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}} ''Speedway'' is the thirty-second album by Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3989, in May 1968 — the May 1 date is disputed. It serves as the soundtrack album for the 1968 film ''Speedway'' starring Presley. Recording sessions took place at MGM Studios in Hollywood, California, on June 20 and 21, 1967. It peaked at number 82 on the ''Billboard'' 200. ==Content== By June 1967, while Presley was toiling at the sessions for this soundtrack, the recent release of the magnum opus by The Beatles, ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'', had the music industry in thrall. ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' would build its influence through the decades, and ''Surrealistic Pillow'' by Jefferson Airplane, the debut album by The Doors, and ''I Never Loved A Man the Way I Love You'' by Aretha Franklin were all top-selling albums.〔Miller, Jim, editor. ''The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll'', second edition. New York: Random House, 1980; pp. 254, 274, 284.〕 The Monterey Pop Festival had taken place just the past weekend some 300 miles up the California coast from where Presley was working. He was probably aware of some of the changes being wrought in popular music around him, but in his own increasingly isolated world he was most aware that there were more soundtrack songs to record.〔Jorgensen, Ernst. ''Elvis Presley A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; p. 228.〕 Eight tracks were recorded at the sessions, with "Suppose", the only song that held interest for Elvis, dropped from the movie.〔Jorgensen, op. cit., pp. 229-230.〕 Two tracks were pulled for a single, "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby" with "Let Yourself Go" on its b-side, and both sides made the lower reaches of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (respectively numbers 72 and 71) but bombed sales-wise.〔Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 244.〕 "There Ain't Nothing Like A Song," rejected from the soundtrack for ''Spinout'', was one of two songs that feature the lead vocals of Nancy Sinatra, here in duet with Presley.〔Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 228.〕 All her vocals, and her "Your Groovy Self," the only time a track without Elvis featured on any of his releases, were recorded at a separate session on June 26, produced by Lee Hazlewood.〔(Elvis Presley sessionography )〕 Three leftover tracks, including one from the May 1963 "lost album" sessions, were unearthed to round out the album. ''Speedway'' took over the new low for chart position and album sales by Presley, shifting units numbered in five figures, jeopardizing his recording career.〔Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 262.〕 Much to his relief, it killed the soundtrack formula, this being the final Presley dramatic feature film to have a full soundtrack album. His last five movies of the decade — ''Stay Away, Joe'', ''Live A Little, Love A Little'', ''Charro!'', ''The Trouble with Girls'', and ''Change of Habit'' — concentrated on Presley the actor, not Presley the singer, with minimal song requirements.〔Jorgensen, op. cit., p. 239, 243, 260, 261, 279.〕 It is also the last Presley album to be released in both stereo and mono editions as mono was being phased out by the industry, thus making the rare mono pressing of ''Speedway'' (LPM-3989) a sought-after item among collectors〔(Megocollector website )〕 Three songs from this album appear on ''Command Performances: The Essential 60s Masters II'' (1995): the two sides of the single and the title track. 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「Speedway (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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