Elvis Presley – King Creole
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RARITY - SEALED
Elvis Presley – vocals, acoustic guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Elvis Presley]
Kitty White – vocals on "Crawfish"
The Jordanaires – backing vocals
Scotty Moore – electric guitar
Tiny Timbrell – acoustic guitar
Bill Black – electric bass
Neal Matthews – double bass
Dudley Brooks – piano
D.J. Fontana – drums
Bernie Mattinson – percussion
Gordon Stoker – bongos
Hoyt Hawkins – cymbals
Ray Siegel – double bass
Mahlon Clark – clarinet
John Edward (Teddy) Buckner – trumpet
Justin Gordon – saxophone
Elmer Schneider – trombone
Warren Smith – trombone
Written by Jerry Leiber (A1, A4), Mike Stoller (A1, A4, B5), Fred Wise (A2, B1, B3), Ben Weisman (A2, B1, B3), Claude Demetrius (A3), Aaron Schroeder (A5, B4), Rachel Frank (A5), Sid Wayne (B2), Abner Silver (B2), Martin Kalmanoff (B4), Jerry Leiber (B5), Sid Tepper (B6), Roy C. Bennett (B6), Bert Carroll (B7), Russell Moody (B7)
1LP, Standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Hoodoo Records
Original Label : RCA Victor
Recorded January 15 – February 11, 1958 at Radio Recorders Studio (Hollywood)
Produced by Walter Scharf, Phil Khagan
Originally released in September 1958
Reissued in 2012
Tracks:
Side A:
- King Creole
- As Long As I Have You
- Hard Headed Woman
- Trouble
- Dixieland Rock
Side B:
- Don't Ask Me Why
- Lover Doll
- Crawfish
- Young Dreams
- Steadfast, Loays And True
- New Orleans
- Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
Reviews :
“King Creole was the last movie that Elvis Presley made before he entered the army in the spring of 1958 -- it was also his last film in black-and-white, as well as his final effort directed by a serious old-time filmmaker (Michael Curtiz); and, apart from a few isolated, quirky efforts like Flaming Star, Change of Habit, and Charro, this was the last of his serious movies, in which Presley was trying hard, pushing himself as an actor and, really, all through the score, as a musician. This is reflected in the soundtrack, which is one of the stronger film-related releases of his career. The original 11 songs included a hot title track by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that was a dazzling showcase for Scotty Moore's and Tiny Timbrell's guitars as well as Elvis' intense, exciting lead vocal. Leiber and Stoller's "Trouble" and Claude Demetrius' "Hard Headed Woman" have Moore's and Timbrell's electric guitars competing successfully with a five-man brass and reed section. Even "Dixieland Rock," if not up to the level of those other two numbers, features good playing and a strong performance by Presley, and "Young Dreams" is a decent midtempo number. The slow ballads are where the soundtrack falls flat, "As Long As I Have You" coming up to standard but "Lover Doll" and "Don't Ask Me Why" failing to excite or maintain interest; "Crawfish" can only have been included to bring the album up to the minimum acceptable length for an LP.” AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.22 / 5