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Elvis Presley In Concert at the Acer Arena, Sydney Australia, October 14, 2006. The lights dimmed, and the crowd exploded. I let my mind wander as the 2001 theme started playing, and pretended it was the real Elvis coming out. And before I knew it, the band was on stage, the crowd was going bonkers ...
Engelbert Humperdinck says he was inspired by Elvis. He said Elvis Presley was one of his biggest musical influences. They met many times when both were performing in Las Vegas and became good friends.
In 1954 and 1955, Elvis Presley was not yet famous, Helena was a thriving center of Delta commerce and St. Mary Church's parish hall was the best place in town to hold a dance. Presley performed at the 'Catholic Club' several times -- until the late Father Gregory Keller, former Church pastor, told him to never come back.
The Sun Record Co. logo, with its striking shades of vintage yellow and brown, is one of the most recognizable designs in popular music history. It's also a trademark that the historic Sun Studio at 706 Union Ave in Memphis may no longer be able to use if the Nashville-based owner of Sam Phillips' famous Sun Records has its way.
Lisa Marie and Angie Marchesi, Graceland's archive director, recently led Oprah on a private tour of Graceland. Once they were behind the velvet ropes in the famed residence, they got to see some of the King's preserved possessions and rooms. Though millions of fans have toured Graceland, no ticket could get you into the last room on the tour-a secret library of Elvis memorabilia.
Elvis Presley's musical director
Joe Guercio is speculating on the songs that The King should have done in his performing career, and for him, there's one particular tune that really stands out.
On one of my rare trips to Memphis, we were invited to attend some of the movie parties Elvis used to have. We found our way to the Memphian. There was a small group of fans waiting outside. A few were also inside, having already been let in by some of the guys. As soon as Elvis arrived the entire atmosphere changed.
Elvis at 21: New York to Memphis featuring Alfred Wertheimer's seminal Elvis photos from 1956 will be released during October, 2006. Wertheimer's photographs of Elvis are extraordinary and he appears almost ethereal, whether reading a newspaper while waiting for a cab, or washing his hands during one of his many train trips.
Following is the press release issued today making the formal announcement to the media and to the public at large of
Elvis Presley: The Ed Sullivan Shows. All three complete episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show that Elvis appeared on will be released on a 3-disc DVD set. After the end of the press release text is an essay written by Greil Marcus that will appear in the DVD liner notes.
Here is a short video interview with
Col Tom Parker from 1993.
A new
television campaign in the UK promoting BBC Radio 2 depicts Elvis introducing his band during a fantasy concert. The band consists of legendary figures from the music industry: Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Sheryl Crow, Noel Gallagher and The Sugababes, with footage of these artists painstakingly matched to make it look like they are all on the stage performing together with Elvis.
A national
advertising campaign for the all-new Honda CR-V begins in the USA Sept. 28 and one spot features a newly remixed version of Elvis Presley's, 'Burning Love'.
If there's one question that divides Elvis fans even more than Colonel Parker's legacy, it is the vexed question of movie soundtracks. I know many ardent Elvis fans who started out drawing a metaphorical line in the sand - King Creole and no further - but have, almost against their will, been dragged into a quagmire where, after a while, they find themselves humming the infuriatingly catchy chorus of Harem Holiday.
We have received the cover art of the Follow That Dream CD release
Let Yourself Go - The Making of Elvis The 68 Comeback Special which is due for release in October.
The Elvis Presley Camden album's
Let's Be Friends and
You'll Never Walk Alone are to be released on CD by BMG Special Products.
The house lights dim, a timpani sounds the dramatic opening bars of the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and a familiar figure in a bespangled white jumpsuit strides up to the microphone. The audience gasps collectively, then erupts in applause -- Elvis Presley is truly back in the building!
Jerry Scheff has begun writing a book about his career.
The death of Elvis Presley has been ranked no. 5 in a Channel 7 program, 'TV Turns 50 - The Events That Stopped a Nation' broadcast last night. Celebratiing 50 years of TV in Australia, 'Man Walks On The Moon' was ranked at no. 1, JFK Assassinated no. 3 and the 'Beatles Tour of Australia' at no. 19.
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Elvis was singing
That's All Right and
Blue Moon Of Kentucky. The sound went straight up your spine. The way he sang, the singer sounded black. Maybe it was the flapping of the big doghouse bass, all wood thump, and the slapback echo of the guitars wailin' and frailin' away. It just climbed right through you.
