Let's Be Friends is the thirty-seventh album

LP album

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 by Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

, released on RCA Camden Records CAS 2408, in April 1970. It is the second Presley budget album to appear on the RCA subsidiary label. It peaked at #105 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 album chart. It was certified Gold on 7/15/1999 and Platinum on 1/6/2004 by the R.I.A.A.

Content

Similar to its predecessor Elvis Sings Flaming Star

Elvis Sings Flaming Star

Singer Presents Elvis Singing Flaming Star and Others is the thirty-third album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Records in stereo, PRS 279, in October 1968...

, Let's Be Friends collects mostly unreleased songs recorded for Presley film soundtrack

Soundtrack

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

s. Given the recent work of the revitalized Presley, in the past the Colonel

Colonel Tom Parker

"Colonel" Thomas Andrew "Tom" Parker born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk, was a Dutch-born entertainment impresario known best as the manager of Elvis Presley...

 might have objected to this kind of market saturation, but under the terms of Presley's agreement with RCA, budget albums brought extra cash outside of contract stipulations.

Two non-movie outtakes appeared from the winter of 1969 sessions at American Sound Studio

American Sound Studio

American Sound Studio was a recording studio located at 827 Thomas Street in Memphis, Tennessee. More than one hundred hit songs were recorded there between its founding 1967 and its closing in 1972, The music for these hits was played by the house band "The Memphis Boys", also known as the "827...

 in Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

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, "I'll Be There" and "If I'm a Fool (For Loving You)." The songs "Mama," "Let's Forget About The Stars," and "Let's Be Friends" were all recorded for but not used in their respective movies. "Mama" was sung in the film Girls! Girls! Girls!

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Girls! Girls! Girls! is a 1962 musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a penniless Hawaiian fisherman who loves his life on the sea and dreams of owning his own boat. "Return to Sender", which reached #2 on the Billboard pop singles chart, is featured in the movie...

by The Amigos., and Elvis' version first appeared on this album, with an alternate, abridged version included on the compact disc

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 Elvis Double Features: Kid Galahad/Girls! Girls! Girls!.

Like all Presley releases on the budget Camden label, this album has a very short running time, too short for a full-priced album in the 1970s

1970s

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.It 1975 it was re-issued on Vinyl, by Pickwick Camden Records with the original Camden catalog #CAS 2408 and with a black border around the original cover art. It was reissued for compact disc by Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment

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 in 2006.

Side one

Track	Recorded	Film	Song Title	Writer(s)	Time
1.	10/1/67	Stay Away, Joe Stay Away, Joe Stay Away, Joe is a 1968 comedy-drama western film with musical interludes set in modern times and starring Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith and Joan Blondell. The film was based on the 1953 novel by Dan Cushman, a satirical farce...	Stay Away, Joe	Ben Weisman Ben Weisman Ben Weisman was an eccentric American composer significant for having written more songs recorded by Elvis Presley than any other songwriter in history. The "Mad Professor" as Weisman was nicknamed by Elvis, worked with the King from 1956 to 1971... , Sid Wayne Sid Wayne Sid Wayne was an American songwriter, lyricist and composer, who wrote a number of well-known songs from the 1950s to the 1980s...	1:37
2.	2/20/69		If I'm a Fool (For Loving You)	Stan Kesler	2:43
3.	3/5/69	Change of Habit Change of Habit Change of Habit is a 1969 musical drama film starring Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore. It was Presley's 31st and final film acting role; his remaining two film appearances were concert documentaries. It was also Moore's fourth and final film under her brief Universal Pictures contract; she...	Let's Be Friends	Calvin Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow Geoff Morrow Geoff Morrow is a noted song writer, having written "The Gonk are here for Christmas," as well as a number of songs for Elvis Presley, such as "A Little Bit of Green," "This is the Story," "Let's Be Friends," and "Change of Habit." He is CEO of the ....	1:53
4.	10/15/68	Charro! Charro! Charro! is a 1969 Western film starring Elvis Presley. It was his only role that didn't feature him singing on-screen, and is the only Presley film to feature no songs at all except for the main title theme. It also features a bearded Presley for the first and last time in any of his films.The film...	Let's Forget About The Stars	A.L. Owens	1:49
5.	3/28/62	Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! is a 1962 musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as a penniless Hawaiian fisherman who loves his life on the sea and dreams of owning his own boat. "Return to Sender", which reached #2 on the Billboard pop singles chart, is featured in the movie...	Mama	Charles O'Curran, Dudley Brooks	2:25

Side two

Track	Recorded	Film	Song Title	Writer(s)	Time
1.	1/23/69		I'll Be There	Bobby Darin Bobby Darin Bobby Darin , born Walden Robert Cassotto, was an American singer, actor and musician.Darin performed in a range of music genres, including pop, rock, jazz, folk and country...	2:21
2.	10/23/68	The Trouble with Girls	Almost	Ben Weisman, Buddy Kaye Buddy Kaye Jules Leonard "Buddy" Kaye was an American award-winning songwriter, musician, producer, author and publisher. His songs were recorded by top performers, including Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Perry Como, Elvis Presley and Dusty Springfield...	1:39
3.	3/5/69	Change of Habit Change of Habit Change of Habit is a 1969 musical drama film starring Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore. It was Presley's 31st and final film acting role; his remaining two film appearances were concert documentaries. It was also Moore's fourth and final film under her brief Universal Pictures contract; she...	Change of Habit Change of Habit (song) Change of Habit is a song by Elvis Presley. It is the title track to the 1969 film Change of Habit and first released on the album Let's Be Friends....	Ben Weisman, Buddy Kaye	3:18
4.	3/5/69	Change of Habit Change of Habit Change of Habit is a 1969 musical drama film starring Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore. It was Presley's 31st and final film acting role; his remaining two film appearances were concert documentaries. It was also Moore's fourth and final film under her brief Universal Pictures contract; she...	Have a Happy	Ben Weisman, Dolores Fuller Dolores Fuller Dolores Agnes Fuller was an American actress and songwriter best known as the one-time girlfriend of the low-budget film director Edward D. Wood, Jr. She played the protagonist's girlfriend in Glen or Glenda, co-starred in Wood's Jail Bait, and had a minor role in Bride of the Monster... , Buddy Kaye	2:41