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A Dream Come True...

Post August 16th 1977, the market was flooded with bland and speculative recordings of Elvis. Previously released songs were rearranged by using new titles and album covers, where the reuse of old photographs belonged to the common practice. Several releases also suffered severely from the composition of the songs, which completely lacked an eloquent context. I would say that RCA showed a significantly poor judgment when it came to safeguarding Elvis’ legacy. To people who really loved the work of Elvis it seemed that commercial considerations came way ahead of the artistic concerns. In comparison to for instance The Beatles, it is only to acknowledge that Elvis' integrity as an artist was damaged by this hilarious releasestrategy.
Already in 1977, RCA began to combine well-known material of unreleased songs on the release “Welcome To My World”. In this collection they included a live version of “I Can’t Stop Loving You” from the unreleased afternoon show at Madison Square Garden in 1972. Fans then had to buy an album of songs they already got on other records to get access to this one track. This would be a trick RCA did several times after 1977. Many fans wrote articles in various Elvis-magazines and expressed frustration over this cynical policy. I don’t know if RCA took notice of these articles, but the releases seemed to improve as the 80s progressed though.
In 1987 Ernst Jorgensen from Denmark got the job with RCA to protect Elvis' musical legacy. Along with teammate Roger Semon, Jorgensen managed to make the Elvis catalogue the most perfected and best preserved in the market. The 90s gave the fans quality releases such as the three decennium box-sets (50s, 60s and 70s), and a number of other box-sets and collections that provided Elvis fans with fresh material. In addition, more or less the entire Elvis catalogue was re-mastered, which led to a revelation of sonic pleasure.
In 1999 the label “Follow That Dream” was established, named after Elvis’ ninth motion picture. This sub-label of Sony/BMG was launched as a record label for the dedicated Elvis fan. The mandate was to supplement the market with a catalogue that could be considered interesting for collectors of Elvis' music, including material that is not considered to be interesting in the same way to the mainstream listener. The releases from the “Follow That Dream” label is only marketed and sold to fans through the official Elvis fan clubs, selected web-shops anda small number of dealers.
From being an artist that was quite poorly treated by his record label, Elvis’ musical legacy has now become the best-preserved catalogue existing ... an Elvis collector’s dream come true!

FTD 115 - G.I. Blues (FTD), CD 1

Label: Sony Music / Follow That Dream (FTD) 506020-975033 (Released: 2012)

Track listing:

01 - Tonight Is So Right For Love
02 - What's She Really Like
03 - Frankfort Special (Medium Tempo Version)
04 - Wooden Heart
05 - G.I. Blues
06 - Pocketful Of Rainbows
07 - Shoppin' Around
08 - Big Boots (Slow Version)
09 - Didja' Ever (Master #2, Splice Of Takes 1 & 2)
10 - Blue Suede Shoes (1960 Version)
11 - Doin' The Best I Can
12 - Tonight's All Right For Love
13 - Shoppin' Around (04-1960 Version)
14 - Frankfort Special (Fast Version)
15 - Big Boots (Fast Version)
16 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Take 12)
17 - Big Boots (Medium Tempo Version)
18 - Tonight Is So Right For Love (Music & Chorus)
19 - Tonight Is So Right For Love (Takes 1-2)
20 - What's She Really Like (Takes 1-5)
21 - Frankfort Special (Fast Version, Takes 1-2)
22 - Wooden Heart (Take 1)
23 - G.I.Blues (Take 1)
24 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Takes 1-2)
25 - Shoppin' Around (04-1960, Take 1)
26 - Big Boots (Fast Version, Takes 1-2)
27 - Big Boots (Slow Version, Take 1)
28 - Didja' Ever (Take 1)
29 - Tonight's All Right For Love (Take 1)
30 - Doin' The Best I Can (Takes 1-3)

CD 2:

01 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Take 3)
02 - Shoppin' Around (Instrumental, Take 4)
03 - Shoppin' Around (04-1960 Version, Takes 2-4)
04 - Shoppin' Around (04-1960 Version, Take 5)
05 - Doin' The Best I Can (Takes 4-7)
06 - Doin' The Best I Can (Takes 8-9)
07 - G.I. Blues (Takes 2-4)
08 - G.I. Blues (Take 5)
09 - Tonight Is So Right For Love (Take 3)
10 - Tonight Is So Right For Love (Take 4)
11 - Tonight Is So Right For Love (Takes 5-7)
12 - Frankfort Special (Fast Version, Takes 3-7)
13 - Frankfort Special (Fast Version, Take 8)
14 - Big Boots (Fast Version, Take 3)
15 - Big Boots (Fast Version, Take 4)
16 - Big Boots (Slow Version, Takes 2-3)
17 - What's She Really Like (Takes 6-7)
18 - What's She Really Like (Takes 8-11)
19 - What's She Really Like (Takes 12-13)
20 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Takes 4-7)
21 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Take 8)
22 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Take 9)
23 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Take 10)
24 - Wooden Heart (Takes 2-3 & Master, Take 4)

