Walking in Memphis :yahoo:

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/elvis1959/google.jpg

 

Google has a new toy: one can "look around" in Memphis, walk the streets and check out Elvis Town without even leaving your computer room. Click on the link below, enter the streetname, for instance: Elvis Presley Boulevard Memphis Tennessee, zoom in a little, take the little yellow man (in the upper left side) to the street...and look around.

 

http://maps.google.com/

 

Published: January 4th 2009 10:04 PM.

Source: ElvisMatters / Published by: ElvisMatters - Peter Verbruggen .

 

I wanna go back :dance:

Elvis, Rex Mansfield and Elisabeth Stefaniak. (And Priscilla too!) B)

 

http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/elvis_rex_...stefaniak.shtml

 

Act naturally: Elvis, the Beatles and “rocksploitation" Interesting article

 

http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast...18/CMfr18a.html

 

Sillerman: 'Graceland renovation plans are still on'

 

Unlike Chrysler and General Motors, Elvis Presley, who would be celebrating his 74th birthday Thursday, is running smoothly. Robert Sillerman, chief executive of CKX Inc., the parent company of Elvis Presley Enterprises, said Tuesday that Graceland weathered high gasoline prices during the summer with little effect and is moving ahead with plans to transform itself into an even bigger tourist attraction. Elvis drew an estimated 600,000 visitors for the 30th anniversary of his death in 2007 and was No. 1 on Forbes' list of top-earning dead celebrities in 2008. Visitors to Graceland were down in 2008 with gasoline in the $4-a-gallon range, but CKX spokesman Ed Tagliaferri said 2008 compared well with previous years when Graceland wasn't celebrating a milestone anniversary. The first three quarters of 2008 were down only one percent from the first three quarters of 2006, Tagliaferri said. During those same quarters, per capita spending by Elvis visitors rose 14 percent from 2006 to 2008, Sillerman said. "We were scratching our heads about that. We frankly thought with the high gas prices, when visitors got there they would spend less money." But, he said Graceland's merchandise and attractions have been upgraded through the years. "And it may also be that when people finally decided to take a vacation they needed a release and were willing to spend a little more money." CKX, which also owns "American Idol" and the name, image and likeness of Muhammad Ali, called off plans in September to take the company private. Sillerman said that won't affect the company's long-term plans to overhaul the area surrounding Graceland. CKX has been seeking city and county support to help improve the area, including decaying businesses which might be absorbed into the Graceland complex. CKX has bought up more than 100 acres around Graceland, spending more than $13 million since January 2006 for properties including a 182-unit apartment complex and a former car dealership. "We're still going forward with planning and development," Sillerman said Tuesday. "We're still very optimistic, and we're hoping during calendar year 2009 to get things rolling."

 

Published: January 7th 2009 11:52 AM.

Source: commercialappeal / Published by: ElvisMatters - David Hamal .

 

George Klein In Car Accident

 

Earlier today, while headed to the Horse Shoe Casino in Tunica where he is a Casino boss, George

was involved in a car accident. The weather has been pretty rough the past two days in this area. The rain caused George's car to hydroplane when his car hit a puddle of water which sent his car off the road near Tunica. Although he was not seriously injured, he did spend the day at the hospital.

"Luckily, no broken bones. I spent the whole day at Methodist Central. But I'm really banged up. My back is horribly hurting" said George Klein. "I could have been killed"

George Klein is a long time friend to Elvis. George was class president at Humes High. George went on to become a legend in Memphis radio as a DJ for WHBQ. He is well known among the Elvis fans for his countless contributions to the memory of Elvis. George hosts a reunion of Elvis celebrities each Elvis Week. George has been featured on many documentaries about Elvis and works closely with the estate of Elvis Presley. George hosts his own show every Friday on the Elvis Channel on Sirius radio. George is an important part of the Elvis legacy.

 

Source: Elvis Unlimited / Updated: Jan 7, 2009

 

So glad to hear that George is ok! I was lucky enough to be interviewed by George on his weekly radio show when I was in Memphis in 2005 ( I'm happy to sign autographs anytime ;) :lol: ) and he was such a lovely guy

Just seen some great news

 

Bill Black And DJ Fontana Inducted To Hall Of Fame :dance:

 

Bill Black and DJ Fontana will be inducted to Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame according to an update on the Official Scotty Moore website. The news should be announced officially next week.

