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Girls! Girls! Girls!

Released: 2007/11/12 by FTD
Follow That Dream collectors edition of the Girls Girls Girls soundtrack album with previously unreleased bonus material. Packaged in deluxe, fold-out format (7" EP size) with booklet featuring photos and memorabilia. Vic Anesini and Sebastian Jeansson have remastered the material. Even though the original tapes were lost, this remastering promises that these recordings sound better than ever.
Tracklisting
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Girls! Girls! Girls!
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I Don't Wanna Be Tied
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Where Do You Come From?
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I Don't Want To
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We'll Be Together
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A Boy Like Me, a Girl Like You
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Earth Boy
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Return to Sender
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Because of Love
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Thanks to the Rolling Sea
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Song of the Shrimp
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The Walls Have Ears
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We're Coming in Loaded
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Mama
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Plantation Rock
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Dainty Little Moonbeams (Girls! Girls! Girls! end title)
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A Boy Like Me, a Girl Like You (Take 1, 2)
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Mama (Take. 1, 2, 3, 4)
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Thanks to the Rolling Sea (Take 3)
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Where Do You Come From? (Take 13)
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Earth Boy (Movie version splice of take 2, 4)
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We'll Be Together (Take 8, 10)
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Mama (Take 5, 6, 7, 8)
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I Don't Wanna Be Tied (Movie version take 8, intro take 10)
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A Boy Like Me, a Girl Like You (Take 3, 4)
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Thanks to the Rolling Sea (Take 10)
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Plantation Rock (Take 17, insert)
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Mama (Take 9)
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Mama (The Amigos)
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Mama (Instrumental)
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Mama (1970 Let's be friends, album version)
The ElvisNews Review
Although I can’t handle 3 of them at the same time anymore, the title is one of the most appealing of Elvis’ movies, thus soundtracks.
Design
As with all “classic album” releases this 7” cover art has been worked out very nicely. The only minor is that the booklet is very thin.
Content
When I bought the original album some 30 years ago, it turned out to be one of my favourites at that moment. Most of the songs were catchy pop tunes and an album with “Return to Sender” on it couldn’t be wrong in my ears. The title song is one of the better post army title tracks, while “Thanks to the Rolling Sea” and the calypso-like “Song of the Shrimp” were different from what I was used to at the moment.
In other words, I used to be happy with it and I must say I still don’t have problems to hear the original album every now and then. Okay, my taste moved on and it is certainly not among my favourite albums, but I can still listen to it.
This FTD release is something completely different. The first 13 tracks are okay, but in the remaining 18 tracks one of the few Elvis songs I really can’t stand, “Mama”, is available in 7 of them. The worst thing is that they are not in a row, so either I have to pre-program my player or I have to use skip quite often. I did that once and that’s more than enough for me. If I have the desire to listen to the soundtrack in the future, I’ll stick to my good old vinyl version of it. Since there are no outtakes of the title track and “Return to Sender”, there is not a real reason to play this version anyway.
The tracks that I did play sounded good and I didn’t notice the usual mistakes on first (and last) listen.
Conclusion
“Mama! Mama! Mama!” would have been a nice title for the reissue, which is not more than a cabinet filler for me.
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Reactions
I think this is not enough for a collectors label. They could have waited another 2-3 years, maybe the original session tapes turn up sometime. And for the time of year FTD should have made up a collectors edition of the "Sings the wonderful world of Christmas" album, instead of just a few outtakes on the recent "I sing all kinds". Another missed opportunity: I am still waiting for the finally uncut, unedited, unfaded, undubbed version of "Merry Christmas Baby".
This was one of the better soundtracks of his movie career; however, what FTD is providing us is another rehash and no real new additional material. Sorry guys, I'll pass on this one and stick with my double features CD from a number of years ago. Why do I get the feeling this is the last wheez for our man Elvis?

You guys like that pic of Elvis..on the album cover ?? I don't !! He looks tired..and.. too tanned.. and that hairstyle.. wasn't a good look for him. (the semi comb over). RCA should have chosen a much better pic.. on the original album.. However.. its the music that counts.. And the album features some good music..

Without a doubt the worst Album cover ever !! However it features a few good songs..
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