Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

January 2 1974 (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

A & R Representative: Jerry Bradley

Engineer: Al Pachucki

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Dennis Linde	Ginger Holladay; Mary Holladay; Marie Cain ('I Got A Feelin' In My Body',
Guitar:	Alan Rush	'If You Talk In Your Sleep' & 'Talk About The Good Times')
Organ:	Robert Galbraith	(1:30pm - 4:30pm)
Piano:	Bobby Ogdin
Percussion:	Randy Cullers (Cowbell on 'Promised Land')
(6:00pm - 9:00pm / 10:00pm - 1:00am)

I Got A Feelin' In My Body (overdub)				CPA5 1617	January 2 1974 (Wed: 1.30pm - 4.30pm)
Overdub	(M)		Backup vocals overdubbed to December 10 1973 master

Overdub	M	3:33	Band overdubs on January 2 1974	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Gospel Jubilee (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 11)°°~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 3°° ~Good Times (FTD)°°~Good Times (20 Bit)°°~Peace in the Valley 2°° ~Elvis At Stax 3°°+70s Box 4°° (different mixes)

If You Talk In Your Sleep (overdub)				CPA5 1620	January 2 1974 (Wed: 1.30pm - 4.30pm)
Overdub	(M)		Backup vocals overdubbed to December 11 1973 master (not used)

Overdub	(M)		String overdubs on January 10 1974
Overdub	(M)	2:47	Brass overdubs on January 15 1974 Unedited master	Unedited Masters - Stax 1973 (Venus)°° (track 3 - count-in & unedited)
Faded	M	2:25	Master faded	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Loves Lost (Franklin Mint Complete Masters Collection 12)°°~Promised Land (FTD)°°~Complete Single Collection 8°°~Elvis At Stax 3°°~Promised Land (20 Bit)°°+(2000)°° ~70s Box 2°° (diff. mixes)+Elvis' Gold Records Volume 5°° (long outro) +The Mono Masters CD5 (Venus)°

Talk About The Good Times (overdub)				CPA5 1628	January 2 1974 (Wed: 1.30pm - 4.30pm)
Overdub	(M)	2:58	Backup vocals overdubbed to December 14 1973 master Unedited master	Unedited Masters - Stax 1973 (Venus)°°
Faded	M	2:25	Master faded	Comp. Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Country Legend (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 18)°°~Good Times (FTD)°°~70s Box 4°°~Elvis At Stax 3°°+Good Times°° (20 Bit - too slow - faded) (different mixes)

I Got A Feelin' In My Body (overdub)				CPA5 1617		January 2 1974 (Wed: 6.00pm - 9.00pm)
Overdub	M	3:33	Band overdubbed, after backup vocal overdubs	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Gospel Jubilee (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 11)°°~I Believe - The Gospel Masters 3°° ~Good Times (FTD)°°~Good Times (20 Bit)°°~Peace in the Valley 2°° ~Elvis At Stax 3°°+70s Box 4°° (different mixes)

Promised Land (overdub)				CPA5 1629	January 2 1974 (Wed: 6.00pm - 9.00pm)
Overdub	(M)	2:57	Cowbell overdubbed to December 15 1973 master	Memphis 3°° (remixed - with prominent organ & no harmony vocal)

Overdub	(M)	3:06	Tambourine overdub on Jan 15 1974	Unedited Masters - Stax '73 (Venus)°°~Unedited Masters Vol 1 (Venus)°° (complete)~This Is Elvis (FTD)°°~The Legend Lives On (Readers Digest box set)°° (1:56 - edited) (including harmony vocal & cowbell)
Edit	M	2:57	Harmony vocal eliminated	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Songs Of The Seventies (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 3)°°+Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 4 (Legacy)°°~Elvis 75 CD3°°~Promised Land (FTD)°°~Complete Single Collection 8°°~Promised Land (20 Bit)°°~Elvis At Stax 3°°+70s Box 2°°~Promised Land (2000)°°+Second To None°°+The Mono Masters CD5 (Venus)°

You Asked Me To (overdub)				CPA5 1619		January 2 1974 (Wed: 10.00pm - 1.00am)
Overdub	M	2:53	Band overdubbed to December 11 1973 master	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Country Legend (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 18)°°~Promised Land (FTD)°°~(20 Bit)°° ~Elvis At Stax 3°°+Promised Land (2000)°°~70s Box 4°° (diff. mixes)

Love Song Of The Year (overdub)				CPA5 1623	January 2 1974 (Wed: 10.00pm - 1.00am)
Overdub	(M)		Band overdubbed to December 12 1973 master

Overdub	(M)	3:59	String overdubs on January 11 1974 Unedited master	Unedited Masters - Stax 1973 (Venus)°° (count-in & unedited)
Faded	M	3:18	Master faded	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~The Ultimate Love Songs (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 25)°°~Promised Land (FTD)°° ~Elvis At Stax 3°°~Promised Land (20 Bit)°°+(2000)°° (different mixes) +Tape°°

Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues (overdub)				CPA5 1627	January 2 1974 (Wed: 10.00pm - 1.00am)
Overdub	(M)	4:28	Band overdubbed to December 13 1973 master	Memphis 3°° (remixed - additional guitar)

Overdub	(M)	4:42	String overdubs on January 11 1974 Unedited master	Unedited Masters - Stax 1973 (Venus)°°
Edit	M	3:09	Master edited - repeated verse removed	Complete Elvis Presley Masters 25 (Sony)°°~Country Legend (Franklin Mint Comp. Masters Collection 18)°°~Elvis 75 - Good Rockin' Tonight 4 (Legacy)°°~Good Times (FTD)°°~70s Box 4°°~Elvis At Stax 3°°+Country (2006 - DSD)°°+Good Times°° (20 Bit - too slow) (different mixes)

Backing vocal overdubs were not used on 'If You Talk In Your Sleep'.



	Recording Information January 2 1974 (Overdub)