Girl Happy (CD - FTD, 2003/2024)

Title:

Girl Happy

Label:

FTD [FTD 023 / FTD 023RI] [82876 50408 2]

Format:

CD

Number of tracks:

24

Running time:

67:30

Type of album:

Soundtrack / Recording session

Linked to:

FTD discography; Girl Happy, 1964

Year:

2003

Recording date:

March 18, 1962 - June 16, 1964

Release date:

April 23, 2003 / January 2010

Singles:

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Girl Happy is FTD's twenty-fifth and ninety-first CD. It contains the original 1965 album remastered and 12 alternate takes recorded on March 18, 1962 at RCA Studio B in Nashville, and June 10–16, 1964 at Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood. The CD is currently out of print with the label.

Originally, Girl Happy was Elvis' fourteenth film and soundtrack album, and his 29th LP for RCA. Excluding the 1963 singles compilation "Elvis' Golden Records, Volume 3", it was his sixth consecutive soundtrack album.

Eleven songs were recorded and, for the first time, all of them were used in the production and on the LP. To circumvent some royalties, "Yeah, She's Evil!", originally released by Bill Haley & His Comets on the Decca label in July 1964, was renamed "The Meanest Girl in Town", a resource often used by Parker when it came to making a profit at all costs.

"Do the Clam" was released approximately a month before the album as a single, peaking at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remaining on the chart for eight weeks. Its B-side—an unused track titled "You'll Be Gone", written by Elvis with Red West and Charlie Hodge—came from the March 18, 1962 session for the "Pot Luck with Elvis" LP and was the only song from that period that had not yet been used.

In late 1965, RCA decided to release "Puppet on a String" with "Wooden Heart" on the B-side as that year's Christmas single. Upon its original release, the album reached number eight on the Pop LP charts. The LP was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 15, 1999.

The original LP had its playback speed increased by 8% for a reason that is still unknown. While some believe that an error in the mastering process caused the speed of the tracks to be higher than normal and, due to the rush caused by the short time that RCA had to cut and edit the dozens of songs that Elvis was regularly recording for his soundtracks, this was never corrected, others believe that the record company did this process consciously thinking about bringing Elvis' sound closer to that of the idols of the "British invasion" that at that time dominated the American music market.

This possible error appears in both the film and its soundtrack album in a notable way, and even FTD did not correct the problem in its 2003 version of the work, which marked the first time it was re-released. After realizing that it had listed Take 4 of "You'll Be Gone" as the Master, Follow That Dream decided to re-edit the album to correct the mistake and re-released it in 2010 with exactly the same content.

Both CDs contain the following tracks:

ORIGINAL ALBUM

1. Girl Happy

2. Spring Fever

3. Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce

4. Startin' Tonight

5. Wolf Call

6. Do Not Disturb

7. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

8. The Meanest Girl in Town

9. Do the Clam

10. Puppet On a String

11. I've Got to Find My Baby

12. You'll Be Gone

OUTTAKES

13. Puppet On a String (Takes 5, 6, 7)

14. The Meanest Girl in Town (Takes 7, 8, 9)

15. Spring Fever (Take 4)

16. Do Not Disturb (Takes 24, 25, 26, 27)

17. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (Take 6)

18. Girl Happy (Takes 1, 2, 3, 4)

19. Puppet On a String (Take 10)

20. Spring Fever (Takes 18, 19, 21)

21. The Meanest Girl in Town (Take 11)

22. Do Not Disturb (Take 35)

23. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (9, 10, 11) [Used for Spliced Master]

24. Girl Happy (Takes 13 and 4 of Ending) [Used for spliced Master]

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Title:

The Girl Happy Sessions

Label:

FTD [FTD 240] [506020 975191 7]

Format:

3x CD

Number of tracks:

72

Running time:

210:00

Type of album:

Soundtrack / Recording session

Linked to:

FTD discography

Year:

2024

Recording date:

March 18, 1962 - October 11,  1964

Relase date:

December 2024

Singles:

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Almost 22 years after the release of their version of the album in 2003, FTD finally brings the complete recording sessions of the soundtrack to the public.

