RCA RD 27192
Track Listing:
Side 1:
1. Tonight Is So Right For Love
2. What's She Really Like
3. Frankfort Special
4. Wooden Heart
5. G.I. Blues
Side 2:
1. Pocketful Of Rainbows
2. Shoppin' Around
3. Big Boots
4. Didja' Ever
5. Blue Suede Shoes
6. Doin' The Best I Can
Released: November 1960:
Sound Format: mono
UK Album No. (12)
This soundtrack album was an opportunity to cash in on the "new look" more wholesome image Elvis now had after his army stint. It contained more "pop" material and the closest to a "Rock 'n' Roll" sound was a new updated and inferior version of "Blue Suede Shoes". The rumour was that Elvis didn't like the songs too much either. Even though that may be the case, this LP vastly outsold the better quality album, "Elvis Is Back!."
NOTE: This LP was issued using the matrix number L2PP. L2 = 1960 PP = Mono LP
Side 1: L2PP 3657 Side 2: L2PP 3658
This album was kept in stock by issuing re-pressings with the same catalogue number
until it was deleted by RCA in October 1970.
(Sleeve Variation 1 - Front)
Fully Laminated (stated)
MONO| RD-27192 (Top Left)
G.I. BLUES ELVIS PRESLEY
Small RCA RECORDS Logo (Boxed) (Top Right)
(Sleeve Variation 1 - Rear)
(Photographs On Back)
RCA REGD. Logo
PRODUCT OF THE DECCA RECORD COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON
MADE FROM A MASTER RECORDING OF RCA
Printed in England by St. James Press, London S.E.1.
(Bottom Left)
Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited (Bottom Right)
No Printing On Spine
Round Cutouts On Foldovers Top & Bottom
(Sleeve Variation 2 - Front)
Fully Laminated (stated)
MONO| RD-27192 (Top Left)
G.I. BLUES ELVIS PRESLEY
Small RCA RECORDS Logo (Boxed) (Top Right)
(Sleeve Variation 2 - Rear)
(Photographs On Back)
RCA REGD. Logo
PRODUCT OF THE DECCA RECORD COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON
MADE FROM A MASTER RECORDING OF RCA
Printed in England by St. James Press, London S.E.1.
(Bottom Left)
Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited (Bottom Right)
No Printing On Spine
No Round Cutouts On Foldovers Top & Bottom
(Sleeve Variation 3 - Front)
Laminated Front Only (not stated)
MONO| RD-27192 (Top Left)
G.I. BLUES ELVIS PRESLEY
Small RCA RECORDS Logo (Boxed) (Top Right)
(Sleeve Variation 3 - Rear)
(Photographs On Back)
RCA REGD. Logo
PRODUCT OF THE DECCA RECORD COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON
MADE FROM A MASTER RECORDING OF RCA
Printed in England by St. James Press, London S.E.1
(Bottom Left)
No Printing On Spine
Foldovers
(Sleeve Variation 4 - Front)
Laminated Front Only (not stated)
MONO| RD-27192 (Top Left)
G.I. BLUES ELVIS PRESLEY
Small RCA RECORDS Logo (Boxed) (Top Right)
(Sleeve Variation 4 - Rear)
(Photographs On Back)
RCA REGD. Logo
PRODUCT OF THE DECCA RECORD COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON
MADE FROM A MASTER RECORDING OF RCA
Printed in England by St. James Press, London S.E.1
(Bottom Left)
Printing On Spine
No Foldovers
(Sleeve Variation 5 - Front)
Laminated Front Only (not stated)
MONO| RD-27192 (Top Left)
G.I. BLUES ELVIS PRESLEY
Small RCA RECORDS Logo (Boxed) (Top Right)
(Sleeve Variation 5 - Rear)
(Photographs On Back)
RCA REGD. Logo
PRODUCT OF THE DECCA RECORD COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON
MADE FROM A MASTER RECORDING OF RCA
Printed in England (Bottom Left)
Printing On Spine
No Foldovers
(Sleeve Variation 6 - Front)
Laminated Front Only (not stated)
MONO| RD-27192 (Top Left)
G.I. BLUES ELVIS PRESLEY
Small RCA RECORDS Logo (Boxed) (Top Right)
(Sleeve Variation 6 - Rear)
(Photographs On Back)
RCA REGD. Logo
PRODUCT OF THE DECCA RECORD COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON
MADE FROM A MASTER RECORDING OF RCA
No Printed in England (Bottom Left)
Printing On Spine
No Foldovers
(Test Pressing/Factory Sample/Demo/Promo)
(Factory Sample - Side 1)
(Green Label)
SIDE 2 (L2PP 3658-1B) (RD 27192)
(1960 Decca Single Sided Test Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Hand Written Details)
(Factory Sample - Side 2)
Blank Rear
(Thanks To Andy Honeywell For The Images)
(Black Label, RCA Large Silver Dot Logo)
(Variation 1 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
Large RCA Logo
(1960 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 1 - Side 2)
