Live a Little, Love a Little/Charro!/The Trouble With Girls/Change of Habit [Soundtrack] [Import]

Product Description
1995 remastered compilation combines 'Live a Little, Love a Little' (1967), 'Charro!' (1969), 'The Trouble With Girls' (1969), & 'Change of Habit' (1969), four original soundtracks that aren't available domestically with previously unreleased material (5 tracks) & other tracks that were not in the original film (5 tracks). 20 tracks in all. RCA.

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Live a Little, Love a Little/Charro!/The Trouble With Girls/Change of Habit [Soundtrack] [Import]

Average customer rating: elvis movies in the late60s super set from the man

Live a Little, Love a Little/Charro!/The Trouble With Girls/Change of Habit Elvis Presley Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kissin' Cousins/Clambake/Stay Away Joe Spinout/Double Trouble Frankie & Johnny//Paradise It Happened at the World's Fair/Fun in Acapulco Kid Galahad/Girls! Girls! Girls! ASIN: B0002W0ZOW Release Date: 2007-04-09

Tracks:

1. Almost in Love
2. Little Less Conversation
3. Wonderful World
4. Edge of Reality
5. Little Less Conversation [Album Version]
6. Charro!
7. Let's Not Forget About the Stars
8. Clean Up Your Own Backyard
9. Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
10. Signs of the Zodiac [#] - Marilyn Mason, Elvis Presley
11. Almost
12. Whiffenpoof Song [#]
13. Violet [#]
14. Clean Up Your Own Backyard [Undubbed Version][#]
15. Almost [Undubbed Version][#]
16. Have a Happy
17. Let's Be Friends
18. Change of Habit
19. Let Us Pray
20. Rubberneckin'

Album Description

Out of print in the U.S.! Digitally remastered special installment in the Elvis Double Features series includes the complete soundtracks to four of Elvis' '60s fun-filled feature films. The artwork is superior to the deleted domestic titles as it features photos of the original vinyl releases on the cover. This CD contains all the songs from the movies Live A Little Love A Little (1968) and The Trouble With Girls, Charro and Change Of Habit (all released in 1969) plus bonus tracks. Originally, each of the films only had singles and/or EPs released containing the soundtrack's performances. Elvis' acting may have been a little stiff, but his vocal performances on his soundtrack recordings were always electrifying. 20 tracks including 'A Little Less Conversation', Rubberneckin'' and 'Clean Up Your Own Backyard'. Camden..

Customer Reviews:

elvis movies in the late60s.......2007-07-01

elvis presley movie career was coming to a end hollywood last best elvis movie soundtracks.in the song edge of reality you can hear the maturity of elvis presleys singing voice,hollywood did nor catch it.

super set from the man.......2007-02-12

This cd has so many good songs on it.Alot of underappreciated and overlooked material.The song Edge of Reality from the dream sequence in Live A Little Love A Little was ahead of its time.The versions of Almost,Swing Down Sweet Chariot,and Clean Up Your Own Backyard from The Trouble With Girls are awesome.Let Us Pray from Change Of Habit is worth the price of the cd alone.Rubberneckin from the same movie is great also.No number one radio hits here,just plain good music,happy,feel good,toe tapping music.Buy it and enjoy.Get it while you can,this one will be a high dollar item when it is no longer available.The music from Charro has often been overlooked and unavailable as well and it is great music as well.

Average customer rating: Armchair quarterback's always moanin'. Critics be Damned OUTSTANDING VOCALS, SOME GREAT SONGS. OUTSTANDING VOCALS, SOME GREAT SONGS. Above standard soundtrack recordings.

Live a Little, Love a Little/Charro!/The Trouble With Girls/Change of Habit Elvis Presley Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Easy Come, Easy Go/Speedway Kissin' Cousins/Clambake/Stay Away Joe Frankie & Johnny/Paradise, Hawaiian Style Spinout/Double Trouble Kid Galahad/Girls! Girls! Girls! ASIN: B000008OOV Release Date: 1995-03-28

Tracks:

1. Almost in Love
2. Little Less Conversation
3. Wonderful World
4. Edge of Reality
5. Little Less Conversation [Album Version]
6. Charro!
7. Let's Not Forget About the Stars
8. Clean Up Your Own Backyard
9. Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
10. Signs of the Zodiac [#] - Marilyn Mason, Elvis Presley
11. Almost
12. Whiffenpoof Song [#]
13. Violet [#]
14. Clean Up Your Own Backyard [Undubbed Version][#]
15. Almost [Undubbed Version][#]
16. Have a Happy
17. Let's Be Friends
18. Change of Habit
19. Let Us Pray
20. Rubberneckin'

Album Description

1995 remastered compilation combines 'Live a Little, Love a Little' (1967), 'Charro!' (1969), 'The Trouble With Girls' (1969), & 'Change of Habit' (1969), four original soundtracks that aren't available domestically with previously unreleased material (5 tracks) & other tracks that were not in the original film (5 tracks). 20 tracks in all. RCA.

