2 CD set with more outtakes from these sessions.
Café Europa - G.I. BLues Vol. 2
CD
Rating:
-
ElvisNews review
FTD’s vinyl version of Now has seen the light of day. I was pretty positive about the FTD CD version of the album, how about this version?
The weirdest thing about this LP-set is not leaving out Hey Jude, but the addition of For Lovin’ Me and Love Me, Love The Life I Lead (takes 5,6) . Those two songs weren’t on the CD and appear on this set.
The weird compilation that the original was echoes in this version because the different sessions obviously sound pretty different on vinyl (or were hard to master the same way). Where Sylvia and For Lovin’ Me are mindblowing on vinyl, the other songs do not benefit that much of this superior medium.
All together the album might not be Elvis’ strongest material, but I did enjoy listening to it and it will find my turntable more often for sure!
Tracklisting
- Didja' Ever (Take 2/M)
- Doin' the Best I Can (Takes 13/M)
- G.I. Blues (Take 7/M + pickup takes 8-10/M)
- Tonight Is So Right for Love (Takes 10-11/M)
- What's She Really Like (Takes 17-19/M + insert takes 20-22/M)
- Blue Suede Shoes (Take 1/M)
- Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn) (Take 4/M)
- Shoppin' Around (Remake, takes 6-7/M)
- Pocketful of Rainbows (Remake, take 2/M)
- Frankfort Special (Remake, takes 9-10/M)
- Tonight's All Right for Love (Take 10/M + insert takes 1-2/M)
- Big Boots (Slow version, take 4/M)
- Big Boots (Slow version, remake, insert takes 1-4/M)
- Shoppin' Around (Version #1, takes 6-10)
- Doin' the Best I Can (Takes 10-12)
- G.I. Blues (Take 6)
- Tonight Is So Right for Love (Take 8)
- Tonight Is So Right for Love (Take 9)
- Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn) (Grammafunken Version, instrumental)
- Big Boots (Fast version, takes 6 & 5)
- Pocketful of Rainbows (Version #1, takes 11, 13, 14)
- Pocketful of Rainbows (Version #1, takes 15-16)
- Pocketful of Rainbows (Version #1, takes 17)
- Pocketful of Rainbows (Version 1, takes 18-20)
- Pocketful of Rainbows (Version 1, takes 21-25)
- Pocketful of Rainbows (Version 1, takes 26-28)
- Big Boots (Medium tempo version, take 1)
- Shoppin' Around (Remake, takes 1-2)
- Shoppin' Around (Remake, takes 3-5)
- Pocketful of Rainbows (Remake, takes 1-3)
- Frankfort Special (Fast version, takes 9-12/fs + remake takes 1-5)
- Frankfort Special (Remake, takes 6-8)
- Tonight's All Right for Love (Takes 2-5)
- Tonight's All Right for Love (Take 6)
- Tonight's All Right for Love (Takes 7-8)
- Tonight's All Right for Love (Takes 9, 11, 12)
- Tonight's All Right for Love (Takes 14-15)
- Tonight's All Right for Love (Takes 16-17)
- Big Boots (Slow version, remake takes 1-6 + insert take 1)
- Tonight's All Right for Love (Tales From The Vienna Woods, instrumental)
- Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn) (Grammafunken Version, instrumental)
Cruiser621 wrote on
September 17, 2019
I purchased Volume 2 and although acceptable it really is a mixture of good and mediocre. "What's She Really Like" and "Shoppin' Around" are my favorite tunes plus the title song "G.I. Blues". "Didja Ever", "Big Boots" although fine in the movie, don't quite cut it as a listening experience. Boring! "Blue Suede Shoes" in this movie is an aberration!!! The worst version. The original version of "Blue Suede Shoes" released in 1956 and what was to be in the 1970's was way, way superior to this crap. 3-star FTD issue.
Rating: 3 / 5