FTD 121 – Café Europa G.I. Blues Vol. 2

Cafe Europa Sessions : G.I. Blues Volume 2′ is the second volume in the Classic Album series following the release of the G.I. Blues Classic album.As always in a 7″ inch digi pack format with booklet. With this volume we get the ‘In-and-Outtakes’ section in order to summarize all the G.I. BLUES recordings. Sounding better than ANYTHING that’s’ gone before, the original masters including studio banter have been NEWLY REMIXED from the original multi tracks. A lot of effort (and money) has gone into making these the best sounding recordings.

Tracklist

Disc 1:

Master Takes : Remixed

1. Didja Ever (take 2 CO-sp replaced master) (2:54) (Sid Wayne/Sherman Edwards)

2. Doin The Best I Can (take 13/M) (3:32) (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)

3. G. I. Blues (take 7/M + insert ending takes 8-10/M) (4:36) (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett)

4. Tonight Is So Right For Love (takes 10-11/M) (4:16) (Sid Wayne/Abner Silver/Joseph Lilley)

5. What¹s She Really Like (takes 17-19/M + insert takes 20-22/M) (8:11) (Sid Wayne/Abner Silver)

6. Blue Suede Shoes (take 1/M) (2:14) (Carl Perkins)

7. Wooden Heart (take 4/M) (2:09) (Fred Wise/Ben Weisman/Kay Twomey/Bert Kaempfert)

8. Shoppin¹ Around (remake, takes 6-7/M) (2:57) (Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett/Aaron Schroeder)

9. Pocketful Of Rainbows (remake, take 2/M) (2:36) (Fred Wise/Ben Weisman)

10. Frankfort Special (remake, takes 9-10/M) (4:29) (Sid Wayne/Sherman Edwards)

11. Tonight¹s All Right For Love (take 10/M + insert takes 1-2/M) (3:22) (Sid Wayne/Abner Silver/Joseph Lilley)

12. Big Boots (slow version, take 4/M) (1:40) (Sid Wayne/Sherman Edwards)

13. Big Boots (slow version, remake, insert takes 2-4/M) (1:55)

Outtakes

14. Shoppin¹ Around (version 1, takes 6-10) (4:59)

15. Doin¹ The Best I Can (takes 10-12) (4:38)

16. G.I. Blues (take 6) (2:47)

17. Tonight Is So Right For Love (take 8) (2:30)

18. Tonight Is So Right For Love (take 9) (2:29)

19. Big Boots (fast version, takes 6-5) (1:40)

20. What¹s She Really Like (takes 14-16) (4:13)

21. Of Rainbows (version 1, takes 11,13-14) (3:19)

22. Pocketful Of Rainbows (version 1, takes 15-16) (3:31)

23. Pocketful Of Rainbows (version 1, take 17) (2:50)

Disc 2:

1. Pocketful Of Rainbows (version 1, takes 18-20) (6:18)

2. Pocketful Of Rainbows (version 1, takes 21-25) (5:04)

3. Pocketful Of Rainbows (version 1, takes 26-28) (4:45)

4. Big Boots (medium tempo version, take 1) (1:10)

5. Shoppin¹ Around (remake, takes 1-2) (2:47)

6. Shoppin¹ Around (remake, takes 3-5) (3:24)

7. Pocketful Of Rainbows (remake, takes 1-3) (4:11)

8. Frankfort Special (fast version, takes 9-12/fs + remake takes 1-5) (9:11)

9. Frankfort Special (remake, takes 6-8) (5:38)

10. Tonight¹s All Right For Love (takes 2-5) (4:05)

11. Tonight¹s All Right For Love (take 6) (1:27)

12. Tonight¹s All Right For Love (takes 7-8) (2:02)

13. Tonight¹s All Right For Love (takes 9,11,12) (2:46)

14. Tonight¹s All Right For Love (takes 14-15) (2:03)

15. Tonight¹s All Right For Love (takes 16-17) (2:15)

16. Big Boots (slow version, remake takes 1-6 + insert take 1) (4:50)

Bonus Tracks

17. Tonight¹s All Right For Love (Tales From The Vienna Woods, instrumental) (2:26)

18. Wooden Heart (Grammafunken Version, instrumental) (1:19)

19. Whistling Blues (Instrumental) (3:26)

Musicians:

Elvis Presley (vocals, guitar); Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell, Neal Matthews Jr. (guitar); Jimmie Haskell (accordion); Dudley Brooks (piano); Ray Siegel (bass); D. J. Fontana, Frank Bode, Bernie Mattinson (drums); The Jordanaires (background vocals). Reissue producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon. Recorded at RCA Studios and Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California between April and May 1960.