Kissin´ Cousins FTD now!!

Personally I'd place Kissin' Cousins firmly in the bottom 5 soundtracks. Lets get it over with and bring out a single disc, 7" FTD with whatever odds and ends are available.

FTD label is ok for the hardcore collector, but dont subject the public to this awful LP

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That's why the title of the thread is "Kissin' Cousins FTD now!!".

Embarassing or awful to some maybe but in the context of Elvis' career it was just another piece in the jigsaw of immortality.

I kinda liked the soundtrack too but wondered about the bad sound quality, back when I bought the album in 1987. But "Barefoot Ballad" was the bottom by far. Never liked the movie neither. What a crappy piece of sh*t.

FTD label is ok for the hardcore collector, but dont subject the public to this awful LP

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That's why the title of the thread is "Kissin' Cousins FTD now!!".

Embarassing or awful to some maybe but in the context of Elvis' career it was just another piece in the jigsaw of immortality.

Yes but you never know. The label did release some single disc soundtracks the last few years, among them the indifferent Girl Happy. That should have been kept under wraps if you ask me.

This came out in the USA just as Beatlemania was breaking early in 1964. To say Elvis sounded dated is an understatement. Yes, good vocals (better than Clambake and ECEG) but dire material except for 1 or 2 songs. I hope this never makes the mainstream again. Its an embarrasment to his legacy. FTD label is ok for the hardcore collector, but dont subject the public to this awful LP. No one will ever whistle along to Smokey Mountain Boy!

The Beatles also sound dated today. It was so long ago. Beatlemania... That all happened when dinosaurs walked the earth. At this point, there is no need to worry about how an Elvis soundtrack was reviewed back then, or what the public willl think of it today, because nobody in the mainstream will buy it anyway. Let's just enjoy it for what it is -- a nice, clean, fun album with some perfect singing from our boy. Bring it on, Ernst, make it happen!

Keith Richards, Jr.

You call "Catchin' On Fast" clean?

I actually really like the Kissin Cousins soundtrack. I'm perfectly aware of how substandard it is, but I just have a soft spot for it.

Even Barefoot Ballad?

Ouch.

Maybe not so much as the rest of the tracks, but yes. Even 'Barefoot Ballad'.

I loved this LP since i bought it for the first time back in 1988...
Its a fun album and FTD should release this one , really too bad there are no outakes....
But ill buy this anyway
Great picture sleeve , very colourful, like Roustabout...thats another one FTD should release

I'm not sure if the multi-tracks for Kissin' Cousins have ever been found, so a remix at this stage would be out of the question. However, it remains unclear on how the solo hillbilly vocal overdub of Kissin' Cousins [take 1] was made available for release on the Silver Screen Stereo ftd, back in 2001.
I would guess, the album master, as heard in it's current state, is at least one generation away from what one could reasonably expect to hear today. Further, it's a possibility, that the heavy un-Bill Porter-like reverb heard on these soundtrack recordings, was mixed in after the final album master was created - thus losing a tape generation in the process, and hence the obtrusive tape hiss clearly evident.