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Elvis Song in British BMW TV Commercial

We have another

TV ad featuring the music of Elvis Presley, this time BMW with the launch of their new 3 Series. 'What all winners have in common is joy'. That's the baseline for the new BMW '3 Series' TV ads. The clip that currently promotes the new BMW cars on UK television, comes with the remix of Elvis' A Little Less Conversation. It just shows once again that you can't keep a good song down. This makes it the tenth in the past year and we congratulate EPE for allowing the use and in effect providing very clever marketing.
Video and Audio, Elvis News, By David Troedson

Review : The Complete Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956 CD

I would like to say the MRS / JAT Productions release of The Complete Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956 CD is a dream come true but I can't as there was no anticipation something like this would ever be released. For years now we have had the basic el cheapo compilation of the basic tracks but now we have a full CD with a running time of over 75 minutes that gives a very good overview of Elvis in concert in the 1950s.
Elvis Reviews, Elvis CD Reviews, Elvis Book Reviews, By David Troedson

Billboard Change Rules and Cheats Elvis of Ten [10] more No. 1 Hits

Billboard have yet again changed the 'rules' applying to the main prestigious Billboard Hot 100 Chart that was first launched on August 4th 1958 removing ten [10] Elvis Presley's number one hits [Not 11 as some have claimed] from his ledger. Now important to proving that Billboard have indeed changed the rules, something denied even by EPE in a message to Fan Clubs this past week is that in April 2008* they ruled that Elvis' classic double sided number one hit single, Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel would no longer be counted as two separate number ones despite the fact they had done so since 1956. Read our full report + Feedback.
Elvis Articles, By David Troedson

Did Billboard Remove Elvis Presley's No. 1 Hits in 2008 : Not 2011 ?

Did Billboard in fact remove all 11 of Elvis Presley's number one hits in July 2008 and we have only just found out in November 2011? Perhaps it does not matter when they did it, we believe we have proven they did it, but the following suggests they did in fact do so in 2008. Was this a response to Elvis fans and even EPE disputing the matter and Billboard deciding to rid themselves of any debate? You can decide for yourself ...
Elvis Articles, By David Troedson

Review : 48 Hours To Memphis Concert CD from FTD

Review : 48 Hours To Memphis Concert CD from FTD.
Elvis Reviews, Elvis CD News, FTD, By David Troedson

Video & Audio Review : G.I. Blues : The Cafe Europa Sessions 4 CD Deluxe Set

The G.I. Blues : The Cafe Europa Sessions 4 CD Deluxe Set lived up to the pre-release publicity, in fact MRS sold themselves short in their description of the set !!! Cafe Europa is genuinely like a hardcover book with proper binding ... Putting the book 'aside', the four CDs contain nearly 4 hours of Elvis' officially UNRELEASED studio takes from the 'Café Europa' sessions, recorded for the movie ultimately titled G.I. Blues. The audio contained here includes the master recordings from the original soundtrack album 'G.I. Blues' plus, hours of alternate takes of all songs, with all the Elvis studio banter intact and, instilling new insight and live atmosphere into the complete making of this historic movie soundtrack.

Video audio preview.
Elvis Reviews, Video and Audio, Elvis CD Reviews, By David Troedson

Elvis Presley's Stutz Blackhawk's

Among many of Elvis Presley's prized cars was his Stutz Blackhawk's. Elvis was the first in America to own a Stutz, and probably his favouite car of the '70s was his 1973 Stutz Blackhawk III.
Elvis Articles, By David Troedson

Review : Fashion For A King & July 1, 1974 : Omaha, Nebraska Concert CD

The July 1, 1974 concert included with the new FTD book release, Fashion For A King proves that you do not have to have a stereo recording to have A grade sound quality. And this soundboard recorded concert is in A grade sound quality and it also may just about present us with Elvis' best concert performance from 1974, to my ears it is anyway. The sound is crystal clear and Elvis is in top vocal form, he certainly gives a far better overall performance, in my opinion, than the famous Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis concert recorded just three months prior ... The book is stunning ... a photo book ... also a tremendous photo book detailing Elvis' jumpsuit's and a detailed information book and then it is of course a great reference book ...
Elvis Reviews, Elvis CD Reviews, Elvis Book Reviews, By David Troedson

