Tickle Me is a 1965 western comedy-musical starring Elvis Presley. It is also the only Elvis film released by Allied Artists Pictures. It is said to have singlehandedly saved the Allied Artists studio from financial despair. The film was first released onto the home video market in the VHS format in the early ’80s in a limited version from Allied Artists Home Video. It was issued again by CBS/Fox video in 1985, 1987 and 1992. Its final VHS issue was from Warner Home Video in 1997. In the summer of 2007, the film was released for the first time on DVD, in the wide-screen letterbox format. This is one of only a few Elvis films that did not have a title soundtrack LP (outside of an Extended Play 45 rpm) during his lifetime. There was one exception, RCA in South Africa oddly enough was the only country to release (a now super-rare) “Tickle Me” soundtrack LP at the time. The soundtrack of Tickle Me is often cited as evidence of how Presley’s films became assembly-line, low-budget affairs by the mid-1960s. The budget did not allow for the commissioning of original songs, so instead the soundtrack was created from previously released non-film recordings, some dating back to 1960, and including songs with guitar work by Hank Garland whose career had ended in 1961 following an automobile accident. To coincide with the movie’s debut, an EP Record was brought out containing five of the nine songs from the soundtrack. RCA also released a couple of 45rpm singles featuring songs from …
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Tickle Me is a 1965 western comedy-musical starring Elvis Presley. It is also the only Elvis film released by Allied Artists Pictures. It is said to have singlehandedly saved the Allied Artists studio from financial despair. The film was first released onto the home video market in the VHS format in the early ’80s in a limited version from Allied Artists Home Video. It was issued again by CBS/Fox video in 1985, 1987 and 1992. Its final VHS issue was from Warner Home Video in 1997. In the summer of 2007, the film was released for the first time on DVD, in the wide-screen letterbox format. This is one of only a few Elvis films that did not have a title soundtrack LP (outside of an Extended Play 45 rpm) during his lifetime. There was one exception, RCA in South Africa oddly enough was the only country to release (a now super-rare) “Tickle Me” soundtrack LP at the time. The soundtrack of Tickle Me is often cited as evidence of how Presley’s films became assembly-line, low-budget affairs by the mid-1960s. The budget did not allow for the commissioning of original songs, so instead the soundtrack was created from previously released non-film recordings, some dating back to 1960, and including songs with guitar work by Hank Garland whose career had ended in 1961 following an automobile accident. To coincide with the movie’s debut, an EP Record was brought out containing five of the nine songs from the soundtrack. RCA also released a couple of 45rpm singles featuring songs from …
Video Rating: 5 / 5
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