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January 22 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
Arrangers: Mike Leech / Glen Spreen

Musicians:    
Guitar: Reggie Young ('Wearin' That Loved On Look')  
Piano: Bobby Wood ('Long Black Limousine')  
Organ: Bobby Emmons  
Trumpet:
R.F. Taylor  
Trumpet: Wayne Jackson  
Saxophone: Jackie Thomas  
Saxophone: Andrew Love  
Saxophone: Ed Logan  
Trombone: Jack Hale  

Wearin' That Loved On Look (overdub)
XPA5 1145
  January 22 1969 (Wed: 12.00am - 3.00am)
Overdub (M)   Guitar overdubbed, after backup
vocal overdubs
 
         
V.O. (M) 3:06 Elvis' vocal replaced on January 24 American Sound 1969 1°°~From Elvis In Memphis (FTD)°°+Memphis 2°°
(remix) (no backing vocals)+The Memphis Record°° (with backing vocals
- 2:43) (SPA1 4126)
         
Composite (Draft) 2:46 Unused composite of :-
repaired vocals (0:00 - 0:55)
unrepaired vocals (0:56 - 1:24)
repaired vocals (1:24 - 2:48)
(after backup v.o's & guitar overdub)
The American Way Volume 5°~Draft Mix Tape° (with Elvis' mock voice
at beginning)
Composite (M)   Composite of :-
repaired vocals (0:00 - 1:06)
unrepaired vocals (1:07 - 1:22)
repaired vocals (1:23 - 2:48)
(after backup v.o's & guitar overdub)
 
         
Overdub M 2:47 Additional backup v.o's to master
composite on March 20
From Elvis In Memphis (FTD)°°~Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°°
~The Memphis Sessions (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 33)°°
~From Elvis In Memphis (Legacy)°°~From Elvis In Memphis°°~Suspicious
Minds - The Memphis 1969 Anthology°°~60s Box 4°°+The Other Side Of
Memphis°°

Long Black Limousine (overdub)
XPA5 1142
  January 22 1969 (Wed: 4.00am - 7.00am)
Overdub (M)   Brass and piano (bell) overdubbed,
after Elvis' vocal repair of master
 
         
Overdub (M) 3:31 Backup v.o's on January 25 Draft Mix Tape° (track 7)
Overdub M 3:40 String overdubs on March 18 (aft)
(SPA1 4125)
From Elvis In Memphis (FTD)°°~Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°°
~The Memphis Sessions (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 33)°°
~From Elvis In Memphis (Legacy)°°~From Elvis In Memphis°°~Suspicious
Minds - The Memphis 1969 Anthology°°~60s Box 4°°+The Memphis
Record°°+The Other Side Of Memphis°°

Notes

Piano player Bobby Wood and guitar player Reggie Young are listed as having been included on overdubs of 'Long Black Limousine', but not 'Wearin' That Loved On Look' on January 22. A comparison with the undubbed session implies that it is rather the other way around with Reggie Young, as an overdubbed guitar can be identified on 'Wearin' That Loved On Look', but not on 'Long Black Limousine'. Apart from that, an overdubbed 'bell' is actually heard during the intro of 'Long Black Limousine' (double effect on piano notes). This is similar to the overdubbed bell sound on 'Mama Liked The Roses'. The bell instrument is not easily identified, but could be an electric piano, which in that case would confirm the Bobby Wood overdub information at least.

Finally, no brass at all can be identified on 'Wearin' That Loved On Look'.

There are two draft mono mix tapes, of which at least one is dated February 28, 1969. A tape log of a later tape copy of both these tapes (except for the last three tracks of the second tape - 'Don't Cry Daddy', 'A Little Bit Of Green' & 'You'll Think Of Me') was shown in the magazine The Man and His Music #13 listed as "Basic + Alt. Vocals". This source is referred to as the "Draft Mix Tape". This mono tape was actually the source of the 1992 bootleg American Rejects (AR 1569), although the notes claimed acetate source for that. The tape contains nothing recorded after January 26 1969.

The tape is a later copy of two draft rough mix tapes of January 1969 recordings (Tape 1: 'I'm Movin' On' - 'Without Love (There Is Nothing)', dated February 28, 1969, and Tape 2: 'From A Jack To A King' - 'You'll Think Of Me'). A breakdown of what the tape contains is as follows:
1. I'm Movin' On - draft composite of Elvis' original and re-recorded vocals (January 22), containing overdubbed backing vocals (January 19 morning) and band and brass overdubs (January 19 evening).
2. Wearin' That Loved On Look - with overdubbed backing vocals (January 19 morning), guitar overdub (January 22) and Elvis' replaced vocals (January 24).
3. Come Out Come Out (Wherever You Are) - fast instrumental track (January 14).
4. Come Out Come Out (Wherever You Are) - slow instrumental track (January 14), with tape cut.
5. This Is The Story - with Elvis' replaced vocals (January 24) and overdubbed backing vocals (January 25).
6. Gentle On My Mind - with track replacement overdubs and Elvis' vocal repair (January 20).
7. Long Black Limousine - with Elvis' vocal repair (January 22), brass and piano overdubs (January 22) and overdubbed backing vocals (January 25).
8. Suspicious Minds - with overdubbed backing vocals (January 24) and Elvis' harmony vocal overdub (January 24).
9. I'll Be There - takes 5 (false start) and 6 (alternate master) with overdone vocal echo (January 23).
10. I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms) (January 23).
11. Without Love (There Is Nothing) - take 1 (alternate master) (January 23).
12. From A Jack To A King - with Elvis' original mock voice at end (January 22) and overdubbed backing vocals (January 26).
13. Hey Jude - take 7 (undubbed master) (January 21).
14. Rubberneckin' - with partially overdubbed backing vocals (January 26).
15. In The Ghetto - with Elvis' original take 22 vocals (January 20) and overdubbed backing vocals (January 25).
16. My Little Friend - Elvis' vocal overdub to track (undubbed master) (January 21) with short count-in at start.
17. Mama Liked The Roses - with Elvis' master vocal overdub to track (January 21) and Elvis' harmony vocal overdub (January 24), with short count-in at start.
18. Inherit The Wind - draft composite of vocal overdub takes 1 and 2 (January 21), containing overdubbed backing vocals (January 26).
19. Poor Man's Gold - instrumental track (January 15).
20. Don't Cry Daddy - Elvis' vocal overdub to track (January 22) and Elvis' two harmony vocal overdubs (January 24).
21. A Little Bit Of Green - with Elvis' original take 3 vocals (January 15).
22. You'll Think Of Me - take 23 rhythm track with Elvis' replaced vocals (January 24).

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