Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

July 20 1970 (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)

RCA Studio A - Nashville, Tennessee

Producer: Felton Jarvis

Engineer: Al Pachucki

Arrangers: Norbert Putnam / David Briggs

Musicians:
Contractor:	Mary Jarvis
Percussion:	Farrell Morris
Violin:	Brenton Banks
Violin:	Lillian Hunt
Violin:	Martin Katahn
Violin:	George Binkley III
Violin:	Howard Carpenter
Violin:	Albert Coleman
Violin:	Marvin Chantry
Violin:	Gary Vanosdale
Viola:	Bobby Becker
Viola:	John Darnall
Cello:	Byron Bach
Cello:	David Vanderkooi
Trumpet:	George Tidwell
Trumpet:	Don Sheffield
Trumpet:	Bob Phillips
Trombone:	Dennis Good
Trombone:	Rex E Green
Trombone:	Gene 'Cam' Mullins
Trombone:	William Humble
French Horn:	Jerry Haynie
Organ:	David Briggs

The Sound Of Your Cry (overdub)				ZPA4 1596	July 20 1970 (Monday Afternoon)
Overdub	(M)	4:36	Additional strings overdubbed, after initial brass and string overdubs	Greatest Hits Volume 1°°~The Sound Of Your Cry°° (4:02) +Unedited Masters - Nashville 1970 (Venus)°°
Faded	M	3:15	Master faded	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 19 (Sony)°°~Loves Lost (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 12)°°~Love Letters From Elvis (FTD)°° ~Complete Single Collection 7°°~70s Box 1°°+The Mono Masters CD4 (Venus)°~Rare Elvis° (different mixes)

Heart Of Rome (overdub)				ZPA4 1614	July 20 1970 (Monday Afternoon)
Overdub	Take 3	2:52	Brass and strings overdubbbed to Take 3 from June 6	Unedited Masters - Nashville Revisited (Venus)°°
Overdub	WP-1	1:40	Brass and strings overdubbed to work part Take 1 from June 6	Unedited Masters - Nashville Revisited (Venus)°°

Spliced	M	2:56	Composite of overdub of Take 3 and overdub of work part - Take 1	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 20 (Sony)°°~In The Mood (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Coll'n 24)°°~Love Letters From Elvis (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°° +Complete Single Collection 7°°~70s Box 1°°+The Mono Masters CD4 (Venus)° (different mix - single version)

Mary In The Morning (overdub)				ZPA4 1606	July 20 1970 (Monday Afternoon)
Overdub	(M)	3:56	Brass and strings overdubbed to June 5 master	Acetate°° (too fast)

Overdub	(M)	4:25	Backup v.o's on October 1 Unedited master	Unedited Masters - Nashville 1970 (Venus)°° (count-in)
Faded	M	4:10	Master faded	That's The Way It Is - Deluxe Edition 1°°~The Complete Elvis Presley Masters 19 (Sony)°°~The Ultimate Love Songs (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 25)°°~That's The Way It Is (FTD)°°+(24 Bit)°° ~That's The Way It Is CD1°°~70s Box 3°°+The Other Side Of Memphis°°

I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (overdub)				ZPA4 1622	July 20 1970 (Monday Afternoon) (?)
Overdub	(M)	5:24	Brass and strings overdubbed to June 7 master Unedited master	Unedited Masters - Nashville 1970 (Venus)°°~Unedited Masters - The Next Generation (Venus)°°
Faded	M	4:57	Master faded	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 20 (Sony)°°~Country Legend (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 18)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 4 (Legacy)°°~70s Box 3°°
Faded	M	3:53	Master faded	Elvis Country (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°° (intro clipped)+Unedited Masters - Life (Venus)°° (complete intro)

Sylvia (overdub)				ZPA4 1627	July 20 1970 (Monday Afternoon)
Overdub	(M)		Brass and strings overdubbed, after backup vocal overdubs

Overdub	M	3:18	Additional band overdubs on July 22	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 20 (Sony)°°~Girls! Girls! & More Girls! (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 17)°°~Love Letters From Elvis (FTD)°°~Elvis Now (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°°

Stranger In The Crowd (overdub)				ZPA4 1604	July 20 1970 (Monday Afternoon)
Overdub	(M)	4:35	Brass and strings overdubbed, after backup vocal overdubs Unedited master	That's The Way It Is (FTD)°° (rough mix master)+Unedited Masters - Nashville 1970 (Venus)°°
Faded	M	3:49	Master faded	That's The Way It Is - Deluxe Edition 1°°~The Complete Elvis Presley Masters 19 (Sony)°°~The Nashville Sessions (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 27)°°~That's The Way It Is (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°° ~That's The Way It Is CD1°°~70s Box 3°°+You Know, It Don't Have To Be Strictly Country Volume 1°~Acetate° (different mixes - see notes) +The Other Side Of Memphis°°

How The Web Was Woven (overdub)				ZPA4 1602	July 20 1970 (Monday Afternoon)
Overdub	(M)	3:13	Brass and strings overdubbed, after backup vocal overdubs	Acetate°° (too fast - no backing vocals)

Overdub	(M)		Additional brass overdubs on July 20
Overdub	M	3:28	Band overdubs on July 22	That's The Way It Is - Deluxe Edition 1°°~The Complete Elvis Presley Masters 19 (Sony)°°~The Ultimate Love Songs (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 25)°°~That's The Way It Is (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°° ~That's The Way It Is CD1°°~70s Box 1°°+The Other Side Of Memphis°°

Love Letters (remake) (overdub)				ZPA4 1623	July 20 1970 (Monday Afternoon) (?)
Overdub	(M)		Strings overdubbed to June 7 master

Overdub	M	2:52	Additional strings & flutes overdubbed on October 28	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 20 (Sony)°°~Songs Of The Seventies (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 3)°°~Love Letters From Elvis (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°°+That's The Way It Is - Special Edition°° (different mix)

'The Sound Of Your Cry' and 'Love Letters' are not listed in Sessions III as having brass or strings overdubbed on this date, but the 16-track tape log shows that the masters contain two separate sets of brass and strings overdubs.

The first set of String overdubs for 'Love Letters' may have been done on June 30 instead of this day.

'I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water' is not listed in Sessions III as having brass or strings overdubbed, but the master contains brass and strings overdubs.



	Recording Information 16-Track Tape Log