a blog about elvis presley's music and records
MY BABYBOOK states that my favorite song in 1956 was “Sh-Boom.” As I turned five that year, that makes sense. But my aging brain tells me that “Hound Dog” has been my fave for as long as it has been translating my experiences into memories and storing them! [Read more] “introduction to elvis – a touch of gold”
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ELVIS FOUND ALIVE is, despite its pretense and tackiness, basically a biography of the man. It compiles facts and quotes from various sources and links them together, more or less chronologically, offering no new factual data and no interesting opinions or insights. You pretty much know it’s a “mocumentary” of some sort from the get-go. [Read more] “elvis found alive (a movie review)”
SELLING ELVIS PRESLEY was never that difficult. Even during his low periods, each new record generally sold hundreds of thousands of units (although few were number ones) while his back catalog sold millions. Because of that, RCA took Presley for granted and failed to issue quality compilations and properly promote the ones they did release. [Read more] “elvis’ number ones and golden hits”
MY APOLOGIES IF YOU ARE HERE looking for something to read about Elvis’ movies. I started writing some notes for a series of mini-reviews of each of Presley’s movies—trying for some “objectivity” about the movie and its soundtrack music in each review—and accidentally pressed the Publish button instead of the Save Draft button. [Read more] ““elvis movies” is a work-in-progress”
RCA VICTOR SPD-15, a collection of ten untitled records, were known only by their group catalog number for decades. The ten 45 rpm extended-play (EP) records contain forty tracks by ten country artists, including four by Elvis Presley. The records were made for jukeboxes and are now incorrectly referred to as the “Jukebox Promotion Kit.” [Read more] “is the “country & western jukebox promotion kit” for spd-15 more fake news?”
ELVIS PRESLEY ON EXTENDED PLAY! Was the all-Elvis record in the untitled SPD-15 collection the first appearance of an Elvis track on an extended-play record? RCA Victor SPD-15 is a set of ten EPs by ten of the company’s country & western artists. Intended for jukeboxes, it remains a mysterious record even sixty years later. [Read more] “was SPD-15 the first EP album to feature an elvis track?”
E‑Z COUNTRY PROGRAMMING was the title of a series of promotional LPs manufactured by RCA Victor in the 1950s. Each record collected sides from current singles by various country artists. One of these records featured “I Forgot To Remember To Forget” and “Mystery Train” by Elvis Presley. [Read more] “was “e‑z country programming 2” the first LP to feature an elvis track?”
E‑Z POP PROGRAMMING was the title of a series of promotional LPs manufactured by RCA Victor in the 1950s. Each record collected sides from current singles by various pop artists. One of these records featured “I Forgot To Remember To Forget” and “Mystery Train” by Elvis Presley. [Read more] “was “e‑z pop programming 5” the first LP to feature an elvis track?”
AFTER ACQUIRING ELVIS in November 1955, RCA Victor set about reissuing the five singles that Presley had released on Sun Records. Reissuing the then-current hit re-run “I Forgot To Remember To Forget” / “Mystery Train” was the company’s top priority. Exactly when those four records were issued has long been a matter of debate. [Read more] “a new kind of hit re-run with elvis presley”