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July 6 1960
(+ means you need both    ~ means same material    °° means stereo or binaural    ° means mono)
(SFS = Short False Start | FS = False Start | LFS or BD (Breakdown) = Long False Start | PB (Playback) or Complete = Complete Take)

Paramount Scoring Stage - Hollywood, California
Vocal Scoring Session for Paramount's G.I. Blues
Paramount Producer : Joseph Lilley

Musicians:   Backup Vocals:
NA   Norma Zimmer (NV - 'Pocketful Of Rainbows')
    Lee Gotch; Ernest Newton; Martin Sperzel (2DDV, 3CCV, 4BBV, 6BBV,
6CCV, 6BBVWV & 6CCVWV)

Vocal Ad-Libs (G.I. Blues)
2DDV
   July 6 1960 (Wed: 8.00am)
Take NA (M)   (Backing vocals overdubbed) (Soundtrack°)

G.I. Blues (movie version)
      
Take NA (M) 2:33 Composite of ETD-1, 2DD,
2DD-G & 2DDV		 Soundtrack°~Elvis Presley In G.I. Blues - 1 (Elvis One)° (track 34)
+Elvis Presley In G.I. Blues - 1 (Elvis One)° (track 3 - original master)

Frankfurt Special
3CCV
   July 6 1960 (Wed: 8.00am)
Take NA (M)   (Backing vocals overdubbed) (Soundtrack°)

Lili's First Dance
4BBV
   July 6 1960 (Wed: 8.00am)
Take NA (M)   (Backing vocals & finger-clicks
overdubbed)		 (Soundtrack°)

Barcarolle - Legit
6BBV
   July 6 1960 (Wed: 8.00am)
Take NA (M)   (Backing vocals overdubbed) (Soundtrack°)

Tonight Is So Right For Love
6CCV
   July 6 1960 (Wed: 8.00am)
Take NA (M)   (Backing vocals overdubbed) (Soundtrack°)

Pocketful Of Rainbows
NV
   July 6 1960 (Wed: 8.00am)
Take NA (M)   (Duet vocal overdubbed) (Soundtrack°)

Vienna Woods - Legit
6BBVWV
   July 6 1960 (Wed: 8.00am)
Take NA (M)   (Backing vocals overdubbed) (Soundtrack°)

Tales From The Vienna Woods (instrumental) (movie version)
      
Take NA (M) 0:57 Composite of RO-05 & 6BBVWV Soundtrack° (European prints of movie only)

Vienna Woods - Rock & Roll
6CCVWV
   July 6 1960 (Wed: 8.00am)
Take NA (M)   (Backing vocals overdubbed) (Soundtrack° - European prints of movie only)

Tonight's All Right For Love (movie version)
      
Take NA (M) 2:11 Composite of R10-10/R20-02
& 6CCVWV		 Soundtrack° (European prints of movie only)

Notes

This is a vocal scoring session for the movie G.I. Blues, to overdub backing vocals to the selections listed.

All timings in the 'Musical Breakdown' below are taken from the Blu-Ray release of the movie.

Thanks to David English for research.

Session Logs
 
Musical Breakdown
G.I. Blues
G.I. Blues
 

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