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October 14 1980
(+ 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)

Young 'un Sound - Nashville, Tennessee
Producer: Felton Jarvis
A & R Representative: Jerry Bradley
Engineer: Chip Young
Technician: Stan Dacus

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
Guitar: Jerry Shook Larry, Rudy & Steve Gatlin ('Help Me')
Electric Guitar: Larry Byrom  
Bass: Mike Leech  
Drums: Ralph Gallant (Larrie Londin)  
Piano: David Briggs  

Just Call Me Lonesome (re-recording)
KWA5 8553
  October 14 1980 (Tue: 2.00pm - 5.00pm)
Take NA (M) 3:00 Overdub of Take 6 (1967)  
         
Overdub M 2:04 Band overdubs on Oct 20 (evening) Too Much Monkey Business (FTD)°°~Guitar Man (1981)°°

I'll Hold You In My Heart (re-recording)
KWA5 8554
  October 14 1980 (Tue: 2.00pm - 5.00pm)
Take NA (M) 3:39 Overdub of 1969 master Too Much Monkey Business (FTD)°°+Tape°° (different mix)
         
Overdub M 3:00 Backup vocal overdubs on Nov 11  

Help Me (re-recording)
KWA5 8555
  October 14 1980 (Tue: 6.00pm - 9.00pm)
Take NA (M) 2:31 Overdub of 1973 master Tape°°
         
Take NA M 2:31 Backup vocal overdubs by
The Gatlin Brothers
Tape°°

Too Much Monkey Business (re-recording)
KWA5 8556
  October 14 1980 (Tue: 6.00pm - 9.00pm)
Take NA M 3:00 Overdub of 1968 master Too Much Monkey Business (FTD)°°~Guitar Man (1981)°°+Tape°° (2:48)
+The Joan Deary Tapes Vol. 2°° (different mixes - unedited)

I'm Movin' On (re-recording)
KWA5 8557
  October 14 1980 (Tue: 6.00pm - 9.00pm)
Take NA (M) 3:00 Overdub of 1969 alternate
vocal track
 
         
Overdub M 2:46 Backup vocal overdubs on Oct 20 Too Much Monkey Business (FTD)°°~Guitar Man (1981)°°

You Asked Me To (re-recording)
KWA5 8558
  October 14 1980 (Tue: 6.00pm - 9.00pm)
Take NA (M) 3:00 Overdub of 1973 master  
         
Overdub M 2:58 Backup vocal overdubs on Oct 20 Too Much Monkey Business (FTD)°°~Guitar Man (1981)°°~Complete
Single Collection 9°°~Elvis Country (RCA Special)°°+The Definitive
Country Album°° (edited)+Tape°° (different mix)

Notes

Sessions III incorrectly lists 'Too Much Monkey Business' (KWA5 8236) as being released on 1981's Guitar Man album and FTD's Too Much Monkey Business when in fact it was the October master (KWA5 8556) that appeared on these releases.

These sessions were brought about to record a new sound to old Elvis recordings.

The result was a complete album entitled Guitar Man in 1981. A follow up CD was released by the collectors label Follow That Dream in 2000 entitled Too Much Monkey Business, which contained additional tracks not released on the original LP.

An edited (2:10) version of 'You Asked Me To', with omitted verse ("Knowin' how much I love you, after all I've been through, I'd turn and walk away from you, just because you asked me to"), was released in 1987 on the BMG Ariola release The Definitive Country Album.

Thanks to Juan Luis Gonzalez Brugal for sharing the two unreleased versions of 'Help Me', from his own private collection.

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