The Making Of GI Blues Elvis Presley - FTD Book

The Follow That Dream (FTD) label released a fantastic set: “The Making of GI Blues,” a deluxe 65th Anniversary Collector's Edition released in December 2025. This release was created in collaboration with the Norwegian Flaming Star fan club and compiled by David English and Pål Granlund.

This impressive set includes:

Two luxury books:

Book 1: The Movie – The Making of GI Blues (384 pages): A hardback "coffee table" book featuring hundreds of never-before-published photos, information on deleted scenes, original production documents, scripts, memos, and recollections from the cast and crew.

Book 2: The Music (84 pages): with photos, session information and detailed documents about the recording sessions.

In addition, the set contains:

Five CDs featuring, for the first time, the complete GI Blues soundtrack, directly from the original 3-track tapes, arranged chronologically in recording session order.

An exclusive vinyl EP (33 RPM) in a beautiful “picture sleeve”, packaged in a deluxe, individually numbered slipcase.

With The Making of GI Blues, FTD pays tribute to Elvis' first film after returning from military service—a classic that not only relaunched his film career but also yielded one of his most successful soundtracks, featuring hits like “Wooden Heart,” “GI Blues,” and “Tonight Is So Right for Love.”

CD 1 - GI Blues - The Masters:

1. Tonight Is So Right For Love

2. What's She Really Like - Frankfort Special

3. Wooden Heart

4. GI Blues

5. Pocketful of Rainbows

6. Shopping Around

7. Big Boots

8. Didja' Ever

9. Blue Suede Shoes

10. Doin' The Best I Can

11. Tonight's All Right For Love

27.04.1960 - Sunset & Vine, Hollywood:

12. Shoppin' Around (Instrumental, AO Take 1 - 2)

13. Shoppin' Around (Instrumental, AO Take 3 / Master - From Acetate)

14. Shoppin' Around (Instrumental, AO Take 4)

15. Shoppin' Around (First version, BO Take 1)

16. Shoppin' Around (First Version, BO Take 2 - 4)

17. Shoppin' Around (First Version, BO Take 5)

18. Shoppin' Around (First Version, BO Take 6 - 10)

19. Shoppin' Around (First Version, BO Take 11)

20. Shoppin' Around (First Version, BO Take 14 / Master - From Acetate)

CD 2 - GI Blues - 27.04.1960 - Sunset & Vine, Hollywood:

1. Didja' Ever (CO Take 1)

2. Didja' Ever (CO Take 2 / Original Master)

3. Didja' Ever (Splice Of CO Take 1 & 2 / Substituted Album Master)

4. Doin' The Best I Can (DO Take 1 - 3)

5. Doin' The Best I Can (DO Take 4 - 7)

6. Doin' The Best I Can (DO Take 8 - 9)

7. Doin' The Best I Can (DO Take 10 - 12)

8. Doin' The Best I Can (DO Take 13 / Master)

9. GI Blues (EO Take 1)

10. GI Blues (EO Take 2-4)

11. GI Blues (EO Take 5)

12. GI Blues (EO Take 6)

13. GI Blues (EO Take 7)

14. GI Blues (EO Take 8 - 10, Insert)

15. GI Blues (Splice Of EO Take 7 & 10 / Master)

16. Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 1 - 2)

17. Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 3)

18. Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 4)

19. Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 5 - 7)

20. What's She Really Like (GO Take 1 - 3)

21. What's She Really Like (GO Take 4 - 5)

CD 3 - GI Blues - 27.04.1960 - Sunset & Vine, Hollywood:

1. Frankfort Special (Fast Version, HO Take 1 - 2)

2. Frankfort Special (Fast Version, HO Take 3 - 5)

3. Frankfort Special (Fast Version, HO Take 6 - 7)

4. Frankfort Special (Fast Version, HO Take 8)

5. Frankfort Special (Fast Version, HO Take 9 - 13)

6. Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 8)

7. Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 9) -

8. Tonight Is So Right For Love (FO Take 10 - 11 / Master)

28.04.1960 - Sunset & Vine, Hollywood:

9. Whistling Blues (Instrumental, JO Take 2 / Master)

10. Tonight Is So Right For Love (Instrumental, KO Take 1 - 4 / Master)

11. Wooden Heart (Gramafunken Version, Instrumental, LO Take 1 - 2 / Master)

12. Big Boots (Fast Version, M1O Take 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 Take 6 - 7 / Master)

17. Big Boots (Slow Version, MO Take 1)

18. Big Boots (Slow Version, MO Take 2 - 3)

19. Big Boots (Slow Version, MO Take 4)

20. What's She Really Like (GO Take 6 - 7)

21. What's She Really Like (GO Take 8 - 11)

22. What's She Really Like (GO Take 12 - 13)

23. What's She Really Like (GO Take 14 - 16)

CD 4 - GI Blues - 28.04.1960 - Sunset & Vine, Hollywood:

1. What's She Really Like (GO Take 17 - 19)

2. What's She Really Like (insert, GO Take 20 - 22)

3. What's She Really Like (Splice Of GO Take 19 & 22 Insert / Master)

4. Pocketful of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 1 - 2)

5. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 3)

6. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 4 - 7)

7. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 8)

8. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 9)

9. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 10)

10. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 11 - 12)

11. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 13 - 14)

12. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 15 - 16)

13. Blue Suede Shoes (PO Take 1 / Master)

14. Wooden Heart (QO Take 1)

15. Wooden Heart (QO Take 2 - 4 / Master)

16. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 17)

17. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 18 - 20)

18. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 21 - 25)

19. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Version 1, NO Take 26 - 28)

CD 5 - GI Blues - 06.05.1960 - Radio Recorders, Hollywood:

1. Big Boots (Fast Version, Remake, M1O-X Take 1)

2. Big Boots (Fast Version, Remake, M1O-X Take 2)

3. Shoppin' Around (Remake, BO-X Take 1 - 2)

4. Shoppin' Around (Remake, BO-X Take 3 - 5)

5. Shoppin' Around (Remake, BO-X Take 6 - 7 / Master)

6. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Remake, NO-X Take 1 - 2 / Master)

7. Pocketful Of Rainbows (Remake, NO-X Take 3)

8. Frankfort Special (Remake, HO-X Take 1 - 5)

9. Frankfort Special (Remake, HO-X Take 6 - 8)

10. Frankfort Special (Remake, HO-X Take 9 - 10 / Master)

11. Tonight's All Right For Love (R1O Take 1)

12. Tonight's All Right For Love (R1O Take 2 - 5)

13. Tonight's All Right For Love (R1O Take 6)

14. onight's All Right For Love (R1O Take 7 - 8)

15. Tonight's All Right For Love (R1O Take 9 - 10)

16. Tonight's All Right For Love (R1O Take 11 - 12)

17. Tonight's All Right For Love (R1O Take 14 - 15)

18. Tonight's All Right For Love (R1O Take 16 - 17)

19. Tonight's All Right For Love (Insert, R2O Take 1 - 2)

20. Tonight's All Right For Love (Composite Of R1O Take 10 & R2O Take 2 / Master)

21. Big Boots (Slow Version, Remake, MO-X Take 1 - 6)

22. Big Boots (Slow Version, Insert, M2O-X Take 1 - 4)

23. Tonight's All Right For Love (“Tales From The Vienna Woods”, Instrumental, RO Take 1 - 4)

24. Tonight's All Right For Love (“Tales From The Vienna Woods”, Instrumental, RO Take 5 / Master)

25. Big Boots (SO Take 3, Composite Of MO Take 4 & M2O-X Take 4 / Master)