*** Recorded April 3-4, August 8-11 & October 7, 1960 ***
"Elvis by Request - Flaming Star & 3 Other Great Songs" is the 6th soundtrack album by Elvis Presley at RCA.
It was released on RCA Victor, catalog number LPC 128, on April …
*** Recorded April 3-4, August 8-11 & October 7, 1960 ***
"Elvis by Request - Flaming Star & 3 Other Great Songs" is the 6th soundtrack album by Elvis Presley at RCA.
It was released on RCA Victor, catalog number LPC 128, on April 21, 1961.
The album represented the soundtrack for the movie "Flaming Star" and was Elvis' only 33 1/3 RPM release.
Soundtrack recording sessions took place on August 8-11 and October 7, 1960, at Radio Recorders.
Initially, four songs were composed for the movie, but only "Flaming Star" and "A Cane and a High Starched Collar", were used.
The title track and a rejected song, "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears", were released in the 1961 EP. The B-sides were "Are You Lonesome Tonight" and "It's Now or Never".
The other two were released in the late 1970s, and an early version of "Flaming Star," using the film's working title "Black Star", was released in the 1990s.
The EP peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In Germany, it was released on RCA Victor, catalog number EPA 9011, in May 1961 and again as EPA 9011 in December 1961 with "Frankfort Special" and "G. I. Blues" on the B-side.
The 1982 re-release of the EP in UK, catalogued as 45-RCX 7205, was the first to bring all 4 songs from the soundtrack together in an album.
Here we bring you the full 1961 EP and a few bonuses. We hope you like it. Enjoy!
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**----------TRACKLIST----------**
**ORIGINAL ALBUM**
1. Flaming Star
2. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
3. Are You Lonesome Tonight
4. It's Now or Never
**UNUSED MASTERS**
5. A Cane And A High Starched Collar (Released in 1976)
6. Britches (Released in 1979)
**MOVIE MASTERS**
7. A Cane And A High Starched Collar
8. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
9. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears (Take 2 with Guide Track)
10. Flaming Star (End Title)
**ALTERNATE SONGS**
11. Black Star (Spliced Takes 14 & Insert Take 5 - Master - Released in 1991)
12. Black Star (End Title - Released in 1995)
***RECORDING SESSIONS***
**AUGUST 8 & 9, 1960**
13. Black Star (Takes 5 & 6)
14. Black Star (End Title - Takes 1, 2, 4, 5)
15. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears (Takes 1-4, 7-10, 12, 14-17, 19. 21-26)
16. Britches (Track, Take 1 - Master)
17. Britches (Vocal Overdub, Takes 1-4)
18. Britches (Vocal Overdub, Take 5 - used for composite Master)
19. Britches (Vocal Overdub, Take 6)
20. Britches (Vocal Overdub, Take 7 - used for composite Master)
21. Britches (Vocal Overdub, Insert Take 1 - used for composite Master)
22. A Cane and a High Starched Collar (Takes 1-5)
23. A Cane and a High Starched Collar (Take 6 - used for composite Master)
24. A Cane and a High Starched Collar (Insert Takes 1 & 5)
25. A Cane and a High Starched Collar (Insert Take 6 - used for composite Master)
**OCTOBER 7, 1960**
26. Flaming Star (Takes 1-5 & 6 - Uncut Master)
27. Flaming Star (End Title, Takes 1 & 3)
28. Flaming Star (End Title, Take 4 - used for composite Master)
**BONUS**
29. Black Star (From Acetate)
30. Flaming Star (Stereo)
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