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Spinout

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I am an Elvis fan since I was 12. I got every vinyl L.P. album and then every CD, always amazed by the new sound. Still, this is the first time I've heard an Elvis' soundtrack on CD with outstanding sound quality. Then, the outakes with Elvis talking and laughing etc., makes this CD a jewel to us collectors. The presentation, a cardboard box, bigger than the CD format, with lots of pics of posters and stills of the movie, is exelent. I am planning to get all the CD's available in this collection.

This is a great album, a wonderful listening experience from the Spinout soundtrack with fresh and memorable tunes. The title song itself stands a solid rocker but further up stands the song "Never say yes". A wonderful song that plays great and is even more enjoyable when heard on its out-take forms.
Surely, all the songs never fail to please, especially the two ballads "All that I am" and "Am I ready?". Do treat yourself to the out-take of the second ballad and you will find it fuller and, even it is hard to admit, better than the original take at many levels.
The surprise of the album is the out-take of "Beach shack" which presents us with an Elvis Presley in great fun mood that makes the most of a moment. Overall, this edition is full of great out-take segments which rate as the most insightful and enjoyfull ones found in comparison to the other previous soundtrack album sets.
Please note though that some out-takes at some points do not present the best sound in stereo, one would guess due to the poor condition of the material in general.

This is the deluxe edition of the soundtrack to the Elvis movie Spinout. There were nine songs recorded for the movie. The single from the album was "Spinout" with "All That I Am" on the b-side. Both of these songs are good, but it was one of Presley's least succesful singles, with the a-side barely making the Top 40 and the b-side barely missing it. The only other good song from the movie was the pretty ballad "Am I Ready". The rest of the songs are rather ridiculous, which should be evident by such titles as "Adam and Evil", "Beach Shack" and "Smorgasboard". Nine songs aren't enough for an album, so the original album included the non-soundtrack "bonus songs" "Tomorrow is a Long Time", "Down in the Alley" and "I'll Remember You". These are great songs which are far superior to anything from the movie. This deluxe CD includes multiple alternate takes of the songs from the movie. There are alternate takes to all the movie songs, except for "I'll Be Back", which was completed on the first take and thus has no alternate takes. The most interesting thing about the alternate takes is hearing the talking and laughing Elvis does between takes. This CD will only be of interest to hardcore Elvis fans, who will be the only ones who will buy it anyway, due to the high price.

I enjoyed Spinout. I didn't enjoy getting 2 Spinouts when I only ordered One and having to go through a return process.