Elvis Sings Hits from His Movies: His Worst Album?
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
- RCA released plenty of compilation LPs during Elvis' lifetime. Many of them were fine but Elvis Sings Hits from His Movies Volume 1 must have raised a few eyebrows when it first appeared in 1972. Is it, in fact, the worst Elvis LP released during his lifetime?
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This was my very first Elvis album as I was only 11 years old at the time. I discovered Elvis by watching his movies then I got into his music later on. My mother bought me this album and it will always hold a special place in my heart for that reason.
I know a lot of fans have similarly fond memories of the Camden albums. Thanks for watching!
I like all elvis albums and they remind me to much of you is my favorite on this album .TCB DAVID. ❤
Yes, top song. Thanks, Harold.
got Elvis Sings Hits from His Movies was just boy very cool album keep up cool video David good to look back now 61 year old love everday be Elvis fan
Hi, Nigel. I think many fans got the album when they were young and have a lot of affection for it. I never owned the record when I bought Elvis' records as a youngster but it's fun to talk about it. It certainly provokes discussion. Thanks, Nigel.
long live Elvis brother
I bought this album off my older brother when I was about 9. I loved this album. This album started my appreciation of Elvis.
Yes, a lot of people had introductions to Elvis via the Camden releases. Thanks for watching.
I was 9 when my mum bought this for me, to me it was another Elvis album with songs I had not heard before. I like your track listing.
Not bad, eh? Have you got the Pictures of Elvis LP on RCA Starcall? That was a good little movie compilation from around '77.
Elvis always!
I love all the Camden albums, yes they have the odd track here n there that hardly anyone likes but you can say that for many non budget albums.
Great to see you again.
Luv the show.
True, but a few of the Camden LPs more obviously scream "cash grab" and that makes them seem like a blot on Elvis' discography. Thanks for watching!
Another great and interesting video. Any album with You Don’t Know Me and They Remind Me Too Much of You is a winner in my eyes David!!
True. It's a bit of a see-saw affair though, with Old Mac and Confidence at the other end. Actually, I liked Confidence as a kid. Cheers, Grant.
Another fun video 👍
Thanks, Ken.
Hi David, the Album was certified Gold and Platinum in 2004 by the RIAA. The first american CD Release was a RCA Special Product for AVON Cosmetics in 1996 (BMG CAD1-2567). The CD is pretty rare and very hard to find in these days. In 2008 Sony/BMG USA released a digital remastered CD Reissue (now deleted from the Catalogue). A european CD Edition was never produced by BMG or Sony.
Thank you David!
Thaks for the info, Harald. I think one LP is enough for me. 😅
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan you mean 🎶Once Is Enough🎶...you are humble😄!
@@haraldtrittner4396 😆
I enjoy this album quite alot, I heard it in my senior year in high school & have listened to it countless times since
I think all the budget albums have a lot of fans as that's how many first came to hear Elvis' music. Thanks for watching!
Not a bad LP song wise, really enjoy the A side. I have the UK version and it is a mouth full 🙂 Quick story, in Aug 1972 or Feb 1973 in Las Vegas a fan asked Elvis to sign a copy of the album - he did of course then turned to Charlie or Jerry (cant remember which) and said "what the hell was that, aint never seen that record in my life?" So I take it the later Camden LPs flew under his radar entirely - got to love RCA and Parker LOL... its a shame Elvis wasn't involved in these projects, think the product overall would have been of higher quality. Great video!
Great story. I can imagine that happened a lot when he had foreign releases shoved under his nose. I imagine Elvis just laughed off this movies LP but, as you say, it's a shame he didn't get more involved in his albums. Parker would, no doubt, have told him that the budget LPs were outselling his regular releases.
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Interesting again my friend, I’ve always loved this album, as all the other Camden, albums, no way is this Elvis’s worst album in my opinion! ps enjoyed your chat the other day! cheers mate!
Hi, Mal. Definitely not the worst in terms of the music. Glad you liked the livestream. Cheers!
