"I Can't Help Falling In Love," was written for Elvis by songwriters Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss. But they wrote their song based on the melody "Plaisir d'amour" a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini. Even Bob Dylan borrowed from public domain melodies for compositions with "Girl From the North Country" being the most obvious -- it's actually "Scarborough Fair." Songwriters have done this for decades & there's a good chance, aside from "It's Now or Never," ("O Solo Mio") & "Surrender" ("Come Back To Sorrento") -- adaptations, not ripoffs -- that Elvis was unaware of the individual song histories. Elvis' "Tiger Man" is actually "Rollin' 'n Tumblin'" by Hambone Willie Newburn (1929) & recorded by Muddy Waters & most recently Bob Dylan which is probably based on an even earlier melody. In a more recent era The Grateful Dead tune "Ripple" sounds a lot like an earlier song by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice from their musical "Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat," called "Any Dream Will Do." This predated the Dead song by several years. Coincidently lyricist Robert Hunter admitted seeing that play while staying in London. I agree, there may have been some thought behind the "Burning Love," album but I still feel putting a hit of that magnitude on a budget label was RCA marketing at its most pathetic (The Camden label was a discounted album line RCA manufactured because they were pressed in Camden, NJ on flimsy dynaflex -- thin vinyl). RCA later leased these masters to Pickwick (almost an insult to an artist). Elvis' next album "Separate Ways" was also on Camden & the artwork on that album showed a complete disinterest by RCA to take Elvis's product seriously. That hit song deserved to be on a much better studio album. But that was RCA's reputation at the time. Package, repackage, reissue. Had Elvis been with Atlantic Records (negotiations were taking place around this time) the LP would not have been issued that way. (My background is in entertainment PR). But I admit the bottom line is that the LP sold extremely well anyway & continues to sell. Good report -- enjoyed listening to you dissect that album & explain each song's origins.
Great points. I'm entirely in agreement with you. Never knew Elvis was in negotiations with Atlantic in the '70s. I know they didn't have enough money to buy his contract from Sun in the '50s, though. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
It's highly interesting with the Movie Songs on the "Burning Love" Camden Album, i've read about it a few years ago in an Elvis Forum. Another Song comes on my mind, it's not a Movie-Song or written especially for Elvis but "She Wears My Ring" is based on the Song "La Golondrina" written by mexican physician Narciso Serradel Sevilla in 1862. Thank You David
Hi David ! Since the moment this album "replaced" "Standing Room Only" there is little to say , except that RCA thought about making more money with the same material , Thank You and TCB!👍
Thanks for checking out the video and the original info. It was interesting to know and fun to make the video. Let me know if you have any insights into the Separate Ways LP. Some say all the songs are about separation, but I can't see it with some of them.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan I find absolutely no rhyme or reason in the tracklist of Separate Ways. Take away the hit-single (A1 & B1) and yet I find no common denominator in the other songs. I have searched high and low, looked at the lyrics and the songwriters and the recording sessions. All tracks were previously released, mostly from Something For Everybody and Elvis For Everyone, but also from his debut LP, a soundrack LP and an EP. The recordings span from 1956 to 1963 although some wasn’t released until 1965 and one as late as 1967. For a moment I thought that I have found one little thing that they all had in common: That none of the songs had been performed live on stage. An insignificant yet veritable conformity. Then I found out that Elvis had sung the opening lines of Old Shep in a Texas show in November 1972 (two months prior the release of the Separate Ways LP). Strangely enough it came as a relief, that we can determine that the Separate Ways album still proves to be the worst compiled officially released album. Unless someone proves otherwise.
Hi David, It's Now Or Never is based on O Sole Mio & There's No Tomorrow, but then you know that already, it's also helped to sell more than a few ice creams.
Hi David my dear friend, how are you ? :) another great video, very interesting those chosen songs in this LP , great research ;) still looking the original UK green label ;) , this LP was the last Camden released in Israel ! Cheers, your friend: Lior
Hi, Lior. I'm fine, thanks. I hope you're doing well. I didn't know that about Separate Ways. I guess that means it's a sought-after album in Israel. BTW, I bought the Israeli copy of Fun in Acapulco, the one with the black cover. I found it here in Japan. My first record from Israel. Very happy to get it. Take care.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan Hi David :) i meant the BURNING LOVE LP , not SEPARATE WAYS, ;) ohhh you found the FUN IN ACAPULCO Israeli black picture sleeve ? Coll, glad you got it, Cheers Lior
Great informative video, but I am probably in the minority that believes this was by chance / coincidence. I find it odd other Camden LPs did not take advantage of this loop hole before or after this album was compiled or released. Maybe a public domain here and there but whether it was You'll Never Walk Alone, Hits From His Movies Vol 1 or even Separate Ways which followed this album it would be a unique strategy to only approach this LP with "free" tracks and not the ones before or after... makes ya think. Take care and TCB
The songs were based on PD tunes, but they were still credited to songwriters, mostly the usual suspects that often wrote for Elvis' movies (Giant - Baum - Kaye, etc.), so writers' royalties would still have been paid. Perhaps it was more of a publishing thing, with these writers being contracted to publishers connected to RCA.
