Un'occasione mancata: The Movie Soundtracks - 20 Original Albums

The Movie Soundtracks - 20 Original Albums è un pratico cofanetto interamente dedicato alle colonne sonore di Elvis Presley emesso nel 2014. L'idea di partenza è intrigante, perché, dopo tanti anni di oblio, quanto Elvis realizzò per il cinema nel corso degli anni sessanta (per quanto riguarda i fifties il discorso non vale) inizia ad essere rivalutato o almeno ad essere contestualizzato e preso in considerazione. Proprio così, soprattutto da chi ha sempre reputato la lunga parentesi hollywoodiana del cantante un incidente di percorso.

Personalmente sono molto legato a questi dischi. Non sto dicendo che sono dei capolavori, ma che diversi di essi meritano una chance. Che ci piaccia o meno sono parte integrante della carriera del nostro artista preferito e un ascolto privo di preconcetti può regalare inattesi quanto graditi momenti di ottima musica. Provare per credere. 

Detto ciò, vediamo cosa non mi piace di questo progetto. Ecco, io ci avrei semplicemente messo i diciassette album che uscirono tra il 1957 (Loving You) e il 1968 (Speedway), destinando poi i restanti tre CD a quelle soundtrack che all'epoca non avevano generato 33 giri. Non ci sarebbe voluto molto. Invece in The Movie Soundtracks - 20 Original Albums trovano posto tre dischi che non possono certo essere assimilati a original albums: Jailhouse Rock, Follow That Dream / Kid Galahad / Flaming Star e, naturalmente, Viva Las Vegas, il LP che per qualche motivo non si volle pubblicare nel 1964.

Inoltre, in questo economico box mancano all'appello le colonne sonore di Love Me Tender, Easy Come, Easy Go, Stay Away, Joe, Live a Little, Love a Little, Charro!, The Trouble With Girls e Change of Habit. Un po' troppe... Assente anche la soundtrack di Tickle Me. Occorre considerare che per questo film, arrivato nelle sale nel 1965, furono utilizzati brani precedentemente incisi da Elvis, ma a ben vedere sempre di assenza si tratta.  Insomma, con un piccolo sforzo d'immaginazione poteva venir fuori l'opera definitiva. Come si dice? Avevamo fatto trenta, potevamo fare trentuno! Un vero peccato. 

The Movie Soundtracks - 20 Original Albums 

Sony 88843016642 [EU - 2014]

CD 1 Loving You

Mean Woman Blues / (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Loving You / Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do / Lonesome Cowboy / Hot Dog / Party / Blueberry Hill / True Love / Don't Leave Me Now / Have I Told You Lately That I Love You / I Need You So

CD 2 - Jailhouse Rock

Jailhouse Rock / Young And Beautiful / I Want To Be Free / Don't Leave Me Now / (You're so Square) Baby I Don't Care / Treat Me Nice / I Beg Of You / Don't / Playing for Keeps / Shake, Rattle and Roll / Good Rockin' Tonight / I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine

CD 3 King Creole

King Creole / As Long As I Have You / Hard Headed Woman / Trouble / Dixieland Rock / Don't Ask Me Why / Lover Doll / Crawfish / Young Dreams / Steadfast, Loyal And True / New Orleans

CD 4 G.I. Blues

Tonight Is So Right For Love / What's She Really Like / Frankfort Special / Wooden Heart / G. I. Blues / Pocketful Of Rainbows / Shoppin' Around / Big Boots / Didja' Ever / Blue Suede Shoes / Doin' The Best I Can

CD 5 Follow That Dream / Kid Galahad / Flaming Star

Follow That Dream / What A Wonderful Life / I'm Not The Marrying Kind / Sound Advice / Angel / King Of The Whole Wide World / This Is Living / Riding The Rainbow / Home Is Where The Heart Is /, I Got Lucky / A Whistling Tune / Flaming Star / Summer Kisses, Winter Tears

CD 6 Blue Hawaii

Blue Hawaii / Almost Always True / Aloha Oe / No More / Can't Help Falling In Love / Rock-A-Hula Baby / Moonlight Swim / Ku-U-I-Po / Ito Eats / Slicin' Sand / Hawaiian Sunset / Beach Boy Blues / Island Of Love / Hawaiian Wedding Song

CD 7 Girls! Girls! Girls!

