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Preview - Tracklisting & Booklet Request Box Show CD Set

We have revieved the tracklisting and images from the booklet of the upcoming Request Box show. This 2 CD set from the Southern Comfort / Audionics labels is a re-issue of Request Box Show released 18 years ago by the Bilko label and features the very rare August 19th & 20th shows. All remastered from the original 1975 audience-recording.
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Priscilla Presley | My Life With and Without Elvis Presley

Priscilla Presley : My Life With and Without Elvis Presley original article from Ladies Home Journal - August, 1973. After five years as the wife of the superstar singer, Priscilla Beaulieu Presley is as much of a mystery woman as she was the day she married him - May 1, 1967. In this, her first interview, she talks about Elvis - their romance, marriage, and divorce - and her life today as a woman alone.

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.

Graceland Updates

Graceland was not damaged and none of EPE's employees were injured by the series of tornadoes that tore through the Memphis area late Tuesday afternoon and evening.
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Riley Keough Anna Sui 2008 Fall Collection Fashion Week, Feb. 6, 2008, New York

Elvis Presley's granddaughter Riley Keough attends the Anna Sui 2008 Fall Collection during Fashion Week, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, in New York.

Elvis! - Lights! Camera! Elvis! Collection - Australia (8 Disc Box Set)

Paramount will release the DVD box set, Elvis! - Lights! Camera! Elvis! Collection in Australia in April. The eight titles are the same as released last year.
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The Gospel According to Elvis - Hills Centre Sydney

In 2008, The Hills Centre for the Performing Arts in Sydney celebrates its 20th birthday. As a special treat for the local community, The Hills Centre is bringing Elvis into the building for one night only on April 17 with The Gospel According to Elvis.
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Elvis In Concert Director Dwight Hemion has Died

Dwight Hemion, who directed the 1977 CBS Special Elvis in Concert has died aged 81.
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Elvis - Concerts Book From JAT

Following JAT Productions book, Elvis - Portraits due for release in April will be Elvis Concerts which will be released late 2008. The cover art picture will be that of the one originally planned for 'Elvis Portrait's. Both will be all color books.
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Elvis Et Les Filles CD

Released on the At Last Records import Label is a four track CD entitled Elvis Et Les Filles. The CD comes in its own in plastic sleeve, the cover is just single sheet of paper. Includes three duets by Lisa and Elvis, one Celine Dion and Elvis and 'Love Me Tender' - Elvis Presley and Linda Ronstadt.
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Elvis is everywhere in American election campaign

Nothing about Republican Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney brings to mind the hip-swiveling Elvis Presley, but at campaign events ... this week, the booming thump of Elvis' 'A Little Less Conversation' was the musical intro ... Romney said in a speech in Boca Raton'. This is a time for action ... It's time for 'A Little Less Conversation'. Hillary Clinton wore an Elvis Presley purse, when visiting the Peabody Hotel.
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Review : A Wild Weekend In Huntsville! Volume Two

To sum up, A Wild Weekend In Huntsville! Volume Two is another excellent production containing a previously unreleased show from this venue. As such I highly recommend it. Both the superior sound quality and attractive artwork are further advantages which make this a must for every collection.
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Fire Destroys Fort Chaffee

A huge fire destroyed today more than 150 barraks at Fort Chaffee. Building 803 where Elvis Presley submitted to a buzzcut in 1958 was not affected by the fire.
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Elvis - Portraits Book From JAT

JAT Productions next book, Elvis - Portraits is due for release in April. Celebrating twenty years of JAT Productions this special project will be a hardcover, all color book.
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Elvis Presley at the Pan Pacific Auditorium October 28 & 29, 1957

The true story of Elvis' performance at the Pan Pacific Auditorium - October 28, 1957. Elvis was determined to impress his celebrity-studded audience, and he did. With Hollywood celebrities and their children among the more than nine thousand in attendance, Elvis performed eighteen songs ending with 'Hound Dog'.
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Led Zeppelin and Elvis | Robert Plant Talks about Elvis Presley

Listen to an Interview with Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin who talks about meeting Elvis at his hotel after attending Elvis' concert at the Los Angeles Forum on May 11, 1974. During the concert, Elvis stopped a song and said: 'Wait a minute... If we can start together fellas, because we've got Led Zeppelin out there... let's try to look like we know what we're doing, whether we do or not'.

