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Elvis-TheKingsCourt _ All Elvis _ EP's Recording Sessions

Posted by: J Aug 22 2011, 05:28 PM

Having now gone through the "Complete Masters" set I got this urge of start collecting pictures from as many of EP's recording session dates as possible, just because I find it interesting to know how Elvis looked during the recording of certain songs. There are obviously many dates still missing, and there are MANY sessions during which no photographs were probably even snapped, so I've settled for shots from the same day, preferably either at arrival to the studio or after the session etc...

Still very much a work in progress but any additions/corrections are obviously welcome, and I'll be making the changes asap.

Elvis In The Studio

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RCA Studio's - Nashville, TN --- April 14, 1956
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

RCA Studio's - New York --- July 2, 1956
Hound Dog
Don't Be Cruel
Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)

20th Century Fox Stage 1 - Hollywood, CA --- August 24, 1956
We're Gonna Move
Love Me Tender
Poor Boy

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- September 1, 1956
Playing For Keeps
Love Me
Paralyzed
How Do You Think I Feel
How's The World Treating You

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- September 2, 1956
Paralyzed
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
Long Tall Sally
Old Shep
Too Much
Anyplace Is Paradise

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- September 3, 1956
Ready Teddy
First In Line
Rip It Up

*** Photo below is either from Sept. 2 or 3 sessions...

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- January 19, 1957
It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
Blueberry Hill
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Is It So Strange

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- February 14, 1957
Loving You (two different versions)

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- February 23, 1957
Don't Leave Me Now
I Beg Of You
One Night
True Love
I Need You So

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- February 24, 1957
Loving You
When It Rains It Really Pours

*** Picture below most likely taken at one of the four sessions listed above.

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- April 30, 1957
Jailhouse Rock
Treat Me Nice
Young And Beautiful

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- May 3, 1957
Treat Me Nice
I Want To Be Free
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care (Rhythm Track)
Don't Leave Me Now

MGM Sound Stage - Hollywood, CA --- May 7 / 8 1957
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care (VO)

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- January 15, 1958
Hard Headed Woman
Trouble
New Orleans
Crawfish

RCA Studio B - Nashville, TN --- June 10, 1958
I Need Your Love Tonight
A Big Hunk O' Love
Ain't That Loving You Baby
Ain't That Loving You Baby (Fast Version)
(Now And Then There's A) Fool Such As I

RCA Studio B - Nashville, TN --- March 20, 1960
Make Me Know It
Soldier Boy

*** Picture taken in Memphis just before Elvis headed for Nashville for the session scheduled later that day.

RCA Studio B - Nashville, TN --- March 21, 1960
Stuck On You
Fame & Fortune
A Mess Of Blues
It Feels So Right

*** Elvis leaving Nashville on March 21st, after the recording session.

RCA Studio B - Nashville, TN --- October, 30 1960
Milky White Way
His Hand In Mine
I Believe In The Man In The Sky
He Knows Just What I Need
Surrender
Mansion Over The Hilltop

RCA Studio B - Nashville, TN --- February 25, 1965
So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise)
My Desert Serenade
Wisom Of The Ages
Kismet
Hey Little Girl

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- May 13, 1965
Come Along (Vocal Overdub)
Beginners Luck (Vocal Overdub)
Down By The Riverside / When The Saints Go Marchin' In (V.O.)
Please Don't Stop Loving Me
Shout It Out
Frankie & Johnny (Movie Version)

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- May 14, 1965
Frankie & Johnny (Movie Version)
What Every Woman Lives For (Vocal Overdub)
Petunia, The Gardener's Daughter
Look Out Broadway
Everybody Come Aboard

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- May 15, 1965
Chesay
Frankie & Johnny (Record Version)

*** Picture below taken at one of the three sessions listed above...

Radio Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- February 16, 1966
Smorgasbord
Stop, Look & Listen
Am I Ready
Beach Shack

RCA Studio B - Nashville, TN --- May 28, 1966
If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side
Where Could I Go But To The Lord?
Come What May
Fools Fall In Love

MGM Sound Stage - Hollywood, CA --- June 20, 1967
Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby
Five Sleepy Heads
Who Are You? (Who Am I?)
Speedway
Suppose

RCA Studio B - Nashville, TN --- September 10, 1967
Guitar Man
Big Boss Man

RCA Studio B - Nashville, TN --- September 11, 1967
Mine
Singing Tree
Just Call Me Lonesome
Hi-Heel Sneakers
You Don't Know Me
We Call On Him
You'll Never Walk Alone

