Elvis Presley - ´Soundtrack´ Fun In Acapulco (1963) Lp

Fun in Acapulco is the nineteenth album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records.
The last film Elvis made prior to the outbreak of Beatlemania, Fun in Acapulco is redolent of the silly, carefree days of the early '60s -- a time when rock & roll appeared to be in remission, partially because Presley devoted his time to cinematic froth like this. Conceptually, Fun in Acapulco, a kissing cousin to Blue Hawaii, is a lark set in a sunny, exotic location and has a soundtrack to match. Every song has a south of the border feel, either in its rhythms or mock Spanish, a tactic that makes sense in the confines of the film but can be deeply ridiculous on record, particularly on the cartoonish "Guadalajara," where mariachi and opera meet in garish fashion, "(There's) No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car," and "The Bullfighter Was a Lady," pieces of camp designed to be heard nowhere outside the confines of the film. Such frivolities seem even more absurd when contrasted with similarly spirited cuts that actually do work: the woozy title track, "Mexico," "Marguerita," and "Bossa Nova Baby," which in this context seems to rock pretty hard. Despite all this, the clear standout here is "Slowly But Surely," a bit of hip-swiveling seduction positively drenched in fuzz guitar, the first time such an effect was heard on a Presley record. Here, Elvis seems to tentatively engage with the swinging '60s that are just around the corner, while the rest of the record belongs to squaresville, an aesthetic that's alternatingly amiable and embarrassing.

The third of his tropical "travelogue films" for Paramount Pictures after Blue Hawaii and Girls! Girls! Girls! finds Elvis frolicing in Mexico. The standard stable of songwriters for Presley delivered songs to match, with titles like "Marguerita," "El Toro," "You Can't Say No In Acapulco," and "The Bullfighter Was A Lady." Included as well was the 1937 standard "Guadalajara" by Pepe Guízar. With the change from the normal routine, and with the addition of trumpet players Rudolph Loera and Anthony Terran, Presley engaged the material with greater enthusiasm than on recent soundtrack outings. Four of these songs would be included on the 1995 compilation Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II: the title track, "Mexico," "Marguerita," and the song released as the lead single, "Bossa Nova Baby".
"Bossa Nova Baby" arrived in stores one month prior to the soundtrack, coupled with the track "Witchcraft" by rhythm and blues songwriter and arranger Dave Bartholomew and a hit for The Spiders in 1956. The fact that the bossa nova craze of the 1960s was a Brazilian phenomenon rather than a Mexican one mattered little, as the single peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as reaching as high as the 20th spot on the R&B singles chart.
Compensating for the short ten-track It Happened at the World's Fair album, Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, insisted on making Fun in Acapulco a good value. Two additional tracks, "Love Me Tonight" and "Slowly But Surely" were pulled from the aborted album sessions of May 1963, and added here to bring the running order up to thirteen tracks.

Side A
A1. Fun In Acapulco  (2:30)
A2. Vino, Dinero Y Amor  (1:54)
A3. Mexico  (1:59)
A4. El Toro  (2:41)
A5. Marguerita  (2:40)
A6. The Bullfighter Was A Lady  (2:02)
A7. (There’s) No Room To Rhumba In A Sports Car  (1:50)

Side B
B1. I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here  (2:51)
B2. Bossa Nova, Baby  (1:59)
B3. You Can’t Say No In Acapulco  (1:53)
B4. Guadalajara  (2:42)
B5. Love Me Tonight  (1:58)
B6. Slowly But Surely  (2:11)

Personnel

• Elvis Presley – vocals
• The Jordanaires – backing vocals
• The Amigos – backing vocals
• Anthony Terran – trumpet
• Rudolph Loera – trumpet
• Scotty Moore – electric guitar
• Barney Kessel – acoustic guitar
• Tiny Timbrell – acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Dudley Brooks – piano
• Ray Seigel – double bass
• Emil Radocchi – percussion
• D. J. Fontana – drums
• Hal Blaine – drums

Notes

Release: 1963

Genre: Rock & Roll

Format: LP

Label: RCA Victor Records

Catalog# PL-42357

Prijs: € 10,00

Vinyl: Goed

Hoes: Gebruikerssporen

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Elvis Presley - That´s The Way It Is (1970) - Lp

Elvis: That's the Way It Is is the 40th album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Records, LSP 4445, in November 1970. It consists of eight studio tracks recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, and four live in-concert tracks recorded at The International Hotel in Las Vegas.
It accompanied the theatrical release of the documentary film of the same name (although it is not generally considered a soundtrack album), and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200.

