{"product_id":"pot-luck","title":"Pot Luck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePot Luck\u003c\/em\u003e is the seventh studio album by \u003cstrong\u003eElvis Presley\u003c\/strong\u003e, released by RCA Victor in mono and stereo as LPM\/LSP 2523 on May 18, 1962. It lands in that rich early-60s stretch where \u003cstrong\u003ePresley\u003c\/strong\u003e was still cutting sharp, stylish pop records, even as his soundtrack career was starting to dominate the conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was recorded across several sessions: March 22, 1961, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, then June 25 and October 15, 1961, plus March 18 and March 19, 1962, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. A big part of the set comes from songwriting team Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, the writers behind the chart-topping \u003cem\u003eSurrender\u003c\/em\u003e and the double-sided hit single \u003cem\u003e(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame\u003c\/em\u003e backed with \u003cem\u003eLittle Sister\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo of the album’s standouts, \u003cem\u003eKiss Me Quick\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSuspicion\u003c\/em\u003e, were lifted for a Top 40 single almost two years later in April 1964, after Terry Stafford’s hit cover of \u003cem\u003eSuspicion\u003c\/em\u003e. The rest of the material draws from trusted \u003cstrong\u003ePresley\u003c\/strong\u003e contributors including Don Robertson, Otis Blackwell and Paul Evans. Blackwell’s \u003cem\u003e(Such an) Easy Question\u003c\/em\u003e also returned as a single in June 1965, reaching #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and #11 on the Hot 100 during a period when \u003cstrong\u003ePresley\u003c\/strong\u003e was focused mainly on films and soundtrack releases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike \u003cem\u003eElvis Is Back!\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSomething For Everybody\u003c\/em\u003e before it, \u003cem\u003ePot Luck\u003c\/em\u003e comfortably reached the top ten on the album chart. Even so, all three were heavily outsold by the soundtrack albums \u003cem\u003eG.I. Blues\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBlue Hawaii\u003c\/em\u003e, and that pattern would continue through the mid-1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe soundtrack records had the obvious advantage of the films as a promotional push, and Colonel Tom Parker also broke with standard record industry practice by refusing to include hit singles on albums, even though that likely would have boosted sales. The result was a shift toward \u003cstrong\u003ePresley\u003c\/strong\u003e’s movie career, and he would not return to a non-soundtrack, non-gospel studio album for another seven years, until \u003cem\u003eFrom Elvis in Memphis\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doxy","offers":[{"title":"Red | LP.","offer_id":50396908290379,"sku":"1152130","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/15bae102-2645-4258-a42d-4c70d80c4fc1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726486516","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/pot-luck","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}