I've still been buying Elvis vinyl. Most of it, 45's or LP's, has been good. "GI Blues" had 3 skips on side 2 which bugs me. But I got much more stuff of fine quality. I've got a pretty nice EP collection now but I think I'll give it a rest. Christmas-time is a bad time to do mail transactions.......and as I said, it's an addiction! Some of his LP's now are my favs! I mean...as in, listening to regularly for pleasure. The digitalized versions I made of course. Once played, they are sealed. I'm liking him mostly from 1955 to 1965. But......Moody Blue, I love that album. Some of the French and Canadian offerings are fine compilations. I've definately changed. Elvis was bad to the bone. We all know that. I remember once.....in the mid to late 70's, my best high school buddies(two brothers) had a mom who adored Elvis. She dated an older man who was working on an oil painting of Elvis(the dude painted quite well).....as I watched. I wonder if that painting is hanging famously somewhere. It was quite good.

Great to hear that you've been adding to your vinyl collection, Jim. I have to confess that my collection consists mostly of CDs, but I can understand the fascination with vinyl It's so good that you're enjoying listening to the LPs, and I love Moody Blue too!

Well, the thing is......CD's are worth nothing really, unless they are rare in some way. I place more value on something made from 1960 than the recent past. I did replace all my fav. non-Elvis vinyl with CD's in the 1990's. This recent EP collecting craze of mine is about music, but still about collectable "objects". Except for the 2 out of about 30 EP records I bought with "skips"(Love Me Tender 45 and GI Blues LP), you would be amazed at the digitalized versions I made. De-click software is now amazing. And the version I bought was from 3 years ago. There is something to be said by getting around 30 records of Elvis and only 2 had minor skips: People -OBVIOUSLY- placed more emphasis on their storage and cleanliness than say...the Beatles or Stones, etc. I've bought them from many sellers and it's been 95% positive. I'd say folks really cared for their Elvis music. Says a lot for Mr. Presley. If he were here now he'd probably say, "you better take care of my records kids!"

Well, the thing is......CD's are worth nothing really, unless they are rare in some way. I place more value on something made from 1960 than the recent past. I did replace all my fav. non-Elvis vinyl with CD's in the 1990's. This recent EP collecting craze of mine is about music, but still about collectable "objects". Except for the 2 out of about 30 EP records I bought with "skips"(Love Me Tender 45 and GI Blues LP), you would be amazed at the digitalized versions I made. De-click software is now amazing. And the version I bought was from 3 years ago. There is something to be said by getting around 30 records of Elvis and only 2 had minor skips: People -OBVIOUSLY- placed more emphasis on their storage and cleanliness than say...the Beatles or Stones, etc. I've bought them from many sellers and it's been 95% positive. I'd say folks really cared for their Elvis music. Says a lot for Mr. Presley. If he were here now he'd probably say, "you better take care of my records kids!"

Wow, which I was up there with all the digital technology, it sounds really cool what you've done, Jim!