More Classic Concert CD Re-issues

In cooperation with the Southern Comfort / Baxter / Bilko and 2001 import labels the Audionics label will re-issue several old bootleg classics. The Request Box 2CD set will be released March 2008 after which Elvis' March 22, 1975 concert, A Hot Winter Night, Goodbye Memphis 76 and April Fool Day (audience recording), Opening Night 72 and others will see the light. All releases will be remastered from the original tapes, some of which obtained from The Colonel himself.
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Cancelled - The Request Box

Cancelled - The Request Box is a re-issue of Request Box Show released 18 years ago by the Bilko label and features the very rare August 19th & 20th shows. Here's the info we have received with the artwork.
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Review: One Night In Vegas FTD CD

One Night In Vegas contains the August 10 opening concert. This is Elvis at his very best. It is not easy to find suitable words for this concert. It simply is Elvis at his very best! And that says about everything!
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No Elvis The Movie Release from First Look Studios

First Look Studios is no longer negotiating for the distribution rights of Elvis the Movie starring Kurt Russell and therefore will not be releasing this title.
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Review : Elvis At SUN CD

Have you heard the news? Not only is there good rockin' tonight, but you'll be able to groove to it even more. At first, I thought I wouldn't need to own a copy of 'Elvis At Sun', as I already had 'Sunrise' and 'The Sun Sessions CD'. But I was truly floored by the difference in sound quality.
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FTD Wild In The Country Mis-pressing

Due to an incorrect quark file being used by the manufacturer of FTDs CDs, the name 'Presley' has been spelt wrong (Presely) on the spine of their latest release Wild In The Country. As the item has already shipped, they will supply quantities of the corrected sleeve as and when requested.
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That's The Way It Is From FTD in April

FTD will release a 2 CD version of That's The Way It Is in April in their Classic album series (7" digipack with booklet) along with the CD originally included in the The Way It Was book. This will be a regular 5" CD.
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You'll Never Walk Alone CD

The new Reel Trax import label will CD entitled 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. This CD, with a running time of 77 minutes comes with a 16 pages booklet with all the information regarding Elvis' love for gospel music.
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Wild In The Country FTD CD

The latest CD in the FTD classic albums series, Wild In The Country, has been released with Husky Dusky Day with Hope Lange added. FTD had planned to have this at the end of the disc as a ghost track - but found out that they couldn't do so for legal reasons. As usual it is in the 7" digipack format, with a booklet. All tracks have been remixed and remastered for this release and sound truly beautiful.
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Elvis Presley Words 10 WHA-Y

The tenth and final book in the Words - The Complete Lyrics series containing the lyrics and stories behind each title between WHA and Y will be released in February.
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Ernst Jorgensen's FTD SUN Project Updates

The Follow That Dream Label's Sun book and CD project is due out at the end of 2008, and and expected to be in it's final form over the next 3-4 months. There will be 3 CDs with the book, and they will be worth having because of Kevan Budd's excellent work, but they are the bonus - the book is the main issue.

Elvis At the Hayride Deluxe Box Set - 1954-1956 - Book / 2 CD Set + DVD

Elvis at the Hayride package is a boxed set consisting of a beautifully embossed hard cover leatherette bound 168 page coffee table book with 150 glossy rarely seen photographs of the young Elvis Presley, 2 CD set of historic Louisiana Hayride recordings of Elvis and a DVD narrated by Louisiana Hayride historian Joey Kent.
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Earl Brown Passed Away

Earl Brown, who wrote 'If I Can Dream', passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Sherman Oaks, California on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008 after a lengthy illness. Earl had celebrated his 79th birthday on Dec. 25, 2007 with friends.
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Ian Gillan of Deep Purple Talks about Elvis

Michael Parkinson once asked the famous New Zealand soprano Kiri Te Kanawa about the greatest voice she'd ever heard, probably expecting her to name Luciano Pavarotti or Maria Callas, but she said: 'The young Elvis Presley, without any doubt'.
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EPE Buys Royal Oaks

EPE has purchased the Royal Oaks Apartments. The complex has about 80 units and sits on a 5.2-acre lot on the north side of Craft Road west of Elvis Presley Boulevard.
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The Very Best Of Love - Collector's Edition CD + Tin Set