Album Details

A Collection of Tracks from his Final Four Films in the 1960's: Live a Little, Love a Little, the Trouble with Girls, Charro and Change of Habit. Includes Two Previously Unreleased Tracks from the Trouble with Girls, (Undubbed Versions of 'clean Up Your Own Backyard' and 'almost') plus Five Tracks Not Included in Any of the Collected Films.

Customer Reviews:

Armchair quarterback's always moanin'........2006-08-08

This CD features the soundtracks to the last four Elvis Presley movies. This is possible because none of these soundtracks had more than six songs.

Live a Little, Love a Little features four good songs, including one great one, "A Little Less Conversation". This song was not a hit at the time, but it gained newfound popularity a few years ago in a remixed version. This CD includes two versions of "A Little Less Conversation", the "movie version" and the "album version", but they sound the same to me.

The Charro! soundtrack features two songs, but only the title song actually made it into the movie. Both songs are okay, nothing special. But "Charro!" does have a spaghetti western feel to it that is different from any other Elvis song.

The Trouble With Girls featured six songs. "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" is a great song which was a minor hit, but deserved to be a bigger hit. "Almost" and "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot" are good songs, although "Chariot" isn't as good as the version of it Elvis recorded a few year earlier. "Signs of the Zodiac" is a goofy novelty song, which is a duet between Elvis and actress Marlyn Mason (she does most of the singing). "The Whiffenpoof Song" and "Violet" are very short versions of collegiate songs. The CD also includes undubbed versions of "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" (no horns or girl singers) and "Almost" (no strings).

Change of Habit features five songs, four of which aren't too good. "Rubberneckin'", on the other hand, is a great song. Of course, it wasn't specifically recorded for the movie, either.

A little over half the songs on this CD are good, which may make it worthwhile for an Elvis fan to seek out.

Critics be Damned.......2003-11-12

Elvis's movie career, especially the mid to late 1960s output, has long been the favorite whipping boy of critics. Of the King's many cinematic endeavors from this era, few elicit more scorn and ridicule than the four featured on this collection: 1968's "Live a Little, Love a Little" and the three 1969 releases, "Charro!", "The Trouble with Girls (and How to Get into It) and "Change of Habit." Given this negative stigma, it is not surprising that the music associated with these four films have been virtually ignored by all but the most uncompromising Elvis fan. This is unfortunate because as evidenced by the four soundtracks compiled on this version of "Elvis: Double Features", the quartet of films featured some very underrated songs. This disc contains 20 tracks representing an eclectic grouping of Presley recordings that is more diverse than any collection this side of an all encompassing boxed set. Soft love ballads, upbeat sing-alongs, social minded mantras, and a couple of unreleased tracks highlight this collection. The movie "Live a Little" offers two top-notch performances: the bluesy "Edge of Reality" (B-Side of the 1968 hit "If I Can Dream) and the underappreciated "A Little Less Conversation", another 1968 single that achieved very mediocre chart position. Both performances sound fresh and each has a gritty drive far removed from what was usually found on Presley soundtracks. "Charro!", a movie best remembered as the one in which Elvis sported a full beard and delivered just one song (during the film's opening credits) offers up two gems. In the title track, Elvis's strong vocals are backed by the magnificent Hugo Montenegro Orchestra, and the combination delivers a classic, albeit, cliché laden western movie love ballad. The second track, "Let's Forget About the Stars", didn't make it into the film's final version and that is unfortunate because the song is a tender sonnet. RCA should have released this song with "Charro!" as a single instead of using the latter as a throw away B-Side with "Memories" in 1969. The third movie of this soundtrack, "The Trouble with Girls", features eight tracks. The highlight is "Clean Up Your Own Backyard", a Dylan-esque narrative with the underlining theme of "people who live in glass houses...". The very short, but very touching ballad "Almost" effectively shows off Elvis's fine vocals. This CD features dubbed and undubbed versions of each song. Saving the best for last, Elvis's last feature film "Change of Habit" contributes the remaining five songs of this collection. All are excellent. "Have a Happy" is an upbeat ditty (even if it does sound like something the "Brady Bunch" would have recorded) and is harmless fun. The title track is a quick tempo song with a social conscious and the very catchy "Let Us Pray" is a gospel rocker RCA should have released as a single. The final track, "Rubberneckin", packs a wallop and features a musical composition quite contemporary for the era in which it was produced...the record deserved a much better fate than to be paired as the B-Side of the 1969 release "Don't Cry Daddy." Ironically, this disc features the two Elvis songs, "A Little Less Conversation" and "Rubberneckin", that both reached number one on the charts when released in a dance remix format in 2002 and 2003 respectively. Can remix versions of "Change of Habit" or "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" be far behind? All in all, "Elvis: Double Features" clearly prove that Elvis possessed the ability to produce above quality music though burdened by substandard movie scripts...critics be damned!!