Hi there how are you getting along :). This is great but ok ... I don't know the songs that you did play lol. I was wondering where this was going with this? :). Ok wow I get it know it is just wild how all of those song link into Elvis :). This had a great twist of a video. But well done you :) I did like it a lot cheer mate!!!!!
All good thanks, Beatle Brad. Yep. Most of those movie songs on that album came from old PD songs. What clever songwriters Elvis had working for him! Cheers.
Very interesting, seemingly not as random as I always assumed. It makes me imagine a time in the distant future when people are listening to songs based on early rock songs. While I think there will always be creative, original ideas, it's going to be get increasingly difficult to avoid at least being heavily influenced by past melodies. Famously in the 1970s, the recently deceased Eric Carmen had 2 huge hits based on Rachmaninoff melodies. He had assumed he was safe because they were in the public domain in the US, not realizing they were still under copyright in the rest of the world. When the composers estate made him aware of this they came to agreement where the estate would receive a portion of the royalties.
You'd think that, because the best music survives, that future generations would go on to make even better music as they'd hear, and be influenced by, only the good stuff. Sadly, I don't hear much evidence of that in today's music, but I may just be an old cynic. The Eric Carmen story is fascinating. Never knew that. Thanks.
Great video again. Wonder why you do not have the Japanese version of this album 😉 Anyway, the reason for this selection of songs could well have been more cunning than well thought out: perhaps Camden and Pickwick had to pay fewer royalties because the melodies were all in the Public domain. Would be a very Colonel-like approach... 😂
Actually, I do have a Japanese copy. Just forgot about it. 😁 Actually, almost all the PD tunes still have composer credits. They're credited to the in-house guys and gals that wrote for Elvis (Giant, Baum, Kaye, etc.) RCA or some related company could have had the publishing sewn up on these songs, though.
Thanks, but I'm indebted to a viewer, CSollerman, on this occasion. I knew some of the movie tracks on this LP were based on PD tunes, but he pointed out that (almost) all of them were. Thanks for watching.
Well done for finding some of the old clips. Very good research. Following on from the decision not to release a soundtrack album of Viva Las Vegas, the next worse decisions were inclusions of Burning Love-Matter of Time & Separate Ways-Always on My Mind on on albums with old soundtrack recordings. Was also looking forward as the video progressed to see if you did have a UK pressing of Burning Love. From what I recall they were very hard to get due to strike actions at the the time, although I may have mixed that up with Raised on Rock.
I just checked my copy of Elvis UK. It states they are indeed hard to find but no reason is given. You're right also about UK pressings of Raised on Rock being rare but I think that was due to the 1973 oil shock. Thanks for watching.
Hi David I must admit ( after all these years ) I did not notice this connection at all ! I have 7 copies of this album - 2 of them U.K, as you say quite hard to find, the U.S.A Camden one you mentioned along with the U.S.A Pickwick , 2 copies of U.S.A Green International and a German Blue International I know I am in the minority on this but the 2 recent singles on Camden albums at the time ( Burning Love/ Separate Ways ) was a great thing for me as a very young fan I could purchase 10 tracks for 99p whereas a single was about 60p.Hope all is well with you and thanks for the video.
I know a lot of people have fond memories of the Camden LPs, and bought or received them as youngsters, and to whom creativity and cred meant very little. Now we're all much older and can see the bad things about pairing a hit single with movie songs on a budget LP. I never had this album as a young collector, so I never had any emotional connection to it, but I do find it more interesting now I know that nearly all the movie songs have something in common. Cheers and I hope you're doing well. BTW I got the Elvis UK EP book. And then spent over a hundred quid on UK EPs I didn't have.
I think you may be referring to the deal Parker struck with RCA in 1973 to receive a one-off payment in return for royalties. Elvis knew about that because he received a lot of money at the time (nowhere near enough, of course).
Hi Dave ,av always loved this album a bought it way back in the day early 70s a have the UK copy ,sleeve and record as you featured and a have an American copy ,it was said back in the day ,not by me a hasen to add that RCA made an error in putting burning love on the album as it was ELs hit single ,a believe no 2 in USA and a top ten in the UK and promoting it this way was a mistake if that was what RCA were actually doing ,am not so sure me self,av always liked burning love as a record ,a liked it when a was a boy but as av got older it’s grown on me more ,but as you say the other tracks are really good as well ,vocally EL does a great job on them ,lovely piano Dave was that you playing ,if a had the sheet music a could learn it time ☺️ ,the UK pressing is rare and difficult to locate as ,as you say most were the American record,a wonder if it had a been sung an octave lower would o been any better ,what do you think Dave ,EL seems quite high in places ,it’s rumoured he did not like the track but for me along with chuck berry,s promised land they were ELs best rockers from the 70s for me anyway ,nice piece that Dave ,take care ,PS ,a managed to get the bootleg set you featured last week ,tha beautiful,thanks for your help there mate 👍🎸🎶🎶
Hi, Tony. As you'll see from many comments here, a lot of fans disagree with putting Burning Love on a budget LP. If the record company prioritised making money, and I think they did, then they wouldn't have been disappointed. I know a lot of other fans, like yourself, bought or received the album when very young and have fond memories of it. I'm kind of neutral because I never owned it as a young fan but, from a creative perspective, it wasn't a great move, I have to say. I've also read that Elvis didn't want to record Burning Love. Perhaps he just wasn't in the mood for rock music that day, as opposed to disliking the song. Anyway, glad he did it in the end. And good to hear you got the Memphis 3-LP set. Cheers, Tony.
