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January 23-24 1969 (Overdub)
(+ 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)

American Sound Studio - Memphis, Tennessee
Producers: Felton Jarvis / Chips Moman
Engineer: Al Pachucki
Technician: Roy Shockley

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
    Mary 'Jeanie' Greene; Mary Holladay; Ginger Holladay; Donna Thatcher;
    Susan Pilkington

In The Ghetto (overdub)
XPA5 1154
  January 23-24 1969 (January 22 listed in Sessions III)

Long Black Limousine (overdub)
XPA5 1142
  January 23-24 1969 (January 22 listed in Sessions III)

This Is The Story (overdub)
XPA5 1143
  January 23-24 1969 (January 22 listed in Sessions III)

Wearin' That Loved On Look (overdub)
XPA5 1145
  January 23-24 1969

You'll Think Of Me (overdub)
XPA5 1146
  January 23-24 1969 (not listed in Sessions III)

I'm Movin' On (overdub)
XPA5 1147
  January 23-24 1969

Inherit The Wind (overdub)
XPA5 1151
  January 23-24 1969

Rubberneckin' (overdub)
XPA5 1156
  January 23-24 1969

Hey Jude (overdub)
XPA5 1157
  January 23-24 1969 (January 23 listed in Sessions III)

From A Jack To A King (overdub)
XPA5 1158
  January 23-24 1969 (January 23 listed in Sessions III)

I'll Be There (overdub)
XPA5 1161
  January 23-24 1969 (not listed in Sessions III)

Suspicious Minds (overdub)
XPA5 1227
  January 23-24 1969 (January 22 listed in Sessions III)

Notes

Sessions III lists 'Gentle On My Mind' as having backup vocals overdubbed on January 23, but the session log shows that as of February 4 (date of the job number) no backup vocals had been overdubbed.

Sessions III lists 'My Little Friend' as having backup vocals overdubbed on January 23, but the session log shows that as of February 4 (date of the job number) no backup vocals had been overdubbed.

Sessions III lists 'Without Love' having backup vocals overdubbed on January 23, but the session log shows that as of February 5 (date of the job number) no backup vocals had been overdubbed. The only other overdub session where 'Without Love' is listed as having backup vocals overdubbed is on the evening of May 7 where brass was also overdubbed.

There is a page missing from the session logs between March 25 and May 5 1969, and as there appears to have been no backup vocals overdubbed to any songs in May (Apart from May 6 & 7 where Brass was also overdubbed) it is safe to assume that it is from March. The date of the job number at the bottom of the March 25 overdub session log is March 28, so it would be safe to assume that this missing overdub session would be before March 28. The March 25 overdub session was for "Strings" and "Backup Vocals" and was held from 2.00pm until 5.00pm but it may well be that another session was held in the evening of March 25 but just for the backup vocalists (Sonja Montgomery, Millie Kirkham, Dolores Edgin, Hurshell Wigington and Joe Babcock).

Sessions III does not list 'You'll Think Of Me' as having backup vocal overdubs done between January 22 and January 24, but the session log shows that as of February 4 (date of the job number) backup vocals had been overdubbed, indicating that backup vocals were overdubbed between January 22 and 24.

Sessions III does not list 'I'll Be There' as having backup vocal overdubs done between January 22 and January 24, but the session log shows that as of February 5 (date of the job number) backup vocals had been overdubbed, indicating that backup vocals were overdubbed between January 22 and 24.

Sessions III lists that 'Suspicious Minds' had backup vocal overdubs done on January 22, but surely this cannot be the case as the song wasn't recorded until the early hours of January 23!

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