Fall in love with the King all over again with the collectors edition set The Very Best of Love, featuring 12 of Elvis Presley's most cherished ballads. Also included is a one-of-a-kind, pictorial DVD featuring over 400 photo's of 'Elvis Trough The Years' plus a 32 page biographical booklet and five Elvis-inspired greeting cards.
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Preview VinylCD Edition New Elvis Remix

A CD that can be played on a turntable. A vinyl record that can be played by a standard CD player. It seems science fiction, instead it's a true story. Baby Let's Play House remixed by DJ Spankox will be like the old 45 rpm singles with one A side (Vinyl) and one B side (CD). Buy | Preview CDVinylView Video.
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Elvis - Viva Las Vegas Official Soundtrack CD

Sony BMG are planning on a March 1st release the Elvis Viva Las Vegas soundtrack CD in Australia. The CD includes seven Elvis performances along with other artists including, Bruce Springsteen - Viva Las Vegas, The Little Willies (With Norah Jones) - Love Me and Patti Scialfa - Looking for Elvis.
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Elvis Hawaii USA CD

A new promo CD Elvis Hawaii USA containing 25 Hawaiian related tracks, including many rare recordings! This release contains recordings from Hawaiian radio, Aloha From Hawaii, the movies, a tribute radio broadcast from March 19, 1961: Elvis and the colonel pay tribute to the victims of Pearl Harbor 1941 + more.
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Elvis Home For The Holidays Christmas - Collector's Edition CD + Tin Set

Celebrate the holiday season with Elvis: Home For The Hollidays. This timeless selection of classic Christmas favorites by the King of Rock & Roll is perfect gift idea for the Elvis fan in your life to treasure for years to come. Includes: Commemorative Tin -- CD -- Handpainted Keepsake 'Elvis Guitar' Candle -- 32-Page Biographical Booklet -- Elvis-Inspired Door Hanger -- Six Postcards.
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Elvis Presley Commemorative Chess Set

The Elvis Presley Commemorative Chess Set includes a folding cardboard chessboard and plastic chess men in a decorative storage tin. Elvis is the King, Priscilla is the Queen, an acoustic guitar is the Bishop, a hound dog is the Knight, Graceland is the Rook, and blue suede shoes are Pawns.
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Review: Girls! Girls! Girls! FTD CD

'Girls! Girls! Girls!' is again wonderfully remastered, it is almost like hearing it for the first time. The original album was a huge success. It didn't reach the one million copies 'Blue Hawaii' was selling (and on its way to 2 million!!), but with 600.000 units, it sold twice as much as 'Elvis Is Back!' and 'Something For Everybody'.
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Elvis wanted to be just one of the GIs

I was a chaplain with the Third Armored Division in West Germany. Elvis Presley, then serving in the Army in Texas, was sent overseas to join the division. My first contact with Elvis was when he went to a local military movie theater to see his most recent film, "King Creole." Military police had to escort him out of the theater.
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Elvis, Sherlock and Me: How I Survived Growing Up in Hollywood

Michael Hoey worked on six of Elvis films, a screenwriter, director and producer. He's written a book about his upbringing and career called Elvis, Sherlock and Me: How I Survived Growing Up in Hollywood.
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US Army Closes Ray Barracks In Germany

With Elvis Presley's 'Hound Dog' reverberating off the cement walls, Lt. Col. Thomas Salo, commander, 102nd Signal Battalion, and Jeurgen Jaeger, 102nd Signal Bn., shut off the main power supply to the KN-4100 telephone switch during a closing ceremony for building 3705 on Ray Barracks.
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Elvis at the Hayride 2 CD set

Elvis at the Hayride 2 CD set of Elvis' historic Louisiana Hayride recordings.
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Bill Belew Died

Bill Belew, who headed the design team for Elvis Presley's stagewear and much of his personal wardrobe from 1969 to 1977, died of cardiac arrest yesterday.
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Elvis : Hot August Night - August 12, 1972

Shortly after the soon-to-be released second volume of A Wild Weekend in Huntsville! the Madison label will release a CD titled Hot August Night featuring the August 12, 1972 Midnight Show as recorded from the soundboard at the Las Vegas Hilton.
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The Baby Lets Play House - Spankox Remix

