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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”

the day the king met the crook (one strange moment in history)

ONE STRANGE MO­MENT IN HIS­TORY oc­curred when Pres­i­dent Richard Nixon (the crook) wel­comed Elvis Presley (the king) to the White House on De­cember 21, 1970. The pres­i­dent posed for photos with the reclu­sive singer, making it ap­pear as though Tricky Dick was re­ceiving the en­dorse­ment of one of the least po­lit­ical celebri­ties in the world. [Read more] “the day the king met the crook (one strange moment in history)”

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the most valuable elvis 45 of the ’70s has been bootlegged!

SOME COPIES OF “BURNING LOVE” may be the most valu­able commercially-issued Elvis single of the ’70s! De­spite its last sale on eBay for al­most a thou­sand dol­lars, many col­lec­tors are un­aware of this record’s value or its origin. This ar­ticle ad­dresses those facts and warns readers that this rarity has been boot­legged and these coun­ter­feit copies are being sold to un­sus­pecting fans! [Read more] “the most valuable elvis 45 of the ’70s has been bootlegged!”

Elvis AuburnUniversity March1974 1500 crop red

british pressings of elvis presley’s “my boy” are common in the u.k.

EXPORT-ONLY RECORDS ARE NOT COMMON in the record busi­ness. But in 1974, RCA in the US had to man­u­fac­ture records by sev­eral artists to be ex­ported to Eng­land for sale in the UK. Why this oc­curred while there were British press­ings of the same records being man­u­fac­tured at the same time re­mains a topic of dis­cus­sion among record collectors. [Read more] “british pressings of elvis presley’s “my boy” are common in the u.k.”

Elvis AuburnUniversity March1974 1500 crop blue

valuable insert associated with elvis presley’s “my boy” may be bootleg!

RCA 2458EX IS AN ODD RECORD, one of the oddest in the vast cat­alog of Elvis records. It was man­u­fac­tured in the US ex­pressly to be ex­ported to the UK and sold there in 1974. In­stead of the usual cream­sicle or­ange label that was the stan­dard for RCA records at the time, this weird record had la­bels that were as gray as the In­cred­ible Hulk was in 1962! [Read more] “valuable insert associated with elvis presley’s “my boy” may be bootleg!”

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