The
Elvis - Rock 'N Roll Hero CD
will not be released in Australia due to licensing problems however we have been able to obtain a small number of copies and offer them to you for a limited time only. This 16 track CD is
made in Australia.
Sony BMG will release
The Essential Elvis Presley in 2007. Probably in February. This is the excellent Sony Music CD series that currently featuring such artists as
Bruce Springsteen,
Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and many more.
Sony BMG will release
The Complete Million Dollar Quartet recordings on
October 6. Using a better quality and complete tape found in Elvis' private collection, for the first time this release is in it's complete form and will run in the correct sequence, approximately 12 minutes longer than previous releases.
The
Memphis Recording Service, Vol. 1 will be available in Australia from September 22 exclusively at David Jones.
When Jerry Schilling thinks of his close pal Elvis Presley and Colorado, he recalls the legendary rocker's 40th birthday in Vail. After a day snowmobiling, Schilling and his girlfriend at the time retired to their condo. "About 11 o'clock at night, (Presley's) girlfriend, Linda Thompson, called and said she had made a little cake for Elvis and would we come over?" Schilling said.
Since the Nineties, Ernst Jorgensen has meticulously treated Elvis' musical legacy with immense care, respect, scholarly integrity and historical perspective and insight. He's also proven to be a wily detective as well, unearthing treasure trove after treasure trove of released and unreleased Elvis recordings. Quite simply he has set the bar for how one should protect, maintain and nurture an artist's catalog.
This is the Sony/BMG official ad for
The Complete Million Dollar Quartet release scheduled for October, 2006. It gives the complete track listing and an overview for this release. Using a better quality and complete tape found in Elvis' private collection, for the first time this release is in it's complete form and will run in the correct sequence, approximately 12 minutes longer than previous releases.
Coming October 1, 2006 is
Let Yourself Go The Making of 'Elvis' - The Comeback Special from FTD. This new CD combines previously unreleased outtakes from the sessions at Western Recorders, with the June 24 rehearsal at NBC (previously only available on bootleg). The Western recordings include the opening, the gospel sequence, the road sequence, Memories and If I Can Dream.
Follow That Dream Records has announced the first deletions from its catalogue of Elvis CDs.
The following titles will be deleted when the remaining stock is sold:
Out In Hollywood,
Silver Screen Stereo,
Fame And Fortune, and
The Way It Was.
There will be two or three extra releases from
FTD in November, 2006 and one of these will be Ken Sharp's book
Writing For The King, including 125 interviews with people who wrote songs for Elvis. It will include 2 CDs: one of Elvis' recordings of songs by these writers, and one with demos of Elvis songs.
The Love Me Tender Years Diary book by Trude Forsher has been released. Trude Forsher was Colonel Parker's assistant from 1956-1961.
It was just a routine call. Someone was having difficulty breathing at 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard. But this time it was different.
When he was 12,
Jerry Schilling couldn't believe the voice he heard on the radio singing
That's All Right belonged to a teenager from his own north Memphis neighborhood. Peter Guralnick, author of the two-volume biography of Presley, 'Last Train to Memphis' and 'Careless Love', said Schilling's memoir is a balanced treatment of Presley and offers insights into the characters that surrounded the musician.
Rolling Stone editors have selected their favorite Elvis tracks on the anniversary of the King's death. Here is their playlist.
Jerry Schilling remembers the moment his life changed. He was 12 years old and in a football huddle on a hot July afternoon in 1954. The guy facing him had a neat, greased pompadour with duck tails and was wearing a pair of blue jeans, a white T-shirt and a little smile .... Elvis. That began a 23-year friendship.
I was recently offered the chance to have a half hour chat with one of the world's greatest guitarists, James Burton, who was calling from his home in Shreveport, LA.
Christchurch, New Zealand and Bangkok, Thailand have been added to the October 2006 Elvis Presley In Concert Tour of Australia.
Sony BMG will release The Complete Million Dollar Quartet recordings on October 6. Using a better quality and complete tape found in Elvis' private collection, for the first time this release is in it's complete form and will run in the correct sequence, approximately 12 minutes longer than previous releases.
Fans of the King from around the world are in Memphis, Tenn., honoring the 29th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. Linda Thompson gave 'Extra' a tour of Graceland and US President George Bush and first lady Laura Bush have sent their regards to Elvis Presley fans honouring the 29th anniversary of the King's death.