Hello David Great video , one of the other songs based on public domain is Love Me Tender which is based on Aura Lea an old American civil war song used by Elvis in the 1956 movie.
Nice video! Can't Help Falling in Love is based on Plaisir d'amour by Padre Martini. Among non-movie songs, Surrender comes from Torna a Surriento (Come back to Sorrento) and It's Now or Never is a rewrite of O Sole mio. Why not re-use a good tune, especially if it's free?
Yes, and "What Now My Love" original "Et maintenant" written and recorded by french Gilbert Becaud in the early 1960's. The Background Rhythm is "Bolero" a 18th Century spanish dance.
Yes, after filming the video, it struck me what good taste the songwriters had. I actually enjoyed all the pieces of music I found for use in the video.
I think they may have used these to save money on publishing as they were old melodies in the public domain. Interesting video though David and I do enjoy the Camden albums. 😀
Hi, Grant. Are you back home yet? These songs all have songwriting credits (Tepper-Bennett and so on) so songwriters' royalties presumably had to be paid. I think publishing is a separate thing but many of Elvis' songwriters had their songs published through companies connected to RCA in some way.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan yes you are right but I’m sure money was involved somehow! Still in the US but heading home on Sunday. Will be in touch when I get home.
Hello David. Thanks for another entertaining and well-researched topic for discussion. Most of us who grew up in the 70’s have fond memories of listening to Elvis albums, especially the Camden LPs, which contained fairly strong material. However, as kids, we really did not know what was truly hip, cool, or influential. As young fans, we loved all things Elvis. I remember taking the Almost in Love LP to school because we were having a pizza party and the teacher said we could bring in a record to listen or dance to. I was in the 4th grade and this was circa 1976. The song I played was Rubbernecking. Not a bad choice, but I doubt anyone but me was impressed that day. To the point, I'm sure most of us had our favorites - even those albums that are not considered good. Today, we may have a soft spot for Let's Be Friends, Flaming Star, or the album in question. However, most who listened to mainstream radio music would not be impressed by the RCA Elvis marketing shenanigans of the day. With regard to the album you are discussing, it is my opinion that whoever came up with this ill-conceived idea, whether purposely or not, should have been fired and placed on a lifetime ban from any decision-making duties in the music industry. I consider this the weakest of the budget LPs and a travesty in that they “wasted” a top 5 single as its lead track, rather than including it on the next studio LP release. One would think this was a conscious attempt to marginalize the artist and sabotage future releases. This repeated practice resulted in Elvis’ name being irrelevant when seriously compared to artists and performers at that time. It is no surprise then that with most subsequent Elvis LPs or singles, no significant dent was made in the charts, apart from the occasional concert extravaganza which reached its zenith in 1973. Due to the dearth of good material, and the mismanagement of his music career in the 70’s, Elvis was to remain unimportant as a contemporary artist. I know. I lived through that era, and I always listened to the radio and read the latest music magazines, including keeping up with the Billboard rankings in Rolling Stone. How disappointed I was when the latest single I owned and loved, ‘T-R-O-U-B-L-E’ barely cracked the top 40. While there were occasional flashes of brilliance scattered throughout the studio albums and some singles released between 1972 and 1977, the mould was set. Radio stations were not going to play Elvis songs and the curious music fan who, for some reason, picked up the “latest” Elvis LP, would probably not do so again. I consider the Burning Love LP as the beginning of the end for non-die-hard Elvis fans. The “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me” way of thinking would be adhered to by most music lovers after the abomination that was this album. An album I did not like then, and one which I despise now. Thank God for the excellent greatest hits compilations, the Sun Sessions LP, and the couple of dynamic Elvis in concert LPs released throughout the decade of the 1970’s to remind listeners of the greatness that could be and that once was.
Hi, Tony. Thanks for taking the time to write such a long, detailed comment. You make some great points. I think with this album RCA went a step too far, even if someone did care enough to think through which movie songs to include. At least Volume 1 made sense, because many of the songs had become unavailable by that point. I guess the success of the Burning Love LP also led them to do it again with Separate Ways. To me, it seems Elvis was never taken as seriously as the other big rock acts of the '70s, such as Bowie or Led Zeppelin. Perhaps it was because of the movies. And his album sales seem to have been unremarkable even before Burning Love (e.g. Love Letters, Elvis Now, and so on.) The Camden albums, of course, were an exception, no doubt in large part due to the low price. I imagine a lot of people who bought this album, having liked the single, may have thought, what did I expect for 99 cents. All these years later, I wish that this album, its predecessor, and Separate Ways had never been released, but I know a lot of fans have a lot of affection for them. They certainly did nothing, though, to make Elvis any more respectable to the cool kids back then. Thanks again, Tony.
Santa Lucia is an old italien Song a Napolitan classic i think. Santa Lucias is a lagendary harbor in front of Naples. This theme was addapted by so many singers and crooners aound the world. Just my 5 cents . Your Channel is pure gold:)
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan maybe the name Santa Lucia for the Harbour is based on the fact you wrote about. This is something I don’t know anyway thx 🙏 for your very good work
Hello from Germany. That is what I always think of this Album since I was a kid . It's great how you review this Album. I like this Album since the first time I listen to it . The songs on it gives a great flow when you listen to it complete . Well , maybe you do a single review about the first Volume from this Album Series , the Elvis sings hits from his Movies Vol 1 . Have a nice day .
