The set should be out at the end of the month November / December and is already available for pre-order from the >>> ElvisMatters webshop.
Publicity stated: FTD books is pleased to announce the release of ‘The Making Of G.I. Blues’ this 65th Anniversary Commemorative Edition is packaged in an individually numbered Deluxe collector's slipcase.
Book 1 - The Movie The Making Of G.I. Blues - The Movie: a 384-page hardback coffee table style Deluxe book, containing many newly discovered photographs, details on deleted scenes, pages from the script, the shooting schedule, memos, contracts, as well as memories from the cast and crew.
Book 2 – The Music: a 84-page book of photos, documents and detailed session information.
Additionally the set contains 5 CDs featuring for the first time, the complete Elvis Presley soundtrack recording sessions, from the original 3-track tapes to stereo, sequenced in recording order.
Also included is Special Collector’s vinyl 33 RPM, compact double EP with a picture sleeve. All housed in a Deluxe, individually (sticker) numbered slipcase.
CD 1: G.I. Blues - The Masters:
Tonight Is So Right For Love - What’s She Really Like - Frankfort Special - Wooden Heart - G. I. Blues - Pocketful Of Rainbows - Shoppin’ Around - Big Boots - Didja’ Ever - Blue Suede Shoes - Doin’ The Best I Can - Tonight’s All Right For Love
April 27, 1960 - Sunset & Vine, Hollywood:
Shoppin’ Around (Instrumental, AO Take 1 - 2) - Shoppin’ Around (Instrumental, AO Take 3 / Master - From Acetate) - Shoppin’ Around (Instrumental, AO Take 4) - Shoppin’ Around (First version, BO Take 1) - Shoppin’ Around (First Version, BO Take 2 - 4) - Shoppin’ Around (First Version, BO Take 5) - Shoppin’ Around (First Version, BO Take 6 - 10) - Shoppin’ Around (First Version, BO Take 11) - Shoppin’ Around (First Version, BO Take 14 / Master - From Acetate)
CD 2: G.I. Blues - April 27, 1960 - Sunset and Vine, Hollywood:
Didja’ Ever (CO Take 1) - Didja’ Ever (CO Take 2 / Original Master) - Didja’ Ever (Splice Of CO Take 1 & 2 / Substituted Album Master) - Doin’ The Best I Can (DO Take 1 - 3) - Doin’ The Best I Can (DO Take 4 - 7) - Doin’ The Best I Can (DO Take 8 - 9) - Doin’ The Best I Can (DO Take 10 - 12) - Doin’ The Best I Can (DO Take 13 / Master) - G. I. Blues (EO Take 1) - G. I. Blues (EO Take 2 - 4) - G. I. Blues (EO Take 5) - G. I. Blues (EO Take 6) - G. I. Blues (EO Take 7) - G. I. Blues (EO Take 8 - 10, Insert) - G. I. Blues (Splice Of EO Take 7 & 10 / Master) - Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 1 - 2) - Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 3) - Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 4) - Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 5 - 7) - What’s She Really Like (GO Take 1 - 3) - What’s She Really Like (GO Take 4 - 5)
* Take 2 used on first pressing of soundtrack.
Also on exported album master (UK, Germany etc.).
CD 3: G.I. Blues - April 27, 1960 - Sunset and Vine, Hollywood:
Frankfort Special (Fast Version, HO Take 1 - 2) - Frankfort Special (Fast Version, HO Take 3 - 5) - Frankfort Special (Fast Version, HO Take 6 - 7) - Frankfort Special (Fast Version, HO Take 8) - Frankfort Special (Fast Version, HO Take 9 - 13) - Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 8) - Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 9) - . Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 10 - 11 / Master)
April 28, 1960 - Sunset & Vine, Hollywood:Whistling Blues (Instrumental, JO Take 2 / Master) - Tonight Is So Right For Love (Instrumental, KO Take 1 - 4 / Master) - Wooden Heart (Gramafunken Version, Instrumental, LO Take 1 - 2 / Master) - Big Boots (Fast Version, M1O Take 1 - 2) - Big Boots (Fast Version, M1O Take 3) - Big Boots (Fast Version, M1O Take 4) - Big Boots (Fast Version, M1O Take 5) - Big Boots (Fast Version, M1O Take 6 - 7 / Master) - Big Boots (Slow Version, MO Take 1) - Big Boots (Slow Version, MO Take 2 - 3) - Big Boots (Slow Version, MO Take 4) - What’s She Really Like (GO Take 6 - 7) - What’s She Really Like (GO Take 8 - 11) - What’s She Really Like (GO Take 12 - 13) - What’s She Really Like (GO Take 14 - 16)
CD 4: G.I. Blues - April 28, 1960 - Sunset and Vine, Hollywood:
What’s She Really Like (GO Take 17 - 19) - What’s She Really Like (insert, GO Take 20 - 22) - What’s She Really Like (Splice Of GO Take 19 & 22 Insert / Master) - Pocketful of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 1 - 2) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 3) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 4 - 7) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 8) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 9) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 10) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 11 - 12) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 13 - 14) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 15 - 16) - Blue Suede Shoes (PO Take 1 / Master) - Wooden Heart (QO Take 1) - Wooden Heart (QO Take 2 - 4 / Master) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 17) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 18 - 20) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 21 - 25) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 26 - 28)