Fifty years ago, as Elvis Presley was about to make his first appearance on 'The Ed Sullivan Show', nearly everyone in America who had a TV had tuned in. Presley's first of three appearances on Sullivan's show, on Sept. 9, 1956, drew 60 million viewers, more than 80 percent of the national TV audience.
Coming Home Music has found that they need more time in setting up full retail distribution of the
Elvis: The 25th Anniversary Concert DVD. The PBS affiliate airings/offering have been rescheduled for sometime in December. The general release date and full retail rollout has been rescheduled for January 2006.
Elvis Presley Enterprises and Cirque du Soleil have reached an agreement with MGM Mirage to create a permanent Elvis Presley show at the CityCenter hotel/casino, under construction in Las Vegas.
Inside G.I. Blues has been released. This deluxe box-set includes a book, dvd, vinyl single, four postcards. This edition is
limited to only 2000 box-sets. 1000 extra books have been produced for those who will miss the box-set. The book alone will not go on sale before the box-set is sold and that is pretty close.
Folllowing is an interview with John Tefteller who discovered the acetate containing the Don Davis interview which was included on the recent
Elvis Presley Special Edition FTD CD. This interview gives you the background on this discovery.
Don Maloney learned a lesson that night - never go to the snack bar of the PX at Camp Wildflecken, Germany, with Elvis Presley if you're really hungry.
In the months ahead, probably in either November 2006 or January 2007, the three complete episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show that Elvis appeared on will be released on a 3-disc DVD set. This release by SOFA Entertainment, the owner of the Ed Sulllivan Show catalog, is in partnership with Elvis Presley Enterprises.
Joe Tunzi's JAT Productions are still working on their video documentary project
Hot Shots and Cool Clips Volume 2.
Joe Tunzi's JAT Productions next book release will be
Elvis Starring in Oklahoma. This book will focus on Elvis' opening show of the July 1975 tour and is scheduled for release on December 12th, 2006.
Aloha Elvis: Hawaii's Great Friend is the title of the upcoming book by Jerry Hopkins. The book will be released by Bess Press, Honolulu late 2006.
A roller coaster Elvis Presley used to ride in a Memphis amusement park has acquired a
new owner but not a new location.
Due for release August 28, 2006 is a new softcover 232 page book by Mike Shellans and Bill Slater entitled 'Who Is the Greatest? Elvis or The Beatles?'.
'One day things will be different' - Elvis Presley. We know a lot about Elvis Presley. But the most significant of the many things we don't know about him is how, when and why he came to believe that, as he vowed to himself when he was a skinny, poor, boy in the poorest state of the union, one day things would be different.
Released in Vietnam is a new CD
The Best of Elvis Presley featuring 30 favorites from Vietnamese Fans. This release includes hits like: Summer Kisses Winter Tears, Fever, Your Cheatin' Heart, The Girl Of My Best Friend, Blue Suede Shoes, Santa Lucia, I Just Can't Help Believin', Make Me Know It, No More and Angel.
The upcoming single disc reissues of the
1968 Comeback Special and
Aloha From Hawaii contain some 'Easter eggs'. An 'Easter egg' is hidden content on a DVD. It's not listed on or in any of the DVD packaging or shown obviously on the onscreen DVD menu. You have to find it. Here will tell you how to find the hidden content.
A teddy bear formerly owned by Elvis Presley was destroyed when a guard dog which was supposed to protect it went on the rampage. The rare Steiff bear, named Mabel, was due to form the centrepiece of an exhibition at Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset.
Elvis : The Ed Sullivan Shows DVD release due out in November will bring you Elvis' three performances on the Ed Sullivan Show. And besides all 3 episodes featuring Elvis Presley, there will be a number of Elvis extras as well!
Ger Rijff will produce a photo book on the 50th anniversary of Jailhouse Rock, next year. It will be similair to the already succesful
Inside G.I. Blues book.
Quoting the UK's Observer newspaper, Melbourne's Herald Sun has named Elvis' debut album,
Elvis Presley #9 on a list of 50 Albums that changed the world.
I Found My Thrill represents the first official representation of Elvis' Winter Jan/Feb 1974 Las Vegas season. Here we find Elvis fresh and with a new repertoire, which surprisingly includes two 1970 standards
Sweet Caroline and
You've Lost That Loving Feeling as well as
Polk Salad Annie. Well before this CD ever came out fans were asking Ernst for this CD and Ernst has included as much as possible from this season.
