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THAT’S CORRECT, all of the Elvis Sun EPs are bootleg EPs. Fortunately, most collectors seem to know that they are not legitimate, and few sellers advertise them as anything other than boots. But they are nice looking records and most serious Elvis collectors own them, so if you have been looking into them and wanting some information, look no further! [Read more] “all the elvis sun EPs are bootleg EPs”
EVERY RECORD COLLECTOR should be familiar with some if not all of the many colorful picture sleeves that accompanied Elvis Presley records in the 1950s, many collectors may not be aware that not all Presley Product was issued with such a sleeve. All of them are collectable and I would argue that almost all of them are truly under-valued in truly near mint condition (NM), even harder than THAT to find in mint condition (M)! [Read more] “elvis presley bootleg picture sleeves 1954–1956”
IN REAL ESTATE, the mantra is Location! Location! Location! It has been associated with that business for so long that it feels like it was invented along with the concept of the realtor. And of course, while the location of a house isn’t everything, it can seem that way when assaying property values or checking out a place to raise one’s family. [Read more] “dissemination is the name of the game”
THE ROUND PLACE IN THE MIDDLE is a website that I stumbled over sometime last year. There John Ross writes about rock & roll and Elvis and books and movies and even about critics with their arses up their heads. I was impressed with writing, insights, arguments. So I sent him a message and that was more or less it. [Read more] “It hurts me to be a kissin’ cousin”
THIS DISCOGRAPHY and price guide to In The Ghetto is a listing of various pressings of the record and its accompanying picture sleeve from around the world. It is a follow-up to “The importance of In The Ghetto” and “On the importance of In The Ghetto part 2.″ This piece is secondary to those two: it is a gallery of images of releases of the record the picture sleeve for In The Ghetto from around the world. [Read more] “In The Ghetto discography & price guide”
THIS SECOND PART of “The Importance of ‘In the Ghetto’ ” is a follow-up to the previously published “The importance of In The Ghetto.” This piece here is a sort of addendum of bits and pieces that can be associated with In The Ghetto the record. It includes an account of my purchase of the record in April 1969, an introduction to the song as Mac Davis conceived it and Elvis recorded it, and my responses to some of John’s key points. [Read more] “the importance of “in the ghetto” – part 2”
IN EARLY 1969, following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and the Holy Week Uprising and then the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the police riot at the Democratic National Convention, Elvis Presley chose to record a message song about racism. It turned out to be one of the most important records in his career, although it is rarely recognized as such. [Read more] “on the importance of “in the ghetto””
MY RESPONSE when first seeing the picture sleeve for Elvis Presley’s new single Spinout / All That I Am in the summer of ’66 was befuddlement. He looked ridiculous and almost didn’t look like Elvis Presley! His face was puffy and round, he was wearing make-up, and he had the most outlandish, “retro” hair-do imaginable? [Read more] “the “haircut” picture sleeves of the sixties”
ELVIS CUT-OUT ALBUMS began appearing in the mid-1970s. The dawning of the age of Elvis cut-outs opened with a handful of titles from a few years earlier that had been deleted due to diminishing sales. This article is an overview of the cut-out bins of the ’70s and the Elvis albums that found their way to them. [Read more] “the dawning of the age of cut-out albums”