Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

February 26 1965

(+ 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

Soundtrack Session for MGM's Harum Scarum

MGM Producers : Fred Karger / Gene Nelson

Engineer : Bill Vandevort

(Session times unknown)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Scotty Moore	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Ray
Guitar:	Thomas 'Grady' Martin	Walker
Guitar:	Charlie McCoy
Bass:	Henry Strzelecki
Drums:	D.J. Fontana
Drums:	Kenneth Buttrey
Piano:	Floyd Cramer
Tambourine:	Hoyt Hawkins (?)
Conga Drums:	Gene Nelson (?)
Flute:	Rufus Long
Oboe:	Ralph Strobel

Golden Coins				SPA3 6753	February 26 1965 (Fri)
Take 1	SFS	0:16	(C-2073)	Avventura In Oriente°°~Tape°° (count-in)~Come What May° (listed as Take 3)
Take 2	BD	0:55	(C-2074)	Avventura In Oriente°°~Tape°°~The Joan Deary Tapes Vol. 1°°~Come What May° (listed as Take 4)
Take 3	SFS	0:20	(C-2075)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°~The Joan Deary Tapes Vol. 1°°
Take 4	Complete	1:59	(C-2076)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°~The Joan Deary Tapes Vol. 1°° (count-in)~Come What May° (listed as Take 6)
Take 5	SFS		(C-2077)
Take 6	Complete		(C-2078)
Take 7	FS	0:24	(C-2079)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°
Take 8	Complete	1:58	(C-2080)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°
Take 9	SFS		(C-2081)
Take 10	Complete		(C-2082)
Take 11	Complete		(C-2083) (used for spliced master)
Take 12	SFS		(C-2084)
Take 13	FS		(C-2085)
Take 14	FS		(C-2086)
Take 15	FS		(C-2087)
Take 16	Complete		(C-2088) (used for spliced master)

Spliced	M	1:57	Spliced from takes 16 & 11 (C-2088 & C-2083)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday / Girl Happy°°~Avventura In Oriente°° +Avventura In Oriente°

Golden Coins (movie version - transfer)					2408
Take 1	(M)	1:57	Mono transfer of spliced master	Acetate°

Golden Coins (movie version)
Overdub	(M)	2:13	Overdubbed instruments and intro	Avventura In Oriente°~Soundtrack°

Animal Instinct				SPA3 6757	February 26 1965 (Fri)
Take 1	BD	1:32	(C-2089) "different arrangement"	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°
Take 2	BD		(C-2090)
Take 3	BD	1:42	(C-2091)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°+Avventura In Oriente°°~The Joan Deary Tapes Vol. 2°°~Tape°°~Come What May° (listed as Take 1) (extra dialogue)
Take 4	Complete	2:17	(C-2092)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°~The Joan Deary Tapes Vol. 2°°~Tape°°~Come What May° (listed as Take 2)
Take 5	Complete		(C-2093)
Take 6	M	2:14	(C-2094)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday / Girl Happy°°~Avventura In Oriente°° +Avventura In Oriente°

Animal Instinct (movie version - transfer)					2403
Take 1	(M)	2:14	Mono transfer of C-2094	Acetate°

Harem Holiday					February 26 1965 (Fri)
Take 1	BD	0:52	(C-2095)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°
Take 2	(M)	2:25	(C-2096)	Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Avventura In Oriente°°

Harem Holiday (movie version - transfer)					2411
Take 1	(M)	2:22	Mono transfer of C-2096	Acetate°

Harem Holiday (dubdown to track)						February 26 1965 (Fri)
Dub	(M)		Dubdown to instrumental track - Elvis' vocals removed from C-2096 (Vocal overdub on March 9)

Go East - Young Man (track)			February 26 1965 (Fri)
Take 1	BD	(C-2097)
Take 2	Complete	(C-2098)
Take 3	(M)	(C-2099) (Vocal overdub on March 9)

Mirage (track)			February 26 1965 (Fri)
Take 1		(C-2100)
Take 2		(C-2101)
Take 3		(C-2102)
Take 4		(C-2103)
Take 5	(M)	(C-2104) (Vocal overdub on March 9)

What is listed as being Take 10 of 'Animal Instinct' on the bootleg Animal Instinct appears to be just a different mix / edit of the master take - It isn't Take 4 and isn't takes 2 or 5 as these are only false starts, and there is no Take 10!

MGM transfers to acetate for movie purposes are numbered as follows:-
2401 - My Desert Serenade
2402 - Go East - Young Man
2403 - Animal Instinct
2404 - Mirage
2405 - Kismet
2406 - Shake That Tambourine
2407 - Hey Little Girl
2408 - Golden Coins
2409 - Wisdom Of The Ages (rejected version)
2410 - So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise)
2411 - Harem Holiday
2412 - Wisdom Of The Ages
2413 - Harem Holiday
2414 - ?
2415 - ?
2416 - ?
2417 - ?
2418 - Sabre Dance / Hey Little Girl
2419 - ?
2420 - Harem Holiday

The songs 'Baby, If You'll Give Me All Your Love', 'Let Yourself Go' and' Please Don't Stop Loving Me' were originally submitted to be used for the movie, but were eventually dropped. They were, however, used in later movies (Double Trouble, Speedway and Frankie And Johnny).

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 Ernst Jørgensen for providing information on the missing movie production numbers.



	Recording Information Harum Scarum



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