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'''''Clambake''''' is the sixteenth [[soundtrack album]] by American singer and musician [[Elvis Presley]], released by [[RCA Victor]] in [[monaural|mono]] and [[stereophonic sound|stereo]], LPM/LSP 3893, in October 1967. It is the soundtrack to the 1967 [[Clambake (film)|film of the same name]] starring Presley. He entered [[RCA Studio B]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] on February 21, 1967 for [[Recording session]]s for his twenty fifth film. Supplemental material sessions took place on September 10 and 11, 1967. It peaked at number 40 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/clambake-mw0000849835/awards |title=Clambake |website=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corp |date=2013 |access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref>
'''''Clambake''''' is the sixteenth soundtrack album by American singer and musician [[Elvis Presley]], released by [[RCA Victor]] in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3893, in October 1967. It is the soundtrack to the 1967 [[Clambake (film)|film of the same name]] starring Presley. He entered [[RCA Studio B]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] on February 21, 1967, for recording sessions for his twenty-fifth film. Supplemental material sessions took place on September 10 and 11, 1967. It peaked at number 40 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/clambake-mw0000849835/awards |title=Clambake |website=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corp |date=2013 |access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref>


==Content==
==Content==
By the end of 1966, Presley no longer commanded the same level of sales or artistic respect as he had during the first ten years of his career.<ref>Jorgensen, Ernst. ''Elvis Presley A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; p. 225.</ref> But Elvis had little enthusiasm at this juncture for more soundtrack sessions, the project already in jeopardy before it started.<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 226.</ref> The sessions turned out a fiasco; of the eight songs recorded, two had been edited out of the film, and even with "How Can You Lose What You Never Had" restored to the [[soundtrack]], that left an album of merely seven songs.<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 231.</ref>
By the end of 1966, Presley no longer commanded the same level of sales or artistic respect as he had during the first ten years of his career.<ref>Jorgensen, Ernst. ''Elvis Presley A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; p. 225.</ref> But Elvis had little enthusiasm at this juncture for more soundtrack sessions, the project already in jeopardy before it started.<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 226.</ref> The sessions turned out a fiasco; of the eight songs recorded, two had been edited out of the film, and even with "How Can You Lose What You Never Had" restored to the soundtrack, that left an album of merely seven songs.<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 231.</ref>


The album would prove to be a turning point in Presley's career. After many years of churning out forgettable songs for forgettable films, he was clearly past his prime. All realms of popular music had totally bypassed him during the 1960s while he had been "lost in Hollywood". So Presley decided to begin recording music written by accomplished songwriters. A session to record additional material in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] was cancelled in August, rescheduled at [[RCA Studio B]] in September.<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., pp. 233–234.</ref> Disregarding publishing control, Presley picked songs that appealed to him personally, including [[Eddy Arnold|Eddy Arnold's]] [[country music|country and western]] hit of 1956 "[[You Don't Know Me (Eddy Arnold song)|You Don't Know Me]]" and [[Jimmy Reed|Jimmy Reed's]] 1960 [[rhythm and blues]] hit, "[[Big Boss Man (song)|Big Boss Man]]." Both selections were issued as a [[single (music)|single]] at the end of September before being added to the album, the [[A-side]] just barely making the [[Top 40]].<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 418.</ref> Presley also requested a song he had heard on the radio in [[Los Angeles]] by [[Jerry Reed]], inviting Reed himself to duplicate the distinctive [[guitar|acoustic guitar]] part.<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 235.</ref> They rousted Reed from a fishing-trip, who arrived to play on Presley's version of his own composition, "[[Guitar Man (Jerry Reed song)|Guitar Man]]." After it was recorded, Reed refused to turn over the usual publishing percentages to [[Freddy Bienstock]], another assault on the soundtrack formula that had been in place throughout the decade.<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 236.</ref> Five songs were selected from this session to bring the album up to a total of twelve tracks.
The album would prove to be a turning point in Presley's career. After many years of churning out forgettable songs for forgettable films, he was clearly past his prime. All realms of popular music had totally bypassed him during the 1960s while he had been "lost in Hollywood". So Presley decided to begin recording music written by accomplished songwriters. A session to record additional material in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] was cancelled in August, rescheduled at [[RCA Studio B]] in September.<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., pp. 233–234.</ref> Disregarding publishing control, Presley picked songs that appealed to him personally, including [[Eddy Arnold]]'s [[country music|country and western]] hit of 1956 "[[You Don't Know Me (Cindy Walker song)|You Don't Know Me]]" and [[Jimmy Reed]]'s 1960 [[rhythm and blues]] hit, "[[Big Boss Man (song)|Big Boss Man]]." Both selections were issued as a single at the end of September before being added to the album, the [[A-side]] just barely making the [[Top 40]].<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 418.</ref> Presley also requested a song he had heard on the radio in Los Angeles by [[Jerry Reed]], inviting Reed himself to duplicate the distinctive acoustic guitar part.<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 235.</ref> They rousted Reed from a fishing-trip, who arrived to play on Presley's version of his own composition, "[[Guitar Man (Jerry Reed song)|Guitar Man]]." After it was recorded, Reed refused to turn over the usual publishing percentages to [[Freddy Bienstock]], another assault on the soundtrack formula that had been in place throughout the decade.<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 236.</ref> Five songs were selected from this session to bring the album up to a total of twelve tracks.