No Trade Mark(s) Registered Marca(s) Registrada(s)
RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1960 (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
E/T Tax Code Under High Fidelity
(Thanks to Andy Honeywell for the improved images)
(Black Label, RCA Large Silver Dot Logo)
(Variation 2 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
Large RCA Logo
(1960 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 2 - Side 2)
Trade Mark(s) Registered Marca(s) Registrada(s)
RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1960 (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
E/T Tax Code Under High Fidelity
(Thanks to Andy Honeywell for the improved images)
(Black Label, RCA Large Silver Dot Logo)
(Variation 3 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
Large RCA Logo
(1961 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 3 - Side 2)
Trade Mark(s) Registered Marca(s) Registrada(s)
RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1960 (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
O/T Tax Code Under High Fidelity
(Thanks to Andy Honeywell for the improved images)
(Black Label, RCA Large Silver Dot Logo)
(Variation 4 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
Large RCA Logo
(1961 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 4 - Side 2)
Trade Mark(s) Registered Marca(s) Registrada(s)
RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1960 (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
O/T Tax Code Under High Fidelity
O Above The Matrix Number (Both Sides)
(Black Label, RCA Large Silver Dot Logo)
(Variation 5 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
Large RCA Logo
(1961 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 5 - Side 2)
Trade Mark(s) Registered Marca(s) Registrada(s)
RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1960 (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
O/T Tax Code Under High Fidelity
N Above The Matrix Number (Both Sides)
(Black Label, RCA Large Silver Dot Logo)
(LABEL VARIATION)
Side 1: Variation 3
(LABEL VARIATION)
Side 2: Variation 2
(Black Label, RCA VICTOR Small Silver Dot Logo)
(Variation 6 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
RCA VICTOR Small Silver Dot Logo
(1963 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 6 - Side 2)
Trade Mark(s) Registered Marca(s) Registrada(s)
RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1960 (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
M/T & S Tax Code Above The Matrix Number
(Both Sides)
(Black Label, RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo)
(Variation 7 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo
(1964 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 7 - Side 2)
RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1960 (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
M/T Tax Code Above The Matrix Number (Both Sides)
(New Typeface)
(Thanks to Andy Honeywell for the improved images)
(Black Label, RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo)
(Variation 8 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo
(1965 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 8 - Side 2)
℗ 1960 (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
BIEM NCB (Boxed) (Centre Left)
M/T Tax Code Above Matrix Number
(New Typeface)
(Thanks to Andy Honeywell for the improved images)
(Black Label, RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo)
(Variation 9 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo
(1965 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 9 - Side 2)
℗ 1960 (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
BIEM NCB (Boxed) (Centre Left)
M/T Tax Code Above Matrix Number
(New Typeface)
(Thanks To Paul Alner For The Information)
(Black Label, RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo)
(Variation 10 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo
(1965 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 10 - Side 2)
℗ 1960 (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
N.C.B. (Over) B.I.E.M. (Boxed) (Centre Left)
M/T Tax Code Above Matrix Number
(New Style Layout)
(Copyright Circle Covers Bottom Half of Label)
(Thanks To Paul Alner For The Information)
(Black Label, RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo)