 

The webmaster added the following update to Scotty Moore's website:

 

I received an email from Louis Black today, Bill's nephew asking if I had heard about this. I hadn't but asked if it was ok with him to share this info with the fans. The following is an email he forwarded to me that he wrote to Bill's daughter Nancy:

 

I have some wonderful news to share with you. Today, I got a call at my office from the President of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, Mr. Joel Presman.

 

The foundation is headquartered in New York City. Mr Presman said that "Bill Black is going to be inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" !!!!!!

 

He got my name from Howard Kramer, the Curatorial Director at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, OH.

 

Mr Kramer had contacted Alan and I, soon after our Dad passed away, about us allowing the museum to borrow the violins, that Dad left us, to put on display.

 

Mr. Peresman wanted to speak to one of Bill Black's children and he asked me which one he should speak to.

 

I told him, "Nancy is who you need to speak to first and then you guys can go from there".

 

I am thrilled that Uncle Bill is "finally" going to be recognized !!!

 

Please give me a call

 

Regards,

 

Louis Jr.

 

I heard from Nancy since as well, it has been confirmed and will be announced officially next week that both Bill and DJ will be inducted. Scotty Moore was inducted to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2000.

 

Source: Scotty Moore website / Updated: Jan 9, 2009

 

About time too B)

Elvis Presley Day 2009 By The Mayor of Shelby County

 

Elvis and Memphis........

 

They compliment one another. They are bound together. In fact, they almost rhyme. Now I know we are on Elvis Presley’s Boulevard, but I must remind everyone this was also Elvis Presley’s city.

 

Tupelo is where he was born

Vegas is where he’d perform

The World Stage is where he was known

But Memphis was always his home

 

Here in his city, we cherish his memory and his legacy and what he brought to the distinctive American invention of Rock and Roll. And as we see year after year, folks across the globe have a genuine love affair with Elvis Presley as well.

 

We all are CAUGHT IN A TRAP that we CAN’T WALK OUT. We love Elvis completely, deeply, sincerely, and forever.

 

If Rock and Roll were a religion, Elvis was its most prolific disciple, responsible for more converts than anyone before or after him. If Rock and Roll were a country, Elvis was a Founding Father and his lyrics were the documents of freedom that helped to birth the nation. If Rock and Roll were a sickness, Elvis-itis would be the most potent and contagious virus known to man, infecting victims who just looked at his image, heard his voice or saw him perform in person or through a recording. But since Rock and Roll is music, we’ve all decided the world over to just call Elvis…the King.

 

I want to thank Robert Sillerman, and Priscilla Presley and Jack Soden for their creativity, their passion, and their devotion to this history we celebrate today. They are helping to refine and build on the structure that will carry Elvis-mania forward with a new energy and awareness even as thousands of new fans – who were never even alive during Elvis’ lifetime – enlist in the army of the faithful.

 

I must say it again: this community was one he loved and we love him.

 

We know that the legacy of Elvis will be just fine because it’s planted in the right place. Memphis laid the rails for the MYSTERY TRAIN; we put sole polish on those BLUE SUEDE SHOES, we gave the HEARTBREAK HOTEL its first business license….Memphis was even the kennel and the playpen for that HOUNDDOG.

 

There is a creativity in the air here, possibly even in the soil and in water; a creativity that helped to activate the music in Elvis’ soul from any early age. A creativity that would allow him to embrace bedazzled and colorful jumpsuits, activate his rhythmic hips, have a Cadillac painted pink, and eat fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

 

As a community, we were a major part of who he was, and he is a major part of who we are. Memphis and Shelby County will forever uphold his legacy for the world to see and admire.

 

Thank you for coming and for embracing our favorite son, Elvis Aaron Presley.

 

EPE

 

That's great news :dance:

Edited January 10, 200916 yr by Tilly

Elvis At The Wheel

 

Elvis At The Wheel is the title of a song on Al "Year Of The Cat " Stewart's new album. According to a review this is "The oddest song, set a generation ago, is a telling of the possibly-true tale of Elvis Presley's handlers being in a bizarre limbo as a drug-addled king stares at the clouds changing from an image of Josef Stalin to one of Jesus Christ ".