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan by the way . I think the first Volume had an idea behind the songs too . Same goes for almost in love , let's be friends and flaming star too . Except for Separate ways I have no idea what an idea behind the songs . But the front cover is great , both the cartoon and the real street Cover . Have a nice day
First of all, I'm not used to seeing you on a Thursday david😮😅. This was very interesting as i didnt realize some of these songs except for Guadalajara as im of Mexican descent. Juan
Hi, Juan. Yes, the video was scheduled for Sunday, but I just thought, why not put it up now. I guess Guadalajara is very well known down in Mexico. Thanks for watching.
Royalties still had to be paid because the songs were credited to modern composers, such as Tepper and Bennet, who are credited as writing the songs, even though they "borrowed" those old melodies.
I'll add a thought David: as the saying goes follow the money! As you mentioned, most of these songs (melodies) were in the public domain, so the 'smart person at RCA' (I use the term loosely), probably cobbled together these tracks for a budget LP knowing that royalties for the songs used would be minimal being in the PD, so thus saving money yet again. Any thoughts, just my crazy cynical theory 🤪
I think it was more likely to do with publishing than paying the songwriters, because all of those old songs are credited to modern writers (Tepper-Bennett, etc.) Perhaps those writers were forced to use publishers that were tied in with RCA. I think money may explain why the budget albums only had ten songs. That way, they didn't need to pay out as much in royalties to the writers.
I had the same thought that it had more to do with the money than actually trying to put together an album that made sense . Some notes on the album jacket talking about the origin of the movie songs might have me believe someone actually cared. That would actually make a pretty cool budget album if you included that information. Putting the Burning Love single on there proves they didn’t care. That song should have been anchoring a main stream release that included the Separate Ways/Always On My Mind and the other March 72 material along with the Trilogy single and a few other tracks recorded in Vegas in 72.
@@sentinel3504 Yes, even when I purchased when they were released, I did ask myself why a 'hit' radio friendly single was being released on a Camden budget album - very strange indeed!
@@sentinel3504 I'm not a big fan of mixing studio and live tracks on the same LP but, as we saw with the Burning Love CD from a few years ago, RCA had enough material back in '72 to make a good album using only recent material.
I never liked that they used the success of the Burning Love single to make more money. The theme here is obvious and doesn't fit the title track. Should have called "There's So Much World to See" from Double Trouble.
If someone at RCA really did pick out these songs because they were (almost) all based on old tunes, they should have picked a few more and left the single sides off and, as you suggest, chosen a better title. Thanks for watching.
Master, respect, please do me the same, unless you haven't done, pardon bad English, the separate ways Songs, that'll be fine. I spent a can of German beer😊❤
I think "only 2 good songs" (comment above) is harsh but, even if you think making a compilation of songs taken from PD tunes was a good idea (I certainly think it had potential), combining them with two sides of a hit single was not. Thanks to you both.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan I just think that a talent like Elvis was actually humiliated by putting a hit single like Burning Love on a “greatest hits from his movies” ???? album . Kind of sad , only my opinion
@@donaldperrotta8514 They weren't even "hits" from his movies. They made a lot of money from the album, no doubt, but it's a shame they chose to release Burning Love that way.
Interesting observations! I knew some of them, but a few surprises. The thought of someone at RCA “thinking” about an Elvis compilation is confusing.
I know. It's hard to imagine anyone cared.
Hi David thanks❤,Daniel.
You're welcome 😊
"I Can't Help Falling In Love," was written for Elvis by songwriters Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss. But they wrote their song based on the melody "Plaisir d'amour" a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini.
Even Bob Dylan borrowed from public domain melodies for compositions with "Girl From the North Country" being the most obvious -- it's actually "Scarborough Fair."
Songwriters have done this for decades & there's a good chance, aside from "It's Now or Never," ("O Solo Mio") & "Surrender" ("Come Back To Sorrento") -- adaptations, not ripoffs -- that Elvis was unaware of the individual song histories.
Elvis' "Tiger Man" is actually "Rollin' 'n Tumblin'" by Hambone Willie Newburn (1929) & recorded by Muddy Waters & most recently Bob Dylan which is probably based on an even earlier melody.
In a more recent era The Grateful Dead tune "Ripple" sounds a lot like an earlier song by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice from their musical "Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat," called "Any Dream Will Do." This predated the Dead song by several years. Coincidently lyricist Robert Hunter admitted seeing that play while staying in London.
I agree, there may have been some thought behind the "Burning Love," album but I still feel putting a hit of that magnitude on a budget label was RCA marketing at its most pathetic (The Camden label was a discounted album line RCA manufactured because they were pressed in Camden, NJ on flimsy dynaflex -- thin vinyl).
RCA later leased these masters to Pickwick (almost an insult to an artist). Elvis' next album "Separate Ways" was also on Camden & the artwork on that album showed a complete disinterest by RCA to take Elvis's product seriously.
