EAP Index World: Elvis For Everyone! (LP

Title:

Elvis For Everyone!

Label:

RCA Victor [LPM/LSP 3450]

Format:

Number of tracks:

Running time:

24:15

Type of album:

Studio / Compilation

Linked to:

Official discography

Year:

1965

Recording date:

September 10, 1954 - January 12, 1964

Release date:

August 10, 1965

Singles:

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Elvis For Everyone! is Elvis's nineteenth LP, his sixth compilation and his 46th audiophonic work (including singles and EPs). The album covers songs recorded over a ten-year period, from 1954 to 1964, five of which were previously unreleased on LP and only released in other formats.

Due to Parker's insistence that Elvis concentrate solely on recording his film soundtracks, after "Fun in Acapulco" had sold extremely well, the late May 1963 sessions that would produce a new independent LP were set aside. The 14 songs conceived on those three days in May ended up being spread across several LPs, EPs and singles to at least capture part of the value used to produce them, but Elvis' sales were no longer the same as they had been since his last independent LP in 1962, "Pot Luck With Elvis" and the 1963 compilation "Elvis' Golden Records, Volume 3".

To compete with Beatlemania and the British Invasion that had been occurring in the US since 1964, RCA invented the concept of the "Anniversary Album" to celebrate Elvis' tenth year with the label, releasing the compilation "Elvis For Everyone!". The album cover depicts Presley standing next to the label's trademark dog Nipper, sitting on top of a cash register. Background photos featured the covers of Elvis' LPs from the label and the cards with the songs on the album had photos from his entire career.

Devoid of new material, RCA assembled the album with tracks unused from the Sun Records years, hoping to attract a wider audience for the rarities. The previously unreleased "Your Cheatin' Heart" opens side A, which also features the hitherto unknown "Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers". The ballad "Tomorrow Night" was heard for the first time, but had overdubs added for its release on this album; it would not be officially issued in its original 1954 form until "The Complete Sun Sessions" compilation in 1987.

Originally, RCA had intended to include the previously unreleased Sun Records song "Tennessee Saturday Night", but removed it from the album and replaced it with "Tomorrow Night". Whatever the reason for this, it is known that the record company still has at least two takes of "Tennessee..." on hand. "Memphis Tennessee", a hit for Chuck Berry in 1959 and also previously unreleased by Elvis, closes side A of the LP.

Of the six songs on side B, three were previously unreleased ("For the Millionth and the Last Time", "I Met Her Today" and "When it Rains, it Really Pours"), but failed to attract an audience. "Santa Lucia", from "Viva Las Vegas", received overdubs and an extended version on this album; the original short version would only appear on the CD "Viva LasVegas", in 2010. "When it Rains, it Really Pours" from 1957, a re-recording of a Sun track from two years earlier, closes the compilation.

With its compilation format of mostly unissued leftovers from various sessions and its rather short duration, this album created the initial concept for the budget LPs released on RCA's Camden and Pickwood labels between 1969 and 1976. Although it remained among the top ten on the 1965 LP chart, this was Elvis's first album to sell fewer than 300,000 copies during that decade.

In 2014, "Elvis For Everyone!" was reissued by the Follow That Dream label in a special 2-CD edition that contained tracks from the original album along with numerous alternate takes.

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RECORDING SESSIONS

Date:

September 10-16, 1954 / February 24, 1957 / February 1, 1958 / August 8 and November 7, 1960 / July 2 and October 15, 1961 / May 26 and July 10, 1963 / January 12, 1964

Studio:

SUN Records

RCA Studio B
Radio Recorders Studio 1

Radio Recorders Studio B

Paramount Sound Stage

Location:

Memphis, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Hollywood, California

Musicians:

Voice: Elvis Presley
Guitar: Elvis Presley
Acoustic guitar: Alvino Rey
Electric guitar: Scotty Moore, Howard Roberts, Hilmer J. 'Tiny' Timbrell, Neal Matthews, Hank Garland, Hal Blaine, Harold Bradley, Bernie Kessel
Bass: Bill Black, Michael 'Myer' Rubin, Ray Siegal
Drums: DJ Fontana, Bernie Mattinson, Murray "Buddy" Harman
Percussion: Bernie Mattinson, Emil Raddocchia
Piano: Dudley Brooks, Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Elvis Presley, Floyd Cramer
Celeste: Dudley Brooks
Accordion: Jimmie Haskell
Harmonica: George Fields
Clavinet: Homer 'Boots' Randolph
Saxophone: Homer 'Boots' Randolph
Ukelele: Fred Tavares, Bernie Lewis
Maracas: Homer 'Boots' Randolph
Rattle: Homer 'Boots' Randolph
Mandolin: Hilmer J 'Tiny' Timbrell
Trumpet: Anthony Terran, Rudolph Loera
Backing Vocals: The Jordanaires, Millie Kirkham, The Surfers, The Amigo's