 

Source: Google / Updated: Jan 10, 2009

 

All I can say is :o

Blue Hawaii" to be February FTD release:

 

If all goes according to schedule, the new FTD-release will be available February 15th. This time, the team of Ernst Jorgenson picked Blue Hawaii to re-release as a classical 2CD set and also as a limited 2LP set.

On March 15 FTD will follow up with a 2CD version of Standing Room Only. As you know the album never came out, and it’s possible that the version we create was never meant to be, but it’s the best way we can present the Las Vegas masters from February 1972 and the masters and outtakes from the March 1972 sessions at RCA.

FTD is planning two more CDs for the first half of 2009, and at this time we have scheduled them for mid-April and mid-May.

 

One more thing: the FTD 6363 Sunset Blvd will no longer be available, so get it while you can.

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/elvis1959/cd_bluehawaii_med.jpg

 

Disc 1: THE ORIGINAL ALBUM:

 

01) Blue Hawaii 2:37 / 02) Almost Always True 2:24 / 03) Aloha Oe 1:55 / 04) No More 2:24 / 05) Can't Help Falling In Love 3:04 / 06) Rock-A-Hula Baby 2:01 / 07) Moon¬light Swim 2:22 / 08) Ku-U-I-Po 2:23 / 09) Ito Eats 1:25 / 10) Slicin' Sand 1:37 / 11) Hawaiian Sunset 2:35 / 12) Beach Boy Blues 2:05 / 13) Island Of Love 2:41 / 14) Hawaiian Wedding Song 2:53.NEW BONUS TRACKS:15) Steppin' Out Of Line (movie version) 1:56 / 16) Beach Boy Blues (movie version) 1:59 / 17) Can’t Help Falling In Love (movie version) 1:54 / 18) Moonlight Swim (undubbed master) 2:25 / 19) Steppin’ Out Of Line (record version) 1:57. FIRST TAKES: 20) Blue Hawaii – takes 1,2,3 3:54 / 21) Almost Always True – take 3 2:33 / 22) Aloha Oe (section 2) – take 1 1:20 23) No More – take 7 2:36 / 24) Can’t Help Falling In Love – take 13 2:38 / 25) Rock-A-Hula Baby – takes 1, 2, 3 3:41 / 26) Moonlight Swim – take 2 2:38 : 27) Ku-U-I-Po – take 1 2:34 : 28) Ito Eats – takes 1, 2 2:36 / 29) Slicin’ Sand – takes 1, 2, 3 2:59 / 30) Hawaiian Sunset – take 1 2:42 / 31) Island Of Love – take 8 3:02 / 32) Hawaiian Wedding Song – take 1 3:00

 

Disc 2:

 

1) Hawaiian Sunset – take 2 2:46 / 2) Hawaiian Sunset – takes 6, 3 3:18 / 3) Aloha Oe (section 2) – take 6 1:19 / 4) Aloha Oe (section 2) - takes 7/5 0:55 5) Ku-U-I-Po – takes 2, 4, 5 3:55 / 6) Ku-U-I-Po – takes 6, 7 2:51 / 7) No More – takes 1, 2, 4, 8 6:15 / 8) No More – takes 11, 15 (insert ending) 3:16 / 9) Slicin’ Sand – take 4 1:43 / 10) Slicin’ Sand – takes 5, 6, 7 3:32 / 11) Slicin Sand – takes 8, 13, 15, 16, 14 4:06 / 12) Blue Hawaii – takes 4, 5, 6 4:39 /13) Ito Eats – takes 4, 6, 5 2:21 / 14) Island Of Love – takes 1, 2, 4, 6 4:31 / 15) Island Of Love – takes 7, 9 3:16 / 16) Steppin’ Out Of Line (movie version) – takes 4, 5, 7/8 3:22 / 17) Steppin’ Out Of Line (record version) – takes 10, 11, 16, 15 4:08 / 18) Steppin’ Out Of Line (tag for movie) – takes 18/19 1:15 / 19) Always Almost True – takes 2, 4, 5 5:11 / 20) Almost Always True – takes 7, 6 2:52 / 21) Moonlight Swim – takes 1, 4 3:54 / 22) Can’t Help Falling In Love – takes 14, 15, 16 3:08 / 23) Can’t Help Falling In Love – takes 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 4:27 / 24) Can’t Help Falling In Love – takes 25, 26 2:15

