*** Recorded October 7, 1960 - June 27, 1968 ***
"Singer Presents Elvis Sings Flaming Star and Others" is a compilation album by Elvis Presley at RCA.
It was released promotionally on RCA Camden, catalog number PRS 279, on October 18, 1968…
*** Recorded October 7, 1960 - June 27, 1968 ***
"Singer Presents Elvis Sings Flaming Star and Others" is a compilation album by Elvis Presley at RCA.
It was released promotionally on RCA Camden, catalog number PRS 279, on October 18, 1968.
As the end of 1968 approached, RCA and NBC-TV were enthusiastic with the "ELVIS" program that would air on December 3.
Singer Sewing Machine Company had sponsored the show and asked for some kind of promotion both of the program and their products.
RCA then comissioned a compilation LP to be sold in selected stores with a few movie soundtrack songs and named it "Singer Presents Elvis Sings Flaming Star and Others".
The 9 selections in the LP were up to 8 years old and had a very welcome concept: Only the title track, "Flaming Star", had been previously released.
Seven tracks were songs that either didn't have a place in a soundtrack album, weren't used in the films, weren't released for not being "sellable" or were recording sessions leftovers.
The ninth and last track was a live version of "Tiger Man", recorded during the filming of the "Comeback Special"; this was Elvis' first live performance to ever be released.
This promotional album spent five months available only at select retail stores featuring products by the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
It was reissued for normal retail channels as "Elvis Sings Flaming Star" on RCA Camden catalog number CAS 2304, on March 28, 1969, becoming the first Elvis Presley budget album.
The 1969 release peaked at number 96 on the US Billboard 200 chart and number 1 on the Dutch and UK Albums Chart. Due to its success, RCA elected to release several budget albums through Camden in the following years.
It was certified Gold on July 15, 1999, and Platinum on January 6, 2004, by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Here we bring you the full 1968/69 LP and the surviving bits of its recording sessions. We hope you like it. Enjoy!
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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
***ORIGINAL ALBUM***
1. Flaming Star (From "Flaming Star")
2. Wonderful World (From "Live a Little, Love a Little")
3. Night Life (From "Viva Las Vegas")
4. All I Needed Was the Rain (From "Stay Away, Joe")
5. Too Much Monkey Business
6. Yellow Rose of Texas / Eyes of Texas (From "Viva Las Vegas")
7. She's a Machine (From "Easy Come, Easy Go")
8. Do the Vega (From "Viva Las Vegas")
9. Tiger Man (June 27, 1968)
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