The Follow That Dream collectors label, in cooperation with the Norwegian Flaming Star fan club announced the December 2025 release of the Deluxe box-set ‘The Making of G.I. Blues’ by David English and our own Pål Granlund. The set should be out at the end of the month November / December.
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 (Sid Wayne / Abner Silver)
- What’s She Really Like (Sid Wayne / Abner Silver)
- Frankfort Special (Sid Wayne / Sherman Edwards)
- Wooden Heart (Fred Wise / Ben Weisman / Kay Twomey / Bert Kaempfert)
- G.I. Blues (Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett)
- Pocketful of Rainbows (Fred Wise / Ben Weisman)
- Shoppin’ Around (Sid Tepper / Roy C. Bennett / Aaron Schroeder)
- Big Boots (Sid Wayne / Sherman Edwards)
- Didja’ Ever (Sid Wayne / Sherman Edwards)
- Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)
- Doin’ The Best I Can (Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman)
- Tonight’s All Right For Love (Sid Wayne / Abner Silver / Joseph Lilley)
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 with The Jordanaires.
April 27, 1960 – Sunset & Vine, Hollywood
13. Shoppin’ Around (Instrumental, AO takes 1-2)
14. Shoppin’ Around (Instrumental, AO take 3 / master – from acetate)
15. Shoppin’ Around (Instrumental, AO take 4)
16. Shoppin’ Around (first version, BO take 1)
17. Shoppin’ Around (first version, BO takes 2-4)
18. Shoppin’ Around (first version, BO take 5)
19. Shoppin’ Around (first version, BO takes 6-10)
20. Shoppin’ Around (first version, BO take 11)
21. Shoppin’ Around (first version, BO take 14 / master – from acetate)
CD 2: G.I. Blues – April 27, 1960 – Sunset & Vine, Hollywood
- Didja’ Ever (CO take 1)
- Didja’ Ever (CO take 2 / original master) *
- Didja’ Ever (splice of CO takes 1 & 2 / substituted album master)
- Doin’ The Best I Can (DO takes 1-3)
- Doin’ The Best I Can (DO takes 4-7)
- Doin’ The Best I Can (DO takes 8-9)
- Doin’ The Best I Can (DO takes 10-12)
- Doin’ The Best I Can (DO take 13 / master)
- G.I. Blues (EO take 1)
- G.I. Blues (EO takes 2-4)
- G.I. Blues (EO take 5)
- G.I. Blues (EO take 6)
- G.I. Blues (EO take 7)
- G.I. Blues (EO takes 8-10, insert)
- G.I. Blues (splice of EO takes 7 & 10 / master)
- Tonight Is So Right for Love (FO takes 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 takes 5-7)
- What’s She Really Like (GO takes 1-3)
- What’s She Really Like (GO takes 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 & Vine, Hollywood
01. Frankfort Special (fast version, HO takes 1-2)
02. Frankfort Special (fast version, HO takes 3-5)
03. Frankfort Special (fast version, HO takes 6-7)
04. Frankfort Special (fast version, HO take 8)
05. Frankfort Special (fast version, HO takes 9-13)
06. Tonight Is So Right for Love (FO take 8)
07. Tonight Is So Right for Love (FO take 9)
08. Tonight Is So Right for Love (FO takes 10-11 / master)
April 28, 1960 – Sunset & Vine, Hollywood
09. Whistling Blues (Instrumental, JO take 2 / master)
10. Tonight Is So Right for Love (Instrumental, KO takes 1-4 / master)
11. Wooden Heart (Gramafunken version, Instrumental, LO takes 1-2 / master)
12. Big Boots (fast version, M1O takes 1-2)
13. Big Boots (fast version, M1O take 3)
14. Big Boots (fast version, M1O take 4)
15. Big Boots (fast version, M1O take 5)
16. Big Boots (fast version, M1O takes 6-7 / master)
17. Big Boots (slow version, MO take 1)
18. Big Boots (slow version, MO takes 2-3)
19. Big Boots (slow version, MO take 4)
20. What’s She Really Like (GO takes 6-7)
21. What’s She Really Like (GO takes 8-11)
22. What’s She Really Like (GO takes 12-13)
23. What’s She Really Like (GO takes 14-16)
CD 4: G.I. Blues – April 28, 1960 – Sunset & Vine, Hollywood
What’s She Really Like (GO takes 17-19)
What’s She Really Like (insert, GO takes 20-22)
What’s She Really Like (splice of GO takes 19 & 22 insert / master)
Pocketful of Rainbows (version 1, NO takes 1-2)
Pocketful of Rainbows (version 1, NO take 3)
Pocketful of Rainbows (version 1, NO takes 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 takes 11-12)
Pocketful of Rainbows (version 1, NO takes 13-14)
Pocketful of Rainbows (version 1, NO takes 15-16)
Blue Suede Shoes (PO take 1 / master)
Wooden Heart (QO take 1)
Wooden Heart (QO takes 2-4 / master)
Pocketful of Rainbows (version 1, NO take 17)
Pocketful of Rainbows (version 1, NO takes 18-20)
Pocketful of Rainbows (version 1, NO takes 21-25)
Pocketful of Rainbows (version 1, NO takes 26-28)
CD 5: G.I. Blues – May 6, 1960 – Radio Recorders, Hollywood
Big Boots (fast version, remake, M1O-X take 1)
Big Boots (fast version, remake, M1O-X take 2)
Shoppin’ Around (remake, BO-X takes 1-2)
Shoppin’ Around (remake, BO-X takes 3-5)
Shoppin’ Around (remake, BO-X takes 6-7 / master)
Pocketful of Rainbows (remake, NO-X takes 1-2 / master)
Pocketful of Rainbows (remake, NO-X take 3)
Frankfort Special (remake, HO-X takes 1-5)
Frankfort Special (remake, HO-X takes 6-8)
Frankfort Special (remake, HO-X takes 9-10 / master)
Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O take 1)
Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O takes 2-5)
Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O take 6)
Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O takes 7-8)
Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O takes 9-10)
Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O takes 11-12)
Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O takes 14-15)
Tonight’s All Right For Love (R1O takes 16-17)
Tonight’s All Right For Love (insert, R2O takes 1-2)
Tonight’s All Right For Love (composite of R1O take 10 & R2O take 2 / master)
Big Boots (slow version, remake, MO-X takes 1-6)
Big Boots (slow version, insert, M2O-X takes 1-4)
Tonight’s All Right For Love (“Tales from the Vienna Woods”, instrumental, RO takes 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 & Al Schmitt.
Produced by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen.
