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}} ''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. It peaked at number 47 on the ''Billboard'' 200. ==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.〔Jorgensen, Ernst. ''Elvis Presley A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; p. 221.〕 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)."〔 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.〔Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 222.〕 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.〔Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 179.〕 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."〔Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 75.〕 "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.〔Sources: * *〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Double Trouble (Elvis Presley album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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