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In the '60s Elvis made 27 movies, many interchangeable, but each had a built-in excuse for him to release a soundtrack. Individually they fail to advance the legend, but when the best of each is collected in one place, as here, the results are very rewarding. This two-CD set has 62 tracks, which makes it, for lack of a better word, essential. Much of it sounds fairly na(ve now, but that's only part of the inherent charm. The personality that Presley infuses into each track is incredible, and gives the listener an idea of why he earned the nickname "The King." --
Scott Wilson
Command Performances: The Essential 60's Masters II,Elvis Presley,RCA,Oldies,Pop,Rock
Command Performances: The Essential 60's Masters II
Average customer rating:
- A guilty pleasure
- Elvis at his best
- If you have the 60's Box Set, you need this too
- SINGIN', FIGHTIN', DANCIN', AND ROMANCIN'
- This is the 3rd item of Elvis RCA-Box Set
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Command Performances: The Essential 60's Masters II
Elvis Presley
Manufacturer: Bmg / Elvis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000002WTJ
Release Date: 1995-07-18 |
Tracks:
- G.I. Blues
- Wooden Heart
- Shoppin' Around
- Doin' The Best I Can
- Flaming Star
- Wild In The Country
- Lonely Man
- Blue Hawaii
- Rock-A-Hula Baby
- Can't Help Falling In Love
- Beach Boy Blues
- Hawaiian Wedding Song
- Follow That Dream (Alternate Take 2)
- Angel
- King Of The Whole Wide World
- I Got Lucky
- Girls! Girls! Girls!
- Because Of Love
- Return To Sender
- One Broken Heart For Sale
- I'm Falling In Love Tonight
- They Remind Me Too Much Of You
- Fun In Acapulco
- Bossa Nova Baby
- Marguerita
- Mexico
- Kissin' Cousins
- One Boy, Two Little Girls
- Once Is Enough
- Viva Las Vegas
- What'd I Say
Tracks:
- Roustabout
- Poison Ivy League
- Little Egypt
- There's A Brand New Day On The Horizon
- Girl Happy
- Puppet On A String
- Do The Clam
- Harem Holiday
- So Close, Yet So Far
- Frankie And Johnny
- Please Don't Stop Loving Me
- Paradise, Hawaiian Style
- This Is My Heaven
- Spinout
- Al That I Am
- I'll Be Back
- Easy Come, Easy Go
- Double Trouble
- Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On)
- Clambake
- You Don't Know Me
- Stay Away, Joe
- Speedway
- Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby
- Let Yourself Go
- Almost In Love
- A Little Less Conversation
- Edge Of Reality
- Charro!
- Clean Up Your Own Back Yard
- Change Of Habit
Amazon.com
In the '60s Elvis made 27 movies, many interchangeable, but each had a built-in excuse for him to release a soundtrack. Individually they fail to advance the legend, but when the best of each is collected in one place, as here, the results are very rewarding. This two-CD set has 62 tracks, which makes it, for lack of a better word, essential. Much of it sounds fairly na(ve now, but that's only part of the inherent charm. The personality that Presley infuses into each track is incredible, and gives the listener an idea of why he earned the nickname "The King." --Scott Wilson
Customer Reviews:
A guilty pleasure.......2007-04-30
Listen to this anthology and you know what "Col." "Tom" "Parker" was up to: he wanted to pattern his client's movie career after Der Bingle's. There were just three problems, however: First Bing was a natural actor, who only got better; Elvis's approach was largely limited to sulking, or variations thereof. Second Bing had all sorts of excellent co-stars and foils from Fred MacMurray to Fred Astaire to Bob Hope to Danny Kaye, not to mention his movable feast of leading ladies; The King almost always mounted his filmic throne alone. Third Bing had help from the likes of Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin, Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, and untold other gifted songwriters who added immeasurably to his (and our) stockload of popular standards. Among the ways Albert Goldman punctured Elvis's rep in his gawdawful "bio" was by noting with malevolent glee that The King spent most of his movie career singing at half-mast the "immortal" (his word) Ben Weisman. To be sure thanks to the "Col." he was stuck with the anvil-banging hacks of Hill and Range, which didn't help El's mood; but we must wonder if anyone could have written him decent tunes, for "Parker"'s reasoning wasn't entirely bad: El, like Bing, had an extraordinarily beautiful and interesting voice -- more so, as he didn't have Jack Kapp forcing him to sing kiddie tunes -- and he needed songs to match; but the best of the sixties -- think Carole King or Burt Bacharach -- weren't quite right for Elvis, and at any rate he was at heart more a balladeer than a flat-out rocker, whatever people may think. (And whosoever believes Leiber and Stoller were the bee's knees hasn't heard "Bossa Nova Baby.") Besides at some point he had to sing with a big orchestra, or with sexy dames, and ditch that lowing bovine barbershop quartet the Jordanaires, but he didn't -- until it was too late, and he became the Elvis of self-inflicted ridicule.