OUTSTANDING VOCALS, SOME GREAT SONGS........2003-08-28

As Elvis' movies matured in their content, the songs improved as well. This CD includes all the songs included and recorded for Elvis' last four movies and suprise, it is very good.

The songs from "Live a Little, Love a Little" are an odd mixture and quite different from Elvis' previous soundtracks. While this movie contained, as almost every Elvis movie did, a love ballad(s) and a rocker(s), the songs are smarter and geared to a more adult audience. The love ballad "Almost In Love", a song with an unusual tempo, is sung in a very deep voice and while not one of Elvis' best ballads, it is still above average. "Little Less Conversation", the rocker, has mean lyrics and Elvis is perfect for this type of song. Two versions of this song appear on this CD, the original 1968 single version and the version that appeared on the RCA / Camden budget LP "Almost In Love". "Wonderful World", a feel good ballad that should have been released as a single, and "Edge Of Reality" an unusual, interesting and indescribable ballad, are the remaings songs from this movie.

While only one song was included in the movie "Charro!", that being the title song, there was another song recorded for the movie that was not in the final print of the film. "Let's Forget About The Stars" is a fine ballad in which urges his love to forgot about astrology and follow her heart. The title song is passionately sung and one the few story ballads Elvis recorded.

The songs from "The Trouble With Girls" are an even odder mixute than the ones from "Live A Little.." "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" is a social commentary song that actually hit the Top 40 in 1969 and Elvis growls and chews on the lyrics as only he could. "Almost" is a lovely and sad, although short ballad. Elvis could sing these songs till his blue moon turned to gold. "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot" is a remake from Elvis 1960 gospel album "His Hand In Mine" and Elvis gives it just as solid of a treatment as he did eight years previously. The rest of the songs from this movie, "Violet", "The Whiffenpoof Song" and Signs Of The Zodiac" (a duet with co-star Marilyn Mason) were recorded directly from the soundtrack of the movie and are not noteworthy.

"Change of Habit" was Elvis' last movie in which he acted and the songs range from exellent to average. "Let Us Pray" is an outstanding gospel number and the title song is a psuedo gospel number that while well sung and written, suffers from being over produced. "Rubberneckin" was not recorded for this movie, but was actually recorded at Elvis' famous Memphis sessions of 1969 that produced "Suspicious Minds" and "Kentucky Rain". It was included in the movie and it is a wild, raucous song that has to be heard to be believed. "Have A Happy" is a more typical Elvis movie song that in the movie is sung to a child, and it is innocuous and pleasant. "Let's Be Friends" was cut from the movie and was actually an alternate song for "Have A Happy". It has slightly more mature lyrics than "Have a Happy" and again is a nice, listenable track.

Overall, I would give this CD 4 and 1/2 stars and recommend it to any Elvis fan.

OUTSTANDING VOCALS, SOME GREAT SONGS........2003-08-28

As Elvis' movies matured in their content, the songs improved as well. This CD includes all the songs included and recorded for Elvis' last four movies and suprise, it is very good.

The songs from "Live a Little, Love a Little" are an odd mixture and quite different from Elvis' previous soundtracks. While this movie contained, as almost every Elvis movie did, a love ballad(s) and a rocker(s), the songs are smarter and geared to a more adult audience. The love ballad "Almost In Love", a song with an unusual tempo, is sung in a very deep voice and while not one of Elvis' best ballads, it is still above average. "Little Less Conversation", the rocker, has mean lyrics and Elvis is perfect for this type of song. Two versions of this song appear on this CD, the original 1968 single version and the version that appeared on the RCA / Camden budget LP "Almost In Love". "Wonderful World", a feel good ballad that should have been released as a single, and "Edge Of Reality" an unusual, interesting and indescribable ballad, are the remaings songs from this movie.

While only one song was included in the movie "Charro!", that being the title song, there was another song recorded for the movie that was not in the final print of the film. "Let's Forget About The Stars" is a fine ballad in which urges his love to forgot about astrology and follow her heart. The title song is passionately sung and one the few story ballads Elvis recorded.