*** Picture below taken either before the Sept. 10 or 11 sessions...

Western Recorders - Hollywood, CA --- March 7, 1968
Wonderful World
Edge Of Reality
A Little Less Conversation
Almost In Love (Track)

Western Recorders - Burbank, CA --- June 23, 1968
If I Can Dream

American Sound - Memphis, TN --- January 23, 1969
Without Love (There Is Nothing)
I'll Hold You In My Heart ('Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)
I'll Be There
Suspicious Minds
Suspicious Minds (Harmony Vocal Overdub)

*** Picture below possibly from Jan. 23rd... EP is pictured with his female background singers.

RCA Studio B - Nashville, TN --- June 4, 1970
Mystery Train / Tiger Man (Jam)
Twenty Days & Twenty Nights
I've Lost You
I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago
The Sound Of Your Cry
Faded Love
The Fool
A Hundred Years From Now
Little Cabin On The Hill
Cindy, Cindy

*** Arriving at the studio on June 4th.

RCA Studio B - Nashville, TN --- June 5, 1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off It
How The Web Was Woven
It's Your Baby, You Rock It
Stranger In The Crowd
I'll Never Know
Mary In The Morning

*** Arriving at the studio on June 5th.

RCA Studio B - Nashville, TN --- May 15, 1971
Miracle Of The Rosary
It Won't Seem Like Christmas
If I Get Home On Christmas Day
Padre
Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees
Merry Christmas Baby
Silver Bells

*** Arriving at the studio on May 15th.

RCA Studio B - Nashville, TN --- May 21, 1971
Love Me, Love The Life I Lead
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Temple Riser Duet)

*** Leaving the studio after the May 21 session(?).

Stax Studio - Memphis, TN --- July 22, 1973
Find Out What's Happening
I've Got A Thing About You Baby
Just A Little Bit

*** Arriving at the studio on July 22nd.

Stax Studio - Memphis, TN --- December 16, 1973
If That Isn't Love
Spanish Eyes
She Wears My Ring

*** Leaving the studio after the Dec. 16th session.

The Jungle Room, Graceland - Memphis, TN --- February 2 / 3, 1976
Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall
She Thinks I Still Care
The Last Farewell

*** Picture below taken sometime during Feb. 2 in Graceland...

Posted by: ranskal Aug 25 2011, 01:37 AM

I love your idea!

Posted by: dennyelvis Aug 25 2011, 10:05 AM

Great project, plenty i aint seen before too ................

Posted by: J Aug 25 2011, 04:23 PM

Thanks for the comments. ... I just added shots from 1968 and 1969... although I had some difficulties with the dates. If someone has more accurate infos/confirmation that they're correct, let me know too.

Also managed to found one very small pic of EP and the crew arriving for the May 15, 1971 sessions in Nashville... it's apparently taken from the "Elvis Now" FTD booklet (which I can't check as I don't have it...)...

Posted by: NightRider Aug 25 2011, 08:36 PM

EXCELLENT thread Jouni....great read. Top work..and look forward to seeing it grow. I've pinned it so it easier to find...

Posted by: J Aug 28 2011, 10:17 AM

UPDATE --> A couple of shots added from March 20-21, 1960 ("Elvis Is Back!" sessions)... not 'session pictures' as such, but taken during the March session dates.

Posted by: J Oct 8 2011, 03:15 PM

UPDATE --> Managed to find a picture that was apparently taken after the final Stax session on December 16, 1973.
If anyone has a more solid confirmation of the date, and/or a better version of the picture, feel free to add.

Posted by: Guitar Man '66 Oct 10 2011, 06:54 PM

This is a great thread J...its great to see how Elvis looked and the studio layout etc..

Posted by: J Oct 11 2011, 02:50 PM

Thanks, Steve! If you have any corrections, or you can nail down a bit further some of the sessions I haven't been able to, let me know.

I just added the well knonw "Frankie & Johnny" session shot which shows the studio settings quite nicely... but it's also another which I don't have an exact date to... although there are only three options left so we're not too far from it.

Posted by: Guitar Man '66 Oct 13 2011, 01:16 AM

many thanks for the 'Frankie & Johhny' studio shot...that is one of my favourites from the 60's by far..due to it showing the layout etc...its a shame there arent more like this from Studio B in Nashville..having been there it would be great to know how it was all set out for an Elvis recording session..though the guide did tell us that Elvis often leaned up against the wall whilst singing a lot of the soundtrack songs he was bored with.

Posted by: JohnnyElvis Feb 24 2012, 05:33 PM

That picture of him at graceland 1976,is quite awesome, i always believed it was from 1973/1974 elvis looks so well when at home

Posted by: Freis968 May 18 2012, 04:57 AM

Great detective work!