Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

July 23 / 24 1973

(+ 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)

Stax Studio - Memphis, Tennessee

Producer: Felton Jarvis

Engineer: Al Pachucki

(11.00pm - 3.30am)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	James Burton	JD Sumner & The Stamps Quartet: Bill Baize; Ed Enoch; Donnie Sumner;
Guitar:	Charlie Hodge	David Rowland
Guitar:	Johnny Christopher	Mary Holladay; Ginger Holladay; Kathy Westmoreland; Mary 'Jeanie' Greene
Piano:	Bobby Wood
Bass:	Tommy Cogbill
Drums:	Ronnie Tutt
Drums:	Jerry Carrigan
Organ:	Bobby Emmons
Percussion:	Joe Esposito

Raised On Rock				CPA5 4767	July 23 / 24 1973 (Mon / Tue)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8
Take 9
Take 10	(M)	3:02	Unedited master	Raised On Rock (FTD)°° (rough mix - count-in)+Our Memories Of Elvis (FTD - 3 Bonus)°° (2:51 - see note)+Memphis 3°° (remixed)

Faded	M	2:38	Master is faded	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Songs Of The Seventies (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 3)°°~Raised On Rock (FTD)°° ~(20 Bit)°°~Complete Single Collection 8°°~70s Box 2°°~Elvis At Stax 2°° +The Mono Masters CD5 (Venus)°+Pure Diamonds Vol. 3°° (tracks 8 & 17) (different mixes)

For Ol' Times Sake				CPA5 4768	July 23 / 24 1973 (Mon / Tue)
Take 1	FS
Take 2	LFS
Take 3	LFS
Take 4	Complete	3:39		Raised On Rock (FTD)°°+Essential Elvis Volume 5°° (listed as Take 3) ~Elvis At Stax 1°° (different mixes)
Take 5	LFS	1:11		Raised On Rock (FTD)°°
Take 6	LFS	1:30		Raised On Rock (FTD)°°
Take 7	Incomp.	3:39		Raised On Rock (FTD)°°
Take 8	M	3:36	Master is without overdubs (3:56 with count-in)	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Loves Lost (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 12)°°~Raised On Rock (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°° ~Complete Single Collection 8°°~Elvis At Stax 2°°~70s Box 2°° +The Mono Masters CD5 (Venus)°+Pure Diamonds Vol 3°°+Raised On Rock (FTD)°° (rough mix)~Our Memories Of Elvis Volume 3 (Victrola)°° +Our Memories Of Elvis (FTD - 3 Bonus)°° (see note)+The Joan Deary Tapes Vol. 2°° (different mix)+Memphis 3°° (remixed)

The undubbed masters on Our Memories Of Elvis weren't really the pure undubbed masters. They were the fully overdubbed or regular masters but with certain instruments and backing vocal channels removed or stripped down.

The count-in for Take 8 of 'For Ol' Times Sake' can be found in the dialogue after Take 7 on FTD's Raised On Rock classic album.

"Sessions III" lists the undubbed master of 'For Ol' Times Sake' as being unreleased, but the master is without overdubs.

Some of the rough mixes found on FTD's Raised On Rock classic album are longer than the final masters.

In March of 2007, Sony decided to go through all of Elvis' masters. They retransferred everything and remastered all tracks including repairing as many clicks, pops, bad edits and dropouts as they could. They have used these newly mastered recordings on their new releases since 2007 including budget soundtracks, Legacy releases, the 30 disc Complete Elvis Presley Masters collection and the Franklin Mint package.

All outtakes and masters used on the Sony 3xCD set Elvis At Stax have been completely remixed and remastered from scratch.



Recording Information For Ol' Times Sake	Recording Information July 23 1973



Music Sheet Raised On Rock	Music Sheet For Ol' Times Sake