54 = 2003 Take 13 (0:32-1:08) ("Everytime
I see a pretty face... made me jump for joy...")
0:54-1:12 = Insert #1 Take 4 (0:10-0:27) ("...Girl
happy, well I'm..." - last chord)
1:12-1:27 = Instrumental overdub
The composite master of Girl Happy is
spliced as follows before it was speeded up:-
0:00-0:02 = 2003 Take 13 (0:00-0:02) (instrumental
intro, but this part could also be from 'insert
#2')
0:02-0:13 = Insert #2 Take NA1 (0:00-0:11) (chorus
vocal intro - "Girl happy, yes I'm girl happy,
girl happy can't you see, girl happy, girl girl
happy")
0:13-1:48 = 2003 Take 13 (0:06-1:41) ("Every
girl I see ... just a baby...")
1:48-2:15 = Insert #1 Take 4 (0:00-0:27) ("...boy.
First nurse that rocked..." - last chord)
2:15-2:17 = Insert #1 Take 4 (last 6 double guitar
notes - missing from MGM tape)
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
The movie versions of 'Wolf Call' and 'Spring Fever' on the Elvis One release From Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California - Part 2 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 24) appear to be lifted from the Blu-Ray release of Girl Happy, where the "Score" can be found on a separate track of the Blu-Ray disc, and some of it without talking etc, which can be heard in the soundtrack of the movie.
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 providing information
on the recording of 'Wolf Call' and edits on 'Startin' Tonight'.
Thanks to Gary Bressler for acetate scans and audio.