That hit song deserved to be on a much better studio album. But that was RCA's reputation at the time. Package, repackage, reissue. Had Elvis been with Atlantic Records (negotiations were taking place around this time) the LP would not have been issued that way. (My background is in entertainment PR).
But I admit the bottom line is that the LP sold extremely well anyway & continues to sell.
Good report -- enjoyed listening to you dissect that album & explain each song's origins.
Great points. I'm entirely in agreement with you. Never knew Elvis was in negotiations with Atlantic in the '70s. I know they didn't have enough money to buy his contract from Sun in the '50s, though. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Enjoyed that David - thanks !
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks, Adam.
You just explained why I enjoy this album. Some great melodies in there!
Exactly. You can't blame the songwriters for using them, since they could. Thanks for watching.
It's highly interesting with the Movie Songs on the "Burning Love" Camden Album, i've read about it a few years ago in an Elvis Forum. Another Song comes on my mind, it's not a Movie-Song or written especially for Elvis but "She Wears My Ring" is based on the Song "La Golondrina" written by mexican physician Narciso Serradel Sevilla in 1862. Thank You David
I'll have to try and find the original and listen to it. Thanks, Harald.
Hi David ! Since the moment this album "replaced" "Standing Room Only" there is little to say , except that RCA thought about making more money with the same material , Thank You and TCB!👍
I certainly agree that money was probably pretty much the sole motivation for compiling this album. Thanks for watching.
Very interesting video, David, I really enjoyed it...
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.
What has always been one my least favourite Elvis compilations just became one of the most interesting. Fascinating video, thank you.
I agree but it still doesn't make it any less painful to think of what they did with Burning Love and It's a Matter of Time. Thanks for watching.
Stay Away (as you mentioned) are taken from Greensleves (an English folk song dating as far back as the 16th century).
Thanks for checking out the video and the original info. It was interesting to know and fun to make the video. Let me know if you have any insights into the Separate Ways LP. Some say all the songs are about separation, but I can't see it with some of them.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan I find absolutely no rhyme or reason in the tracklist of Separate Ways. Take away the hit-single (A1 & B1) and yet I find no common denominator in the other songs. I have searched high and low, looked at the lyrics and the songwriters and the recording sessions. All tracks were previously released, mostly from Something For Everybody and Elvis For Everyone, but also from his debut LP, a soundrack LP and an EP. The recordings span from 1956 to 1963 although some wasn’t released until 1965 and one as late as 1967.
For a moment I thought that I have found one little thing that they all had in common: That none of the songs had been performed live on stage. An insignificant yet veritable conformity. Then I found out that Elvis had sung the opening lines of Old Shep in a Texas show in November 1972 (two months prior the release of the Separate Ways LP).
Strangely enough it came as a relief, that we can determine that the Separate Ways album still proves to be the worst compiled officially released album.
Unless someone proves otherwise.
Hi David love this album Elvis Presley's Burning Love Camden LP true great songs my friend look forword more cool video
Cheers, Nigel. All the best.
keep up cool video David my friend
Hi David, It's Now Or Never is based on O Sole Mio & There's No Tomorrow, but then you know that already, it's also helped to sell more than a few ice creams.
Ha-ha, yes, I used to love a Cornetto.
Hi David my dear friend, how are you ? :) another great video, very interesting those chosen songs in this LP , great research ;) still looking the original UK green label ;) , this LP was the last Camden released in Israel ! Cheers, your friend: Lior
Hi, Lior. I'm fine, thanks. I hope you're doing well. I didn't know that about Separate Ways. I guess that means it's a sought-after album in Israel. BTW, I bought the Israeli copy of Fun in Acapulco, the one with the black cover. I found it here in Japan. My first record from Israel. Very happy to get it. Take care.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan Hi David :) i meant the BURNING LOVE LP , not SEPARATE WAYS, ;) ohhh you found the FUN IN ACAPULCO Israeli black picture sleeve ? Coll, glad you got it, Cheers Lior
Great informative video, but I am probably in the minority that believes this was by chance / coincidence. I find it odd other Camden LPs did not take advantage of this loop hole before or after this album was compiled or released. Maybe a public domain here and there but whether it was You'll Never Walk Alone, Hits From His Movies Vol 1 or even Separate Ways which followed this album it would be a unique strategy to only approach this LP with "free" tracks and not the ones before or after... makes ya think. Take care and TCB
The songs were based on PD tunes, but they were still credited to songwriters, mostly the usual suspects that often wrote for Elvis' movies (Giant - Baum - Kaye, etc.), so writers' royalties would still have been paid. Perhaps it was more of a publishing thing, with these writers being contracted to publishers connected to RCA.
Hi there how are you getting along :). This is great but ok ... I don't know the songs that you did play lol. I was wondering where this was going with this? :). Ok wow I get it know it is just wild how all of those song link into Elvis :). This had a great twist of a video. But well done you :) I did like it a lot cheer mate!!!!!
All good thanks, Beatle Brad. Yep. Most of those movie songs on that album came from old PD songs. What clever songwriters Elvis had working for him! Cheers.
Yes, you are so right just so clever :). Great video and have a TCB day as well :)!!!!