Incl. covers

"Notes: This is a special collector edition housed in a 7" (17,5 cm) triple-fold-out cover. Includes a 16 pages booklet with listings about the takes, film synopsis, storyboardphotos and "behind the scenes" facts." (Source: Elvisoncd.com)

FTD 116 - Elvis in Café Europa-G.I. Blues, Vol. 2-CD 1

Label: Sony Music Entertainment / Follow That Dream (FTD) 506020-975034 (Released: 2013)

Track listing:

01 - Didja' Ever (Master, Take 2)
02 - Doin' The Best I Can (Master, Take 13)
03 - G.I. Blues (Take 7 & Pickup, Takes 8-10)
04 - Tonight Is So Right For Love (Take 10 & Master, Take 11)
05 - What's She Really Like (Takes 17-19 & Insert, Takes 20-22)
06 - Blue Suede Shoes (1960 Version, Master, Take 1)
07 - Wooden Heart (Master, Take 4)
08 - Shoppin' Around (05-1960 Version, Take 6 & Master, Take 7)
09 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (05-1960 Version, Master, Take 2)
10 - Frankfort Special (Medium Tempo Version, Take 9 & Master, Take 10)
11 - Tonight's All Right For Love (Take 10 & Insert, Takes 1-2)
12 - Big Boots (Slow Version, Take 4)
13 - Big Boots (Slow Version 2, Insert, Takes 2-4)
14 - Shoppin' Around (04-1960 Version, Takes 6-10)
15 - Doin' The Best I Can (Takes 10-12)
16 - G.I. Blues (Take 6)
17 - Tonight Is So Right For Love (Take 8)
18 - Tonight Is So Right For Love (Take 9)
19 - Big Boots (Fast Version, Takes 6, 5)
20 - What's She Really Like (Takes 14-16)
21 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Takes 11, 13-14)
22 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Takes 15-16)
23 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Take 17)

CD 2:

01 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Takes 18-20)
02 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Takes 21-25)
03 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (04-1960 Version, Takes 26-28)
04 - Big Boots (Medium Tempo Version, Take 1)
05 - Shoppin' Around (05-1960 Version, Takes 1-2)
06 - Shoppin' Around (05-1960 Version, Takes 3-5)
07 - Pocketful Of Rainbows (05-1960 Version, Takes 1, 3)
08 - Frankfort Special (Fast Version, Takes 9-12 & Medium Tempo Version, Takes 1-5)
09 - Frankfort Special (Medium Tempo Version, Takes 6-8)
10 - Tonight's All Right For Love (Takes 2-5)
11 - Tonight's All Right For Love (Take 6)
12 - Tonight's All Right For Love (Takes 7-8)
13 - Tonight's All Right For Love (Takes 9, 11-12)
14 - Tonight's All Right For Love (Takes 14-15)
15 - Tonight's All Right For Love (Takes 16-17)
16 - Big Boots (Slow Version 2, Takes 1-6 & Insert, Take 1)
17 - Tonight's All Right For Love (Music & Chorus, Master, Take 5)
18 - Wooden Heart (Gramafunken Version, Master, Take 2)
19 - Whistling Blues (Master, Take 1)
20 - Shoppin' Around (Finale, Master, Take 14)

Incl. covers

"Notes: This is a special collector edition housed in a 7" (17,5 cm) triple-fold-out cover. Includes a 16 pages booklet with listings about the takes and storyboardphotos." (Source: Elvisoncd.com)

FTD 117 - Fashion For A King-CD 1, 07-01-1974

Label: Sony Music / Follow That Dream (FTD Books & Flaming Star) 506020-975035 (Released: 2011)

Track listing:

01 - See See Rider
02 - I Got A Woman / Amen
03 - Love Me
04 - Trying To Get To You
05 - All Shook Up
06 - Love Me Tender
07 - Hound Dog
08 - Fever
09 - Polk Salad Annie
10 - Why Me Lord?
11 - Suspicious Minds
12 - Introductions
13 - I Can't Stop Loving You
14 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
15 - Help Me
16 - An American Trilogy-Bridge Over Troubled Water
17 - Let Me Be There
18 - Funny How Time Slips Away
19 - Big Boss Man
20 - Can't Help Fallling In Love
21 - Steamroller Blues (July 2, 1974 - Salt Palace, Salt Lake City / Utah)

CD 2:

01 - See See Rider
02 - I Got A Woman / Amen
03 - Love Me
04 - Trying To Get To You
05 - And I Love You So
06 - All Shook Up
07 - Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel
08 - Hound Dog
09 - Until It's Time For You To Go
10 - You Gave Me A Mountain
11 - Polk Salad Annie
12 - Introductions /