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Vinyl Long Play Camden 1970

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The King Elvis Presley, LP, Camden, CAS-2428, 1970, Elvis' Christmas Album
The King Elvis Presley, LP, Camden, CAS-2428, 1970, Elvis' Christmas Album
The King Elvis Presley, LP, Camden, CAS-2428, 1970, Elvis' Christmas Album
The King Elvis Presley, LP, Camden, CAS-2428, 1970, Elvis' Christmas Album

Elvis' Christmas Album

Elvis' Christmas Album

Label: CAS-2428
Released: November 1, 1970
RPM: 33 1⁄3
Stereo or Mono: Stereo
Inches: 12"

Side A:

Matrix Side A: ZCRM-5799 4S

01. Blue Christmas [2:05] ¹) »
- Words & Music by Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson «
02. Silent Night [2:23] ²) »
- Words & Music by Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber «
03. White Christmas [2:23] ²) »
- Words & Music by Irving Berlin «
04. Santa Claus Is Back In Town [2:21] ³) »
- Words & Music by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller «
05. I'll Be Home For Christmas [1:54] ³) »
- Words & Music by Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram «

Side B:

Matrix Side B: ZCRM-5800 5S

01. If Every Day Was Like Christmas [2:52] ⁴) »
- Words & Music by Red West «
02. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) [2:00]²) »
- Words & Music by Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman «
03. O' Little Town Of Bethlehem [2:34] ³) »
- Words & Music by arranged Elvis Presley «
04. Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) [1:52] ³) »
- Words & Music by Aaron Schroeder, Claude DeMetrius «
05. Mama Liked The Roses [2:35] ⁵) »
- Words & Music by John Christopher «

Recorded:

¹) Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California, September 5, 1957
²) Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California, September 6, 1957
³) Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California, September 7, 1957
⁴) RCA's Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee, June 10, 1966
⁵) American Sound Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, January 15, 1969

More Info:

Although the same title was used, this is actually a different album than RCA LPM-1951. Eight Christmas songs were lifted from the earlier LP and If Every Day Was Like Christmas and Mama Liked the Roses were added. Different front and back covers were used. The front cover proclaimed, "By Request - Mama Liked the Roses".

The original Elvis' Christmas Album was out of print by the late 1960s. Interest in the album prompted RCA to re-release it in an altered version on its budget label RCA Camden in November, 1970. This version eliminated the four gospel tracks from the Peace in the Valley EP and added the 1966 holiday single "If Every Day Was Like Christmas," along with the 1970 non-seasonal B-side "Mama Liked the Roses", issued as the flip to Elvis' top ten single "The Wonder of You." With ten tracks and a shorter running time, it fit the standard for the budget label issues. The religious and secular Christmas songs were also mixed. The initial cover of this revised version echoed that of the 1958 reissue, except a more recent mid-60s vintage photograph with Elvis wearing a blue racing jacket with two white stripes on the left was used from the set of the 1967 movie Speedway. The album was also released in the UK with an album cover that featured Elvis' face from the 1970 Camden release in a circle in the middle surrounded in white with the title and the song selections in red, RCA Camden 1155. «


Label:
Released:
RPM:
Stereo/Mono
Inches

CAS-2428
October 1, 1970
33 1⁄3
Stereo
12"

Side A:

Matrix Side A: ZCRM-5799 4S

Side B:

Matrix Side B: ZCRM-5800 5S

01. Blue Christmas [2:05] ¹)
-Words & Music by Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson
01. If Every Day Was Like Christmas [2:52] ⁴)
- Words & Music by Red West
02. Silent Night [2:23] ²)
- Words & Music by Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber
02. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) [2:00] ²)
- Words & Music by Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
03. White Christmas [2:23] ²)
- Words & Music by Irving Berlin
03. O' Little Town Of Bethlehem [2:34] ³)
- Words & Music by arranged Elvis Presley
04. Santa Claus Is Back In Town [2:21] ³)
- Words & Music by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
04. Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) [1:52] ³)
- Words & Music by Aaron Schroeder, Claude DeMetrius
05. I'll Be Home For Christmas [1:54] ³)
- Words & Music by Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram
Mama Liked The Roses [2:35] ⁵)
- Words & Music by John Christopher

Recorded:

¹) Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California, September 5, 1957
²) Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California, September 6, 1957
³) Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California, September 7, 1957
⁴) RCA's Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee, June 10, 1966
⁵) American Sound Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, January 15, 1969

More info:

Although the same title was used, this is actually a different album than RCA LPM-1951. Eight Christmas songs were lifted from the earlier LP and If Every Day Was Like Christmas and Mama Liked the Roses were added. Different front and back covers were used. The front cover proclaimed, "By Request - Mama Liked the Roses".

The original Elvis' Christmas Album was out of print by the late 1960s. Interest in the album prompted RCA to re-release it in an altered version on its budget label RCA Camden in November, 1970. This version eliminated the four gospel tracks from the Peace in the Valley EP and added the 1966 holiday single "If Every Day Was Like Christmas," along with the 1970 non-seasonal B-side "Mama Liked the Roses", issued as the flip to Elvis' top ten single "The Wonder of You." With ten tracks and a shorter running time, it fit the standard for the budget label issues. The religious and secular Christmas songs were also mixed. The initial cover of this revised version echoed that of the 1958 reissue, except a more recent mid-60s vintage photograph with Elvis wearing a blue racing jacket with two white stripes on the left was used from the set of the 1967 movie Speedway. The album was also released in the UK with an album cover that featured Elvis' face from the 1970 Camden release in a circle in the middle surrounded in white with the title and the song selections in red, RCA Camden 1155.