 

(News, Source: Elvis News)

 

Nuevo blog de Elvis con mucha música para escuchar y videos, además del programa Club Elvis que se puede escuchar y

 

descargar. Que os guste:club-elvis.blogspot.com

 

 

 

Hi there 3madrid, nice to have you here on the Elvis forum. :cheer: Sorry i can't understand what you have posted. :(

Welcome to the Elvis forum 3madrid I don't speak Spanish but I've managed to translate your post into English :D

 

New blog with lots of Elvis music and videos to play, in addition to Elvis Club program that can listen and

 

download. You like: club-elvis.blogspot.com

 

Thank you for posting the link, 3madrid B)

 

 

 

Elvis Duets Album 2009 - Delayed

 

On the FECC forum Brian Quinn posted that he was just informed by Sony Music Entertainment that the rumoured Elvis Duets Album which was supposedly scheduled for 2009, has now been delayed until 2010 or 2011. The duets album is scheduled to have mainly the top recording artists in the world. It has not been cancelled but apparently there are other releases aready in the pipeline.

 

Source: For Elvis CD Collectors Forum / Updated: Jan 15, 2009

Elvis is gone, but his music is still alive:

 

The only downside of writing a weekly column is that I’m always in danger of being a few days early or even a few days late. This time I’m a few days late, but bear with me. What I’ve got to say is worth reading. In a word, Elvis.

 

I know that most of us usually note the day a celebrity dies is more worth observing than the day of his birth. But Jan. 8, 1935, to an Elvis fan, is much more worth celebrating that the date of his death. Because it was also the day his music was born.

 

As for the man himself, I am an atypical Elvis Presley fan. Is Elvis really dead? Yup. Have I ever been/ever want to go to Graceland? Nope. What do I think of all those Elvis impersonators? They desperately need to get a life.

So, as much of America once again looked back on Elvis’ life last week, writers and commentators alike attempted to make some sense of the man. But it was a rare few who succeeded. As the years go by, more and more folks have a difficult time understanding what all the “Elvis” hoopla is about. They try but they continue to make the mistake of wanting to know more about the man and not enough about his music.

The trashy movies, his appearances on the Ed Sullivan show where he was shown only from the waist up, his stint in the U.S. Army and the Priscilla sideshow, were show business. Nothing more. His music, however? At the risk of alienating the generations since ... it’s an Elvis thing. If you weren’t there you wouldn’t understand.

 

My one and only time seeing Elvis in person was in 1975 at the Civic Auditorium in Macon, Ga. Home to Otis Redding and the Allman Brothers, Macon was a hotbed of rock and roll. The great ones of that day were always sliding in and out of town, for a quiet gig to try out some new music or simply to relax for a few days among friends.

 

Somehow my wife and I found ourselves in with a group of folks who knew somebody who always knew somebody. Razzy Bailey, the man who introduced the world to “Peanut Butter,” had a place in Macon back then. We’d get a call, sometimes way late in the evening, to come to Razzy’s because so and so just happened to be in town. That was how we got to meet Cher, during the time she was dating Greg Allman. Mickey Gilley was always in town. I’ll never forget listening to B.J. Thomas, either.

 

So it was that we welcomed the King to Macon. He had less than two years to live, and it showed, but among that group of us who loved his music we overlooked a lot that night. Bonded by age and taste, by excitement and illusion, we got to see the King. Live. It was something none of us will ever forget.

 

Elvis was indeed sick that day. Bloated, nowhere near himself. We had heard the whispers about the uppers and the downers, about the binge eating and of him being on the Rice Diet at Duke. But that was supposed to be in the past. He was said to be back to his old self. When the curtain rose, when the spotlight shone, what we saw made each of us gasp. His first words didn’t help matters, either.