The work includes the following tracks:

CD 1

ORIGINAL ALBUM (WOTHOUT "YOU'LL BE GONE")

1. Girl Happy

2. Spring Fever

3. Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce

4. Startin' Tonight

5. Wolf Call

6. Do Not Disturb

7. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

8. The Meanest Girl in Town

9. Do the Clam

10. Puppet On a String

11. I've Got to Find My Baby

LACQUES OF UNEDITED MASTERS

12. Wolf Call

13. Startin' Tonight

14. I've Got to Find My Baby

15. Do the Clam

16. The Meanest Girl in Town

17. Wolf Call (with The Jordanaires)

BONUS FROM "TICKLE ME" (OCTOBER 6-11, 1964)

18. I Feel That I've Known You Forever (Movie Version)

INSTRUMENTAL OUTTAKES

19. I've Got to Find My Baby (Take 1)

20. Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce (Take 4)

21. Startin' Tonight (Take 1)

22. Do the Clam (Take 3)

CD 2

JUNE 10, 1964 SESSIONS

1. Puppet On a String (Takes 3-7)

2. Puppet On a String (Takes 8-10)

3. Puppet On a String (Take 11 - Master)

4. The Meanest Girl in Town (Takes 1, 2)

5. The Meanest Girl in Town (Takes 3-5)

6. The Meanest Girl in Town (Take 6)

7. The Meanest Girl in Town (Takes 7-9)

8. The Meanest Girl in Town (Takes 10, 11)

9. The Meanest Girl in Town (Takes 12, 13 - Master)

10. Girl Happy (Takes 1-3)

11. Girl Happy (Take 4)

12. Girl Happy (Takes 5-8)

13. Girl Happy (Takes 9-11)

14. Girl Happy (Take 12)

15. Girl Happy (Take 13)

JUNE 11, 1964 SESSIONS

16. Girl Happy (Ending Takes 1-3 & 5)

17. Girl Happy (Take 13 plus Ending Take 4 - Master)

18. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (Takes 1-3)

19. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (Takes 4, 5)

20. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (Take 6)

21. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (Takes 7, 8)

22. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (Take 9)

23. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (Takes 10, 11)

24. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (Splice of Takes 9 and 11 - Master)

CD 3

JUNE 11, 1964 SESSIONS (CONTINUED)

1. Spring Fever (Takes 1-4)

2. Spring Fever (Takes 5-9)

3. Spring Fever (Take 10)

4. Spring Fever (Takes 11-13)

5. Spring Fever (Take 14)

6. Spring Fever (Takes 15, 16)

7. Spring Fever (Takes 17-20)

8. Spring Fever (Take 21)

9. Spring Fever (Take 22, 23)

10. Spring Fever (Take 24 -Master)

11. Do Not Disturb (Takes 1-10)

12. Do Not Disturb (Takes 11-13)

13. Do Not Disturb (Takes 14-18)

14. Do Not Disturb (Takes 19-22)

15. Do Not Disturb (Takes 23, 24

16. Do Not Disturb (Takes 25-27)

17. Do Not Disturb (Take 28)

18. Do Not Disturb (Takes 29-31)

19. Do Not Disturb (Takes 32, 33)

20. Do Not Disturb (Takes 34, 35)

21. Do Not Disturb (Take 36 - Master)

JUNE 15, 1964 SESSIONS

22. I've Got to Find My Baby (Take 2 - Vocal Overdub Take 1 - Master)

23. Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce (Take 7 - Vocal Overdub Take 2 - Master)

24. Startin' Tonight (Take 3 - Vocal Overdub Take 4)

25. Do the Clam (Take 5 - Vocal Overdub Take 2)

26. Wolf Call (Spliced Master - vocal overdub take 5)