a blog about elvis presley's music and the records it can be found on
MY BABYBOOK states that my favorite song in 1956 was “Sh-Boom.” As I turned 5-years-old that year, that makes sense. But I don’t remember it that way: my aging gray matter tells me that “Hound Dog” has been my favorite record since as long as it has translating my experiences into memories and storing them within its folds. READ MORE
THIS IS AN UNUSUAL MOVE FOR ME in that I am pushing a product here on my Elvis – A Touch Of Gold blog. I didn’t go looking for a product to push; in fact, quite the opposite occurred. I was looking for images for the series of articles I am writing about the line of Elvis records on the Gold Standard Series. READ MORE
WOULD ELVIS WEAR A MASK DURING THIS PANDEMIC? I found an arresting photo of a young Elvis wearing a bandana-like mask with what appeared to be modern demonstrators in the background. I found the image on Elvis Rare Records, where the site’s owner, Dave Reynolds, had sent me regarding another issue. When I saw this image, I had to have it!
Dave found it on Rockapedia, which sports a gigantic copy of the photo titled “Elvis Presley – The Masked Man.” READ MORE
WHAT SERIES OF ELVIS SINGLES receives even less attention from collectors than the “new black” label Gold Standard singles from the late ’70s? The Collectables Records titles! In fact, most Elvis collectors have dismissed the idea of even adding Collectables 45s and LPs to their want-lists. This is a shame as there are a lot of interesting pieces to pursue, as this article makes evident. READ MORE
FINDING A NEW ITEM TO COLLECT in the world of Elvis records is a rather rare occurrence. After all, the man has been dead for more than forty years and RCA stopped mass-producing vinyl records more than twenty years ago. Nonetheless, “new” things do appear, such as a stash of unusual picture sleeves that recently turned up for sale on the internet. READ MORE
BACK IN JANUARY, I was asked to answer a question on Quora: What was the first British #1 hit for Elvis Presley? My answer was short although not necessarily simple: I noted that some UK charts listed Heartbreak Hotel as reaching #1 while others only placed it at #2. The first single to reach #1 on all the major charts was All Shook Up. READ MORE
MY APOLOGIES, I AM LATE (STILL) with the promised set of articles on the Gold Standard Series of Elvis records. And a second, more controversial article offers a revealing look at a highly sought-after collectable with a dubious pedigree. I am still working on technical aspects of my blogs and still have obstacles in the path of having them up-to-date and running quickly and smoothly. READ MORE
TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HIS AIDS CHARITY, Elton John sold his record collection through a Sotheby’s auction in 1993. The collection contained more than 70,000 items, including singles, albums, 8-track tapes, cassettes, and compact discs. Proceeds from the sale went to the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which remains an ongoing concern that has raised more than $400,000,000 over the past quarter-century. READ MORE
SPOILER ALERT for record collectors! I am about to divulge information that could forever change the way you look at collectable records. And if you wheel and deal in old records, it might affect the way that you buy and sell those records. At least, it might change the way that you look at ads offering Elvis Gold Standard singles for sale, which seem to be a permanent part of the internet. READ MORE
