"Elvis: Silver Screen Treasures" è il titolo del box in cui si trovano 3 vinili colorati e 5 CD, contenuti in un box formato LP, con all'interno un libretto in formato maxi, in cui si ascoltano, per la maggior parte, tutte versioni alternative delle canzoni provenienti dalle colonne sonore dei film dal 1962 al 1965.
Le canzoni:
CD 1 - Silver Screen Treasures:
(It Happened At The World’s Fair - Take Me To The Fair (Take 1 - 3) - Beyond The Bend (Take 2) - Happy Ending (Take 8 - Master Take) - Cotton Candy Land (Take 1 - 4) - Happy Ending (Take 6) - They Remind Me Too Much Of You (Take 1) - A World Of Our Own (Master) - Take Me To The Fair (Take 7) - Happy Ending (Take 9 - Master Take - Movie Version) - I’m Falling In Love Tonight (Take 7 & 6) - How Would You Like To Be (Take 3 & 2) - Relax (Take 12 & 13 - Master Take) - One Broken Heart For Sale (Take 1 - Master Take - Movie Version)
Fun In Acapulco:
Fun In Acapulco (Master) - El Toro (Spliced Master) - I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here (Take 15) - The Bullfighter Was A Lady (Take 10) - Vino, Dinero Y Amor (Take 1) - Bossa Nova Baby (Take 2) - Guadalajara (Vocal Overdub - Take 4) - You Can’t Say No In Acapulco (Take 4) - Mexico (Take 7) - Bossa Nova Baby (Extended Master) - Marguerita (Take 7 & 6) - Guadalajara (Vocal Overdub - Take 2) - Vino, Dinero Y Amor (Movie Version) - No Room To Rhumba (Movie Version)
CD 2 - Viva Las Vegas:
Viva Las Vegas (Demo Arrangement - Take 1) - Santa Lucia (Master) - The Lady Loves Me (Take 2) - Night Life (Unedited Take 14 - Master Take) - C’mon Everybody (Record Version - Take 2 & 3) - If You Think I Don’t Need You (Take 2) - I Need Somebody To Lean On (Take 8) - You’re The Boss (Take 3) - Night Life (Take 3) - Do The Vega (Take 7 - No Echo Master Take) - Yellow Rose Of Texas / The Eyes Of Texas (Take 9) - Today Tomorrow & Forever (Take 3 & 4) - What’d I Say (Take 3) - I Need Somebody To Lean On (Movie Version) - Today Tomorrow And Forever (Edited Movie Version) - Viva Las Vegas (Movie Version)
Kissin’ Cousins:
Kissin’ Cousins No. 2 (Edited Master) - Once Is Enough (Master) - Anyone Could Fall In Love With You (Master) - Cathcin’ On Fast (Master) - One Boy Two Little Girls (Master) - Tender Feeling (Master) - Kissin’ Cousins (Hillbilly Vocal Overdub - Take 1 - Master Take) - Smokey Mountain Boy (Movie Version) - There’s Gold In The Mountain (Movie Version) - One Boy Two Little Girls (Movie Version) - Once Is Enough (Movie Version) - Barefoot Ballad (Movie Version) - Kissin’ Cousins (Movie Version)
CD 3 - Roustabout:
Hard Knocks (Movie Version - Vocal Overdub - Take 4 - Master Take) - Roustabout (Vocal Overdub - Take 13) - I’m A Roustabout (Take 10 - Stereo Version) - Carny Town (Master) - It’s A Wonderful World (Master) - Poison Ivy League (Movie Version) - Little Egypt (Take 21 - Master Take) - One Track Heart (Master) - Roustabout (Vocal Overdub - Take 6) - Big Love Big Heartache (Movie Version) - It’s Carnival Time (Movie Version - Take12) - Wheels On My Heels (Movie Version) - There’s A Brand New Day On The Horizon (Overdubbed Movie Edit) - Roustabout (Movie Version) - Little Egypt (Movie Version)
Girl Happy:
