Cat. No. 1958: ELVIS PRESLEY ~ THE CAFE EUROPA SESSIONS. MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE MRS 1002 7460. (IMPORT).

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THIS SPECIAL 4CD SET CONTAINS NEARLY 4 HOURS OF UNRELEASED STUDIO TAKES FROM ELVIS'S “CAFÉ EUROPA” SESSIONS WHICH WERE CUT FOR THE MOVIE ULTIMATELY TITLED G.I. BLUES. THE AUDIO CONTAINED HEREIN WHICH WAS RECORDED IN APRIL AND MAY 1960, INCLUDES ALL THE MASTERS FROM THE ORIGINAL G.I. BLUES SOUNDTRACK ALBUM PLUS HOURS OF ALTERNATE TAKES OF ALL SONGS, WITH ALL THE ELVIS STUDIO BANTER INTACT AND INSTILLING NEW INSIGHT AND LIVE ATMOSPHERE INTO THE COMPLETE MAKING OF THIS HISTORIC MOVIE SOUNDTRACK.

 

THESE RECORDINGS ARE TRANSFERRED, PROCESSED AND RE-MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL RCA SESSION TAPES IN 24 BIT 192KHZ STEREO. IN ADDITION THIS SET INCLUDES A 100 PAGE BOOK GOING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH PAGES OF UNRELEASED PHOTOGRAPHS, FULL TEXT AND DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING A FOREWARD BY SID TEPPER WHO CO-WROTE THE SONGS “SHOPPIN’ AROUND” AND THE TITLE SONG, “G.I. BLUES”.

 

TRACK LISTING: CD1 – MASTER RECORDINGS ~ Shoppin’ Around / Didja’ Ever / Doin’ The Best I Can / G.I.Blues / Frankfort Special / Tonight Is So Right For Love / Big Boots / What’s She Really Like / Blue Suede Shoes / Wooden Heart / Pocket Full Of Rainbows. SESSION RECORDINGS ~ Shoppin’ Around (Instrumental takes 1 & 2) / Shoppin’ Around (Instrumental take 4) / Shoppin’ Around (Version 1, takes 2,4,6-9) / Shoppin’ Around (Version 1, take 10) / Shoppin’ Around (Version 1, take 11) / Doin’ The Best I Can (Takes 1,2,4,5-8) / Doin’ The Best I Can (Take 13) / G.I. Blues (Takes 2,3,4) / G.I. Blues (Take 7) / G.I. Blues (Takes 8-10 pickup) / Tonight Is So Right For Love (Take 4) / Tonight Is So Right For Love (Takes 5,6) / Tonight Is So Right For Love (Take 7).

 

CD 2 What’s She Really Like (Takes 1-4) / What’s She Really Like (Take 5) / Frankfort Special (Takes 1,3-7) / Frankfort Special (Take 8) / Frankfort Special (Takes 9-12) / Frankfort Special (Take 13) / Tonight Is So Right For Love (Take 8) / Tonight Is So Right For Love (Take 9) / Tonight Is So Right For Love (Take10) / Tonight Is So Right For Love (Take 11) / Whistling Blues (Take 1) / Tonight Is So Right For Love (Music & Chorus) (Takes 1-3) / Tonight Is So Right For Love (Music & Chorus) (Take 4) / Big Boots (Fast version) (Take 2) / Big Boots (Fast version) (Take 3) / Big Boots (Fast version) (Take 4) / Big Boots (Fast version) (Take 5) / Big Boots (Fast version) (Takes 6,7) / Big Boots (Slow version) (Take 1) / Big Boots (Slow 1st version) (Take 2,3) / Big Boots (Slow 1st version) (Take 4) / What’s She Really Like (Takes 6-10) / What’s She Really Like (Take 11) / What’s She Really Like (Takes 12,13) / What’s She Really Like (Takes 14-16) / What’s She Really Like (Different key & beat) (Takes 17, 18) / What’s She Really Like (Different key & beat) (Take 19).

 

CD 3 What’s She Really Like (Different key & beat) (Insert) (Take 20) / What’s She Really Like (Different key & beat) (Insert) (Take 21) / What’s She Really like (Different Key & beat) (Insert) (Take 22) Pocketful Of Rainbows (Take 1) / Blue Suede Shoes (Take 1) / Wooden Heart (Take 4) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Take 3) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Takes 4-6) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Take 7) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Take 8) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Take 9) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Take 10) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Takes 11,12) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Takes 13,14) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Take 17) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Takes 18.19) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Take 20) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Takes 21,23,24) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Takes 25,26) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Take 28) / Big Boots (Mid Tempo) (Take 2) / Shoppin’ Around (Version 2) (Takes 1-3,6) /Shoppin’ Around (Version 2) (Take 7) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Take 1) / Pocketful Of Rainbows (Take 2).

 

CD 4: Frankfort Special (Medium Tempo) (Takes 1-3, 6,7) / Frankfort Special (Medium Tempo) (Take 8) / Frankfort Special (Medium Tempo) ( Take 9) / Frankfort Special (Medium Tempo) ( Take 10) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Take 1) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Take 5a) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Take 5b) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Take 6) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Take 8) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Take 9) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Takes 10,11) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Takes 12,16) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Insert) (Takes 1,2) / Big Boots (Slow 2nd version) ( Takes 1-5) / Big Boots (Slow 2nd version) (Take 6) / Big Boots (Slow 2nd version / insert) ( Takes 1-4) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Instrumental) (Takes 1-3) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Instrumental) (Take 4) / Tonight’s All Right For Love (Instrumental) (Take 5). BONUS: Radio Spot 1 – UK / Radio Spot 2 – UK / Radio Spot 3 – UK / Radio Spot 4 – UK / Radio Spot 1 – Australia / Radio Spot 2 – Australia / Movie Trailer Soundtrack 1 / Movie Trailer Soundtrack 2.

 

4CD SET PLUS A HARDBOUND BOOK


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