Following are a few background comments from Kevan Budd, responsible for the great restoration and mastering of some of the latest Elvis' releases, regarding the Follow That Dream reissue of
Elvis Presley.
Elvis, My Best Man is the title of George Klein's book which should be out in about 18 months or so. In an
interview with Elvis Australia, George said 'It will be from day one, from the first meeting in 1948 until today. It will have inside stories that people don't know and pictures people have never seen. You'll hear the whole, true story'.
Legendary American songwriter
Mike Stoller recalls how he almost went down with a ship - without ever learning that the young Elvis Presley had taken his
Hound Dog to No 1.
Humes High School is getting a gift from the King of Rock and Roll. A new music and media center is being built at Humes Middle School, Elvis Presley's Alma Mater.
Set for release in the 'Hollywood Classics' series is the movie '
Tickle Me'. This release should be region free and NTSC standard. The picture quality is definitely best available as far. Much better than on previous VHS versions. Picture is sharper and colours are more realistic than before. The format of the picture is nearly 14:9.
Nearly 30 years after music lost its King, Wilkinson, 61, of Springfield, Mo., shares his memories in My Life Before During and After Elvis Presley, a book he co-wrote with Nick Moretti, of Warren. Written in the first person, the book puts to rest many rumors about Presley and gives readers a chance to know Wilkinson.
Sony BMG Australia will re-release '
Rock', '
Country' and '
Inspirational' on August 12.
Sonny West, Elvis Presley's longtime bodyguard and charter member of the Memphis Mafia, has signed a publishing deal with Triumph/Random House for his upcoming book, 'Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business'.
We have recievced a
preview image from the upcoming
Inside G.I. Blues book. The first edition of the book will be released as a
collector's edition box and will contain a
deluxe 112 page full colour book, a
DVD and a
vinyl single. Released August 1st.
Volume 2 of the CD '
The Documentaries' with recordings from 'That's The Way It Is' and 'Elvis On Tour' is to be resleased. This release is not a usual 'talking album only', it contains a lot of different recordings and a 16-page booklet with photos and information. All recordings are remastered, some are available for the first time.
This June's Elvis Presley Festival attracted more attendees and generated more money than any previous festival in the annual event's eight-year history.
This summer marks the 50th anniversary of Elvis' famous shows at the Florida Theatre. In the crowd sat a prominent Duval County Judge who wasn't there to enjoy the King's music. His job was to make sure Elvis' hips were behaving themselves.
In the fall of 1964, when I first went to work for Elvis after a decade of friendship with him, I was a few practice teaching credits shy of becoming a history teacher. Now after half a century of living through all kinds of experiences with this man and his family and friends, I've come full circle - I'm now ready to share some history.
A 50th anniversary editon of 'Bravo' will be issued in July with a special 'Elvis in Deutschland' chapter. Bravo is a German (pop) magazine targeting teenagers.
Graceland was honored to welcome two world leaders to Elvis' home today. US President George Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi toured Graceland in a historic visit. Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley greeted the two leaders along with First Lady Laura Bush upon their arrival.
Watch a video of the President and Prime Minister as they are greeted at Graceland and enjoy their tour.
The JAT Publishing
Hawaii 61 book is scheduled for July 25th, 2006. This book will feature among other things photographs of the U.S.S. Arizona Benefit Show with over 130 black & white and color photos, many unpublished, informative text, with a special
bonus collector CD that contains interviews from 56-61 and
replica ticket.
The book
Elvis: Remembering August 16, 1977 has been published and is now available to the Elvis fans around the world. It's based on the fans' reactions when they'd heard the tragic news of his death on August 16, 1977.
President Bush welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the White House this morning. Two hours later, in a joint press conference in the East Room, the president and Bush both referred repeatedly to the Graceland visit.
The book
Inside G.I. Blues will be released late July. This is a deluxe 112 page full colour book that will include a lot of unknown stories about the movie, many rare and unpublished pictures of Elvis during the filming, at the photo sessions, in the recording studio, at various parties that was held during the filming, eating together with the cast etc. The first printing comes in a deluxe box including a DVD with never before seen footage and a vinyl single with rare radio spots.
Here is both the audio and the complete transcript of an Elvis press conference in Canada 1957.
The Zippin Pippin, the most prominent and historic ride and Elvis' favorite at Libertyland, has been sold for $2,500 at public auction.
We have details about next week's pre-sale of tickets and special ticket packages for
Adelaide,
Melbourne,
Brisbane and
Sydney. Buy from
www.elvisworldtour.com
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.