Easy Come Easy Go & Speedway [Import]

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 28, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B000008OOU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,090 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Easy Come Easy Go

2. The Love Machine

3. Yoga Is As Yoga Does

4. You Gotta Stop

5. Sing You Children

6. Ill Take Love

7. Shes A Machine

8. The Love Machine (Alternate Take 1) (Previously Unreleased)

9. Sing You Children (Alternate Take 1) (Previously Unreleased)

10. Shes A Machine (Alternate Take 13) (Previously Unreleased)

11. Suppose (Alternate Master) (Previously Unreleased)

12. Speedway

13. There Aint Nothing Like A Song

14. Your Time Hasnt Come Yet Baby

15. Who Are You (Who Am I)

16. Hes Your Uncle Not Your Dad

17. Let Yourself Go

18. Five Sleepy Heads

19. Suppose

20. Your Groovy Self

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Probably Elvis' weakest CD, June 18, 2007

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A Fan (VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Come Easy Go/Speedway (Audio CD)

This CD includes songs from two of Elvis' movies, 1967's Easy Come, Easy go and 1968's Speedway. A soundtrack album was released for Speedway but it was a commercial flop, peaking at 82 on the US album chart. An EP was released with songs from Easy Come, Easy Go, it was a hit in the UK, but failed to make a splash in the US. Only one song on this set made the US singles chart, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby which only peaked at 72 on the chart. While Elvis' performances are good and there are a few ok songs on here, in general the material is so weak that there is not much he can do to salvage it. Elvis' management should have been fired for giving him material like this to record; what a waste of his talent. This may be the weakest Elvis CD currently available. Only recommended for avid Elvis fans who have to own everything he released.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Elvis survives lame lyrics and poor mixing., August 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Easy Come Easy Go & Speedway (Audio CD)

By 1966 even his most serious fans were not excited by the prospect of another" Elvis Movie" and soundtrack. Sure there were always good scenes and good songs, but the *music* was still the most important element and EASY COME, EASY GO and SPEEDWAY were disappointments in that area, EASY COME moreso. Both releases (EASY on Extended Play only) sold poorly. But by 2001 many published critical commentaries on the Presley sessions cause one to reconsider the tunes and the performances: in several cases, Elvis makes *something* out of nothing. For example, the title tune to EC-EG is a fun uptempo opener; "You Gotta Stop" also has a beat; the prev. unrel. take of "The Love Machine" should have been released earlier, despite the discordant background. SPEEDWAY was the last (and ironically one of the better) "formula" films and surprisingly features Presley's most spirited vocals in years - every single track from the latter movie has a bright and energetic vocal, esp. the title tune, with its Jerry Lee Lewis feel and powerful drumming; "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby", a nice country-pop medium tempo; "There Ain't Nothing Like A Song" is a definite toe-tapper. Nancy Sinatra's contribution is notable, especially in light of the fact that her career was soaring at the time. Talent elevates material - here is a prime example.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't be afraid, just relax and take it real slow., November 6, 2005

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Come Easy Go/Speedway (Audio CD)

This CD features two Elvis soundtracks from 1966-67.

Easy Come, Easy Go is a contender for "Worst Elvis Soundtrack". None of the songs are good. I mean, really, "Yoga Is As Yoga Does"? The soundtrack was released as an EP that was probably the worst selling record of Elvis' career, with approximately 30,000 copies sold. Some of these dopey songs are good for a laugh, though. The CD adds three alternate takes of these dumb songs.

Speedway isn't a very good soundtrack either, but at least it has a few good songs. "Let Yourself Go" is a great song that was the single from the album (it flopped). Elvis later used the song in his "Comeback Special", in a version that's even better than the one from Speedway. "Suppose" is another great song. Elvis recorded a three minute version and a two minute version, neither of which ended up in the movie (both versions are on the CD). The third best song from the soundtrack is actually "Your Groovy Self", by Nancy Sinatra. None of the other songs are very good. Seriously, "He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad"?

This CD will only be of interest to serious Elvis fans.