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Description:
Elvis Presley's movie soundtracks have nearly become legendary, but not because they were groundbreaking -- they are undoubtedly Elvis' worst material, and rank among the worst music ever recorded. Throughout the '60s, Elvis rapidly filmed movies, most of them quite lightweight. The soundtracks were either a full-length LP or an EP, featuring a title track and several other songs used in the movie. On the whole, the music is overwhelmingly bad, with such incredibly trite material as "The Bullfighter Was a Lady" and "He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad." Every once in a while, a genuinely worthwhile song popped up -- "Return to Sender," "Can't Help Falling in Love," "Viva Las Vegas," "Follow That Dream" -- but those incidents were few and far between. Command Performances: The Essential 60's Masters boils down the songs from Presley's 27 movies to a two-CD, 62-track collection. As expected, the handful of great songs are here, as well as all of the passable material, but so is a fair share of the dreck, including "Do the Clam" and "Paradise, Hawaiian Style." None of the truly wretched material made it -- there was no room for "(There's) No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car" -- so there's very little camp value in Command Performances. What's left are a few great songs, and seemingly endless amounts of mediocre material. However, the set is easily the best way to listen to Elvis' movie music and acts as a nice supplement to the '60s box set From Nashville to Memphis.
Track Listing:
| Disk 1 |
| 1. |
G.I. Blues
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| 2. |
Wooden Heart
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| 3. |
Shoppin' Around
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| 4. |
Doin' The Best I Can
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| 5. |
Flaming Star
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| 6. |
Wild In The Country
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| 7. |
Lonely Man
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| 8. |
Blue Hawaii
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| 9. |
Rock-a-hula Baby
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| 10. |
Can't Help Falling In Love
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| 11. |
Beach Boy Blues
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| 12. |
Hawaiian Wedding Song
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| 13. |
Follow That Dream
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| 14. |
Angel
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| 15. |
King Of The Whole Wide World
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| 16. |
I Got Lucky
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| 17. |
Girls! Girls! Girls!
|
| 18. |
Because Of Love
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| 19. |
Return To Sender
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| 20. |
One Broken Heart For Sale
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| 21. |
I'm Falling In Love Tonight
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| 22. |
They Remind Me Too Much Of You
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| 23. |
Fun In Acapulco
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| 24. |
Bossa Nova Baby
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| 25. |
Marguerita
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| 26. |
Mexico
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| 27. |
Kissin' Cousins
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| 28. |
One Boy, Two Little Girls
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| 29. |
One Is Enough
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| 30. |
Viva Las Vegas
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| 31. |
What'd I Say
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| Disk 2 |
| 1. |
Roustabout
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| 2. |
Poison Ivy League
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| 3. |
Little Egypt
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| 4. |
There's A Brand New Day On The Horizon
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| 5. |
Girl Happy
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| 6. |
Puppet On A String
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| 7. |
Do The Clam
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| 8. |
Harem Holiday
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| 9. |
So Close, Yet So Far
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| 10. |
Frankie And Johnny
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| 11. |
Please Don't Stop Loving Me
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| 12. |
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
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| 13. |
This Is My Heaven
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| 14. |
Spinout
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| 15. |
All That I Am
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| 16. |
I'll Be Back
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| 17. |
Easy Come, Easy Go
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| 18. |
Double Trouble
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| 19. |
Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On)
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| 20. |
Clambake
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| 21. |
You Don't Know Me
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| 22. |
Stay Away Joe
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| 23. |
Speedway
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| 24. |
Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby
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| 25. |
Let Yourself Go
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| 26. |
Almost In Love
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| 27. |
A Little Less Conversation
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| 28. |
Edge Of Reality
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| 29. |
Charro!
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| 30. |
Clean Up Your Own Backyard
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| 31. |
Change Of Habit
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