That's the Way It Is is arguably where Elvis Presley's discography gets very confusing. Sharing a title with Denis Sanders' 1970 documentary of Elvis' return to the stage, That's the Way It Is in its original 1970 LP incarnation isn't precisely a soundtrack to the film. In fact, only a third of the album captures Presley live on-stage in Vegas, with the remainder of the record derived from sessions he recorded in Nashville just a few months prior to launching his long-standing gig at the International Hotel. Vegas looms large over Elvis' legend in the '70s and many of the clichés -- the jumpsuits, the splashy arrangements of contemporary standards, the snazzy melodies of his old hits -- were born on That's the Way It Is, either on film or on the record.

In its original LP incarnation, this wasn't especially apparent due to the record's reliance on the Nashville sessions, where Elvis recorded a fair share of perfectly pleasant middle-of-the-road material pitched halfway between Hollywood and Music City. These tunes -- "Twenty Days and Twenty Nights," "How the Web Was Woven," "Just Pretend," and "Stranger in the Crowd" -- are easy to spot because they're by songwriters without marquee names (Colonel Tom Parker insisted Elvis take a larger percentage of publishing, which kept away many writers) and, more tellingly.
They may not have been part of Presley's repertoire but they do indicate how he was shifting away from the soulful, funky sound inspired by his 1968 comeback into something that felt showbiz. The live recordings, though, show that he was still performing with passion, figuring out what worked on-stage and what didn't after his long hiatus from performing. Again, this isn't so apparent on the 1970 LP, which was basically a good studio album that essayed Elvis' new persona for the coming decade.
When he retained the power of his 1968 comeback and had yet to succumb to all the glitz of Vegas.

Side A
A1.  I Just Can’t Help Believin’ (4:25)
A2.  Twenty Days And Twenty Nights  (3:15)
A3.  How The Web Was Woven (3:25)
A4.  Patch It Up (3:51)
A5.  Mary In The Morning (4:10)
A6.  You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me  (2:29)

Side B
B1.  You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (4:20)
B2.  I’ve Lost You (3:30)
B3.  Just Pretend  (4:02)
B4.  Stranger In The Crowd  (3:46)
B5.  The Next Step Is Love  (3:30)
B6.  Bridge Over Troubled Water (4:03)

Credits
Arranged By [Horn & Strings] – Cam Mullins, Bergen White, David Briggs, Norbert Putnam, Glen Hardin
Chorus – The Imperials Quartet, The Sweet Inspirations

Notes
Release: 1970
Genre:  Rock & Roll
Label:  RCA Victor Records
Catalog#  LSP-4445
Price: € 5.00

Vinyl:  Goed
Cover:  Gebruikerssporen

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Elvis Presley - Elvis Sings Hits From His Movies (1972)

“Elvis Sings Hits from His Movies, Volume 1” is a compilation album by Elvis Presley, featuring tracks from four of his movies plus two non-movie tracks.

Released in 1972, this is a budget collection of previously recorded songs from Elvis' movies.

It was a minor hit reaching number 87 on the Billboard album chart and was eventually certified PLATINUM by the RIAA.

It includes several songs that had made the singles chart in the US including: They Remind Me Too Much Of You (peaked at number 53 in 1963), Frankie And Johnny (number 25 in 1966), Guitar Man (43 in 1968), Long Legged Girl (63 in 1967), You Don't Know Me (44 in 1967), and Big Boss Man (38 in 1967).

When ELVIS SINGS HITS FROM HIS MOVIES VOLUME 1 first appeared as an LP in 1972, it at least served the purpose of giving his fans some fine songs like "Guitar Man" and "Big Boss Man" that had appeared as singles but were hard to get ahold of on LPs. And those 2 songs were not even from his movies at all!

 But now that there are much better compilations of Elvis's music available, there's just not much purpose in this album any more.


Side A
A1.  Down By The Riverside And When The Saints Go Marching In  
A2.  They Remind Me Too Much Of You  
A3.  Confidence
A4.  Frankie And Johnny
A5.  Guitar Man

Side B
B1.  Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On)
B2.  You Don't Know Me
B3.  How Would You Like To Be
B4.  Big Boss Man
B5.  Old MacDonald

Artist:  Elvis Presley
Title:  Elvis Sings Hits From His Movies
Release:  1972
Format:  LP
Label:  RCA Records
Catalog#  BCRS 5270

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