Girl Happy [Box set, Import]

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 28, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Follow That Dream
• ASIN: B00008R0ZY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #475,891 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Girl Happy

2. Spring Fever

3. Fort Lauderdale

4. Chamber Of Commerce

5. Starlin Tonight

6. Wolf Call

7. Do Not Disturb

8. Cross My Heart & Hope To Die

9. Meanest Girl In Town

10. Do The Clam

11. Puppet On A String

12. I've Got To Find My Baby

13. You'll Be Gone

14. Puppet On A String (Takes 5, 6 & 7)

15. Meanest Girl In Town (Takes 7, 8 & 9)

16. Spring Fever (Take 4)

17. Do Not Disturb (Takes 24, 25, 26 & 27)

18. Cross My Heart & Hope To Die (Take 4)

19. Girl Happy (Take 1, 2, 3 & 4)

20. Puppet On A String (Take 10)

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Shelley Fabares joined Elvis onscreen for this 1965 beach-party musical, the soundtrack for which shot to #8. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A classic soundtrack from the mid 60s, December 28, 2005

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Petter Sellers - See all my reviews

This review is from: Girl Happy (Audio CD)

Girl Happy is a soundtrack that holds a lot of delightful background information apart from its overall pleasant listening experience.
The background information comes to us through the CD package booklet and lets us in incidents like the 36 takes of "Do Not Disturb" that had to be covered in order to have the final acceptable level. During a segment of that track's takes we hear the sound engineer say to Elvis that they already have a partial demo that is ok. Elvis, immediately responds that ok is not acceptable therefore more takes need to be reckoned with. On another incident, during the recording of "Spring Fever" we hear the sound engineer convey to Elvis that the specific song needs to come across with a happier, (no pun intended here due to the album title) feeling. The comment continues and the sound engineer says that maybe his mind is somewhere else.
Overall, the album presents a list of songs that are somewhat indifferent and even the most electrifying performance by Elvis does not attach any merit to them.
But do hold on, because there are some excellent pieces as well like the tender "Puppet On A String" the sensual "Do Not Disturb" the grooviest in terms of lyrics and music "Girl Happy" and the best of them all "Spring Fever".
A very large omission remains the cover of "Spring Fever" between Elvis and Shelley, with boy - girl respectively vocal backgrounds, which is the highlight of the film. Let's hope for a latter surfacing of this cover on a future CD project.
The song "Girl Happy" is further presented in its original slow tempo version which is equally if not more effective than the speeded track that appeared on the original album.
A must have for every collector.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A couple of good songs, but mostly lame, April 5, 2010

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Anton Karidian (Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Girl Happy [Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

As a big Elvis fan I hate to see his lesser material like this GIRL HAPPY soundtrack promoted the way many reviews do, because that just hurts Elvis's image. GIRL HAPPY is one of his so-so films, but actually would have been quite enjoyable except for the lame songs he was forced to sing for it. In fact, in Susan Doll's interesting book Films of Elvis Presley, she relates that as "Girl Happy" was in production, Elvis complained about the "mediocre pop tunes" that filled this and so many of his movies by the mid-1960s. The director suggested that Elvis take acting classes to improve his chances in Hollywood, but alas, Elvis never followed through on that. However, even though the overall soundtrack to "Girl Happy" is less than memorable, there ARE a couple of decent songs here, namely, "Puppet On a String" and "The Meanest Girl in Town" (which, according to the book Elvis Presley in the Movies with DVD by Timothy Knight, is the only song on the soundtrack that was not written for the movie). Some of Elvis's best movie music can be found on the CDs King Creole (1958 Film), Loving You, Blue Hawaii, Jailhouse Rock/Love Me Tender, The Essential Elvis: The First Movies, and Viva Las Vegas [Soundtrack], while a pretty good 2-CD set of songs spanning his entire movie career is Elvis at the Movies.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Girl Happy, March 13, 2010

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GEM "JerryNoDak" (Minot, ND United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Girl Happy [Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

It was fun music back in 1965 and it's still fun music today. That's all it was ever meant to be. The music promoted the movies. The movies promoted the music. Both Elvis and the "Colonel" became
very rich. I very much enjoyed this album back in the day and still do today. Glad they're finally getting around to releasing some of these soundtracks singlely with much improved sound.