After being merely occupied with technical stuff behind this site for more than two weeks, I finally found the time to put down my thoughts on the last FTD release I received, the book/CD King Creole – The Music
Design
The design is coherent with previous FTD books. I like it when series like this are recognizable like this.
Content
The text is taken from Ernst Jorgensen’s A Life In Music, thus not much new here. There’s a “Who’s who”, with all musicians listed, including photo. A nice idea!
A lot of the pictures were unpublished before. For some that’s obvious, since there is a few that is totally out of focus and blurred. The whole gives a nice impression thou, especially with the CD playing on (nearly) full power! The last one sounds fantastic and made me realize that I didn’t play the soundtrack for too long.
Conclusion
This release made me realize why King Creole is my favourite movie again. It is where Elvis is all about: the rock’n’roller that leaves everybody else far behind him. His later successes were only a tiny echo of what he had been.
KING CREOLE – THE MUSIC CD TRACK LISTING
01 King Creole – take 13 – 2:08
Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
02 As Long As I Have You – take 10 – 1:50
Fred Wise/Ben Weisman
03 Hard Headed Woman – take 10 – 1:53
Claude DeMetrius
04 Trouble – take 5 – 2:17
Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
05 Dixieland Rock – take 14 – 1:47
Claude DeMetrius/Fred Wise
06 Don't Ask Me Why – take 12 – 2:06
Fred Wise/Ben Weisman
07 Lover Doll - take 7 – 2:08
Sid Wayne/Abner Silver
08 Crawfish – take 7 – 1:49
Fred Wise/Ben Weisman
09 Young Dreams – take 8 – 2:23
Martin Kalmanoff/Aaron Schroeder
10 Steadfast, Loyal And True 1:15
Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
11 New Orleans – take 5 1:59
Sid Tepper/Roy C. Bennett
BONUS MATERIAL
12 Danny – take 10 – 1:52
Fred Wise/Ben Weisman
13 As Long As I Have You – (movie version) – take 4 – 0:56
Fred Wise/Ben Weisman
14 Lover Doll (undubbed EP master) – take 7 – 2:14
Sid Wayne/Abner Silver
15 King Creole (1. version) - take 3 – 2:05
Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
16 Steadfast, Loyal And True (1. version) – take 6 – 1:31
Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
17 As Long As I Have You (unused movie version) – take 8 – 1:24
Fred Wise/Ben Weisman
18 King Creole (1. version) – take 18 – 2:16
Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
19 Steadfast, Loyal And True (undubbed version) – 1:15
Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller