The Original Elvis Presley Collection

~ Release by Elvis Presley (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Elvis Presley
2▶CD: Elvis
3▶CD: Loving You
4▶CD: Elvis’ Christmas Album
5▶CD: Elvis’ Golden Records I
6▶CD: King Creole
7▶CD: For LP Fans Only
8▶CD: A Date With Elvis
9▶CD: Elvis’ Gold Records II
10▶CD: Elvis Is Back!
11▶CD: Flaming Star, Wild in the Country, Follow That Dream
12▶CD: G.I. Blues
13▶CD: His Hand in Mine
14▶CD: Something for Everybody
15▶CD: Blue Hawaii
16▶CD: Pot Luck
17▶CD: Kid Galahad / Girls! Girls! Girls!
18▶CD: It Happened at the World’s Fair / Fun in Acapulco
19▶CD: Elvis’ Golden Records III
20▶CD: Kissin’ Cousins / Clambake / Stay Away, Joe
21▶CD: Love in Las Vegas / Roustabout
22▶CD: Harem Holiday / Girl Happy
23▶CD: Elvis for Everyone!
24▶CD: Frankie and Johnny / Paradise, Hawaiian Style
25▶CD: Spinout / Double Trouble
26▶CD: Easy Come, Easy Go / Speedway
27▶CD: How Great Thou Art
28▶CD: Elvis’ Gold Records IV
29▼CD: Live a Little, Love a Little / Charro! / The Trouble With Girls / Change of Habit
#TitleRatingLength
1Almost in Love
recording of:
Almost in Love
writer:
Luiz Bonfá and Randy Starr
3:03
2A Little Less Conversation
bass:
Charles Berghofer (Jazz bassist) (on 1968-03-07) and Larry Knechtel (on 1968-03-07)
drums (drum set):
Hal Blaine (U.S. studio drummer and percussionist) (on 1968-03-07) and Gary Coleman (US percussionist) (on 1968-03-07)
guitar:
Alvin Casey (US rock & roll/rockabilly/surf guitarist/session musician) (on 1968-03-07), Charles Britz (on 1968-03-07), Joseph Gibbons (guitar player) (on 1968-03-07) and Neil LeVang (on 1968-03-07)
piano:
Don Randi (on 1968-03-07)
vocals:
John Bahler (on 1968-03-07), B.J. Baker (singer Betty Jane Baker, Miss Alabama in 1944 as Betty Jane Rase) (on 1968-03-07), Sally Stevens (on 1968-03-07) and Bob Tebow (on 1968-03-07)
recorded at:
Western Recorders (@ 6000 Sunset Blvd., part of United Western Recorders studio complex 1957–1985) in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1968-03-07)
cover recording of:
A Little Less Conversation (on 1968-03-07)
writer:
Mac Davis (US country singer, songwriter & actor) and Billy Strange
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Elvis Presley Music
2:10
3Wonderful World
cover recording of:
Wonderful World
writer:
Guy Fletcher (songwriter) and Doug Flett (songwriter)
publisher:
Unichappell Music
2:24
4Edge of Reality
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music
recording of:
Edge of Reality
writer:
Bernie Baum, Bill Giant (Bill (Harvey) Zimmerman) and Florence Kaye
publisher:
ABG Elvis Songs, Elvis Presley Music and Williamson Music Company
3:40
5A Little Less Conversation (album version)
cover recording of:
A Little Less Conversation
writer:
Mac Davis (US country singer, songwriter & actor) and Billy Strange
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Elvis Presley Music
2:12
6Charro!
recording of:
Charro!
writer:
Mac Davis (US country singer, songwriter & actor) and Billy Strange
2:45
7Let’s Forget About the Stars
recording of:
Let’s Forget About the Stars
writer:
Arthur Leo “Doodle” Owens (American country music singer-songwriter)
2:28
8Clean Up Your Own Backyard
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music
recording of:
Clean Up Your Own Backyard
writer:
Mac Davis (US country singer, songwriter & actor) and Billy Strange
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
3:09
9Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
recording of:
Swing Down Sweet Chariot
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
2:16
10Signs of the Zodiac
recording of:
Signs of the Zodiak
writer:
Buddy Kaye and Ben Weisman
2:18
11Almost
recording of:
Almost
writer:
Buddy Kaye and Ben Weisman
publisher:
Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
1:47
12He Whiffenpoof Song
recording of:
The Whiffenpoof Song
lyricist:
Meade Minnigerode (American writer) and George S Pomeroy (American lyricist)
composer:
Tod B Galloway (American composer and songwriter)
0:30
13Violet
recording of:
Violet
0:50
14Clean Up Your Own Backyard (undubbed version)
recording of:
Clean Up Your Own Backyard
writer:
Mac Davis (US country singer, songwriter & actor) and Billy Strange
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
3:07
15Almost (undubbed version)
recording of:
Almost
writer:
Buddy Kaye and Ben Weisman
publisher:
Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
1:46
16Have a Happy
recording of:
Have a Happy
writer:
Dolores Fuller, Buddy Kaye and Ben Weisman
2:22
17Let’s Be Friends
recording of:
Let’s Be Friends
writer:
Chris Arnold (songwriter with Butterscotch/The Stream of Consciousness), David Martin (UK songwriter and Butterscotch member) and Geoff Morrow (Butterscotch/Ammo)
2:43
18Change of Habit
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06), Joe Mondragon (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06) and Lyle Ritz (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Carl O'Brian (US actor & drummer) (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06)
guitar:
Dennis Budimir (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06), Mike Deasy (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06), Robert Bain (guitarist) (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06) and Howard Roberts (jazz guitarist, educator, session musician and producer) (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06)
piano:
Roger Kellaway (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06)
vocals:
B.J. Baker (singer Betty Jane Baker, Miss Alabama in 1944 as Betty Jane Rase) (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06), The Blossoms (female vocal group) (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06), Sally Stevens (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06) and Jackie Ward (singer) (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06)
recorded at:
Decca Universal Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06)
recording of:
Change of Habit (from 1969-03-05 until 1969-03-06)
writer:
Buddy Kaye and Ben Weisman
43:19
19Let Us Pray
recording of:
Let Us Pray
writer:
Buddy Kaye and Ben Weisman
publisher:
Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
3:01
20Rubberneckin’
recording of:
Rubberneckin’
writer:
Cory Jones and Bunny Warren
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Elvis Presley Music
2:09
30▶CD: NBC‐TV Special ’68 Comeback
31▶CD: From Elvis in Memphis
32▶CD: In Person
33▶CD: Back in Memphis
34▶CD: On Stage
35▶CD: That’s the Way It Is
36▶CD: Elvis Country
37▶CD: Love Letters From Elvis
38▶CD: The Wonderful World of Christmas
39▶CD: Elvis Now
40▶CD: He Touched Me
41▶CD: Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden
42▶CD: Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite
43▶CD: Elvis (The Fool album)
44▶CD: Raised on Rock
45▶CD: Good Times
46▶CD: Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis
47▶CD: Promised Land
48▶CD: Elvis Today
49▶CD: From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee
50▶CD: Moody Blue

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Europe
engineer:Dick Baxter (Mastering engineer at BMG / RCA Studios, New York)
Dennis Ferrante
producer:Ernst Mikael Jorgensen
Roger Semon
piano:Dudley Brooks
background vocals:The Jordanaires (southern gospel group)
distributed by:BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)
copyrighted (©) by:BMG Nederland B.V. (in 1996)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:BMG Music (from 1956 until 1958, from 1960 until 1961, in 1984, in 1995)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1471083 [info]
ASIN:UK: B001DPB33O [info]