The master of 'I Want You, I Need You, I Love You' is listed as being spliced from takes 14 and 17. This is hardly true
for any vocal part if the outtake released on 'A Legendary Performer' vol. 2 really is take 14. The first vocal part of
alternate take 16 (released on the 50's Box) sounds very close to the master. The 5 second instrumental intro of the master
was either pitched about 1.5% slower or recorded in a lower key and a slower tempo. This 5 second intro could be from take
14 as corresponding pitch adjustment makes it fairly synchronized with the master.
On both take 14 and 16, Elvis goes up on the first "...with all...". So this part must be from take 17 on the spliced
master. There is a dropout on take 16 after 23 seconds. Perhaps the master was spliced from take 14 (instrumental intro,
1.5% slower) (0:00-0:005), take 16 (0:05-0:23) and take 17 (0:23-2:41).The spliced master suffers from dynamic compression.
The correct matrix number of 'I Want You, I Need You, I Love You' ought to be G2WB 0270. It's annonced as G2WB 0270 and
that number is printed on the master log. For some reason Jørgensen and Tunzi have always listed it as G2WB 0271.
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