Jessie D. McDowell (J.D.) Presley : Elvis Presleys Grandfather

Elvis Presley's Grandfather, Jessie D. McDowell (J.D.) Presley was born on April 9, 1896. We tell his story in great detail and with compassion, and include audio of his two songs he recorded in 1958. For the first time we name Elvis' great-grandfather on his father side and publish a photo of Elvis' great grand-mother, Rosella. Includes

video, of Elvis' Grandfather Jesse D. Presley with his wife, Vera, on CBS TV in 1958 discussing his new record, his singing debut and hopes of becoming a success. Plus

audio of the two songs.
Elvis Presley Biography, Elvis Articles, Video and Audio, By David Troedson

Review : Jailhouse Rock Volume 2 FTD Special Edition 2 CD Set

When it was announced that there would be two volumes of Jailhouse Rock in the Classic Album (Movie Soundtrack) series, I wondered how they could make four good CDs out of what was a movie with such few songs. Well after giving both discs of Volume 2 a spin, I can tell you the answer is they sure can.
Elvis Reviews, Elvis CD Reviews, FTD, By David Troedson

Jerry Reed and Elvis Presleys Guitar Man Sessions

A look at Elvis' Guitar Man Sessions with Jerry Reed. Jerry Reed immediately took over the session, you can hear it from the first notes of the first take - Reed is coaching the musicians, encouraging them, egging them on, with Felton happy just to be presiding over some thing that is actually happening. There is a bright, shimmering surface to the music different in many respects from anything Elvis has ever recorded before but providing, at the same time, the kind of churning, driving rhythm that has characterized Elvis' music from the first. There is not the slightest question of Elvis' engagement. There is no self-deprecation, there is no wisecracking; all of the singer's attention is focused on the music. Completely updated.
Elvis Articles, Elvis Interviews, FTD, By David Troedson

Elvis Presleys National TV Appearances In The 1950s

Elvis Presley first appeared on national television in the USA on January 28, 1956, on The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show in New York. On Monday, January 23, 1956, Elvis, Scotty Moore, Bill Black and D.J. Fontana rehearsed in Memphis for their television debut. Elvis and Colonel Parker flew to New York on Wednesday the 25th. They stayed at the Warwick Hotel on 52nd Street. Elvis ate dinner in the Hickory House restaurant the night they arrived and did some sightseeing on the 26th. Perhaps as an indicator of things to come, Scotty, Bill and D.J. were not afforded a plane trip and drove from Memphis to New York and arrived on January 27th.
Elvis Articles, Video and Audio, Elvis Photos, By David Troedson

Jack Lord and Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley and Jack Lord first met on January 14, 1973 following Elvis' triumphant Aloha From Hawaii television special. Elvis made special mention that Jack was in the audience which completely 'floored' the Lords., 'One of my favorite actors is in the audience, Jack Lord, I gotta say that, you know, Hawaii 5-0'. Afterwards, they went backstage and met Elvis for the first time, and met later at The Lords home facing the ocean on the Oahu side of the island. They met again on February 10, 1973 in Las Vegas.
Elvis Articles, Elvis Interviews, By David Troedson

Our Friend Pete Smith has Died

Sad news for us and those in the Elvis community that knew him, our friend Pete Smith who ran the website Apache Elvis for some years, going back to when many oif the Elvis websites started, has died.
Elvis News, By David Troedson

Book Review : Elvis Files Volume 2 : 1957-1959

Make no mistake this book is an important release, and essential, and to make it more so it is just one part of what will be a six volume set that no one will ever want to part with, the highlight of any bookshelf.
Elvis Reviews, Elvis Book Reviews, By David Troedson

Elvis Sings In The Movies: Twenty easy listening fun movie songs

Inspired by Troy's article, 'Elvis Sings In The Movies: His 25 Best Movie Songs', here is my latest compilation, it is what I am listening to now : Twenty easy listening fun Elvis movie songs ...
Elvis Articles, By David Troedson

View Some Great Photos from the Images II Hardcover Photo Book

View some great photos from the Elvis Presley: Images II Photo Book by Patick Janssen & Constantijn Zantingh. This is a very high quality photo book, with the best quality printing we have seen - Elvis would be very proud of this release, what more can we say? oh, buy it, you won't regret it.) .... Elvis Presley: Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles - October 28 & 29, 1957 (1), Elvis Presley: Greensboro, July 22, 1975 (1), Blue Hawaii, 1961 (1), Paradise Hawaiian Style, 1966 (1). [Plus one more ...]
Elvis Photos, Elvis Book Reviews, By David Troedson