Including this LP, of his fifteen albums since ''[[Pot Luck (Elvis Presley album)|Pot Luck with Elvis]]'' in 1962, only three had not been film soundtracks: one (''[[Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3]]'') was a compilation of [[hit singles]], another (''[[Elvis for Everyone]]'') a compilation of leftovers from a ten-year span of recording sessions, and the third being a ''bona fide'' [[studio album]], the [[gospel music|gospel]] ''[[How Great Thou Art (Elvis Presley album)|How Great Thou Art]]''. Even with the five recent non-movie songs, including a hit single, ''Clambake'' sold less than 200,000 copies, faring worse than its predecessor ''[[Double Trouble (Elvis Presley album)|Double Trouble]]'' which had been his lowest-charting album so far.<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 240.</ref>
Including this LP, of his fifteen albums since ''[[Pot Luck (Elvis Presley album)|Pot Luck with Elvis]]'' in 1962, only three had not been film soundtracks: one (''[[Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3]]'') was a compilation of [[hit singles]], another (''[[Elvis for Everyone]]'') a compilation of leftovers from a ten-year span of recording sessions, and the third being a ''bona fide'' studio album, the [[gospel music|gospel]] ''[[How Great Thou Art (Elvis Presley album)|How Great Thou Art]]''. Even with the five recent non-movie songs, including a hit single, ''Clambake'' sold less than 200,000 copies, faring worse than its predecessor ''[[Double Trouble (Elvis Presley album)|Double Trouble]]'' which had been his lowest-charting album so far.<ref>Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 240.</ref>


==Reissues==
==Reissues==
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|headline=Side two
|extra_column=Recording date
|extra_column=Recording date
|title1=[[You Don't Know Me (Eddy Arnold song)|You Don't Know Me]]
|title1=[[You Don't Know Me (Cindy Walker song)|You Don't Know Me]]
|writer1=[[Cindy Walker]] and [[Eddy Arnold]]
|writer1=[[Cindy Walker]] and [[Eddy Arnold]]
|extra1=September 11, 1967
|extra1=September 11, 1967
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|extra2=February 21, 1967
|extra2=February 21, 1967
|length2=1:52
|length2=1:52
|title3=How Can You Lose What You Never Had
|title3=How Can You Lose What You Never Had?
|writer3=Ben Weisman and Sid Wayne
|writer3=Ben Weisman and Sid Wayne
|extra3=February 21, 1967
|extra3=February 21, 1967
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|extra6=September 10, 1967
|extra6=September 10, 1967
|length6=2:05
|length6=2:05
|note3=bonus track
|note3=[[bonus track]]
|note4=bonus track
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===2016 The RCA Albums Collection reissue===
===2016 The RCA Albums Collection reissue===
{{track listing | |title1=Guitar Man |note1=bonus track |length1=2:19 |title2=Clambake |length2=2:35 |title3=Who Needs Money? |length3=3:15 |title4=A House That Has Everything |length4=2:13 |title5=Confidence |length5=2:32 |title6=Hey, Hey, Hey |length6=2:29 |title7=You Don't Know Me |length7=2:29 |title8=The Girl I Never Loved |length8=1:51 |title9=How Can You Lose What You Never Had |note9=bonus track |length9=2:26 |title10=Big Boss Man |note10=bonus track |length10=2:51 |title11=Singing Tree |note11=bonus track |length11=2:17 |title12=Just Call Me Lonesome |note12=bonus track |length12=2:06 |title13=Hi-Heel Sneakers |note13=bonus track |length13=2:47}}
{{track listing | |title1=Guitar Man |note1=bonus track |length1=2:19 |title2=Clambake |length2=2:35 |title3=Who Needs Money? |length3=3:15 |title4=A House That Has Everything |length4=2:13 |title5=Confidence |length5=2:32 |title6=Hey, Hey, Hey |length6=2:29 |title7=You Don't Know Me |length7=2:29 |title8=The Girl I Never Loved |length8=1:51 |title9=How Can You Lose What You Never Had |note9=bonus track |length9=2:26 |title10=Big Boss Man |note10=bonus track |length10=2:51 |title11=Singing Tree |note11=bonus track |length11=2:17 |title12=Just Call Me Lonesome |note12=bonus track |length12=2:06 |title13=[[Hi-Heel Sneakers]] |note13=bonus track |length13=2:47}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* [[Elvis Presley]] − [[vocals]]
* [[Elvis Presley]] − vocals
* [[The Jordanaires]] − backing vocals
* [[The Jordanaires]] − backing vocals
* [[Millie Kirkham]] − backing vocals
* [[Millie Kirkham]] − backing vocals
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*[[June Page]] − backing vocals
*[[June Page]] − backing vocals
*Priscilla Hubbard − backing vocals
*Priscilla Hubbard − backing vocals
* [[Boots Randolph]] − [[saxophone]]
* [[Boots Randolph]] − saxophone
* Norm Ray − saxophone
* Norm Ray − saxophone
* [[Pete Drake]] − [[pedal steel guitar]]
* [[Pete Drake]] − [[pedal steel guitar]]
* [[Scotty Moore]] − [[rhythm guitar]]
* [[Scotty Moore]] − rhythm guitar
*Chip Young − [[lead guitar]], rhythm guitar on "Guitar Man" and "Big Boss Man"
*Chip Young − lead guitar, rhythm guitar on "Guitar Man" and "Big Boss Man"
* [[Jerry Reed]] − [[acoustic guitar|acoustic]] [[lead guitar]] on "Guitar Man" and "Big Boss Man"
* [[Jerry Reed]] − [[acoustic guitar|acoustic]] lead guitar on "Guitar Man" and "Big Boss Man"
* [[Charlie McCoy]] − [[organ (music)|organ]], [[harmonica]]
* [[Charlie McCoy]] − organ, harmonica
* [[Floyd Cramer]] − [[piano]], [[organ (music)|organ]]
* [[Floyd Cramer]] − piano, organ
*Hoyt Hawkins − piano, organ
*Hoyt Hawkins − piano, organ
* [[Bob Moore]] − [[double bass]]
* [[Bob Moore (musician)|Bob Moore]] − double bass
* [[D. J. Fontana]] − [[drum kit|drums]]
* [[D. J. Fontana]] − drums
* [[Buddy Harman]] − drums
* [[Buddy Harman]] − drums


