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Elvis AlohaFromHawaii LP misprint jacket 600

aloha from hawaii via misprinted cover art

I DON’T HAVE MUCH OF AN AR­TICLE to go with the awk­wardly ti­tled “Aloha From Hawaii Via Mis­printed Cover Art.” For now, I wanted to make this image avail­able to fans and col­lec­tors so they can see a real rarity among Elvis records: a mis­printed LP album jacket without any text on the front cover! [Read more] “aloha from hawaii via misprinted cover art”

Elvis EPA

this german EP album is one of the rarest elvis records in the world!

WHILE ELVIS WAS IN THE ARMY during 1958-1960, RCA Victor did a rea­son­ably good job of keeping Pres­ley’s ca­reer alive and well. They re­leased five new sin­gles and sev­eral EP and LP al­bums. While all of these records sold well and are fa­miliar, a few rar­i­ties from this time exist—especially a cer­tain German EP album. [Read more] “this german EP album is one of the rarest elvis records in the world!”

Elvis EPA

elvis talks to his many fans (epa-4325, elvis sails)

ELVIS EN­TERED THE ARMY as a buck pri­vate on March 24, 1958, at the draft board in Mem­phis, Ten­nessee. Pri­vate Presley took a bus to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, tem­porarily halting his ca­reer as a recording artist and movie actor for the next two years. And what was RCA Victor to do during that time? [Read more] “elvis talks to his many fans (epa-4325, elvis sails)”

Elvis 02 03 1976 last posed

the last photos elvis sat for were in 1976

THE LAST PHOTOS ELVIS SAT FOR were in early 1976. He stopped doing “for­mally” posed pub­licity shots in 1969! He posed for ca­sual photos at the press con­fer­ence ac­com­pa­nying his opening in Las Vegas in ’69 and again for the press con­fer­ence for his debut at Madison Square Garden in 1972. [Read more] “the last photos elvis sat for were in 1976”

Elvis Sun209 ThatsAllRight 78 600 trim

collecting elvis 78 rpm singles from the ’50s

COL­LECTING ELVIS 78 RPM SIN­GLES from the ’50s is a daunting task. Even though only twenty-nine 78 rpm sin­gles were re­leased in the US, each is a rather rare record. Aside from their rel­a­tive rarity, 78s are fragile and dif­fi­cult to find in near-mint con­di­tion. Plus, for com­pletist col­lec­tors, there are mul­tiple press­ings of each number! [Read more] “collecting elvis 78 rpm singles from the ’50s”