Review : Elvis : The King Of Las Vegas Hardcover Book

Having received the photo book Elvis : The King Of Las Vegas, all of 5 pounds (2.3 kg) and 25cm (10") x 30cm (12") of it, I can say I am just amazed, stunned, I went through it page by page, got to the end, and did it all over again, and there are 360 pages! This is without doubt the best Elvis Presley photo book I have seen. It covers in great style, Elvis' life in Las Vegas from 1956 to 1976 in pictures.
Elvis Reviews, Elvis Book Reviews, By David Troedson

Some Surprises on Elvis Presley Sings The Great British Songbook 2 CD

The Elvis Presley Sings The Great British Songbook 2 CD provides some surprises amongst a unique track listing. The album features songs that were written by some of Britain's greatest songwriters however the use of live soundboard as well as RCA live stereo recordings makes this surprisingly essential listening.
The set contains several 'rare' soundboard and stereo concert recordings.
Elvis Reviews, Elvis CD Reviews, By David Troedson

Review : Aloha From Hawaii 2 DVD Set

The Aloha From Hawaii Deluxe Edition 2 DVD set features many new camera angles resulting in a vastly improved and cohesive concert experience. The sound quality is also greatly improved, with all instruments and backing vocals clearer than ever before. Overall, an exciting set with informative booklet.
Elvis Reviews, Elvis DVD Reviews, Elvis Photos, By David Troedson

Alanna's Trash: Baby, baby, baby ... let me give you a warning ...

'Baby, Let's Play House - Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him', reading the title, the book sounds good doesn't it? The problem is as the saying goes, you can't judge a book by it's cover, or in this case, by it's title.
Elvis Articles, Elvis Reviews, Elvis Book Reviews, By David Troedson

A Mini (Pre Release Review) Elvis Presley: 50 Australian Top Ten Hits 1956-1977

I have just been listening to two CDR copies (Disc 1 and 2), made directly from the Sony master for Elvis Presley: 50 Australian Top Ten Hits 1956-1977, and they sound fantastic. Not just the songs themselves, not just the quality, but to hear each track in the order that they charted, and then getting into the 60s all of a sudden a 50s recording comes on and it's just magic!!! Read more about this historic release.
Elvis Reviews, Elvis CD Reviews, By David Troedson

Review - Elvis: Vegas '69 Hardcover Book

Elvis: Vegas '69 is a quality hardcover book and is without doubt the best book on Elvis Presley produced to-date ... And it is something altogether new .... It is not a photo book ... It is not an information book ... It is not an interview book. Yes it has all three elements - and in abundance - but the way it is formatted -- presented -- is completely new, refreshing, easy to read or just to flick though - (when time is limited) - and enjoy some great photos of Elvis, or read some quotes taken from the many interviews Ken has conducted.
Elvis Articles, Elvis Reviews, Elvis Book Reviews, By David Troedson

Review - Elvis 1957 Book (Elvis In Gold)

Elvis In Gold does start with it's first chapter showcasing Elvis posing for photos in his new Gold lame' suit -- including one with the suit's creator Nudie Cohen -- and gives us text with the story of the suit. But after these first pages, the book can be said to be a photo book of Elvis in 1957. And a high quality hardcover one at that! Not 100% essential but this is one book that will definitely be finding a home on my bookshelf.
Elvis Articles, Elvis Reviews, Elvis Book Reviews, By David Troedson

Elvis : Standing Room Only 2 CD Special Edition FTD CD

Standing Room Only is the album that could and should have been released in 1972. Now 37 years later we finally get a concept release from FTD allowing us to enjoy what could easily have been Elvis' biggest selling album of the 1970s. With these masters - in superb sound quality - we are reminded where Elvis was at musically in the spring of 1972 - with strong commercial potential such as 'Burning Love' and 'Always On My Mind' RCA had enough tracks for the theoretical 'Standing Room Only' album plus for another pre-album single release if needed. And just imagine if 'For The Good Times' was released in 1972 instead of 1996!
Elvis Reviews, Elvis CD Reviews, By David Troedson