Sound engineer/Recording engineer:

Sam Phillips / Thorne Nogar / Bill Porter / Dave Wiechman

SEPTEMBER 10-16, 1954
Tomorrow Night
I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
Satisfied (perdida)
I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine
Just Because
Good Rockin' Tonight

FEBRUARY 24, 1957
Loving You H2WB 0418-04
When It Rains It Really Pours (New Version) H2WB 0419-08

FEBRUARY 1, 1958
My Wish Came True (Remake) J2WB 0178-NM
Doncha' Think It's Time (Single Version) J2WB 0179-SP
Doncha' Think It's Time (Album Version) J2WB 0179-SP
Your Cheatin' Heart J2WB 0180-10
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck J2WB 0181-22

AUGUST 8, 1960
Black Star WPA5 2502-13
Black Star (Insert #1)
Black Star (Composite)
Black Star (End Title Version) WPA5 2510-06
Summer Kisses, Winter Tears M2PB 1986-20
Britches (Track)
Britches (Vocal Overdub)
Britches (Vocal Overdub - Insert)
Britches (Composite) SPA3 6744-SP
A Cane & A High Starched Collar
A Cane & A High Starched Collar (Insert)
A Cane & A High Starched Collar (Composite) SPA3 6743-SP
Summer Kisses, Winter Tears (Movie Version - Track)
Summer Kisses, Winter Tears (Movie Version - Vocal Overdub)

NOVEMBER 7, 1960
Lonely Man (Record Version) L2PB 5381-13
Lonely Man (Solo) WPA5 2504-04
In My Way (Solo) L2PB 5384-08
Wild In The Country L2PB 5383-19
Forget Me Never (Solo) L2PB 5385-03

JULY 2, 1961
Angel M2WW 0873-07
Follow That Dream M2WW 0874-06
What A Wonderful Life M2WW 0875-07
I'm Not The Marrying Kind M2WW 0876-08
A Whistling Tune M2WW 0877-04
A Whistling Tune (Overdub)
Sound Advice M2WW 0878-06

OCTOBER 15, 1961
For The Millionth And The Last Time M2WW 1002-12
Good Luck Charm M2WW 1003-04
Anything That's Part Of You M2WW 1004-10
I Met Her Today M2WW 1005-18
Night Rider M2WW 1006-03

MAY 26, 1963
Echoes Of Love PPA4 0290-10
Please Don't Drag That String Around PPA4 0291-06
(You're The) Devil In Disguise PPA4 0292-06
Never Ending PPA4 0293-03
What Now, What Next, Where To PPA4 0294-01
Witchcraft PPA4 0295-03
Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers PPA4 0296-03
Love Me Tonight PPA4 0297-08

JANUARY 12, 1964
Memphis, Tennessee (Remake) RPA4 1004-06
Ask Me (Remake) RPA4 1005-11
It Hurts Me RPA4 1006-05

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SESSION LOGS

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RELATED LP TRACKS (RCA, 1965)

ELVIS FOR EVERYONE! (LP)

August 10, 1965

1. Your Cheatin' Heart

2. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears

3. Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers

4. In My Way

5. Tomorrow Night (overdubbed, slowed)

6. Memphis Tennessee

7. For the Millionth and the Last Time

8. Forget Me Never

9. Sound Advice

10. Santa Lucia

11. I Met Her Today

12. When it Rains, it Really Pours

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FTD VERSION

Title:

Elvis For Everyone!

Label:

FTD [FTD 137] [506020 975075 0]

Format:

2x CD

Number of tracks:

Running time:

117:00

Type of album:

Studio / Compilation / Recording session

Linked to:

FTD discography

Year:

2014

Recording date:

September 10, 1954 - January 12, 1964

Release date:

September 19, 2014

Singles:

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With a decade of material to work with, but with few takes left due to the fact that practically all the songs and their respective sessions had already been released at other times, FTD chose to include Masters and alternative versions of songs recorded for other titles that had not yet found their place.

Finishing the album, FTD provides a triple-opening cover and a 12-page booklet full of information about the takes and the original LP, album covers around the world and memorabilia in general.

The work includes the following tracks:

CD 1

ORIGINAL ALBUM

1. Your Cheatin’ Heart

2. Summer Kisses Winter Tears

3. Finders Keepers Losers Weepers

4. In My Way

5. Tomorrow Night (Overdubbed & Slowed Down)

6. Memphis Tennessee

7. For the Millionth and the Last Time

8. Forget Me Never

9. Sound Advice