Nothing wrong with this album David, for all the reasons you mentioned. One of my favorite Camdens'. I kinda doubt that RCA gave this contribution the analysis and careful thought you did when it came time to its creation. Very insightful and entertaining video as always.
I doubt it too, Tony. Apparently, David Bowie would throw separate lines of lyrics in the air and pick them up at random to see how they sounded. RCA may have done something similar with songs from the four movies chosen for this album.
I like this album my friend and I think this is the album that got me into Elvis music. Great video my friend.
Hi, Curtis. I'm sure a lot of fans got into Elvis via the Camden LPs. Thanks for watching?
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan Yeah your right and even the Best buy series
I was given a UK pressing from an aunt. An original pressing. I noticed how good it sounded technically.
Believe it or not, I find I prefer the sound of Pickwick records to the earlier Camdens (only slightly), although I've never heard a Pickwick pressing of this one. Thanks for watching.
@ElvisPresleyInJapan yes it's the blue Camden label. You mentioned the outstanding tracks and are spot on. I covered on guitar and vocal ' you don't know me' , and 'they remind me too much of you' directly from those arrangements by ear. They were so inspiring to me. Old ma Donald is a throwaway addition. Though the stereo separation and sound on that and others are eye-openers.
This was my very first Elvis Album my late mother got for me in Woolworths in the 1970ies in my home town of Waterford Ireland. I recently bought it again where I now live in Glastonbury town.
Enjoy it! 👍
Alloha and Dark Side of the moon where number 1s in the same year
Soon I'll be starting a blog featuring alternative Elvis track listings. Since this is probably my favorite Elvis channel on RUclips, I'll give you a preview.
I chose the track listings for the Hits from his Movies albums after I saw your video from about two years ago discussing all of the Camden LPs. Both of our proposed track listings have similarities. To note, the C'mon Everybody, Burning Love, and Separate Ways albums do not exist (at least in budget form) in my discography, so some tracks from them are included here...
Vol. 1 (December 1972)
Side 1
C’mon Everybody
Puppet on a String
Kissin' Cousins
Frankie and Johnny
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Side 2
Bossa Nova Baby
One Broken Heart For Sale
Pocketful of Rainbows
Little Egypt
Let Yourself Go
Vol. 2 (March 1973)
Side 1
Down By The Riverside / When The Saints Go Marching In
Tender Feeling
Do The Clam
Spinout
Rock-A-Hula Baby
Side 2
Clambake
Please Don’t Stop Loving Me
They Remind Me Too Much of You
All That I Am
I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell
Thank you for the kind words. The blog sounds interesting. Please keep me posted. Speaking of alternative song selections, there was a 12-track LP that came out on the RCA Starcall label in the mid-70s called Pictures of Elvis. Perhaps you know it. I think it was a mid-price LP. It has a fine selection of songs, so it really should have been easy for RCA to have done better with the Sings Hits album, even with only ten songs.
Hey David my dear friend , how are you ? great interesting video on this LP, good point on the idea of the chosen songs, never really thought about it, the reason i love this album is because its one of my first cassettes back in the early 1990 , its a childhood memories when i was around 14 years old :) , later i got the UK LP and the USA copy and then the Japanesse LP , Cheers, your friend: Lior
Hi, Lior. I'm fine, thanks. I hope you're staying safe and well over there. I know a lot of fans are attached to albums like this one, as they received them as gifts or bought them with their own money. Can you hear any differences in the sound of the different versions?
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan Hi David, glad hearing from you :) about the sound , cant really find any differences in the sound , to me all sounds good ;) Cheers, your friend ;Lior
First , sorry about my language knowledge 😂Thank you very much for taking the time for a review of this Album . Man , it feels like , you speak what I always think about these two Volumes . They never had a chance to be there , even not in the Elvis Fan World , cause so many dislike these two Albums . For sure , I can understand many bad of the statements about these two . But it feels good , that outhere is at least one more Fan who think the same way like me about that first and Vol 2 release . Also your own Version is an good idea . There is an original Sony legacy CD of the first one , but very rar today . The vol 2 have 3 CD editions from Sony , the first CD is from RCA I think , the other two from Sony legacy . Would be interesting is there an Japan edition of this and vol 2 as CD ? Your Videos and reviews are great . So , enough talk from me , greetings from Germany .