Review : Elvis Country FTD Special Edition 2 CD Set

How do you follow up an album like From Elvis In Memphis and the singles and follow up album that flowed from the 1969 recording sessions at Chip's Moman's Memphis American Sound Studio's? In February 1970 RCA recorded Elvis live in Las Vegas and released the classic live album, On Stage, but it was not until June of that year that Elvis re-entered a studio to cut an album proper. Elvis Country was the result, released in January 1971, it was Elvis' only real concept album and in my opinion does rate as Elvis best album.
Elvis Reviews, Elvis CD Reviews, FTD, By David Troedson

Elvis Presley's Cars : Cadillacs : Stutz Blackhawk : BMW : Rolls Royce : Mercedes-Benz 600

Elvis Presley had a life-long love affair with motor cars. Beginning in the '50s with Cadillacs, including the Pink Cadillac that he eventually gave to his mother, to a second hand Volkswagen and two BMW 507s in Germany. In the '60s there where more Cadillacs, Ford Lincoln's and a Rolls Royce among many others. In the '70s, again Elvis purchased Cadillacs, a Mercedes-Benz 600, even a Ford T-Bird - but his most prized cars of the 1970s were his Stutz Blackhawk's. Elvis was the first person to own a Stutz Blackhawk, and there can be no doubt his favourite car of the 1970s was his 1973 Stutz Blackhawk III.
Elvis Articles, Elvis Presley Biography, By David Troedson

Elvis' De Tomaso Pantera : The Car Elvis Shot

Elvis' purchased this 1971 yellow De Tomaso Pantera sports car in 1974 for $2,400 as a gift to then girlfriend Linda Thompson. This is the car Elvis shot - on more than one occasion! George Klein, Myrna Smith and Sheila Ryan all tell rather amazing stories about Elvis and this De Tomaso Pantera sports car.
Elvis Articles, By David Troedson

Elvis Presley's Famous Pink Cadillac : 1955 Fleetwood Series 60

On July 7, 1955 Elvis purchased his second Pink Cadillac, a new 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 in blue with black roof, to replace the Cadillac that was burned. He had the car repainted by a neighbor who designed a pink color for Elvis and named the color 'Elvis Rose'. This is the one that he gave to his mother, probably the most famous car in the world. Gladys would always proudly point to it as 'her' car.
Elvis Photos, Elvis Articles, By David Troedson

Billboard are wrong : Elvis Presley Record Chart Statistics Clarification

This week it has been reported that Mariah Carey has surpassed Elvis Presley as the solo artist with the most No. 1 singles on Billboard's U.S Top 100 chart. EPE (and Elvis Australia) claim that Elvis had, in fact, 18 No. 1 singles, meaning Carey would have simply tied with Elvis. The confusion lies with the 1956 chart-toppers Don't Be Cruel and Hound Dog. EPE (correctly) lists the two songs as separate No. 1 singles. In the 1950's and 1960's Billboard counted record sales and Jukebox plays of both sides of a single. Also in the case of Hound Dog and Don't Be Cruel there were two different covers issued allowing for which ever was asked for at the counter. One had Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel the other the reverse Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog.
Elvis Articles, By David Troedson

Elvis Presley's BMW 507's

On December 21 1958, Elvis leased a BMW 507. The car was a 'used' one, formerly driven by racing ace Hans Stuck. In August 1959 Elvis swapped the sportscar for a red 507 which he drove until October 1959.
Elvis Articles, By David Troedson

Review - The Very Best of Elvis Presley 2CD Set

The Very Best of Elvis Presley 2 CD set is an absolute delight. Mastered from a high a resolution 24 bit master, the sound quality is perfect and very easy on the ear.
Elvis Reviews, Elvis CD Reviews, By David Troedson

Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes and Elvis Presley

Carl Perkins first heard Elvis Presley singing 'Blue Moon of Kentucky' on the radio in the late Summer of 1954. Called to listed by his wife Valda as she thought the sound of the band was similar to that of Carl's.
Elvis Articles, By David Troedson

Elvis Presley - 30 Years On and Still The King

It has been 30 years since Elvis died, and he is still the king. Elvis is today more popular than ever before. In these past 30 years there have been 43 Elvis Presley albums and 15 singles on the Australian charts. There have been seven top 10 albums and three top 10 singles, one number 1 album and one number 1 single.
Elvis Articles, By David Troedson

Elvis Australia : www.elvis.com.au

Elvis Australia - Official Elvis Presley Fan Club

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