Very interesting, seemingly not as random as I always assumed. It makes me imagine a time in the distant future when people are listening to songs based on early rock songs. While I think there will always be creative, original ideas, it's going to be get increasingly difficult to avoid at least being heavily influenced by past melodies. Famously in the 1970s, the recently deceased Eric Carmen had 2 huge hits based on Rachmaninoff melodies. He had assumed he was safe because they were in the public domain in the US, not realizing they were still under copyright in the rest of the world. When the composers estate made him aware of this they came to agreement where the estate would receive a portion of the royalties.
You'd think that, because the best music survives, that future generations would go on to make even better music as they'd hear, and be influenced by, only the good stuff. Sadly, I don't hear much evidence of that in today's music, but I may just be an old cynic. The Eric Carmen story is fascinating. Never knew that. Thanks.
Fascinating Stuff David 👍🎶🥂
Cheers, Paul!
Great video again. Wonder why you do not have the Japanese version of this album 😉 Anyway, the reason for this selection of songs could well have been more cunning than well thought out: perhaps Camden and Pickwick had to pay fewer royalties because the melodies were all in the Public domain. Would be a very Colonel-like approach... 😂
Actually, I do have a Japanese copy. Just forgot about it. 😁 Actually, almost all the PD tunes still have composer credits. They're credited to the in-house guys and gals that wrote for Elvis (Giant, Baum, Kaye, etc.) RCA or some related company could have had the publishing sewn up on these songs, though.
Very interesting and informative video review. I definitely learned a few things I didn’t know.⚡️
Great to know. Thanks a lot.
Quite often your knowledge does amaze me ,great video as always.
Luv the show.
Thanks, but I'm indebted to a viewer, CSollerman, on this occasion. I knew some of the movie tracks on this LP were based on PD tunes, but he pointed out that (almost) all of them were. Thanks for watching.
Well done for finding some of the old clips. Very good research. Following on from the decision not to release a soundtrack album of Viva Las Vegas, the next worse decisions were inclusions of Burning Love-Matter of Time & Separate Ways-Always on My Mind on on albums with old soundtrack recordings. Was also looking forward as the video progressed to see if you did have a UK pressing of Burning Love. From what I recall they were very hard to get due to strike actions at the the time, although I may have mixed that up with Raised on Rock.
I just checked my copy of Elvis UK. It states they are indeed hard to find but no reason is given. You're right also about UK pressings of Raised on Rock being rare but I think that was due to the 1973 oil shock. Thanks for watching.
Hi David I must admit ( after all these years ) I did not notice this connection at all ! I have 7 copies of this album - 2 of them U.K, as you say quite hard to find, the U.S.A Camden one you mentioned along with the U.S.A Pickwick , 2 copies of U.S.A Green International and a German Blue International I know I am in the minority on this but the 2 recent singles on Camden albums at the time ( Burning Love/ Separate Ways ) was a great thing for me as a very young fan I could purchase 10 tracks for 99p whereas a single was about 60p.Hope all is well with you and thanks for the video.
I know a lot of people have fond memories of the Camden LPs, and bought or received them as youngsters, and to whom creativity and cred meant very little. Now we're all much older and can see the bad things about pairing a hit single with movie songs on a budget LP. I never had this album as a young collector, so I never had any emotional connection to it, but I do find it more interesting now I know that nearly all the movie songs have something in common. Cheers and I hope you're doing well. BTW I got the Elvis UK EP book. And then spent over a hundred quid on UK EPs I didn't have.
Fascinating topic. With a more ambitious PR person, it could have been “Burning Love & Ancient Melodies”
Or ideally, no Burning Love or It's a Matter of Time but a few more PD tunes such as the ones I mentioned at the end. Thanks for watching!
At least Camden label were creative. But read some where of Colonel selling the royalties over. Unknown to Elvis.
I think you may be referring to the deal Parker struck with RCA in 1973 to receive a one-off payment in return for royalties. Elvis knew about that because he received a lot of money at the time (nowhere near enough, of course).
Hi Dave ,av always loved this album a bought it way back in the day early 70s a have the UK copy ,sleeve and record as you featured and a have an American copy ,it was said back in the day ,not by me a hasen to add that RCA made an error in putting burning love on the album as it was ELs hit single ,a believe no 2 in USA and a top ten in the UK and promoting it this way was a mistake if that was what RCA were actually doing ,am not so sure me self,av always liked burning love as a record ,a liked it when a was a boy but as av got older it’s grown on me more ,but as you say the other tracks are really good as well ,vocally EL does a great job on them ,lovely piano Dave was that you playing ,if a had the sheet music a could learn it time ☺️ ,the UK pressing is rare and difficult to locate as ,as you say most were the American record,a wonder if it had a been sung an octave lower would o been any better ,what do you think Dave ,EL seems quite high in places ,it’s rumoured he did not like the track but for me along with chuck berry,s promised land they were ELs best rockers from the 70s for me anyway ,nice piece that Dave ,take care ,PS ,a managed to get the bootleg set you featured last week ,tha beautiful,thanks for your help there mate 👍🎸🎶🎶
Hi, Tony. As you'll see from many comments here, a lot of fans disagree with putting Burning Love on a budget LP. If the record company prioritised making money, and I think they did, then they wouldn't have been disappointed. I know a lot of other fans, like yourself, bought or received the album when very young and have fond memories of it. I'm kind of neutral because I never owned it as a young fan but, from a creative perspective, it wasn't a great move, I have to say.
