Clambake [BOX SET] [IMPORT] [LIMITED EDITION] [SOUNDTRACK]

Elvis Presley

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2006)
• Original Release Date: August 22, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Box set, Import, Limited Edition, Soundtrack
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Follow That Dream
• ASIN: B000FVRR8M
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #376,042 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Guitar Man

2. Clambake

3. Who Needs Money?

4. House That Has Everything

5. Confidence

6. Hey, Hey, Hey

7. You Don't Know Me

8. Girl I Never Loved

9. How Can You Lose What You Never Had

10. Big Boss Man

11. Singing Tree

12. Just Call Me Lonesome

13. You Don't Know Me [Film Version][Take]

14. Clambake (Reprise) [Take 4]

15. Clambake [Take 3B]

16. How Can You Lose What You Never Had [Takes 1 & 2]

17. You Don't Know Me [Film Version][Take]

18. Hey, Hey, Hey [Takes 3, 5 & 6]

19. Girl I Never Loved [Takes 4 & 5]

20. Clambake [Takes 1 & 5]

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The Original Soundtrack plus Outtakes and Presented in the 7" Format Cover with Booklet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Bonus songs make it a strong *4*, September 14, 2006

By	Phil S. (USA) - See all my reviews

Here we have another later-movie-career Elvis entry which warrants reconsideration. By '67/'68, it seems that even the deepest fans placed a new Presley movie soundtrack not one of their highest priorities (although chart placements and approximate sales reports show that he didn't completely slip out of the public view). At the time of John Wesley Harding, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, and the rest, the very first Rock and Roll Superstar kept grindin' out alot of pleasant ballads and rather tame uptempos, going absolutely nowhere.
There are some nice tracks supporting the tired formula flick. "The Girl I Never Loved" is an exquisite valentine - Elvis' voice is a little rough but the he handles it beautifully, creating a real art song. Another interesting cut is the medium philosophical beat ballad, "A House That Has Everything". Presley is not at his best here either, but it is not something to be dismissed.
The Ray Charles ballad, "You Don't Know Me", is also used effectively, but the later studio remake - used in place of the movie version on the soundtrack - is a stronger rendition.
A very interesting, very short, originally unused item is the "reprise" of the movie title tune, however done as a slow blues, with a presumptive Presley guitar giving it thrust. Why they couldn't expand on this nugget, who knows?
It's been written that one of the movie's co-stars mentioned that Elvis performed "Baby, What You Want Me To Do", at the cast party, albeit reluctantly. Maybe he had "the blues" in mind throughout the filming. Ofcourse he's been called one of the best blues singers in history.
The bonus songs are, ofcourse, Guitar Man, and Big Boss Man, very impressive modest sellers, interestingly enough, also in the blues vein. "Singing Tree" is an unusual beat ballad, featuring an excellent double-tracked vocal, and a panoramic piano.