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Recording Sessions 1956
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Studio Session for 20th Century Fox

Recording details:
Place: 20th Century Fox Stage 1 Hollywood, California
Date: September 4 - 5, 1956
Time: 9.00am - 12.00pm / 1.00pm - 4.00pm
Producer: Lionel Newman
Engineer: Bob Mayer, Ken Runyon
Recorded Numbers:
Matrix:
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Titel:
Time:
Date:
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Album:
Year
____-02
Let Me (Track)
2:10
September 4
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Titel:
Time:
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Year
____-NA
Poor Boy (Part Of Verse, Track)

September 4
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Titel:
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Year
____-NA
Poor Boy (Part Of Verse, VO)
0:10
September 5
Matrix:
Nr:
Titel:
Time:
Date:
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Album:
Year 		G2WB
7259-SP
Poor Boy (Composite)
2:16
September 5
Matrix:
Nr:
Titel:
Time:
Date:
1st Release:
Album:
Year 		G2WB
7261-SP
Let Me (V.O.)
2:10
September 5
EPA4006
Love Me Tender
1956
Musicians:
Guitar Elvis Presley
Guitar Vito Mumolo
Bass Michael "Myer" Rubin
Drums Richard Cornell
Banjo Luther "Red" Rountree
Accordion Carl Fortina
Vocals The Ken Darby Trio: Rad Robinson, Jon Dodson, Charles Prescott
More Info:
The master of Poor Boy runs 0.45% slower than the released take 3 and was spliced like this (if take 3 is altererd by 0.45%):0:00.0-1:14.8 of take 3, 0:41.8- 0:58.6 of take 3 (reprise), 8 seconds of insert and 1:06.7-1:41.0 of take 3. It seems most spliced, 2nd generation masters from 1956 run a little too slow.

The master of Let Me runs about 0.45% too slow as well. The vocal track was spliced the following way: 0:04-0:24 has vocal from "solo version" (probably take 3, could be take 4), 0:25-1:35 has vocal from the other used vocal take (take 4 or maybe take 3) and finally, 1:36-2:08 has vocal taken from "solo version".

Here's a Real Audio file in stereo that reveals identical vocal parts. The master is stored in the left channel. The right channel contains edited vocal parts from "solo version" only. The "solo version" was stretched to 100.45%.

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Studio Session for 20th Century Fox

Concert details:
Place:
Date:
Time:
Producer:
Engineer: 		20th Century Fox Stage 1 Hollywood, California
September 4 - 5, 1956
9.00am - 12.00pm / 1.00pm - 4.00pm
Lionel Newman
Bob Mayer, Ken Runyon
Songlist:
    Matrix:
    Nr:
    Titel:
    Time:
    Date:
    1st Release:
    Album:
    Year
____-02
Let Me (Track)
2:10
September 4
    Matrix:
    Nr:
    Titel:
    Time:
    Date:
    1st Release:
    Album:
    Year
____-NA
Poor Boy (Part Of Verse, Track)

September 4
    Matrix:
    Nr:
    Titel:
    Time:
    Date:
    1st Release:
    Album:
    Year
____-NA
Poor Boy (Part Of Verse, VO)
0:10
September 5
    Matrix:
    Nr:
    Titel:
    Time:
    Date:
    1st Release:
    Album:
    Year 		G2WB
7259-SP
Poor Boy (Composite)
2:16
September 5
    Matrix:
    Nr:
    Titel:
    Time:
    Date:
    1st Release:
    Album:
    Year 		G2WB
7261-SP
Let Me (V.O.)
2:10
September 5
EPA4006
Love Me Tender
1956
Musicians:
Guitar:
Guitar:
Bass:
Drums:
Bano:
Accorion:
Vocals: 		Elvis Presley
Vito Mumolo
Michael "Myer" Rubin
Richard Cornell
Luther "Red" Roundtree
Carl Fortina
The Ken Darby Trio: Rad Robinson, Jon Dodson and Charles Prescott
More Info:
The master of Poor Boy runs 0.45% slower than the released take 3 and was spliced like this (if take 3 is altererd by 0.45%):0:00.0-1:14.8 of take 3, 0:41.8- 0:58.6 of take 3 (reprise), 8 seconds of insert and 1:06.7-1:41.0 of take 3. It seems most spliced, 2nd generation masters from 1956 run a little too slow.

The master of Let Me runs about 0.45% too slow as well. The vocal track was spliced the following way: 0:04-0:24 has vocal from "solo version" (probably take 3, could be take 4), 0:25-1:35 has vocal from the other used vocal take (take 4 or maybe take 3) and finally, 1:36-2:08 has vocal taken from "solo version".

Here's a Real Audio file in stereo that reveals identical vocal parts. The master is stored in the left channel. The right channel contains edited vocal parts from "solo version" only. The "solo version" was stretched to 100.45%.