The Baby Lets Play House - Spankox Remix release is on a brand new media called VinylDisc: it's a special compact disc (CD) playable on a normal CD player but also by a traditional 33rpm turntable. Elvis' Baby Let's Play House will be the world's first commercial release on this new interesting media that like the old 45 rpm singles has one A side (Vinyl) and one B side (CD). Buy | View Video.
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Ship: Fame Arriving New York June 14, 1710

On June, 14 1710 arriving on the ship 'Fame', Captain Walter Houxton, were the following: Johann Valentin Bressler, 41, Anna Christiana, 36, Anna Elisabetha, 14, Anna Gertrud, 12, Andreas, 6, Antoni, 4, and (son) 1-1/2.
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Interview with Jerry Schilling | Discover the real Elvis

Interview with Jerry Schilling by Ken Sharp. Longtime Elvis friend George Klein said, 'Jerry has an insight a lot of people don't have. He was one of the few guys who would tell Elvis the truth. I think he has a different angle because he had a lot of quality time with Elvis and Elvis respected his opinion on a lot of stuff'.

Paul McCartney, Elvis, and Bill Black's Bass

Bill Black's main stand-up bass is today owned by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, who received the instrument as a birthday present from his late wife Linda McCartney in the late 1970s. The bass can be seen in the video clip to McCartney's song 'Baby's Request'. In the documentary film In the World Tonight, McCartney can be seen playing the bass and singing his version of 'Heartbreak Hotel'. In 1995, he played it on 'Real Love', the last 'new' Beatles record (one of two in which McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr overdubbed a full arrangement onto a John Lennon home recording from the late 1970s).

Elvis Album At The Center Of UK Copyright Row

The UK distributor has pulled the plug on the New York: RCA Studio 1: The Complete Sessions CD / DVD Audio / Book release after Sony BMG Music in the UK sent out a letter threatening legal action.
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Update : Elvis' Christmas Album 9,000,000 Sales

The version of the album that has sold 9,000,000 is the RCA Camden reissue from 1970, also titled Elvis' Christmas Album, which features the eight Christmas-oriented tracks from the original album plus two additional, later recordings. Included in that figure is the Pickwick reissue from 1976, which sold tons in the States in the years following Elvis' death. The original 1957 album LOC-1035, is certified for Triple Platinum (3,000,000 units) by the RIAA. Those sales were achieved between 1957 and 1969.
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Elvis touched it! - Stories from the King's concerts in Seattle

It's a day I'll never forget, Sunday, Sept. 1, 1957. That's the day Elvis made his Seattle debut, at the old Sicks' Seattle Stadium. Also at this show was a 15-year-old James (Jimi) Hendrix who made a color drawing showing Elvis wielding a guitar.
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Q & A With Winfield Scott About I'm a Roustabout

Following is the Q & A songwriter with songwriter Winfield Scott.
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Forever Elvis in Tampa

One of the earliest and most widely seen performance photos of Elvis Presley was taken right here in Tampa, during a 1955 concert appearance at Fort Homer Hesterly Armory. A tightly cropped version of the photo was used on the cover of Presley's first album. But specifics about the photo's origins have been as fuzzy as the green shag carpet in the Jungle Room of Presley's Graceland mansion.
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Gordon Stoker remembers the song Elvis tried to reject

Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires, tells how Elvis did not want to record 'Blue Chistmas' for inclusion on Elvis' Christmas Album. After the producers told him he had too, Elvis asked the Jordanaires and band to come up with something so bad that it would never see the light of day as a single.
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Paul McCartney on the Upright Bass

Paul McCartney sings 'That's All Right' solo using Bill Blacks Upright Bass.
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Jimi Hendrix & Elvis Presley

The color drawing, showing Elvis wielding a guitar, was made by an impressionable 15-year-old Hendrix two months after attending Presley's concert at Sick's Stadium on September 1, 1957. Included in the picture is a list he wrote down during the concert itself, the entire line-up of songs he heard Presley sing that night.
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1977 Johnny Cash All-star tribute to Elvis Presley