 

Elvis, standing center stage, dressed all in black, said, “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.” It took a moment to discern the lie. You have to remember that this was before plasma screens and Jumbotrons. No neon, no opening acts, nothing but the man. But there he was. Fat and unsteady, sweating and obviously already exhausted, Elvis cranked up the magic as only he could. Spellbound we clapped and cheered like there was no tomorrow. Little did we know?

 

Scheduled for two hours, the show only lasted 45 minutes. There were the requisite female fans down front, but mostly it was about the music. He sang a few bars of his trademark tunes, never finishing a single one. He strutted through parts of “In The Ghetto” and started “You Were Always On My Mind,” until it was obvious he forgot the lines. But then he sang what we all come to hear, “American Trilogy,” and the hair on the back of my neck stood on end. It was utterly breathtaking.

 

Then, as suddenly as he had appeared, he was gone. And a moment later the announcer spoke the words we did not want to hear, “Elvis has left the building.”

 

Were we disappointed? Yes. Did we stampede the stage and demand a rain check? No. Had we gotten our money’s worth? Absolutely. On Aug. 16, 1977 we all learned the mortal truth. Elvis, the man, was gone. But that crazy moment in time showed us an even more important truth. The music, his music, cannot die. Those of us who were there simply won’t let it.

 

(View, Source: David Peek, TheItem.com)

 

On Aug. 16, 1977 we all learned the mortal truth. Elvis, the man, was gone. But that crazy moment in time showed us an even more important truth. The music, his music, cannot die. Those of us who were there simply won’t let it.

That's spot on and future generations will hear his wonderful music so Elvis will never be forgotten :wub: :dance:

Memphis rocks Hall of Fame with Bill Black and DJ Fontana :cheer:

 

It proved to be a big day for Memphis on Wednesday as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its annual list of inductees, including bassist Bill Black and drummer DJ Fontana of Elvis Presley's band.

 

http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/news/memph..._fontanta.shtml

 

Elvis News January 16, 2009

Tom Jones: I regret not seeing Elvis Presley before he died

 

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Sir Tom Jones has admitted that he wishes he'd made more of an effort to help pal Elvis Presley before he died. Tom, 68, had not seen him for the last 2 years of his life so didn't realise how ill Elvis had become. ‘I didn’t know Elvis was sick,’ he tells Weekend. ‘I thought he was just getting lazy – he was getting heavy and pushed people away from him. ‘The first thing that hit me after he died was [that] I should have gone and seen him. 'Priscilla called me and said: “When you show up, you give him a spark.” So I thought maybe I could have given him that shot again.’

 

Published: January 19th 2009 11:05 AM.

Source: Now Magazine / Published by: ElvisMatters - David Hamal .

 

Do you honestly think that Tom could have made that difference <_<

 

Graceland Film Footage From 1949

 

Graceland, before Elvis: Farm filled with family memories:

Ruth Cobb is one of the few people outside Elvis Presley's family to visit the upstairs of Graceland.

 

It was before it opened as a tourist attraction, and Cobb, who lived there before Elvis, soon learned her old upstairs bedroom had been turned into a music room.Cobb visited in 1967 at the invitation of Elvis' grandmother, and later when the Presley family planned to turn the home into a tourist attraction. It reminded Cobb of her own music career and left her slightly quizzical about a few decorating changes.

"We did not have a jungle room growing up," she says. There was also no fabric on the ceiling of the billiard room in her day. "We didn't have a billiard room," she says.

Other distinctive touches added during Elvis' ownership of Graceland drew little attention from Cobb, but there was one: "Elvis didn't like the chandelier we had in the dining room. It came from New Orleans. He put up some garish thing."As part of this week's observations of Elvis' birthday, Graceland is celebrating its 70th anniversary, and mementos of its early years are part of a new tour.