I've also read that Elvis didn't want to record Burning Love. Perhaps he just wasn't in the mood for rock music that day, as opposed to disliking the song. Anyway, glad he did it in the end. And good to hear you got the Memphis 3-LP set. Cheers, Tony.
Hello David
Great video , one of the other songs based on public domain is Love Me Tender which is based on Aura Lea an old American civil war song used by Elvis in the 1956 movie.
Yes, that's a big one I missed. Thanks.
Nice video! Can't Help Falling in Love is based on Plaisir d'amour by Padre Martini. Among non-movie songs, Surrender comes from Torna a Surriento (Come back to Sorrento) and It's Now or Never is a rewrite of O Sole mio. Why not re-use a good tune, especially if it's free?
Yes, and "What Now My Love" original "Et maintenant" written and recorded by french Gilbert Becaud in the early 1960's. The Background Rhythm is "Bolero" a 18th Century spanish dance.
Yes, after filming the video, it struck me what good taste the songwriters had. I actually enjoyed all the pieces of music I found for use in the video.
Hello David I really love all the songs on the album but my favorite camden album is separate ways TCB ❤.
Maybe I'll do a video on that one. Are all the songs really about separation?
Really cool vid. Thanks for this!
You're welcome. Thanks.
And the list goes on forever - "Shortnin bread", "Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald"...
Clambake and Tonight's All Right for Love. I didn't know about the latter. Thanks for pointing that out.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan Yep - there were many songwriters who made a quick buck with old melodies.
I think they may have used these to save money on publishing as they were old melodies in the public domain. Interesting video though David and I do enjoy the Camden albums. 😀
Hi, Grant. Are you back home yet? These songs all have songwriting credits (Tepper-Bennett and so on) so songwriters' royalties presumably had to be paid. I think publishing is a separate thing but many of Elvis' songwriters had their songs published through companies connected to RCA in some way.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan yes you are right but I’m sure money was involved somehow! Still in the US but heading home on Sunday. Will be in touch when I get home.
@@grantbaensch9726 Have a safe trip!
Another interesting video my friend, I also have a UK copy of this album, as you say very rare now, and hard to find! cheers mate, take care!
Still on my list are UK pressings of "Fool" and Raised on Rock. Cheers, Mal.
Hello David. Thanks for another entertaining and well-researched topic for discussion. Most of us who grew up in the 70’s have fond memories of listening to Elvis albums, especially the Camden LPs, which contained fairly strong material. However, as kids, we really did not know what was truly hip, cool, or influential. As young fans, we loved all things Elvis. I remember taking the Almost in Love LP to school because we were having a pizza party and the teacher said we could bring in a record to listen or dance to. I was in the 4th grade and this was circa 1976. The song I played was Rubbernecking. Not a bad choice, but I doubt anyone but me was impressed that day. To the point, I'm sure most of us had our favorites - even those albums that are not considered good. Today, we may have a soft spot for Let's Be Friends, Flaming Star, or the album in question. However, most who listened to mainstream radio music would not be impressed by the RCA Elvis marketing shenanigans of the day.
With regard to the album you are discussing, it is my opinion that whoever came up with this ill-conceived idea, whether purposely or not, should have been fired and placed on a lifetime ban from any decision-making duties in the music industry. I consider this the weakest of the budget LPs and a travesty in that they “wasted” a top 5 single as its lead track, rather than including it on the next studio LP release. One would think this was a conscious attempt to marginalize the artist and sabotage future releases. This repeated practice resulted in Elvis’ name being irrelevant when seriously compared to artists and performers at that time.
It is no surprise then that with most subsequent Elvis LPs or singles, no significant dent was made in the charts, apart from the occasional concert extravaganza which reached its zenith in 1973. Due to the dearth of good material, and the mismanagement of his music career in the 70’s, Elvis was to remain unimportant as a contemporary artist. I know. I lived through that era, and I always listened to the radio and read the latest music magazines, including keeping up with the Billboard rankings in Rolling Stone. How disappointed I was when the latest single I owned and loved, ‘T-R-O-U-B-L-E’ barely cracked the top 40.
While there were occasional flashes of brilliance scattered throughout the studio albums and some singles released between 1972 and 1977, the mould was set. Radio stations were not going to play Elvis songs and the curious music fan who, for some reason, picked up the “latest” Elvis LP, would probably not do so again. I consider the Burning Love LP as the beginning of the end for non-die-hard Elvis fans. The “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me” way of thinking would be adhered to by most music lovers after the abomination that was this album. An album I did not like then, and one which I despise now. Thank God for the excellent greatest hits compilations, the Sun Sessions LP, and the couple of dynamic Elvis in concert LPs released throughout the decade of the 1970’s to remind listeners of the greatness that could be and that once was.
Hi, Tony. Thanks for taking the time to write such a long, detailed comment. You make some great points. I think with this album RCA went a step too far, even if someone did care enough to think through which movie songs to include. At least Volume 1 made sense, because many of the songs had become unavailable by that point. I guess the success of the Burning Love LP also led them to do it again with Separate Ways.