No problem about the language. I understand you completely. I've seen the CD version online, but I don't own any copies. It's never been released on CD in Japan. In fact, none of the Camden LPs has ever been released on CD in Japan. I think a Camden box set would be a nice idea, but a 2-CD set would be fine, certainly not a 10-CD thing. Thanks again!
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan This is exactly what I often think about . A Sony Camden CD Box Set with the 9 Albums made from 69 to 73 would be great . There are two Camden Box Sets on CD out there a few years ago . But they are Bootlegs Editions from original Camden Releases from the 80s . Do you have some Camden Japan Vinyls from the 80s , if there are some ? Have a nice day and thank you for answer .
There were no 1980s Japanese Camden releases. The last ones were released in 1978, although they may have pressed some copies in the 1980s.
Hey David!
Another and yet fantastic, interesting and very informative video my good friend. I truly enjoyed your take and I can agree about every aspect you have put into this video.
Hope you are doing well my good friend! Stay safe 😎🙌🙏
TCB ⚡️⚡️😎😎👍🏻👍🏻
Ji, Josip. I hope you're doing well over there. Thanks for your support!
Hi Dave ,nice video ,defo not the worst album ,these Camden’s albums have a sentiment to me the first albums a bought back in the day ,a think people dismiss them too easily ,a do think RCA new what they were doing releasing these ,they all sold extremely well and had some great tracks and interesting covers,you can pick up some interesting export albums which are quite sort after ,it got a bit repetitive later on but all in all they were nice releases ,for me anyway ,maybe not everyone will agree ,liked your repraise of some of them ref including new tracks ,a liked that ,maybe RCA should employ you Dave I,d defo look forward to your new release 👍,nice video Dave ,take care ,tony
Hi Tony. I remember in the UK, the Camden albums kept on coming, long after RCA in the States had stopped releasing them. I'm sure you know Double Dynamite and the 2-LP Collection sets. The same tracks over and over. That was going a bit far. But they kept on selling so they kept on rehashing them. Some of the export ones are nice to collect though. I have You'll Never Walk Alone with the 68 Comeback picture on the front. Cheers, Tony.
It was one of my first records I ever owned , but absolutely the worst. Although when I first got it , I didn't know Elvis that well, and stayed loyal anyway. So it wasn't that bad to me when I started . But now I know better.😅
Exactly. Sometimes it's best not to know. 😅
your right rca and parker had no respect for Elvis rca was sued by the estate in the early 80s.
I think it's because of that that I'll rarely play this album. Most of the songs are fine.
I have no real beef with the Camden compilations, other than their sonic qualities. I have many copies of each of the 70s titles, mostly British and German and a couple of American ones. Overall, the sound quality and pressings are abysmal. I have two pretty decent hifi set ups and I do revisit the albums on occasion to see if I’ve changed my mind. I did it right now after watching your video, David. I haven’t! They are bad!
As albums I like them, and welcomed the opportunity to get them on CD. Almost in love makes a great bonus collection to Gold Records 4, I Got Lucky and C’mon Everybody were welcome collections of lost EP tracks, and the covers were quite decent, especially the UK Almost in Love, which fits right next to TV Special album, artistically. I’ve got to say, though, it has always disturbed me that up to date pictures of artists are plastered across compilations of oldies - there is a jarring contrast between the packaging and content. I regularly use a local charity store here in the Netherlands and I really see too many of those type of bottom of the barrel effort LPs.
I have come to the conclusion, after years of buying DVDs of serious, art and classic films in tawdry, bad taste, sensationalistic covers adorned with guns etc. that there may be a strategy at work here. I think this somewhat applies to LPs. Making them LOOK cheap appeals to a certain type of customer. Any thoughts?
