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Elvis for Everyone! (1965)

Where the lyrics of Elvis for Everyone! take you, and where it was really made.

Built from leftover recordings, the album still reached the top ten on the LP chart and was later certified Gold in the United States.

Key places

Sun Studio, Memphis (1965)

Recording site Sun Studio — Sessions for the album spanned a ten-year period, and Sun Studio in Memphis is one of the three studios named as recording sites. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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RCA Studio B, Nashville (1965)

Recording site RCA Studio B — RCA Studio B in Nashville is one of the three studios where sessions for this album were recorded over a ten-year span. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Radio Recorders, Hollywood (1965)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — Radio Recorders in Hollywood is one of the three studios named as recording sites for the sessions that make up this album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Elvis for Everyone!: eighth studio album by Elvis Presley
• Released 10 August 1965 by RCA Victor, in mono and stereo (LPM/LSP 3450)
• Peaked at number 10 on the Top Pop Albums chart
• Collection of mostly unissued tracks from various sessions
• RCA Victor framed it as an "Anniversary Album" marking Presley's tenth year with the label

Background

• Sessions in late May 1963 did not produce a fifth studio album of the 1960s
• By 1965 Presley's output focused on movies and soundtracks
• No proper studio album had appeared since Pot Luck in June 1962
• Seven non-movie singles had been issued in the meantime
• Since May 1963, only one non-movie session, in January 1964, yielded three tracks
• Two of those three had already been issued as single sides
• RCA Victor assembled the album from unused tracks dating back to the Sun Records years

Recording

• Sessions spanned ten years at three studios: Sun Studio in Memphis, RCA Studio B in Nashville, and Radio Recorders in Hollywood

Cover

• Presley stands beside the RCA Victor trademark Nipper dog, which sits atop a cash register

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi; family moved to Memphis, Tennessee when he was 13.
• Began his career in 1954 at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring African-American music to a wider audience.
• Recorded "That's All Right" with guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black in July 1954.
• A pioneer of rockabilly, a fusion of country music and rhythm and blues.

Members

• Classic quartet: Presley (vocals, guitar), Scotty Moore (lead guitar), Bill Black (bass), and D. J. Fontana (drums), who joined in 1955.

Career

• RCA Victor acquired his contract in 1955 for $40,000; "Heartbreak Hotel" hit number one in the US in 1956.
• Became a leading figure of rock and roll, though his style was considered a threat to white American youth by some.
• Made his film debut in Love Me Tender (1956) and devoted much of the 1960s to Hollywood films.
• Returned to the stage with the 1968 NBC special Elvis, followed by a Las Vegas residency and tours.
• Gave the first solo-artist concert broadcast worldwide, Aloha from Hawaii, in 1973.
• Died August 16, 1977 at Graceland, aged 42.
• Estimated to have sold 500 million records worldwide; won three Grammy Awards.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Assembled from unused tracks, many dating back to the Sun Records years
• Made the top ten on the LP chart, peaking at number 10 on the Top Pop Albums chart
• The first Presley album of the decade to sell fewer than 300,000 copies
• Possibly linked to its assembly from scraps and rejects

Records

• Top Pop Albums peak: number 10
• Sales: fewer than 300,000 copies during the decade, the first Presley album to fall below that figure
• Certification: later certified Gold in the United States by the RIAA

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• RCA intended to include the unreleased Sun track "Tennessee Saturday Night", withdrew it, and replaced it with "Tomorrow Night"
• "Tomorrow Night" received overdubs for this release, and its original form was not officially issued until 1985 on Reconsider Baby
• Goldmine Magazine published what appeared to be an acetate of the Sun recording in the early 1990s
• Of the album's tracks, only "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears" had been issued before, on an EP single
• In 2014 the album was reissued on the Follow That Dream label as a special 2-disc edition with alternate takes

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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