Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

September 23 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 B - Nashville, Tennessee

Producer: Felton Jarvis

Engineer: Al Pachucki

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Piano:	David Briggs ('Rags To Riches')	The Imperials: Terry Blackwood; Roger Wiles; Jimmie Murray; Armond Morales

Snowbird (overdub)				ZPA4 1797	September 23 1970 (Wed)
Overdub	(M)		Backup vocals overdubbed to September 22 master, after Elvis' harmony vocal overdub (not used)

Overdub	M	2:04	String overdubs on October 27 (?)	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 21 (Sony)°°~Country Legend (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 18)°°~Elvis Country (FTD)°°~(24 Bit)°° ~Country (2006 - DSD)°°~70s Box 3°°

Where Did They Go, Lord (overdub)				ZPA4 1798	September 23 1970 (Wed)
Overdub	(M)		Additional backup vocals overdubbed, after initial backup vocal overdubs

Overdub	M	2:27	Percussion overdubbed on October 28 (afternoon) (?)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 21 (Sony)°°~Loves Lost (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 12)°°~Elvis Country (FTD)°°~Comp. Single Collection 7°°~70s Box 1°°~He Walks Beside Me°°+The Mono Masters CD4 (Venus)°

Rags To Riches (overdub)				ZPA4 1800		September 23 1970 (Wed)
Overdub	Take 3	1:55	Backup vocals overdubbed to Take 3 from September 22 (not used)	Love Letters From Elvis (FTD)°°

Rags To Riches (composite overdub)				ZPA4 1800
Overdub	(M)		Piano intro overdubbed to composite master
Overdub	(M)		Backup vocals overdubbed, after piano intro overdub

Overdub	M	1:57	Percussion overdubbed on October 28 (afternoon) (?)	Elvis Aron Presley 3°°~Elvis The Collection Volume 4°°~Greatest Hits (Readers Digest 7 LP Vinyl)°~The Mono Masters CD4 (Venus)°+Complete Elvis Presley Masters 21 (Sony)°°~The Ultimate Love Songs (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 25)°°~Elvis 75 CD3°°~Love Letters From Elvis (FTD)°° (different edit)

The backup vocals were removed on 'Snowbird' before release.

Take 3 of 'Rags To Riches' on Essential Elvis Volume 4 is edited (mixed) to take out Elvis' falsetto voice at the end of the take. Take 3 is complete on FTD's Love Letters From Elvis classic album, but strangely it also contains backup vocal overdubs on this release too. It seems Take 3 must have been considered to be the master originally, and was overdubbed, before it was decided to use Take 4 spliced with the line "tell me you're mine ever more..." from Take 3 as the master.