==Charts==
==Charts==
'''Album'''
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!Position
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|rowspan="2"|1967
|1967
|''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Pop Albums
|''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Pop Albums
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Clambake
Soundtrack album by
Elvis Presley
ReleasedOctober 10, 1967
RecordedFebruary 21–23 and September 10–11, 1967
StudioRCA Studio B (Nashville)
GenreRock, pop, country
Length29:36
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerJeff Alexander, Felton Jarvis
Elvis Presley chronology
Double Trouble
(1967) 		Clambake
(1967) 		Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4
(1968)
Singles from Clambake
  1. "Big Boss Man"
    Released: September 1967
  2. "Guitar Man"
    Released: January 1968
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Clambake is the sixteenth soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3893, in October 1967. It is the soundtrack to the 1967 film of the same name starring Presley. He entered RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee on February 21, 1967, for recording sessions for his twenty-fifth film. Supplemental material sessions took place on September 10 and 11, 1967. It peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200.[2]

Content

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By the end of 1966, Presley no longer commanded the same level of sales or artistic respect as he had during the first ten years of his career.[3] But Elvis had little enthusiasm at this juncture for more soundtrack sessions, the project already in jeopardy before it started.[4] The sessions turned out a fiasco; of the eight songs recorded, two had been edited out of the film, and even with "How Can You Lose What You Never Had" restored to the soundtrack, that left an album of merely seven songs.[5]

The album would prove to be a turning point in Presley's career. After many years of churning out forgettable songs for forgettable films, he was clearly past his prime. All realms of popular music had totally bypassed him during the 1960s while he had been "lost in Hollywood". So Presley decided to begin recording music written by accomplished songwriters. A session to record additional material in Hollywood was cancelled in August, rescheduled at RCA Studio B in September.[6] Disregarding publishing control, Presley picked songs that appealed to him personally, including Eddy Arnold's country and western hit of 1956 "You Don't Know Me" and Jimmy Reed's 1960 rhythm and blues hit, "Big Boss Man." Both selections were issued as a single at the end of September before being added to the album, the A-side just barely making the Top 40.[7] Presley also requested a song he had heard on the radio in Los Angeles by Jerry Reed, inviting Reed himself to duplicate the distinctive acoustic guitar part.[8] They rousted Reed from a fishing-trip, who arrived to play on Presley's version of his own composition, "Guitar Man." After it was recorded, Reed refused to turn over the usual publishing percentages to Freddy Bienstock, another assault on the soundtrack formula that had been in place throughout the decade.[9] Five songs were selected from this session to bring the album up to a total of twelve tracks.