That's an interesting idea about deliberately making the covers look cheap. I can't imagine RCA bothering to put that much thought into it, tbh. Re the sound, I've discovered that I have a slight preference for the Pickwick pressings. It wouldn't surprise me if RCA had used inferior vinyl for the budget releases.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan Yes, the Pickwick records are very decent. Saying that, US pressings from the late 70s are some of the best, if not the best sounding catalogue albums. I remember thinking that as far back as the 80s when I would have had difficulty hearing the difference.
Again great video and also a great question you raised: when did RCA do Elvis justice as an artist? Frankly they started the Camden way of compiling albums all the way back to the debut album (LPM 1254) which is a somewhat strange compilation of Sun leftovers and rejects combined with newly recorded songs from January/ February 1956. Although all Elvis albums are very dear to me, to RCA and the Colonel these were just "product".
Funnily enough, I was thinking the same thing about LPM-1254 earlier today. "Elvis" was his first "proper" studio album. I agree it was all just product to Parker and RCA but with this one, it reminds me of the Sex Pistols compilation album called Some Product. This LP was the forerunner to that album in all but name. I do understand, though, that a lot of fans like it for sentimental reasons. We all have such favourites.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan I have always loved LPM 1254 but thinking of the recordings that could have been included it could have been a far better representation of Elvis' 1st RCA studio work than it actually was. When compiling albums RCA rarely did Elvis justice. Fans nowadays should be happy with the broad and seemingly unfocused Elvis record catalogue. Without all the "product" RCA produced 😉 and without all those cover, content and label variations, collecting Elvis records would be very boring nowadays. 😀
An interesting mention of LPM 1254. I think it’s evident that it was a cheaply and hurriedly made album at a time when the RCA brass did not believe that would get a return on their investment in Elvis. Even the now iconic artwork has cheap - in black and white. Elvis Presley’s incredible drive and talent made ELVIS PRESLEY into an against the odds classic.
@@elvisonwax Great analysis, you are so right 👍
@@elvisonwax Accidental classic. I sometimes wonder if HMV in the UK chose their unique cover for the second LP because RCA in the US, for two consecutive albums, chose photos where you couldn't see Elvis facing the front with his eyes open.
I much prefer your track listing, but that being said, as a new 10 year old Elvis fan in 1972, for the first couple of years the Camden Albums made up a bulk of my collection and I loved them and played the heck out of them, especially I Got Lucky and C'mon Everybody. It's interesting to me that, for example, the song C'mon Everybody was only eight years old when the Camden album was released but the song was far, far different than what was popular music in 1972. Today, an 8 year song seems to age better simply because massive changes in music haven't been happening for quite some time and I can't imagine any big changes going forward.
That's a great point about how quickly music changed during Elvis' time. I don't really listen to modern music but, from what I've heard, you're probably right about it. Thanks for watching.
Hello David, I used to think this was my least favorite camdens. I do like the 4 you mentioned.
The cover photo was the attraction for me.
Hi. Which one is your least favourite?
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan how would you like to be
@@SuperAtlantis1 I've always liked that one. 😄
Hi David, as you know I am very fond of the Camden Albums however this one is probably my least favourite of all but as you say is does feature some great tracks and at least they didn't put "Barefoot Ballad" on there! .Thank goodness Elvis did not see "Sings For Children " issued and that was full priced ! .Thanks for the video.
A lot of fans feel that way about the Camdens. I never owned this one as a young collector. It got to the point where I had all the tracks on it and the star design never appealed to me. As you suggest, there were worse songs that could have wound up on there. Thanks for watching.
Easily my least favorite Camden album. All the others I find very enjoyable.
It really is difficult to say which Elvis album is the "worst". I think the catalog has long been a confusing mess. After Elvis died, RCA issued compilation after compilation after compilation, in addition to a gazillion collections of unreleased material, outtakes and live recordings.
I'm interested only in the original albums and some of the compilations issued by RCA before 1978. Of course, there are some worthy compilations and several of the later boxed sets and FTD releases are worth having, but the majority of the compilations are pointless if you have the original albums. There are simply too many of them.
