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May 8 1972 (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 Studios - Hollywood, California
Producer: Felton Jarvis
Engineers: Mickey Crofford / Rick Ruggieri
Arranger: Glen D. Hardin

Musicians:    
Leader: Glen D Hardin  
Contractor: Sidney Sharp  
Cello: Raymond J Kelley  
Cello: Jesse Ehrlich  
Violin: Henry Ferber  
Violin: Israel Baker  
Violin: James Getzoff  
Violin: Ralph Schaeffer  
Violin: William Kurasch  
Violin: Nathan Ross  
Violin: Tibor Zelig  
Viola: Samuel Boghossian  
Viola: Harry Hyams  
Trumpet: Anthony Terran  
Trumpet: Oliver Mitchell  
Trumpet: Charles Findley  
Trumpet / Tuba: David Duke  
Copyist: Robert Ross  
Copyist: Josephine Dapar  
Copyist: Ann Bartold  
Copyist: Vincent Bartold  

For The Good Times (overdub)
BPA3 1150
  May 8 1972 (Mon)
Overdub M 3:09 Brass and strings overdubbed
to March 27 master, after Elvis'
harmony vocal overdub
Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 23 (Sony)°°~Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
~Elvis Fool (FTD)°°~Country (2006 DSD)°°~70s Box 4°°~Burning Love°°
~For The Good Times°° (acetate)

Separate Ways (overdub)
BPA3 1149
  May 8 1972 (Mon)
Overdub (M) 2:59 Brass and strings overdubbed
to March 27 master, after Elvis'
harmony vocal overdub
For The Good Times°°~Tiger Man - An Alternate Anthology Volume 2°°
(2:34)+Unedited Masters - Nashville Revisited (Venus)°°
Overdub M 2:36 Strings removed & faded Complete Elvis Presley Masters 23 (Sony)°°~Loves Lost (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 12)°°~Standing Room Only (FTD)°°~Comp.
Single Collection 8°°~70s Box 1°°+The Mono Masters CD5 (Venus)°
+Always On My Mind°° (different mixes)

Where Do I Go From Here (overdub)
BPA3 1151
  May 8 1972 (Mon)
Overdub M 2:38 Brass and strings overdubbed
to March 27 master
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 23 (Sony)°°~Songs Of The Seventies
(Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Coll'n 3)°°~Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
~Elvis Fool (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°°+Elvis Fool (FTD)°° (track 15)~For The
Good Times°° (1:49)

Fool (overdub)
BPA3 1258
  May 8 1972 (Mon)
Overdub (M) 3:46 Brass and strings overdubbed
to March 28 master

Unedited master
Unedited Masters - Hollywood To Nashville 72-80 (Venus)°° (unedited)
~Live Live Live Vol. 2°° (3:38)~For The Good Times°° (acetate - 3:17)
Faded (M) 2:38 Faded overdubbed master Elvis Aron Presley 3°°+Elvis Aron Presley (Cassette - extended 3:46)°°
Edit M 2:43 Strings removed Complete Elvis Presley Masters 23 (Sony)°°~Loves Lost (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 12)°°~Elvis 75 CD3°°~Standing Room
Only (FTD)°°~Elvis Fool (FTD)°° (track 14)~(20 Bit)°°~Complete Single
Collection 8°°~70s Box 2°°+Elvis Fool (FTD)°° (track 1 - different mix)
+Elvis Fool (FTD)°° (track 24 - single master)+Our Memories Of Elvis
(FTD - 3 Bonus)°° (see note)+The Mono Masters CD5 (Venus)°

Always On My Mind (overdub)
BPA3 1259
  May 8 1972 (Mon)
Overdub (M) 3:47 Brass and strings overdubbed,
after band overdubs
Unedited Masters - Hollywood To Nashville 72-80 (Venus)°° (unedited
- piano intro)+Complete Single Collection Volume 9°°~Always On My
Mind°° (no piano intro)+For The Good Times°° (acetate)(piano intro
- different mix)
Overdub M 3:39 Strings removed Complete Elvis Presley Masters 23 (Sony)°°~Loves Lost (Franklin Mint
Complete Masters Collection 12)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 4
(Legacy)°°~Elvis 75 CD3°°~Standing Room Only (FTD)°°~Complete
Single Collection 8°°~Country (2006 - DSD)°°~70s Box 2°°+The Mono
Masters CD5 (Venus)°+The Definitive Country Album°° (edited)

It's A Matter Of Time (overdub)
BPA3 1260
  May 8 1972 (Mon)
Overdub (M) 3:09 Brass and strings overdubbed
to March 29 master
Unedited Masters - Hollywood To Nashville 72-80 (Venus)°° (count-in)
~For The Good Times°°
Overdub M 3:03 Strings removed Complete Elvis Presley Masters 23 (Sony)°°~Songs Of The Seventies
(Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Coll,n 3)°°~Standing Room Only (FTD)°°
~Complete Single Collection Volume 8°°~70s Box 1°°~Our Memories
Of Elvis Volume 3 (Victrola)°°+The Mono Masters CD5 (Venus)°

I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (overdub)
APA4 1283
  May 8 1972 (Mon)
Overdub M 2:26 Strings overdubbed to May 19 1971
master
Complete Elvis Presley Masters 22 (Sony)°°~Girls! Girls! & More Girls!
(Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 17)°°~Elvis Fool (FTD)°°
~Elvis Fool (20 Bit)°°~Inspirational (DSD)°°+For The Good Times°°
(acetate - different mixes)

Notes

Strings were removed from 'Always On My Mind', 'Fool', 'It's A Matter Of Time' and 'Separate Ways' before release, although some strings can still be heard on the released masters of 'Always On My Mind' and 'Fool'.

The ''Strings'' version of 'Always On My Mind' on the 1985 compilation album Always On My Mind and the Japanese Complete Single Collection does not have the piano intro that is present on the overdubbed acetate and the Venus bootleg Unedited Masters - Hollywood To Nashville 1972-1980 - This appears to be a different mix.

The overdubbed master of 'It's A Matter Of Time' on the Venus bootleg Unedited Masters - Hollywood To Nashville 1972-1980comes from a tape source as opposed to the overdubbed master that appeared on For The Good Times from an acetate source.

An edited overdubbed strings version of 'Fool' can be found on the Elvis Aron Presley box-set. The unedited vesion can be found on the bootleg For The Good Times, taken from an acetate source.

An extended version of the already edited master of 'Fool', with overdubbed strings, can be found on the cassette version of the Elvis Aron Presley box-set.

The overdubbed version of 'Separate Ways' can be found on the bootlegs For The Good Times and Tiger Man Volume 2, taken from an acetate source, and in much improved sound quality from a tape source on the Venus bootleg Unedited Masters - Nashville Revisited.

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