Double Trouble (Elvis Presley album)
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| Soundtrack album / Studio album by Elvis Presley | ||||
| Released | June 1, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | May 1963, June 1966 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop | |||
| Length | 22:36 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Jeff Alexander | |||
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Double Trouble is the twenty-ninth album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3787, in June 1967. It is the soundtrack to the 1967 film of the same name starring Presley. Recording sessions took place at Radio Recorders and at MGM Studios in Hollywood, California, on June 28, 29, and 30, 1966. It peaked at number 47 on the Billboard 200.
Presley had usually insisted on working in the comfortable environment of a regular recording studio, and had avoided the large movie studio sound stages, but MGM executives with an eye on budgets insisted on moving the soundtrack recordings after the first night to just such a sound stage. A frustrated Elvis dutifully went along, but the final straw was having to sing "Old MacDonald," Presley storming out of the session in a huff after finishing a very short master recording of "Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)." That song would be issued as a single in late April, prior to the film's premiere, and would peak at an anemic number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100.
After his enthusiasm for his gospel album How Great Thou Art made in the previous month in Nashville, the rushed and pedestrian soundtrack returned Presley to the depressing grind of churning out forgettable records for forgettable movies. Even the chosen release date for Double Trouble would prove unfortunate — the same day as The Beatles' era-encapsulating landmark album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, as well as David Bowie's debut album (although like Double Trouble, Bowie's album would flop. Bowie would not have success as an artist until 1969 when he released a second self titled album).
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