Tuesday, April 05, 2011

April 05 - Released

Cafe Europa : The Complete G.I. Blues Sessions 4 CD Deluxe Set Released


The U.K. based Memphis Recording Service released the "Cafe Europa : The Complete G.I. Blues Sessions" set. This 4 CD-Set/100 page book contains nearly 4 hours of Elvis' officially unreleased studio takes from the 'CafĂ© Europa' sessions, recorded for the movie ultimately titled G.I. Blues. 


The audio contained here includes the master recordings from the original soundtrack album 'G.I. Blues' plus, hours of alternate takes of all songs, with all the Elvis studio banter intact and, instilling new insight and live atmosphere into the complete making of this historic movie soundtrack.



The 100 pages book is filled with pages of unreleased photographs, memorabilia and goes behind the scenes, with full text and documentation and includes contributions from Ray Walker of the Jordanaires and a forward by Sid Tepper who co- wrote the songs 'Shoppin' Around' and 'G.I. Blues'.


Elvis June 1973 Tour


Steve Rino and Bob Rush released their book "Elvis June 1973 Tour". The book documents every single concert of the June 1973 tour, each one of the 17 concerts has been documented with newspapers clips, photos, edited and unedited audio and video available, memorabilia and memories of people who attended  the shows.


(Source: Elvis Australia / Various)