Soundtrack Session for Paramount: G.I. Blues, May 6, 1960

Studio :

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California

Producers :

Joseph Lilley / Hal Wallis

Engineer :

Thorne Nogar

Big Boots (medium tempo)

M1OX

May 6

Take 01

Complete

1:14

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 02

M

1:14

WPA5 2545

Café Europa 4/G.I. Blues '97/G.I. Anniv. 1

Shoppin' Around

BOX

May 6

Take 01

FS

0:18

Café Europa 4

Take 02

Complete

2:34

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 03

FS

0:42

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 04

FS

0:18

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 05

Complete

2:33

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 06

FS

0:32

Café Europa 4

Take 07

M

2:36

L2PB 3684

Café Europa 4/G.I. Blues '97/Command Perf./G.I. Anniv. 1

Pocketful of Rainbows

NOX

May 6

Take 01

FS

1:05

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 02

M

3:03

L2PB 3683

Café Europa 4/G.I. Blues '97/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 03

Complete

3:08

Café Europa 4 G.I. Anniv. 1

Frankfort Special (medium tempo)

HOX

May 6

Take 01

FS

0:49

Café Europa 4

Take 02

LFS

1:44

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 03

FS

0:48

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 04

FS

1:00

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 05

Complete

3:14

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 06

LFS

2:14

Café Europa 4

Take 07

LFS

0:26

Café Europa 4

Take 08

FS

3:08

Café Europa 4

Take 09

LFS

1:20

Café Europa 4

Take 10

M

3:13

L2PB 3680

Café Europa 4/G.I. Blues '97

Tonight's All Right for Love

R10

May 6

Take 01

Complete

1:31

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 02

FS

0:37

Café Europa 4/Silver Box(LP 3/CD 2)/E.P. Coll. 1

Take 03

LFS

1:00

Café Europa 4/Silver Box(LP 3/CD 2)/E.P. Coll. 1/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 04

FS

0:18

Café Europa 4/Silver Box(LP 3/CD 2)/E.P. Coll. 1/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 05

LFS

0:58

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 06

Complete

1:38

Announced as take 5.

Café Europa 4/G.I. Anniv. 1

Take 07

Complete

1:30

Announced as take 6.

Café Europa 4

Take 08

FS

0:36

Announced as take 7.

Café Europa 4/Silver Box(LP 3/CD 2)/E.P. Coll. 1

Take 09

Complete

1:30

Announced as take 8.

Café Europa 4

Take 10

LFS

1:12

Announced as take 9.

Café Europa 4

Take 11

Complete

1:59

Announced as take 10. Used for spliced master

Café Europa 4

Take 12

FS

0:14

Announced as take 11.

Café Europa 4

Take 13

Complete

1:29

Announced as take 12.

Café Europa 4

Take 14

FS

0:21

Café Europa 4

Take 15

Complete

1:32

Café Europa 4

Take 16

FS

0:46

Café Europa 4

Take 17

Complete

1:39

Café Europa 4/Silver Box(LP 3/CD 2)/E.P. Coll. 1

Tonight's All Right for Love (tempo)

R20

May 6

Take 01

Complete

0:59

Café Europa 4

Take 02

Complete

0:52

Used for spliced master

Café Europa 4

Tonight's All Right for Love (composite)

May 6

Spliced

M

1:23

Spliced from R10 take 11 and R20 take 2

L2PB 3975

G.I. Blues '97/Leg. Perf. 1(CD/LP)

Big Boots (slow tempo 2)

MOX

May 6

Take 01

FS

0:28

Café Europa 4

Take 02

FS

0:37

Café Europa 4

Take 03

FS

0:30

Café Europa 4

Take 04

FS

0:26

Café Europa 4

Take 05

FS

0:35

Café Europa 4

Take 06

LFS

1:27

Not used

Café Europa 4

Big Boots (slow tempo, insert)

M20X

May 6

Take 01

Complete

0:59

Café Europa 4

Take 02

LFS

0:45

Café Europa 4

Take 03

FS

0:17

Café Europa 4

Take 04

Complete

0:50

Used for spliced master

Café Europa 4

Big Boots (slow tempo, composite)

May 6

Spliced

M

1:32

Spliced from MO take 4 and M20X take 4

L2PB 3685

G.I. Blues '97

Tonight's All Right for Love (music and chorus)

RO

May 6

Take 01

FS

0:32

Café Europa 4

Take 02

FS

0:34

HPA5 6334

Café Europa 4

Take 03

FS

0:22

Café Europa 4

Take 04

Complete

2:17

Café Europa 4

Take 05

M

2:32

Café Europa 4

Musicians:

Guitar :

Scotty Moore

Guitar :

Neal Matthews

Mandolin/Rhythm Guitar :

Hilmer J. "Tiny" Timbrell

Bass :

Ray Siegel

Drums :

D.J. Fontana

Drums :

Bernie Mattinson

Accordion :

James Haskell

Tambourine :

Hoyt Hawkins

Piano :

Dudley Brooks

Backup Vocals :

The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews and Ray Walker

Notes:

Some of the listed take numbers for Tonight's All Right for Love (R10) are not correct on the Silver Box and E.P. Collection vol. 2. The right take order is 3, 4, 2, 8(announced as 7) and 17, but it's hard to tell as the studio dialogue was edited as usual. The master as released on 'A Legendary Performer' vol. 1 is spliced at 0:59, whereas the 1997 'G.I. Blues' version is spliced at 1:10.