The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977 has been released on DVD. This special includes an all-star tribute to Elvis Presley, who had passed away two months prior. Rockabilly pioneers Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison join Johnny Cash on 'This Train Is Bound For Glory' in memory of Elvis Presley, whose affinity for such sacred music was well known.
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Elvis tops list of Top-selling Christmas Albums

Elvis' Christmas Album is the top-selling release of all time with 9 million sales.
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Tom Petty's love for rock 'n' roll began the day he met Elvis in Ocala

One summer morning in 1961, an 11-year-old Tom Petty sat on pine straw in his front yard, wondering how he was going to spend his day. By the end of the afternoon, he knew how he would spend his life - Elvis kicked off my love of music.
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Nixon meets 'The King' on Dec. 21, 1970

On this day in 1970, Elvis Presley visited President Richard Nixon at the White House. Presley initiated the meeting, asking the president to name him a 'federal agent-at-large' in the war on drugs. Presley arrived at the Oval Office bearing a gift: a World War II-era Colt .45 pistol. Three weeks earlier, Presley met with Vice President Spiro Agnew in Palm Springs and suggested that his celebrity status could be used in promoting anti-drug efforts.
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Long Lonely Highway Deleted + FTD Price Rise in 2008

FTD have announced that the title Long Lonely Highway has been deleted.
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Elvis Presley: Wagging His Tail In Las Vegas

Review of Elvis In Concert at the International Hotel in August 1969, originally published by Rolling Stone magazine on February 21, 1970.
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Tad Akazawa Died - Elvis Presley Fan Club of Japan

The Founding President of the Elvis Presley Fan Club of Japan (Tokyo) Mr. Tad Akazawa has passed away after suffering a massive heart attack.
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Memphis Recording Service, Vol. 1 Sold Out

The Memphis Recording Service, Vol. 1 set is now sold out with no more to be remade. We have five sets left in stock then we will be sold out as well. The Memphis Recording Service, Vol. 1 set is about Elvis' first two years at the Memphis Recording Service (Sun Records). The set contains a 5.1 audio DVD, a vinyl 45 RPM single and a detailed bookwith exclusive new information, unseen documents and colour photos covering the humble beginnings of Elvis Presley's music career and its effects on the birth of Rock'n'Roll during 1953 -1954.
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Rock Back The Clock - Elvis New Years Eve 1975 - Update

We have additional and final info for the upcoming Rock Back the Clock CD. As Recorded live in Pontiac, Michigan, Silverdome, December 31, 1975/January 01, 1976. The main reason for this new and ultimate Pontiac '75 release is that the sound quality is excellent for an audiance recording. This new source is very clear and most importantly, almost echo-free because the person with recorder was sitting very close to the sound system. If you have any of the previous 'Straight Arrow' CD releases, then you know what to expect in design and sound quality.
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Elvis My Best Man by George Klein 2008

George Klein's detailed account of his long friendship with Elvis will be released in the summer as Elvis, My Best Man. Klein says he has used the same ghost writer, Chuck Crisafulli, who wrote Schilling's book, Me And a Guy Named Elvis: My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley.
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Photographic Family Album was 'labor of love' for George Klein

George Klein provided the captions for the The 143-page Elvis Family Album, a chronological look at Elvis' life from infancy in Tupelo to high school in Memphis to Hollywood and the Oval Office during Elvis' famous summit with President Nixon.
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My Baby Left Me In Guinness Book Of Records

The recent Memphis Recording Service CD Single release of My Baby Left Me, released August 2007 only through HMV Stores in the UK (For one week only) is to enter into the 2009 Edition of Guinness Book of World Records.
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The Presleys at Led Zeppelin Reunion

Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, and Elvis' oldest grandchild, Riley Keough, made a rare appearance in London for the Led Zeppelin reunion show.
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A Wild Weekend in Huntsville! - Volume Two

The CD A Wild Weekend in Huntsville! - Volume Two featuring the June 1, 1975 afternoon show recorded from the mixing desk will be released in January 2008. The previous matinee performance in Huntsville was one of the best from this tour, and this one is as good if not better. The sound quality is also superior to the first volume with a fresh, dynamic, lively rocking sound.
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Burning Love #13 on UK Singles Chart

