Gi Blues [Original recording remastered, Import, Extra tracks]

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 28, 1997)
• Original Release Date: November 23, 1960
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import, Extra tracks
• Label: RCA Victor Europe
• ASIN: B000002X0A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,667 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tonight Is So Right for Love

2. What's She Really Like

3. Frankfort Special

4. Wooden Heart

5. G.I. Blues

6. Pocketful of Rainbows

7. Shoppin' Around

8. Big Boots

9. Didja' Ever

10. Blue Suede Shoes

11. Doin' the Best I Can

12. Tonight's All Right for Love

13. Big Boots [Fast Version]

14. Shoppin' Around (Alternate Take 11)

15. Frankfort Special [Fast Version - Take 2][Take]

16. Pocketful of Rainbows (Alternate Take 2)

17. Didja' Ever (Alternate Take 1)

18. Big Boots [Acoustic Version]

19. What's She Really Like (Alternate Take 7)

20. Doin' the Best I Can (Alternate Take 9)

Editorial Reviews

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Track: 10: Blue Suede Shoes,

Track: 11: Doin' The Best I Can,

Track: 12: Tonight's All Right For Love,

Track: 13: Big Boots (Fast Version),

Track: 14: Shoppin' Around (Alternate Take 11),

Track: 15: Frankfort Special (Fast Version-Take 2),

Track: 16: Pocketful Of Rainbows (Alternate Take 2),

Track: 17: Didja' Ever (Alternate Take 1),

Track: 18: Big Boots (Acoustic Version),

Track: 19: What's She Really Like (Alternate Take 7),

Track: 1: Tonight Is So Right For Love,

Track: 20: Doin' The Best I Can (Alternate Take 9),

Track: 2: What's She Really Like,

Track: 3: Frankfort Special,

Track: 4: Wooden Heart,

Track: 5: G.I. Blues,

Track: 6: Pocketful Of Rainbows,

Track: 7: Shoppin' Around,

Track: 8: Big Boots,

Track: 9: Didja' Ever
Media Type: CD
Artist: PRESLEY,ELVIS
Title: G.I. BLUES
Street Release Date: 07/30/2002
Import
Genre: OLDIES

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Home Run Soundtrack, June 18, 2001

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V. S. (Post Falls, Idaho USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gi Blues (Audio CD)

This soundtrack to the Elvis Presley movie, " G.I. Blues " in my opinion is one of the best! And it is no wonder that it spent over twe years on the Billboard charts! with such great songs as: Tonight Is So Right For Love, Wooden Heart, the title song G.I. Blues, Shoppin Around, with its upbeat lighthearted Rock and Roll sound, the softly sung lullaby, Your Dady Big Boots. And then of course Blue Sueda Shoes, and the list could just go on and on and on! Elvis definitely hit a home run when it comes to the songs that he sang on G.I. Blues! If you do not already have this CD? I can certainly recommend it! And I don't think you'll be disappointed.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "I got those hup, two, three, four, occupation G.I. blues", October 20, 2002

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Josh P. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gi Blues (Audio CD)

Elvis returns with his his first post-Army soundtrack. Wonderful music and incredible sound. When it was first released in 1960 in was at 10 weeks at #1, and spent 111 weeks on the charts. The top-selling soundtrack album! You know it's essential if you're a true and big Elvis fan like me. You'll be marching along to "Did'ja Ever". The new bonus tracks are a treat for the ears. On "Pocketful of Rainbows" take 2, Elvis stops at the beginning. He says something about his throat and sings a little bit of "Doin' The Best I Can" and says "I'll tell you what: let's try it one more time, and if she meant--I mean, if I crack, well uh--" One of the studio personnel says, "You crack, you got a new world's record. It's 29." Elvis coughs and clears his throat. "I did 60 one time, and the record never came out." They go one with the next take. With rare hearings of behind-the-sessions takes, and great soundtrack "G.I. Blues" is an essential edition to your Elvis library.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great "stage show" soundtrack, May 4, 2005

By 

Mark Johnson (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gi Blues (Audio CD)

"GI Blues" has stayed in my CD changer for months, as my two year-old boy never tires of dancing to the lead track. And I never tire of the album as a whole. Elvis' voice is great, and you can tell from the outtakes that he really put his best effort into singing each song as he strove to re-establish himself post-Army.
For me (a big Elvis fan, but not someone who likes every song he made), there's not a dud on this album. Most of the songs were unknown to me before I bought this disc, as none get airplay on oldies stations or elsewhere. Great songs that I had never heard before include "Pocketful of Rainbows," a lovely, upbeat song with great vocals, recently featured in the film "The Five People You Meet in Heaven."
Unlike many cds with bonus tracks, most of the outtakes are also good. Some have completely different tempos than the originally published versions. For example, "Big Boots" is a sleepy lullaby on the soundtrack, but the fast bonus version is a lively little finger-snapper.
The overall tone of this cd is that of a "rocking" Broadway musical from the Rogers & Hammerstein era (I'm not an expert on Broadway, but that's what it makes me think of): Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl, and the corresponding combination of fast and slow songs that follow that script.
If that doesn't sound interesting, the title track and "Blue Suede Shoes" are basic must-haves for anyone who loves rockin' Elvis.
Summary: I love this album (as does my wife and little boy).