(Variation 11 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo
(1965 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 11 - Side 2)
M/T Tax Code Under ℗ 1960 (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
(New Style Layout)
(Copyright Circle Covers Bottom Half of Label)
(Thanks to Andy Honeywell for the improved images)
(Black Label, RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo)
(Variation 12 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo
(1967 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(19mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 12 - Side 2)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Centre Left)
No Tax Code
℗ 1960 (Bottom Centre) (Both Sides)
(Thanks to Dean Murphy For The images)
(Black Label, RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo)
(Variation 13 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo
(1968 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(32mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 13 - Side 2)
(Older Variation 13 Label)
(Thanks to Andy Honeywell for the improved images)
(Black Label, RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo)
(Variation 14 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo
(1968 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(32mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 14 - Side 2)
(Older Variation 13 Label)
(J/T Tax Code Etched in Run Out)
(Thanks to Kevin Betters For The images)
(Black Label, RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo)
(Variation 15 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
RCA VICTOR Small Red Dot Logo
(1968 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(32mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 15 - Side 2)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Centre Left)
J/T Tax Code (Above Matrix Number)
℗ 1960 (Bottom Centre) (Both Sides)
(Thanks to Dean Murphy For The images)
(Small Orange Label, Stamped RCA Victor Logo)
(Variation 16 - Side 1)
(Small Orange Label)
Stamped RCA Victor Logo
(1969 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(32mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 16 - Side 2)
2Up/3Up
MANUFACTURED BY RCA LTD
Line 3 ends with BIG BOOTS
(Thanks to Andy Honeywell for the improved images)
(Small Orange Label, Stamped RCA Victor Logo)
(Variation 17 - Side 1)
(Small Orange Label)
Stamped RCA Victor Logo
(1969 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(32mm Press Ring Circle)
(Variation 17 - Side 2)
3Up/3Up
MANUFACTURED BY RCA LTD
Line 3 ends with BIG BOOTS (Wayne)
(Thanks to Andy Honeywell for the improved images)
UK CHART Information:
This LP entered the UK charts on December 10, 1960, peaking at no. 1.
Chart Run: (51 Weeks)
10/12/1960 - 04
17/12/1960 - 02
24/12/1960 - 02
31/12/1960 - 02
07/01/1961 - 02
14/01/1961 - 01
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05/08/1961 - 03
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30/09/1961 - 05
07/10/1961 - 03
14/10/1961 - 07
21/10/1961 - 07
28/10/1961 - 09
04/11/1961 - 11
11/11/1961 - 10
18/11/1961 - 11
25/11/1961 - 09
It re-entered the UK charts for one week on December 9, 1961, peaking at no. 12.
Chart Run: (1 Week)
09/12/1961 - 12
It re-entered the UK charts on January 20, 1962, peaking at no. 15.
Chart Run: (3 Weeks)
20/01/1962 - 15
27/01/1962 - 15
03/02/1962 - 18
Information: www.officialcharts.com
Recording Information:
Tonight is So Right for Love
(April 27, 1960: RCA Studios, Hollywood, California)
What's She Really Like
(April 28, 1960: RCA Studios, Hollywood, California)
Frankfort Special
(May 6, 1960: Radio Recorders, Studio B, Hollywood, California)
Wooden Heart
(April 28, 1960: RCA Studios, Hollywood, California)
G.I. Blues
(April 27, 1960: RCA Studios, Hollywood, California)
Pocketful of Rainbows
(May 6, 1960: Radio Recorders, Studio B, Hollywood, California)
Shoppin' Around
(May 6, 1960: Radio Recorders, Studio B, Hollywood, California)
Big Boots
(May 6, 1960: Radio Recorders, Studio B, Hollywood, California)
Didja' Ever
(April 27, 1960: RCA Studios, Hollywood, California)
Blue Suede Shoes
(April 28, 1960: RCA Studios, Hollywood, California)
Doin' the Best I Can
(April 27, 1960: RCA Studios, Hollywood, California)