The songs from "The Trouble With Girls" are an even odder mixute than the ones from "Live A Little.." "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" is a social commentary song that actually hit the Top 40 in 1969 and Elvis growls and chews on the lyrics as only he could. "Almost" is a lovely and sad, although short ballad. Elvis could sing these songs till his blue moon turned to gold. "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot" is a remake from Elvis 1960 gospel album "His Hand In Mine" and Elvis gives it just as solid of a treatment as he did eight years previously. The rest of the songs from this movie, "Violet", "The Whiffenpoof Song" and Signs Of The Zodiac" (a duet with co-star Marilyn Mason) were recorded directly from the soundtrack of the movie and are not noteworthy.

"Change of Habit" was Elvis' last movie in which he acted and the songs range from exellent to average. "Let Us Pray" is an outstanding gospel number and the title song is a psuedo gospel number that while well sung and written, suffers from being over produced. "Rubberneckin" was not recorded for this movie, but was actually recorded at Elvis' famous Memphis sessions of 1969 that produced "Suspicious Minds" and "Kentucky Rain". It was included in the movie and it is a wild, raucous song that has to be heard to be believed. "Have A Happy" is a more typical Elvis movie song that in the movie is sung to a child, and it is innocuous and pleasant. "Let's Be Friends" was cut from the movie and was actually an alternate song for "Have A Happy". It has slightly more mature lyrics than "Have a Happy" and again is a nice, listenable track.

Overall, I would give this CD 4 and 1/2 stars and recommend it to any Elvis fan.

Above standard soundtrack recordings........2001-10-10

Here are Elvis' final soundtrack entries, and it's interesting to realize that as his interest in movie-making waned, the quality of the product came up more than a notch. The roles fit his age and generally he did a fine job in the acting department, and a *very* fine job singing. His vocals are strong, especially when the material is good - i.e. on the uptempo, contemporary "Edge of Reality" from "Live A Little..."; "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" from "The Trouble With Girls"; and the title tune to "Change of Habit". The lone number for "Charro" is its' musical namesake and is very well-produced, but Elvis' vocal is not what it could have been. Another low-key effort is for "Let's Forget About The Stars", a tired "beat ballad", if you will, a song which is reported to be from the session for the Western "Charro". The tune would have fit a scene from the light musical "Live A Little..." when the subject of Astrology comes up at a party. [Presley experts, do you think Elvis could have carried this possibly planned but unrecorded "Live A Little..." number to the "Charro" session?] For me, the highlight in this collection is "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot" from "The Trouble...", an actual Presley remake of a song from his "His Hand In Mine" album. This '68 rendition of a song he also did *live* at the '61 Hawaiian Benefit Concert (see "Elvis Aron Presley" boxed set from 1980) is a bit livelier. [**** for Elvis collectors / ** for casual fans = a solid ***].

Average customer rating: Let us sing together.

Live a Little, Love a Little/Charro!/The Trouble With Girls/Change of Habit Elvis Presley Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DEOCH Release Date: 1995-03-28

Tracks:

1. Almost in Love
2. Little Less Conversation
3. Wonderful World
4. Edge of Reality
5. Little Less Conversation [Album Version]
6. Charro!
7. Let's Not Forget About the Stars
8. Clean Up Your Own Backyard
9. Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
10. Signs of the Zodiac [#] - Marilyn Mason, Elvis Presley
11. Almost
12. Whiffenpoof Song [#]
13. Violet [#]
14. Clean Up Your Own Backyard [Undubbed Version][#]
15. Almost [Undubbed Version][#]
16. Have a Happy
17. Let's Be Friends
18. Change of Habit
19. Let Us Pray
20. Rubberneckin'

Customer Reviews:

Let us sing together........2006-08-08

This CD features the soundtracks to the last four Elvis Presley movies. This is possible because none of these soundtracks had more than six songs.

Live a Little, Love a Little features four good songs, including one great one, "A Little Less Conversation". This song was not a hit at the time, but it gained newfound popularity a few years ago in a remixed version. This CD includes two versions of "A Little Less Conversation", the "movie version" and the "album version", but they sound the same to me.

The Charro! soundtrack features two songs, but only the title song actually made it into the movie. Both songs are okay, nothing special. But "Charro!" does have a spaghetti western feel to it that is different from any other Elvis song.

The Trouble With Girls featured six songs. "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" is a great song which was a minor hit, but deserved to be a bigger hit. "Almost" and "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot" are good songs, although "Chariot" isn't as good as the version of it Elvis recorded a few year earlier. "Signs of the Zodiac" is a goofy novelty song, which is a duet between Elvis and actress Marlyn Mason (she does most of the singing). "The Whiffenpoof Song" and "Violet" are very short versions of collegiate songs. The CD also includes undubbed versions of "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" (no horns or girl singers) and "Almost" (no strings).

Change of Habit features five songs, four of which aren't too good. "Rubberneckin'", on the other hand, is a great song. Of course, it wasn't specifically recorded for the movie, either.

A little over half the songs on this CD are good, which may make it worthwhile for an Elvis fan to seek out.

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