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August 7 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)

United Recording - Las Vegas, Nevada
Producer : Felton Jarvis
Engineer: Bill Porter
(3.30am - 6.30am)

Musicians:    
Trumpet: Art Vasquez  
Trumpet: Norman Prentice  
Trumpet: Bobby Shew  
Trombone: Archie LeCroque  
Trombone: Johnny Boicie  
Bass Trombone: Kenneth Adkins  

Suspicious Minds (overdub - stereo)
XPA5 1227
  August 7 1969 (Thur)
Overdub (M) 3:24 Brass overdubs for stereo master,
after string overdubs
 
Extend (M) 4:25 Splice of 0:00-3:03+2:47-3:03
+2:47-3:03+2:47-3:03+2:47-3:24
Worldwide Gold Award Hits Volume 1 (CD)°°
Faded M 4:23 Fade out 3:19-3:34 / fade in
3:34-3:47 of extended master
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 17 (Sony)°°~The Memphis Sessions
(Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 33)°°~Elvis 75 - Good
Rockin' Tonight 3 (Legacy)°°~Back In Memphis (FTD)°°~Elvis 75 CD3°°
~Heart & Soul (DSD)°°~From Elvis In Memphis (2000)°°~Comp. Single
Collection 6°°~Suspicious Minds - The Memphis 1969 Anthology°°
~60s Box 4°°~Greatest Hits Volume 1°°~The Sound Of Your Cry°°
+E1 (30 #1 Hits)°°~Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5°°+The Definitive
Country Album°° (faded)

Suspicious Minds (overdub - mono)
XPA5 1227
  August 7 1969 (Thur)
Overdub (M) 3:24 Brass overdubs for mono master,
after string overdubs
 
Extend (M) 4:23 Splice of 0:00-3:03+2:47-3:03
+2:47-3:03+2:47-3:03+2:47-3:20
 
Faded M 4:23 Fade out 3:19-3:34 & fade in
3:34-3:47 of extended master
From Elvis In Memphis (Legacy Ed'n)°~The Mono Masters CD3 (Venus)°
~Worldwide Gold Award Hits Volume 1 (LP)°~The Elvis Medley°

Notes

The brass overdubs for 'Suspicious Minds' only exist on the final mono and stereo masters, and the mono and stereo masters both have different brass performances. According to Bill Porter, the reason for this procedure was that all the eight tracks were full. Porter also persuaded Felton to do the final stereo and mono mixes at the same time as this overdub session. This is also the reason why both the remastered attempts Memphis Record (1987, missing the brass) and Elvis 30 #1 Hits (E1) (2002, flanging due to mixing stereo master with 8-track) failed. Remastering 'Suspicious Minds' must involve faithful re-recording of the brass section. Maybe that even can be justified now that there is no clear definition of "original" master in the first place.

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