The first six attempts to record "Home Is Where The Heart" is were nothing but false starts, but now the king and his crew manage to archive a complete perfomrance. Here and there Elvis doesn't get the timing right, but otherwise the ballad works well. Take 8 is another false start, because the band makes a mistake during the intro. The 9th try sounds quite good, but now the lead vocalist suddenly has to clear his throat. With take number 10 we get to hear another complete performance. During the lower passages Elvis still has some problems with the phrasing. He refers to his troubles by saying "It seemed like I'm waitin' for the lyrics". He cancels take 11 after a few seconds, but then the ballad once again is sung from start to finish. With the 13th take the group tries out a faster presentation, but after a few words Elvis has to harrumph and cancels the take with a laugh. He's definitely in good mood, right before the recording he refers to Mr. Bienstock as "Freddie, the freeloader". 

Because the new tempo is a bit too high, the group settles for a happy medium. It's a tad faster than the first twelfe takes, but slower than the 13th one. From now on the arrangement is set and it's all about ironing out the glitches. The producer announces "take one-five", but Elvis fluffs the word "anywhere". The next try also doesn't last long, because now the king's voice cracks right at the first sung word. The same thing happens again. The king gets upset and can be heared saying "Damn!". Then he ironically asks "One more time. Give me one more chance, fellows. Would you, please?". Even though the band wrecks the intro Elvis starts to sing. After he's interrupted by the producer, he asks "Who goofed?". Take number 20 sounds perfect, but now the king gets pushy and wants to do even better. The 21st try turns out to be as good as the previous one and so Elvis approves it for release.

The first take includes a different piano arrangement as well as harmony singers, who stumble upon the lyrics. Nevertheless the group continues to play and delivers a complete performance. Afterwards the the musicians coordinate themselves and rehearse certain parts of the tune. The producer regards this to be take number 2. The next attempt is canceled by Elvis, who remarks "We gotta blast the hell out of the bridge, the bridge was very quiet". Take 4 is played with more zest, but it falters somewhere in mid-song. The 5th try is stoped during the bridge. From now on everybody knows what to do and the final four takes turn out to be complete performances. Take number nine is missing, because the original tape was cut into pieces to splice the master, which is a combination of take 8 and 9. However, there still is a mono copy in Sony's vaults, which FTD could have used here. But they didn't and so we get to hear the spliced master instead. The first 31 seconds are taken from take 9, then we hear 15 seconds of take 8. The rest of the track once again is taken from the 9th attempt.

Due to Elvis' dissatisfaction with the result, he re-recorded the song. This time the first part of the bridge is sung by the harmony group and the king just repeats their lines. The first try fails at exactly this spot, the second attempt doesn't get past the intro. The producer regards it to be a false starts and the group tries again. But now Elvis has to laugh during the bridge, so take 2 comes to a close very fast. The next attempt once again falters during the bridge. Mistakenly the producer leaves out number 4 and announces "take 5". It once again fails during the bridge. The final two takes are complete performances. The master is a splice of take 7 and the last part of the 9th attempt of the previous session.

The popsong doesn't seem to challenge anybody. The major difference to the master is the slower pace. Take 2 is played a tad faster, but Elvis doesn't get further than the second line. The 3rd attempt is canceled after a minute for no apparent reason.The next try just lasts a few seconds, because the king has to clear his throat. Take number 5 also doesn't get old, this time Elvis stumbles upon the word "rabbitsfoot". Finally take 6 turns out to be a complete and releasable rendition.

Once again the king isn't happy with the result and tries again. But he looses his step after 1.5 minutes or so and cancels the take by saying "Hold it!". The second try works much better and is approved for release. Before RCA did so, the recording was slightly shortened.

Take number one is nothing but a few bars of the intro, but the second try is a complete performance. The same applies to the third one, which lasts a bit longer because Elvis looses his step in mid-song and repeats the part. Take number 4 consists of just a few bars, the next attempt is canceled by Elvis during the choir-part. Before the recording is continued, the group rehearses a bit. Take 6 is announced, but nothing really happens. Nevertheless the producer continues with take number 7. It's canceled by Elvis after a minute or so. The 8th try once again turns out to be a complete performance. This cannot be said about the next try, it falters after 60 seconds. But take number ten is a winner and selected for release.

During the first take the drummer makes a mistake and Elvis asks "What happened?". The following try is canceled by the king after half a minute. With the next two takes Elvis and his group deliver complete performances of "King Of The Whole Wide World", the last of them met his taste.