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May 5 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
Producer : Felton Jarvis
Engineer: Al Pachucki
Arrangers: Mike Leech / Glen Spreen
(9.30am - 12.00pm)

Musicians:    
Leader / Viola: Glen Spreen  
Contractor / Violin: Noel Gilbert  
Violin: Gloria Hendricks  
Violin: Albert Edelman  
Violin: Robert Snyder  
Violin: Nate Evans  
Violin: Hal Saunders  
Violin:
Arvid Blumberg  
Violin:
Edward Freudberg  
Viola: Mary Snyder  
Viola: Fred Lewing  
Viola: Nono Ravarino  
Viola: Vernon Taylor  
Cello: Joshua Langfur  
Cello: Peter Spurbeck  
Cello: Ann Spurbeck  

This Is The Story (overdub)
XPA5 1143
  May 5 1969 (Mon)
Overdub (M)   Strings overdubbed, after backup
vocal overdubs
 
         
Overdub M 2:28 Brass overdubs on May 6 (eve) Complete Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°°~The Memphis Sessions
(Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 33)°°~From Elvis In Memphis
(Legacy)°°~Back In Memphis (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°~Suspicious Minds - The
Memphis 1969 Anthology°°~60s Box 4°°

You'll Think Of Me (overdub)
XPA5 1146
  May 5 1969 (Mon)
Overdub (M)   Strings overdubbed, after Elvis'
vocal replacement
 
         
Overdub (M)   Brass overdubs on May 6 (eve)  
Overdub M 4:00 Backup v.o's on May 8 (aft)
(SPA1 4134)
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°°~The Memphis Sessions
(Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 33)°°~From Elvis In Memphis
(Legacy)°°~Back In Memphis (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°~Complete Single
Collection 6°°~Suspicious Minds - The Memphis 1969 Anthology°°~60s
Box 4°°+The Memphis Record°° (different mix)+From Elvis In Memphis
(Legacy)°~The Mono Masters CD3 (Venus)°~Rare Elvis Volume 3°
(different mix)

Inherit The Wind (overdub)
XPA5 1151
  May 5 1969 (Mon)
Overdub (V.O. 1) 3:11 Strings overdubbed to Elvis' vocal
overdub no. 1
, including backing v.o's
(SPA1 4139) (not used)
The Memphis Record°°

Inherit The Wind (overdub)
XPA5 1151
  May 5 1969 (Mon)
Overdub (V.O. 2) 3:29 Strings overdubbed to Elvis' vocal
overdub no. 2,
including backing v.o's
(not used)
Keep Rollin' On (Venus)°°

Inherit The Wind (overdub)
XPA5 1151
  May 5 1969 (Mon)
Overdub (M)   Strings overdubbed to master composite, including backing v.o's  
         
Overdub M 2:56 Brass overdubs on May 6 (eve) Complete Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°°~The Memphis Sessions
(Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 33)°°~From Elvis In Memphis
(Legacy)°°~Back In Memphis (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°°~Suspicious Minds - The
Memphis 1969 Anthology°°~60s Box 4°°

I'll Be There (overdub)
XPA5 1161
  May 5 1969 (Mon)
Overdub (M)   Strings overdubbed to
January 23 master
 
         
Overdub M 2:24 Brass overdubs on May 6 (eve) Complete Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°°~The Memphis Sessions
(Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 33)°°~From Elvis At American
Sound (FTD)°°~From Elvis In Memphis (Legacy)°°+Suspicious Minds -
The Memphis 1969 Anthology°°~60s Box 4°° (different mixes)

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