Including this LP, of his fifteen albums since Pot Luck with Elvis in 1962, only three had not been film soundtracks: one (Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3) was a compilation of hit singles, another (Elvis for Everyone) a compilation of leftovers from a ten-year span of recording sessions, and the third being a bona fide studio album, the gospel How Great Thou Art. Even with the five recent non-movie songs, including a hit single, Clambake sold less than 200,000 copies, faring worse than its predecessor Double Trouble which had been his lowest-charting album so far.[10]

Reissues

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In 2006 Clambake was reissued on the Follow That Dream label in a special edition that contained the original album tracks along with numerous alternate takes.[11]

Track listing

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Original release

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Guitar Man" (bonus song)Jerry ReedSeptember 10, 19672:30
2."Clambake"Ben Weisman and Sid WayneFebruary 22, 19672:36
3."Who Needs Money"Randy StarrFebruary 22, 19673:15
4."A House That Has Everything"Roy C. Bennett and Sid TepperFebruary 21, 19672:14
5."Confidence"Roy C. Bennett and Sid TepperFebruary 22, 19672:33
6."Hey, Hey, Hey"Joy ByersFebruary 22, 19672:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."You Don't Know Me"Cindy Walker and Eddy ArnoldSeptember 11, 19672:27
2."The Girl I Never Loved"Randy StarrFebruary 21, 19671:52
3."How Can You Lose What You Never Had?" (bonus track)Ben Weisman and Sid WayneFebruary 21, 19672:27
4."Big Boss Man" (bonus track)Luther Dixon and Al SmithSeptember 10, 19672:50
5."Singing Tree" (bonus track)A.L. Owens and A.C. SolbergSeptember 11, 19672:17
6."Just Call Me Lonesome" (bonus track)Rex GriffinSeptember 10, 19672:05

2006 Follow That Dream reissue

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Original album
No.TitleLength
1."Guitar Man" (bonus track)2:19
2."Clambake"2:35
3."Who Needs Money?"3:15
4."A House That Has Everything"2:13
5."Confidence"2:32
6."Hey, Hey, Hey"2:29
7."You Don't Know Me"2:29
8."The Girl I Never Loved"1:51
9."How Can You Lose What You Never Had" (bonus track)2:26
10."Big Boss Man" (bonus track)2:51
11."Singing Tree" (bonus track)2:17
12."Just Call Me Lonesome" (bonus track)2:06
Additional movie masters
No.TitleLength
13."You Don't Know Me" (film version – take 20)2:19
14."Clambake" (reprise – take 4)0:21
Outtakes
No.TitleLength
15."Clambake" (take 3B)2:42
16."How Can You Lose What You Never Had" (takes 1 & 2)4:16
17."You Don't Know Me" (film version – take 3)2:42
18."Hey, Hey, Hey" (takes 3, 5 & 6)5:05
19."The Girl I Never Loved" (takes 4 & 5)3:33
20."Clambake" (takes 1 & 5)3:26
21."A House That Has Everything" (takes 4, 5 & 6)4:00
22."You Don't Know Me" (film version – takes 7 & 10)3:15
23."How Can You Lose What You Never Had" (take 3)2:37
24."Hey, Hey, Hey" (takes 7 & 8)4:13
25."Clambake" (reprise – takes 1, 2 & 3)2:48
Total length:1:10:40

2016 The RCA Albums Collection reissue

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No.TitleLength
1."Guitar Man" (bonus track)2:19
2."Clambake"2:35
3."Who Needs Money?"3:15
4."A House That Has Everything"2:13
5."Confidence"2:32
6."Hey, Hey, Hey"2:29
7."You Don't Know Me"2:29
8."The Girl I Never Loved"1:51
9."How Can You Lose What You Never Had" (bonus track)2:26
10."Big Boss Man" (bonus track)2:51
11."Singing Tree" (bonus track)2:17
12."Just Call Me Lonesome" (bonus track)2:06
13."Hi-Heel Sneakers" (bonus track)2:47

Personnel

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Charts

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Year Chart Position
1967 Billboard Pop Albums 40

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Clambake". Allmusic. Rovi Corp. 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  3. ^ Jorgensen, Ernst. Elvis Presley A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; p. 225.
  4. ^ Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 226.
  5. ^ Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 231.
  6. ^ Jorgensen, op. cit., pp. 233–234.
  7. ^ Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 418.
  8. ^ Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 235.
  9. ^ Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 236.
  10. ^ Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 240.
  11. ^ Sources:
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