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When I first heard his version in 1999, I thought he must have heard something good! And I revisited the Elvis original and loved it.TINML wrote:Good song but I prefer Paul McCartney's version
"Well sir,to be honest with you,we just stumbled upon it." - 1954
Thanks, I will!Ciscoking wrote:Juan Luis..I like your topics about certain Elvis songs....keep em coming...always remind me of them and make me play them....thank you !!!
It's also interesting that "Party" was seen and heard in several "Loving You" sequences, and was a different recording from what was released on vinyl by RCA in 1957. The film version was made on January 15, the LP version on January 21.r&b wrote:I only ever liked Elvis's version of this song, because his voice is just, well perfect. Daft lyrics, but hey that was rock and roll.
.You mean this alternate version right?TCBell wrote:Thanks Juan, a highlight for me from Loving You, especially the version with the different lyrics!
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Thanks, especially for the UK information.poormadpeter2 wrote:Yet another song that missed out being a hit in America due to it not being released as a single. In the UK, it reached #2 in the charts - even more impressive as Paralysed was released just a few weeks earlier and hit #8. It's also worth adding that, had Party gone one step further and reached the top spot, it would still, some 58 years later, have been the shortest single to ever reach #1 in the UK! The popularity of the recording would be cemented in the UK with its inclusion on the 40 Greatest album in the 1970s, where it sat alongside Got a Lot of Livin' to Do, also from Loving You and also unreleased as a single in the States.
America would also fail to release a single from the Christmas album later in the year, but Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me managed #7 in the UK. America would also inexplicably fail to release King Creole as a single. Quite clearly the appetite for Elvis material in the UK was greater that America from the get-go, and would continue through the 1970s and, it seems, to the present day with the (unfortunate) success of the RPO albums here.
This is another case where I think, Imo, the "Alternate" take eclipses the "Master".Eggrert wrote:This one's always a joy to hear. I don't care much for the alternate master or the "covers" that I've heard, but the Loving You master is pure, blissful perfection.
So is Elvis' straight forward r'n'r. I also like Wenda's version.Ciscoking wrote:I always preferred Wanda Jacksons version...its straight Rock And Roll...
Interesting comment on that link :svallen wrote:Wanda Jackson from the 50s,enjoy it:
IIRC the record version is used in the movie - albeit edited. The first time Elvis sings it in the film the "film version" is used. The second time it's the "record version" with the third verse ("Hony Tonky Joe") edited out.drjohncarpenter wrote:It's also interesting that "Party" was seen and heard in several "Loving You" sequences, and was a different recording from what was released on vinyl by RCA in 1957. The film version was made on January 15, the LP version on January 21.
I think the real reason there were so many Elvis UK single releases in late '57 had to do with HMV "milking" their licencing agreement with RCA before it ran out!poormadpeter2 wrote:Yet another song that missed out being a hit in America due to it not being released as a single. In the UK, it reached #2 in the charts - even more impressive as Paralysed was released just a few weeks earlier and hit #8. It's also worth adding that, had Party gone one step further and reached the top spot, it would still, some 58 years later, have been the shortest single to ever reach #1 in the UK! The popularity of the recording would be cemented in the UK with its inclusion on the 40 Greatest album in the 1970s, where it sat alongside Got a Lot of Livin' to Do, also from Loving You and also unreleased as a single in the States.
America would also fail to release a single from the Christmas album later in the year, but Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me managed #7 in the UK. America would also inexplicably fail to release King Creole as a single. Quite clearly the appetite for Elvis material in the UK was greater that America from the get-go, and would continue through the 1970s and, it seems, to the present day with the (unfortunate) success of the RPO albums here.
I didn't even have a record player for 33 rpm at that time; just a old black portable wind-up player for 78's, so all I could play was the 10" 78 rpm singles, very loud 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COLUMBIA-MODEL-204B-GRAFONOLA-GRAMOPHONE-WIND-UP-RECORD-PLAYER-WORKING-/182356096965I agree. I could do with more alt takes featuring less or zero Jords to be honest. Sometimes I love them there, but often not.minkahed wrote:This is another case where I think, Imo, the "Alternate" take eclipses the "Master" ...Eggrert wrote:This one's always a joy to hear. I don't care much for the alternate master or the "covers" that I've heard, but the Loving You master is pure, blissful perfection.
it benefits not having the Jords ha-ha ing ...