Girls! Girls! Girls! / I Don't Wanna Be Tied / Where Do You Come From / I Don't Want To / We'll Be Together / A Boy Like Me, A Girl Like You / Earth Boy / Return To Sender / Because Of Love / Thanks To The Rolling Sea / Song Of The Shrimp / The Walls Have Ears / We're Coming In Loaded

CD 8 It Happened at the World's Fair

Beyond The Bend / Relax / Take Me To The Fair / They Remind Me Too Much Of You / One Broken Heart For Sale / I'm Falling In Love Tonight / Cotton Candy Land / A World Of Our Own / How Would You Like To Be / Happy Ending

CD 9 Fun in Acapulco

Fun In Acapulco / Vino, Dinero Y Amor / Mexico / El Toro / Marguerita / The Bullfighter Was A Lady / (There's) No Room To Rhumba In A Sports Car / I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here / Bossa Nova Baby / You Can't Say No In Acapulco / Guadalajara / Love Me Tonight / Slowly But Surely

CD 10 Kissin' Cousins

Kissin' Cousins [Number 2] / Smokey Mountain Boy / There's Gold In The Mountain / One Boy, Two Little Girls / Catchin' On Fast / Tender Feeling / Anyone (Could Fall In Love With You) / Barefoot Ballad / Once Is Enough / Kissin' Cousins / Echoes Of Love / (It's A) Long Lonely Highway

CD 11 Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas / I Need Somebody To Lean On / You're The Boss / If You Think I Don't Need You / What'd I Say / Today, Tomorrow And Forever / C'mon Everybody / Do The Vega / Night Life / The Yellow Rose Of Texas - The Eyes Of Texas / The Lady Loves Me / Santa Lucia

CD 12 Roustabout

Roustabout / Little Egypt / Poison Ivy League / Hard Knocks / It's A Wonderful World / Big Love, Big Heartache / One Track Heart / It's Carnival Time / Carny Town / There's A Brand New Day On The Horizon / Wheels On My Heels

CD 13 Girl Happy

Girl Happy / Spring Fever / Fort Lauderdale Chamber Of Commerce / Startin' Tonight / Wolf Call / Do Not Disturb / Cross My Heart And Hope To Die / The Meanest Girl In Town / Do The Clam / Puppet On A String / I've Got To Find My Baby / You'll Be Gone

CD 14 Harum Scarum

Harem Holiday / My Desert Serenade / Go East, Young Man / Mirage / Kismet / Shake That Tambourine / Hey Little Girl / Golden Coins / So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise) / Animal Instinct / Wisdom Of The Ages

CD 15 Frankie and Johnny

 

Frankie And Johnny / Come Along / Petunia, The Gardener's Daughter / Chesay / What Every Woman Lives For / Look Out, Broadway / Beginner's Luck / Down By The Riverside - When The Saints Go Marching In / Shout It Out / Hard Luck / Please Don't Stop Loving Me / Everybody Come Aboard

CD 16 Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Paradise, Hawaiian Style / Queenie Wahine's Papaya / Scratch My Back (Then I'll Scratch Yours) / Drums Of The Islands / Datin' / A Dog's Life / House Of Sand / Stop Where You Are / This Is My Heaven / Sand Castles

CD 17 Spinout

Stop, Look And Listen / Adam And Evil / All That I Am / Never Say Yes / Am I Ready / Beach Shack / Spinout / Smorgasbord / I'll Be Back / Tomorrow Is A Long Time / Down In The Alley / I'll Remember You

CD 18 Double Trouble

Double Trouble / Baby, If You'll Give Me All Of Your Love / Could I Fall In Love / Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On) / City By Night / Old MacDonald / I Love Only One Girl / There Is So Much World To See / It Won't Be Long / Never Ending / Blue River / What Now, What Next, Where To

CD 19 Clambake

Guitar Man / Clambake / Who Needs Money? / A House That Has Everything / Confidence / Hey, Hey, Hey / You Don't Know Me / The Girl I Never Loved / How Can You Lose What You Never Had / Big Boss Man / Singing Tree / Just Call Me Lonesome

CD 20 Speedway

Speedway / There Ain't Nothing Like A Song / Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby / Who Are You? (Who Am I?) / He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad / Let Yourself Go / Your Groovy Self / Five Sleepy Heads, Western Union / Mine / Goin' Home / Suppose

Foto: Roberto Paglia