Track Listing
1. GI Blues
2. Wooden Heart
3. Shoppin' Around
4. Doin' The Best I Can
5. Flaming Star
6. Wild In The Country
7. Lonely Man
8. Blue Hawaii
9. Rock A Hula Baby
10. Can't Help Falling In Love
11. Beach Boy Blues
12. Hawaiian Wedding Song
13. Follow That Dream
14. Angel
15. King Of The Whole Wide World
16. I Got Lucky
17. Girls Girls Girls
18. Because Of Love
19. Return To Sender
20. One Broken Heart For Sale
21. I'm Falling In Love Tonight
22. They Remind Me Too Much Of You
23. Fun In Acapulco
24. Bossa Nova Baby
25. Marguerita
26. Mexico
27. Kissin' Cousins
28. One Boy Two Little Girls
29. Once Is Enough
30. Viva Las Vegas
31. What'd I Say
32. Roustabout
33. Poison Ivy League
34. Little Egypt
35. There's A Brand New Day On The Horizon
36. Girl Happy
37. Puppet On A String
38. Do The Clam
39. Harem Holiday
40. So Close Yet So Far
41. Frankie And Johnny
42. Please Don't Stop Loving Me
43. Paradise Hawaiian Style
44. This Is My Heaven
45. Spinout
46. All That I Am
47. I'll Be Back
48. Easy Come Easy Go
49. Double Trouble
50. Long Legged Girl With The Short Dress On
51. Clambake
52. You Don't Know Me
53. Stay Away
54. Joe
55. Speedway
56. You're Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby
57. Let Yourself Go
58. Almost In Love
59. Little Less Conversation
60. Edge Of Reality
61. Charrol
62. Clean Up Your Own Backyard
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 2 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Full title: Command Performances: The Essential 60's Masters II.COMMAND PERFORMANCES: THE ESSENTIAL 60'S MASTERS II documents the highlights of Elvis' movie recording career from 1960 through 1969. It contains a 24-page color booklet with liner notes, photographs and movie poster memorabilia.Personnel includes: Elvis Presley (vocals); The Jordanaires, The Mello Men, The Amigos, The Jubilee Four, The Carole Lombard Quartet, The Carole Lombard Trio, The Blossoms.Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon.Includes liner notes by Susan M. Doll, Ph.D., Ernst Mikael Jorgensen and Roger Semon.Digitally remastered by Dick Baxter (January 1995, BMG Studios, New York, New York).The five-disc first volume of ESSENTIAL 60'S MASTERS covers Elvis Presley's non-soundtrack recordings. This two-disc second volume offers highlights from the soundtracks of Presley's 27 '60s movies, from G.I. Blues to Change of Habit. Elvis' movies of this period do not enjoy a stellar reputation, and for good reason: once producer Hal Wallis found a successful formula for Presley movies, he simply rehashed it until long after he had wrung all life from it. A number of Presley's soundtracks are of similar quality, but the sheer quantity of songs recorded for these films provided RCA with enough good material to fill this 62-song set. The first disc is particularly strong, reflecting the fact that more care was taken to find good material for Elvis' earlier movies. Later, to Presley's detriment, Wallis discovered that Presley's name and an exotic locale would sell a movie regardless of the quality of songs Presley sang, and thereafter the soundtracks grew progressively less interesting. ESSENTIAL 60'S MASTERS II includes plenty of hits and a number of pleasant surprises, and for the most part steers clear of the songs (such as "There's No Room To Rumba In a Sports Car") that nearly destroyed Presley's reputation.
Editorial Reviews
...if the movies were shot in 17 days, these songs were written in 17 minutes....And yet...while the movies have deservedly faded into oblivion, his music can still make me sigh and smile and forget the 101 good reasons why he should never mean s*** to me...
Melody Maker (09/09/1995)
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