I agree. I'm mostly interested in the records released during his lifetime, but they are often frustrating. The post-death releases have been more extreme. There are people in charge who care about the music and how its packaged and who seem to be almost reimagining his catalogue. However, the worst of the worst has also been released since Aug 16, 1977, e.g. Elvis Sings for Children.
Most fans, I would have thought had bought the soundtracks. For new comers or the interested pop listener, this album would not necessarily be a good choice. As most fans know what the worthy albums/songs are this might have been a let down. I saw it as boring and wasn't sure who it was aimed at. Maybe the fan who'll collect everything. It's almost as if I didn't want to spoil my collection with this sort of release. If someone said, I'd like to hear some of Elvis' best work, I wouldn't show them this LP. There are some nice Camden LP's, this is not one of them. There are some nice soundtrack songs too. I suppose it's making the best with what you have.
Not those albums and rightfully so. 😊
Knowing what we know now, I kind of wish this album had never been released as it offered nothing new to existing fans apart from, perhaps, a chance to get a few old soundtrack songs they missed the first time around. I know it means a lot to many fans, though.
60年代以降のサントラアルバムは残念ながら評価はできないですね。正直「G.I.ブルース」や「ブルーハワイ」も大したことない。ただエルヴィス自身、あまりアルバムに対してコンセンプトやアイデアを持ち込まなかったみたいでオリジナルアルバムにしても何十曲かまとめて録音した物の中からプロデューサーが内容を構成していたみたいです。ここら辺はやはりビートルズ以降のミュージシャンとはアプローチが違ったんでしょうね
こんにちは。アルバムに対してコンセプトやアイデアを持ち込まなかったか分からないけど選曲、曲順、ジャケのデザインなど、すべてをプロに任せたと思います。エルヴィス自身はこの「ギター・マン」というアルバムの存在さえを知らなかったかもしれませんね。
たしかに（笑）ただ、キャムデン盤は全てが50万枚以上を売り上げているんですよね。始めたら必ず儲かる「プレスリー商法」のひとつでしょうね
@@elvisuno1 確かに海外でよく売れましたね。日本盤はそうでもなかったですけど。日本のファンは「怪しいな」と思ったかもしれません。😅
Shame RCA didn’t order the songs better on this LP. Put the ‘kids’ songs on side B and put the stronger material on side A. Plus the artwork and title aren’t good..
I think it would have looked even stranger. At least people wouldn't have had to keep picking the tone arm off the record. I know what you mean about the cover. So little thought put into it. It just takes fans for mugs. "Just slap any old photo of Elvis in a jumpsuit on the front. Put a little star around it. They'll buy it."
Elvis should have refused to record Old Mcdonald, a really strange song to even put in his movie.
Not a classic, although it made sense in the movie, given he was hitching a ride. On an overloaded poultry truck.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan 🤣
If it's not the worse ? Then what is ???
Well, for me, if it came down just to the music on the record, I'd say Kissin' Cousins. There aren't many songs on there that I like, although it is obviously more coherent than this Sings Hits from His Movies LP.
It’s sad to say this, and for an LP that was a hit, but I have to make a real effort to listen to Roustabout. It’s weak. Kissin’ Cousins is a bit more fun. Raised on Rock, on the other hand, is an album I WANT to like… and can’t.
@@elvisonwax The only time I'm likely to listen to Roustabout is when testing a copy I buy, or perhaps when preparing for a video. Same with Kissin' Cousins. Quite happy to listen to Raised on Rock though.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan A quick update on Roustabout: I just recently got hold of a green label RCA International copy from ‘81, remastered by Bob Jones.. and I enjoyed it all the way through. It’s an altogether more meaty and serious sounding record than it’s predecessors.
@@elvisonwax I used to own a lot of records mastered by BB. He has a great reputation.
Kissin Cousins or Paradise Hawaiian Style are probably his worst. However, Confidence may be the worst thing he ever recorded.
Not forgetting Dominic (the impotent bull).