The U.K. based Memphis Recording Service announced the release Of "Elvis G.I Blues" - The Cafe Europe Sessions" containing public domain recordings and more. The release-date is March 2011 release-date. On the FECC forum Sony / BMG's producer Ernst Jorgensen posted the message:Hi All
Just a few pieces of information from FTD:
1) Wheras the masters are definitely public domaine the outtakes are not. Outtakes released within the 50 year period following their recording date are protected for 50 years from the date of release.
2) In the U.S. nothing is P..D.
3) As some people know. FTD has been working on our G.I. BLUES project for a while. The reason it takes a lot of time to complete, is that to achieve the optimum sound you have to go back to the original 3-track tapes, and re-mix
all the material -expensive and time consuming (something only SONY/FTD will be able to do, since nobody else has the tapes).
4) And off course the FTD release will include everything.
Roger and Ernst
Elvis Live On AirThe enhanced CD "Elvis Presley - Live On Air" was released on the Northworld label. It contains 10 SUN studiorecordings, 8 songs from the 1956 TV-Shows and 8 videoclips.
Elvis - The King Remembered
The 4 DVD / book combo "Elvis - The King Remembered" was released through Abstract Sounds Books. It contains a 116 pages book, 4 DVD with documentaries and interviews and a quiz.(Source: FECC / EP Gesellschaft)