To me, it seems Elvis was never taken as seriously as the other big rock acts of the '70s, such as Bowie or Led Zeppelin. Perhaps it was because of the movies. And his album sales seem to have been unremarkable even before Burning Love (e.g. Love Letters, Elvis Now, and so on.) The Camden albums, of course, were an exception, no doubt in large part due to the low price. I imagine a lot of people who bought this album, having liked the single, may have thought, what did I expect for 99 cents. All these years later, I wish that this album, its predecessor, and Separate Ways had never been released, but I know a lot of fans have a lot of affection for them. They certainly did nothing, though, to make Elvis any more respectable to the cool kids back then. Thanks again, Tony.
Fun interesting video 👍
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.
Santa Lucia is an old italien Song a Napolitan classic i think. Santa Lucias is a lagendary harbor in front of Naples. This theme was addapted by so many singers and crooners aound the world. Just my 5 cents . Your Channel is pure gold:)
Thanks for pointing that out. 5 cents well spent. Don't know why I thought it was Saint Lucy. Thanks for watching!
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan maybe the name Santa Lucia for the Harbour is based on the fact you wrote about. This is something I don’t know anyway thx 🙏 for your very good work
@@markusabel333 No, I think you're right. I checked it out after getting your comment. Thanks again.
Hello from Germany. That is what I always think of this Album since I was a kid . It's great how you review this Album. I like this Album since the first time I listen to it . The songs on it gives a great flow when you listen to it complete . Well , maybe you do a single review about the first Volume from this Album Series , the Elvis sings hits from his Movies Vol 1 . Have a nice day .
I may review the first "Sings Hits from His Movies" collection. I really should buy a copy of the album first. 😄 Thanks for watching!
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan by the way . I think the first Volume had an idea behind the songs too . Same goes for almost in love , let's be friends and flaming star too . Except for Separate ways I have no idea what an idea behind the songs . But the front cover is great , both the cartoon and the real street Cover . Have a nice day
First of all, I'm not used to seeing you on a Thursday david😮😅.
This was very interesting as i didnt realize some of these songs except for Guadalajara as im of Mexican descent.
Juan
Hi, Juan. Yes, the video was scheduled for Sunday, but I just thought, why not put it up now. I guess Guadalajara is very well known down in Mexico. Thanks for watching.
@ElvisPresleyInJapan yes it is and hearing Elvis sing it can be painful 😆
@@SuperAtlantis1 😄What, his pronunciation?
Public domain … so royalties don’t have to be paid !!! ????
Royalties still had to be paid because the songs were credited to modern composers, such as Tepper and Bennet, who are credited as writing the songs, even though they "borrowed" those old melodies.
I'll add a thought David: as the saying goes follow the money! As you mentioned, most of these songs (melodies) were in the public domain, so the 'smart person at RCA' (I use the term loosely), probably cobbled together these tracks for a budget LP knowing that royalties for the songs used would be minimal being in the PD, so thus saving money yet again. Any thoughts, just my crazy cynical theory 🤪
I think it was more likely to do with publishing than paying the songwriters, because all of those old songs are credited to modern writers (Tepper-Bennett, etc.) Perhaps those writers were forced to use publishers that were tied in with RCA. I think money may explain why the budget albums only had ten songs. That way, they didn't need to pay out as much in royalties to the writers.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan This is such an interesting topic, indeed good points. Yes, love to have been in the know of what was going on!
I had the same thought that it had more to do with the money than actually trying to put together an album that made sense . Some notes on the album jacket talking about the origin of the movie songs might have me believe someone actually cared. That would actually make a pretty cool budget album if you included that information. Putting the Burning Love single on there proves they didn’t care. That song should have been anchoring a main stream release that included the Separate Ways/Always On My Mind and the other March 72 material along with the Trilogy single and a few other tracks recorded in Vegas in 72.
@@sentinel3504 Yes, even when I purchased when they were released, I did ask myself why a 'hit' radio friendly single was being released on a Camden budget album - very strange indeed!
@@sentinel3504 I'm not a big fan of mixing studio and live tracks on the same LP but, as we saw with the Burning Love CD from a few years ago, RCA had enough material back in '72 to make a good album using only recent material.
I never liked that they used the success of the Burning Love single to make more money. The theme here is obvious and doesn't fit the title track. Should have called "There's So Much World to See" from Double Trouble.
If someone at RCA really did pick out these songs because they were (almost) all based on old tunes, they should have picked a few more and left the single sides off and, as you suggest, chosen a better title. Thanks for watching.
Master, respect, please do me the same, unless you haven't done, pardon bad English, the separate ways Songs, that'll be fine. I spent a can of German beer😊❤
I'll try. Some people say the album is full of songs about "separation", but I don't think they all are. Thanks for watching.
Actually only 2 good songs on the album.
Agreed. An embarrassing mess, this album is/was.
I think "only 2 good songs" (comment above) is harsh but, even if you think making a compilation of songs taken from PD tunes was a good idea (I certainly think it had potential), combining them with two sides of a hit single was not. Thanks to you both.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan I just think that a talent like Elvis was actually humiliated by putting a hit single like Burning Love on a “greatest hits from his movies” ???? album . Kind of sad , only my opinion
@@donaldperrotta8514 They weren't even "hits" from his movies. They made a lot of money from the album, no doubt, but it's a shame they chose to release Burning Love that way.
That's a very interesting topic David!
Great work!
Hey, Dick! Nice to see you here.