Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

March 9 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)

MGM Sound Stage - Hollywood, California

Soundtrack Session for MGM's Harum Scarum

MGM Producers : Fred Karger & Gene Nelson

Engineer : Bill Vandevort

(Session times unknown)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
NA

Harem Holiday (vocal overdub)				SPA3 6755	March 9 1965 (Tue)
Take 1			Vocal overdub of 'track'
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6			(used for spliced master)
Take 7			(used for spliced master)

Spliced	M	2:18	Spliced from v.o. takes 7 & 6 (C2105)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 11 (Sony)°°~Around The World (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 20)°°~Harum Scarum (FTD)°°~Double Features - Harem Holiday / Girl Happy°°~Command Performances°°

Harem Holiday (movie version - transfer)					2413
Take 1	(M)		Mono transfer of C-2105	Acetate°

Harem Holiday (movie version - transfer)					2420
Take 1	(M)		Mono transfer of C-2105	Acetate°

Harem Holiday (movie version)
N/A	(M)	1:20		From Santa Monica Blvd - Part 3 (Elvis One)° (track 8)~Avventura In Oriente°~Soundtrack°
N/A	(M)	3:15	(Reprise)	From Santa Monica Blvd - Part 3 (Elvis One)° (track 9 - score at end only) ~Avventura In Oriente°~Soundtrack°

Mirage (vocal overdub)				SPA3 6756	March 9 1965 (Tue)
Take 1			Vocal Overdub of Track-05
Take 2
Take 3			(used for spliced master)
Take 4			(used for spliced master)

Spliced	M	2:30	Spliced from v.o. takes 4 & 3 (C2106)	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°

Mirage (movie version - transfer)					2404
Take 1	(M)	2:30	Mono transfer of C-2106	Acetate°

Mirage (movie version)
N/A	(M)	2:30		Avventura In Oriente°~Soundtrack°

Go East - Young Man (vocal overdub)				SPA3 6751	March 9 1965 (Tue)
Take 1			Vocal Overdub of Track-03
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7			(used for spliced master)
Take 8			(used for spliced master)

Spliced	M	2:30	Spliced from v.o. takes 7 & 8 (C2107)	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°

Go East - Young Man (movie version - transfer)					2402
Take 1	(M)	2:30	Mono transfer of C-2107	Acetate°

Go East - Young Man (movie version)
N/A	(M)	2:03		Avventura In Oriente°~Soundtrack°

The movie version of 'Mirage' has a few extra bars on the intro.

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

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



Music Sheet Harem Holiday	Music Sheet Mirage	Music Sheet Go East - Young Man