'Burning Love' has entered the UK singles chart at #13 this week. This single ends the 2007 UK campaign containing some of Elvis' UK chart hits which never reached #1. Buy complete Elvis The King CD Set and/or Elvis The King 10' Vinyl Set.
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Elvis The King of Rock 'n' Roll DVD #19

On the Australian DVD Chart Elvis The King of Rock 'n' Roll drops from #16 to #19. The DVD is certified Gold and has been on the chart for 4 weeks, peaking at #5.
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Eric Clapton meeting Elvis Presley

We drove up, and there's two limousines, and there's Elvis in a truck wearing a cowboy hat. He goes, 'Who in the fuck is Eric Clapton? Goddamn limousines! Why does he have to bring a fuckin' limousine to a movie theater?' I said, 'Oh my God, what am I gonna do?' Then, to top it, Elvis always sits in a certain place in the theater, and Eric's sitting there (laughs). It's like rubbing salt in the injury.
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Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys

So we went over, and Terry Melcher was producing. Terry played a track for Elvis, and Brian said, 'Do you think we have anything?' And Elvis said, 'No'. And we went back to our studio. Later, the security guys told us it was Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.
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First look at New Elvis Presley's Graceland DVD

We have a video first look at the new and soon to be released Elvis Presley's Graceland DVD. The DVD will include footage of the upstairs area of the racquetball building including Elvis' bathroom, lounge and dressing room area featuring a walk in closet, Jacuzzi, Whirlpool tub and luxurious multi head shower and steam bath, along with a bathroom and dressing room area for his friends.
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Jerry Schilling : Elvis' meeting with President Richard Nixon

View a video interview with Jerry Schilling as he talks about Elvis' meeting with President Richard Nixon and the events leading up to it. Jerry was the only one with Elvis at the start, on the plane as Elvis wrote to the President. The video starts with a great slide show, as they say 'a picture paints a thousand words'.

Inside Graceland has now been released

Inside Graceland has now been released. This 112 page full colour photo book is made from pictures from the world's top Elvis collector and historian Sherif Hanna. Inside Graceland includes stunning photos of Elvis' personal items and wardrobe taken before the mansion opened to the public.
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Friends Remember Elvis Presley | Part 2

Tonight, intimate stories of an American legend, Elvis Presley. With us, Elvis' best buddies, Marty Lacker, who knew Elvis since junior high, was co-best man at his wedding, served as the King's bookkeeper and secretary. Lamar Fike, he even tried to go into the Army with him, but couldn't. Jerry Schilling still finds it hard to discuss all the time he spent with Elvis. Also Elvis' stepbrother, David Stanley, at Elvis' Graceland mansion the day he died. Kathy Westmoreland, backup singer, it was a hot summer night in 1970 when Elvis Presley first stood on a stage and introduced Kathy Westmoreland to the world. Anita Wood who dated Elvis seriously for years in the '50s, even lived for a time at Graceland. And Patty Perry, who knew Elvis for so long, she was the only woman officially, or unofficially in the Memphis Mafia.

New Elvis Viva Las Vegas Official Soundtrack CD

This 'Viva Las Vegas' soundtrack will be released in January. The documentary featured performances by some of the today's biggest stars doing their unique interpretations of the Elvis song that had the most influence on them. The CD features these great performances as well as original songs by Elvis Presley.
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Linda Thompson Inside Graceland

Last week we published a preview of 6 pages from the book Inside Graceland. There you one can see how different many of the rooms at Graceland looked back in 1975 when Elvis lived there. Since then many people have asked us if we could show more pictures from the book. So here is another 4 pictures of Linda Thompson posing in various places in and outside the house.
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Elvis Presley Video Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD

Never before have we seen an Elvis Presley concert from the 1950's with sound. Until Now! The DVD Contains recently discovered unreleased film of Elvis performing 6 songs, including Heartbreak Hotel and Don't Be Cruel, live in Tupelo Mississippi 1956. Included we see a live performance of the elusive Long Tall Sally seen here for the first time ever. + Plus Bonus DVD Audio.

This is an excellent release no fan should be without it.

The 'parade' footage is good to see as it puts you in the right context with color and b&w footage. The interviews of Elvis' Parents are well worth hearing too. The afternoon show footage is wonderful and electrifying : Here is Elvis in his prime rocking and rolling in front of 11.000 people. Highly recommended.

Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD Video with Sound.