Regardless these are two very entertaining discs, with some truly pleasing sounds; the best are the stand-up flag-wavers like the alternate of "Follow That Dream" and the unforgettable "Return to Sender", proving the hacks could occasionally write a decent tune even when shackled to The King's preposterous plots. That the album slowly grinds down as it reaches its inevitable conclusion reflects on how Elvis's film stardom slowly ground down, to the point he was accepting the bean counters' asinine advice on starting non-starter dance crazes ("Do the Clam"), or singing stupid unconvincing duets with a slightly stupider sounding version of himself ("Kissin' Cousins"). If I sound disrespectful (and I really don't mean to) it's that, for all its promise, Elvis's career amounted to so little, and every time we hear the still exciting magic of the fifties we can only gnash our teeth and wonder what might have been had "Col." "Parker" been prematurely and mercifully deported.
Elvis at his best.......2006-11-03
I have loved Elvis since I was a kid. You could say I grew up on Elvis as many other millions of people did. He is the greatest entertainer this world has known & this shows it. I grab every Elvis DVD, & CD I can get my hands on. What can I say but he is just FANTASTIC!!!!!
If you have the 60's Box Set, you need this too.......2006-09-12
If you have the "From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters" Box Set, you need to go ahead and purchase this 2 CD set to round out your collection. The "From Nashville To Memphis" box set did not include any of the songs from his 1960's movies. This collection was issued to complement that one by providing an excellent overview of his 1960's movies recordings. While it is no secret that Elvis was not always provided with the best material for his movie soundtracks, he always performed even the lamest songs very well. This collection contains the classics "Can't Help Falling In Love" and "Return To Sender", several other hits (Flaming Star, Wild In The Country, Lonely Man, King Of The Whole Wide World, Bossa Nova Baby, One Broken Heart For Sale, Viva Las Vegas, What'd I Say, Puppet On A String, and Clean Up Your Own Back Yard), songs that should have been hits (G.I. Blues, Shoppin' Around, Doin' The Best I Can, Blue Hawaii, and Change Of Habit), and of course several songs that helped create a negative stereotype of Elvis that probably made him wince when he sang them (no need to mention them - you know which ones they are). This collection also has an alternate take of "Follow That Dream" not available on any other CD. If you are a hardcore Elvis fan or really like his movies, you should have this 2CD set. If you are a casual fan, you should probably save yourself a few dollars by purchasing the single CD "Elvis Movies" collection.
SINGIN', FIGHTIN', DANCIN', AND ROMANCIN'.......2005-05-13
I grew up on Elvis movies, so this is right up my alley. Let's face it, the best part of an Elvis movie were the songs. And the fighting, of course. Oh, and the girls. But, I agree with Lucky Jackson below. This should have been a Box Set. Elvis has so much movie material it's gotta be hard to please every Elvis movie fan. I'm not so fond of the FUN IN ACAPULCO movie, but all the tunes from it are fun, especially BOSSA NOVA BABY. This also includes some, but not all, of the great material from BLUE HAWAII. FLAMING STAR is a welcome surprise. The only real dud here is WOODEN HEART from GI BLUES. The worst song Elvis ever recorded. It's hard to believe that tune was a number ONE hit. This is still a must have for all Elvis fans. Who's going to buy a soundtrack of every movie the King was in? Not me, I spent it on the Box Sets from the 50s and 60s along with the ELVIS IN LAS VEGAS Box Set.
This contains a lot of the kitsch songs and cornball stuff from the King. And I mean that in the best way. I LOVE IT. (GI BLUES contains some funny lyrics about "fallen arches.") And it takes me back to the days when Elvis was SINGIN', FIGHTIN', DANCIN', and ROMANCIN'.
This is worth it for
GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!
SPEEDWAY
GIRL HAPPY
ROUSTABOUT
CLAMBAKE
VIVA LAS VEGAS
and KISSIN' COUSINS. But where's KING CREOLE?
Minus ONE star for not including more. Elvis' movie material needs a better treatment. But it will have to do until RCA decides to put out a BOX SET.
ENJOY.
This is the 3rd item of Elvis RCA-Box Set.......2004-12-16
This is the 3rd item of Elvis RCA-Box Set: The Essentials 60's Masters-II Command and Performances and 2nd part of The Essentials 60's Masters. This set has 2-CD (not a box set) and features 62 tracks from the Elvis' movies of 60's. Also CD has 24-page full-color booklet. Generally RCA's Elvis Box Set is a MUST BUY set for all Elvis fans and for who wants an Elvis collection. To see the other items in RCA-Box Set of Elvis, you can click to 'see all my reviews' and reach there to other items.
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