Big Boots (Fast Version, Remake, M1O-X Take 1) - Big Boots (Fast Version, Remake, M1O-X Take 2) - Shoppin’ Around (Remake, BO-X Take 1 - 2) - Shoppin’ Around (Remake, BO-X Take 3 - 5) - Shoppin’ Around (Remake, BO-X Take 6 - 7 / Master) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Remake, NO-X Take 1 - 2 / Master) - Pocketful Of Rainbows (Remake, NO-X Take 3) - Frankfort Special (Remake, HO-X Take 1 - 5) - Frankfort Special (Remake, HO-X Take 6 - 8) - Frankfort Special (Remake, HO-X Take 9 - 10 / Master) - Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O Take 1) - Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O Take 2 - 5) - Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O Take 6) - Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O Take 7 - 8) - Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O Take 9 - 10) - Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O Take 11 - 12) - Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O Take 14 - 15) - Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O Take 16 - 17) - Tonight’s All Right For Love (Insert, R2O Take 1 - 2) - Tonight’s All Right For Love (Composite Of R1O Take 10 & R2O Take 2 / Master) - Big Boots (Slow Version, Remake, MO-X Take 1 - 6) - Big Boots (Slow Version, Insert, M2O-X Take 1 - 4) - Tonight’s All Right For Love (“Tales From The Vienna Woods”, Instrumental, RO Take 1 - 4) - Tonight’s All Right For Love (“Tales From The Vienna Woods”, Instrumental, RO Take 5 / Master) - Big Boots (SO Take 3, Composite Of MO Take 4 & M2O-X Take 4 / Master)
Mastered by Sebastian Jeansson, mixed from 3-track to stereo by Vic Anesini with Sebastian Jeansson. Original engineers: Thorne Nogar and Al Schmitt. Produced by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen.
Note: There are no new Out-takes in this release, only new instrumental versions:
April 27, 1960 - Sunset and Vine, Hollywood:
- Shoppin' Around - Instrumental, AO Take 1 (FS), 2 (FS)
- Shoppin' Around - Instrumental, AO Take 3 / Master (Acetate)
April 28, 1960 - Sunset and Vine, Hollywood:
- Tonight Is So Right For Love - Instrumental, KO Take 1 (FS), 2 (FS), 3 (FS)
- Wooden Heart - Gramafunken Version, Instrumental, LO Take 1 (FS)
May 6, 1960 - Radio Recorders, Hollywood:
- Tonight’s All Right For Love ('Tales From The Vienna Woods') -Instrumental, RO Take 1 (FS), 2 (FS), 3 (FS), 4 (complete)
Helloween In Culver City
Side A: 01. Don’t It Make You Wanna Go Home * / 02. Something / 03. Words / Don’t It Make You Wanna Go Home * / 04. I Just Can’t Help Believin’ / 05. Little Sister (False Start And Complete) - Get Back.
Side B: 01 . I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water / 02. I Was The One / 03. Cattle Call / 04. Baby Let’s Play House / 05. Don’t / 06. Money Honey / Hard Headed Woman * / 07. (Now And Then There’s) A Fool Such As I / 08. Froggy Went A-Courtin’.
Side C: 01. Such A Night (Edited For Listening Pleasure) / 02. It’s Now Or Never / Are You Horny Tonight? * / 03. What’d I Say / The Lord’s Prayer / 04. My Country Tis’ Of Thee (Edited For Listening Pleasure) / 05. Hava Nagilah ** / 06. My Baby Left Me.
Side D: 01. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (With Reprise) / 02. Just Pretend * - Stranger In The Crowd – Ending.
Bonus Material: 03. That’s All Right Mama (July 15, 1970) Slow Version **/*** / 04. Cotton Fields (July 15, 1970) ** / 05. Alla En El Rancho Grande (July 15 1970) ** / 06. How The Web Was Woven (July 15, 1970) Off Mic ** / 07. Mary In The Morning (August 7, 1970) Funny Version **.
CD: 01. Talking / Don’t It Make You Wanna Go Home * / 02. Something – Talking / 03. Words - Don’t It Make You Wanna Go Home * / 04. I Just Can’t Help Believin’ / 05. Little Sister (False Start And Complete) - Get Back / 06. Band Rehearsal - Rehearsing The Ending Of Get Back / 07 . I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water / 08. I Was The One / 09. Cattle Call / 10. Baby Let’s Play House / 11. Don’t / 12. Money Honey / Hard Headed Woman * / 13. (Now And Then There’s) Fool Such As I / 14. Froggy Went A-Courtin’ / Viva Las Vegas * / 15. Such A Night ** / 16. It’s Now Or Never / Are You Horny Tonight? * / 17. What’d I Say - The Lord’s Prayer / 18. My Country Tis’ Of Thee ** / 19. Hava Nagilah ** / 20. My Baby Left Me / 21. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (With Reprise) / 22. Just Pretend * - Stranger In The Crowd - Ending.
Bonus: 23. Such A Night (edited for listening pleasure)
* One Liner / ** Mono Source / *** Contains Imperfections
The Official Elvis Presley Fan Club UK, released the 45 RPM vinyl single 'The Wonderful World of Christmas / If I Get Home On Christmas Day,' exclusively for fan club members.
This Limited Edition 45 comes in Festive Red Vinyl with custom made sleeve faithfully reproducing the look of the 1971 LP release 'The Wonderful World Of Christmas' in design.
(Source: Elvis Rarities / Flaming Star / Henrik Knudsen / Official Elvis Presley Fan Club U.K./ Michael Sander)