Background
Sessions in late May 1963 failed to coalesce into his fifth studio album of the 1960s, and by 1965 Presley's musical output had been focused exclusively on his movie career and soundtrack output. He had not released a proper studio album since ''Pot Luck (Elvis Presley album), Pot Luck'' in June 1962, although seven non-movie single (music), singles had been issued since (though several of them had featured recording session outtakes dating back as early as 1958). RCA Victor invented the concept of an "Anniversary Album" to celebrate Presley's tenth year with the label, which became ''Elvis For Everyone''. The album's cover depicting Presley standing next to the RCA Victor trademark Nipper the dog, sitting atop a cash register. Since May 1963, Presley had only made one non-movie recording session, session in January 1964 that yielded a mere three tracks, two of which had already been issued as sides for singles. Bereft of new material, RCA Victor assembled this album from unused tracks going all the way back to the Sun Records years, from sessions for both soundtracks and regular commercial releases. Possibly owing to its assembly from scraps and rejects, although it made the top ten on the LP chart, it was the first Presley album to sell fewer than 300,000 copies during the decade, but later would be certified Gold in the U.S. by the RIAA.Content
Of the tracks on ''Elvis for Everyone!'' only "Flaming Star#Soundtrack, Summer Kisses, Winter Tears," recorded for but not used in the film ''Flaming Star'', had previously been issued, on the extended play, extended play single ''Elvis by Request: Flaming Star and 3 Other Great Songs''. Several tracks had appeared on film, but had not been issued on record before. "In My Way" had appeared in the 1961 film ''Wild in the Country'', "Sound Advice" in the 1962 film ''Follow That Dream'', and the traditional Music of Naples, Neapolitan ballad "Santa Lucia (song), Santa Lucia" in the 1964 outing ''Viva Las Vegas''. The remaining eight tracks had been unissued in any form. The Sun ballad "Tomorrow Night (Coslow and Grosz song), Tomorrow Night" had overdubs added for release on this album; it would not be officially issued in its original form for another two decades with the compilation ''Reconsider Baby'' in 1985. RCA had intended to include the unreleased Sun Records track "Tennessee Saturday Night," but withdrew it from the album and replaced it with "Tomorrow Night". Neither has reference to a Presley Sun recording with this title ever been mentioned in any other source, nor has a Presley Sun recording with this title ever been discovered, although a song entitled "Tennessee Saturday Night" was slated for ''Loving You (soundtrack), Loving You'' but not recorded. Goldmine Magazine published what appeared to be an acetate of the Sun Recording , in the early 1990s. A live version was heard on YouTube in the 2000s, 9 seconds long , believed to be from the Louisiana Hayride radio show. In its format as a compilation of mostly unissued leftovers from various sessions, and given its rather short running time, this album anticipated the Presley budget releases with a similar concept that would appear during the late 1960s and early 1970s on the low priced RCA Camden label. RCA opted not to include it as part of its reissue program, appending its songs as bonus tracks to other albums as appropriate, with the overdubbed version of "Tomorrow Night" being ultimately replaced by the original Sun Records master version in general circulation.Reissues
In 2014 ''Elvis for Everyone '' was reissued on the Follow That Dream label in a special 2-disc edition that contained the original album tracks along with numerous alternate takes from other albums and singles.Sources: * *Track listing
Original release
2014 Follow That Dream CD reissue
Personnel
* Elvis Presley – vocals, guitar * Scotty Moore – rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Tomorrow Night" and "When It Rains, It Really Pours" * Tiny Timbrell – guitar * Howard Roberts – guitar on “Summer Kisses, Winter Tears” * Hank Garland – guitar on “Sound Advice” * Neal Matthews, Jr. – guitar * Chet Atkins - overdubbed lead guitar on "Tomorrow Night" * Harold Bradley – guitar * Grady Martin – lead guitar on "Memphis, Tennessee" * Billy Strange – lead guitar on "Santa Lucia" * Jerry Kennedy – lead guitar on "Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers" * Dudley Brooks – piano * Floyd Cramer – piano * Jimmie Haskell – accordion * Gordon Stoker – accordion * Bill Black – double bass on "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Tomorrow Night" and "When It Rains, It Really Pours" * Meyer Rubin – double bass * Bob Moore – double bass * D. J. Fontana – drum kit, drums * Bernie Mattinson – drums * Buddy Harman – drums * Boots Randolph – saxophone, clarinet * The Jordanaires – backing vocals * Millie Kirkham – backing vocalsCharts
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* {{Authority control Albums produced by Steve Sholes Elvis Presley albums 1965 albums RCA Records albums Albums recorded at Sun Studio Albums produced by Chet Atkins Albums produced by Sam Phillips Albums produced by Hans J. Salter Albums produced by Greg Stoll