Girl Happy (Take 4) - I’ve Got To Find My Baby (Edited Master) - Puppet On A String (Take 7) - Do The Clam (Master) - Wolf Call (Edited Master) - Do Not Disturb (Take 35) - Spring Fever (Take 1 - 4) - Puppet On A String (Take 10) - Starting Tonight (Master) - Cross My Heart And Hope To Die (Take 8 & 6) - The Meanest Girl In Town (Take 4 - 6) - Puppet On A String (Take 11 - Master Take) - Fort Lauderdale Chamber Of Commerce (Movie Version) - Spring Fever (Composite Movie Master) - Girl Happy (Movie Version) - Wolf Call (Movie Version)
Tickle Me:
Dirty, Dirty Feeling (Take 1) - Slowly But Surely (Take 1) - I’m Yours (Composite Master) - Night Rider (Take 1) - It Feels So Right (Movie Version)
CD 4 - Tickle Me:
Long Lonely Highway (Movie Version) - Put The Blame On Me (Movie Version) - (Such An) Easy Question (Movie Version)
Harum Scarum:
Hey Little Girl (Take 4 & 5 - Master Take) - Shake That Tambourine (Take 14 - 16) - Wisdom Of The Ages (Take 1 & 2) - Golden Coins (Take 1,2 & 4) - So Close, Yet So Far (Take 2 & 3) - My Desert Serenade (Take 1 & 10) - Wisdom Of The Ages (Take 4) - Animal Instinct (Take 3 & 4) - Kismet (Take 1 - 5 - Master Take) - So Close, Yet So Far (Take 4) - Harem Holiday (Take 2) - Mirage (Vocal Overdub Spliced Master) - Go East Young Man (Vocal Overdub Spliced Master)
Frankie & Johnny:
Frankie & Johnny (Master) - What Every Woman Lives For (Master) - Down By The Riverside (When The Saints Go Marchin’ In (Master) - Beginner’s Luck (Master With Extra Intro) - Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (Take 9) - Petunia, The Gardener’s Daughter (Take 1) - Look Out Broadway (Take 9) - Everybody Come Aboard (Take 4 & 5) - Shout It Out (Take 1) - Chesay (Take 4) - Come Along (Movie Version) - Hard Luck (Movie Version)
CD 5 - The Demo Acetates:
Fun In Acapulco:
Fun In The Sun - Fun In Acapulco - Bottoms Up - Make My Marguerita
Viva Las Vegas:
Night Life - I Need Somebody To Lean On - Don’t Fool A Fool In Love - Sweet Dreams Baby
Kissin’ Cousins:
Kissin Cousins No. 3
Roustabout:
Hard Knocks - You Can’t Hate Me For That
Harum Scarum:
Wisdom Of The Ages - A Slave To Your Kiss
Frankie & Johnny:
Mississippi Sue - Better Believe It Baby - My Gypsy Heart- My Bittersweet- You’re For Me
Paradise Hawaiian Style:
Kamehemea
Spinout:
Classy Chassy - You Can’t Win ‘Em All - Messed Up World
Double Trouble:
Just U Wait And See - Please Stay Out Of My Dreams
Easy Come Easy Go:
Easy Come Easy Go - Love On The Rocks
Viva Las Vegas (Bonus):
This Way To Paradise
Nota:
Quando veniva realizzato un nuovo film, il Colonnello Parker solitamente chiedeva a molti autori di scrivere delle canzoni, dando loro un titolo o la descrizione della sequenza in cui doveva essere inserito il brano.
I cosiddetti demo venivano registrati - a spese degli autori - su un disco acetato ed inviati al Colonnello per l'approvazione. Tra i vari autori c'era, ovviamente, competizione, visto che le canzoni venivano incise da Elvis Presley oppure scartate.
I demos originali sono pezzi unici. Solitamente, venivano incisi solo uno o due acetati e, a causa della fragilità del materiale con cui erano fatti, potevano essere ascoltati solo pochissime volte.
In questo ultimo CD del box si possono ascoltare le incisioni di questi acetati, recentemente scoperti, tutti creati per i film di Elvis Presley.
La maggior parte provengono dalla collezione di Dolores Fuller, in cui lei ha scritto i testi e Ben Weisman la musica.
