Double Trouble (Elvis Presley album)

Double Trouble
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
Elvis Presley chronology
How Great Thou Art (1967) Double Trouble (1967) Clambake (1967)
Singles from Double Trouble
"Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" Released: April 1967

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Double Trouble is the twenty-ninth album by Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3787, in June 1967. Recording sessions took place at Radio Recorders and at MGM Studios in Hollywood, California, on June 28, 29, and 30, 1966.^[2] It peaked at number 47 on the Billboard 200.^[3]

Content

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.^[4] 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)."^[4] 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.^[5] 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.

Nine songs were recorded for the film, coming in at a brief 17:11 and far too short for a normal LP. To bring up the running time, three tracks recorded at the "lost album" sessions of May, 1963, were added to push the album over the twenty-minute mark.^[6] Two had already been issued as b-sides to singles, "Never Ending", the flipside to a four-year-old album track "Such A Night", and "Blue River" on the back of an eight-year-old vault track, "Tell Me Why."^[7] "It Won't Be Long" was recorded for the film but was not used.

In 2004 Double Trouble was reissued on the Follow That Dream label in a special edition that contained the original album tracks along with a selection of alternate takes.^[8]

Personnel

• Elvis Presley − vocals
• The Jordanaires − backing vocals
• Richard Noel − trombone
• Boots Randolph − saxophone
• Butch Parker, Mike Henderson − saxophone ("City by Night")
• Pete Drake − pedal steel guitar
• Scotty Moore − electric guitar
• Tiny Timbrell − acoustic guitar
• Mike Deasy − electric guitar ("City by Night")
• Charlie McCoy − harmonica
• Floyd Cramer − piano
• Bob Moore − double bass
• Jerry Scheff − bass guitar ("City by Night")
• D. J. Fontana, Buddy Harman − drums
• Toxey Sewell − drums ("City by Night")

Track listing

Original release

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Double Trouble"	Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman	June 29, 1966	1:38
2.	"Baby, If You'll Give Me All of Your Love"	Joy Byers	June 29, 1966	1:47
3.	"Could I Fall in Love"	Randy Starr	June 28, 1966	1:42
4.	"Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)"	Leslie McFarland, Walter Scott	June 29, 1966	1:27
5.	"City by Night"	Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye	June 28, 1966	3:04
6.	"Old MacDonald"	Randy Starr	June 29, 1966	2:04

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"I Love Only One Girl"	Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett	June 29, 1966	1:52
2.	"There Is So Much World to See"	Randy Starr	June 28, 1966	1:53
3.	"It Won't Be Long" (bonus track)	Ben Weisman and Sid Wayne	June 29, 1966	1:44
4.	"Never Ending" (bonus track)	Buddy Kaye and Phil Springer	May 26, 1963	1:57
5.	"Blue River" (bonus track)	Paul Evans and Fred Tobias	May 27, 1963	1:32
6.	"What Now, What Next, Where To" (bonus track)	Hal Blair and Don Robertson	May 26, 1963	1:56

Follow That Dream reissue

Tracks 1-12 are the original album tracks

No. Title Length 13. "Double Trouble" (take 1) 1:39 14. "Baby, If You'll Give Me All Of Your Love" (take 2) 2:25 15. "I Love Only One Girl" (take 1) 2:25 16. "It Won't Be Long" (takes 1,2) 2:21 17. "Long Legged Girl" ([2nd version] takes 1,2) 2:40 18. "Could I Fall In Love" (take 6 [undubbed master]) 2:27 19. "There Is So Much World To See" (take 10) 2:27

No. Title Length 20. "Long Legged Girl" ([1st version] take 6) 1:44 21. "City By Night" (take 3/10) 2:56 22. "It Won't Be Long" (take 5) 1:47 23. "Double Trouble" (takes 2,3) 1:50 24. "Baby, If You'll Give Me All Of Your Love" (takes 3,4) 2:49 25. "Could I Fall In Love" (harmony take 1) 1:48 Total length: 51:54

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Keith Flynn's Elvis Presley pages". Keith Flynn. 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
3. Awards for Double Trouble at AllMusic
4. Jorgensen, Ernst. Elvis Presley A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; p. 221.
5. Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 222.
6. Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 179.
7. Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 75.
8. Sources:
   • "Follow That Dream releases". Elvispresleyshop. Elvis Australia. 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
   • "Double Trouble". Shopelvis. ABG EPE IP LLC. 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.

External links

• LPM-3787 Double Trouble Guide part of the The Elvis Presley Record Research Database
• LSP-3787 Double Trouble Guide part of the The Elvis Presley Record Research Database