 

Cobb, 82, and her husband, retired lawyer Charles Cobb, 86, married in 1948. She had grown up at Graceland as an only child. When she married Charles Cobb, they remained at Graceland with her parents at first while Ruth toured the country as part of a professional harp ensemble. She would later become harpist for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra from 1953 to 1973.Her father, Dr. Thomas Moore, was a prominent surgeon and urologist. Her mother, Ruth Brown Moore, was a volunteer who enjoyed club work and became president of the Tennessee Association of Garden Clubs.They built Graceland in 1939, naming it for Ruth's great aunt, Grace Toof, who had left the farm to Ruth's grandmother. The grandmother divided her 520-acre farm into three parts, leaving it to her three children. Two of them sold their shares to Ruth's father.

The house on 20 acres began as what Ruth Cobb calls "just a comfortable country home." It would become as familiar to America as Tara, Scarlett O'Hara's home in "Gone With the Wind," and it would rival Monticello, Mount Vernon and other once-private homes among the biggest tourist attractions in the country.

 

There, Ruth's father taught her to shoot well enough that she once downed three geese with a single shot. He also taught her to fish in a 25-acre manmade lake behind the house. But her first love was music. Ruth played the piano, but she loved the harp, studying, then touring with one of the world's leading harpists, Carlos Salzedo.Her favorite music was classical, but Ruth says she liked all music from country to Elvis' music.

"I wasn't really crazy about his music, but my mother marveled at his hymns," she says. When her mother decided the property was more than she wanted to keep up, she asked Ruth and Charles if they would like to stay.

"We just didn't have time to take care of a big house," says Charles. "It cost $1,000 a month to keep it up. The yard alone was like trying to take care of a golf course. We had a yard man who worked two to three days a week.

"When the property was put up for sale, Ruth said there were three potential buyers -- Sears Roebuck Co.; a private party who wanted to turn it into an exclusive restaurant, and Elvis. By then, most of the surrounding land had been sold to developers for a subdivision, and the lake behind the house had been drained.

 

Ruth says a church, Graceland Christian Church, wanted to buy 5 acres on the northwest corner of the property. Sears and the restaurant interests did not want to split the 5 acres off for the church, but Elvis said he would be glad to have a church next door, she says. That helped seal the deal. Elvis bought the property for $102,000 in 1957.

When the church next door, Graceland Christian Church, eventually decided to move, the Presley family bought back the land and turned the church into the headquarters of Elvis Presley Enterprises.

Ruth and Charles built their own home in Coro Lake and later moved to Central Gardens before retiring to Trezevant Manor.Charles met Elvis during the closing on the sale of Graceland, but Ruth never met him. She has since returned to Graceland as a tourist with her grandchildren. "I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it didn't feel like home," she says. (News,

 

Source: Michael Lollar, Commercial Appeal Online)

 

http://www.elvisnews.com/Presentation/Func...&item=11415

 

FTD launches vinyl sets

 

Roger Semon has just confirmed that FTD will be releasing limited edition vinyl sets in the near future, the first being Blue Hawaii. A cover is not available yet, as the FTD-team is still in the process of finalizing the content and packaging.

 

Published: January 20th 2009 07:29 PM.

Published by: ElvisMatters - Michel van Erp

Elvis in UK's Top 20 Selling Artists of 2008:

 

UK's Best Selling Album Artists 2008 (last year's position in brackets)

 

1 (3) Take That – 2,051,285

2 (-) Duffy – 1,684,944

3 (29) Kings Of Leon – 1,620,215

4 (-) Coldplay – 1,380,367

5 (8) The Killers – 1,137,554

6 (2) Leona Lewis – 1,108,370

7 (1) Amy Winehouse – 999,012

8 (38) Girls Aloud – 972,672

9 (17) Rhianna – 926,455

10 (-) Neil Diamond – 921,607

19 (10) Elvis Presley – 578,900 :dance:

 

(News, Source: Elvis News)

 

Still Top 20

 

Elvis #1 again! - Billboard chart update:

 

This weeks entries for Elvis on the Billboard Charts.

 

• Top Music Video - He Touched Me: The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley: Volumes 1 & 2 - #1 (new entry)

• Top Music Video - Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert - #2 (new entry)

• Top Music Video - Elvis #1 Hit Performances - #50 from #41

• Top Pop Catalog Albums - Elvis: 30 No.1 Hits - Up from #47 to #18

• Top Pop Catalog Albums - Peace In The Valley: The Complete Gospel Recordings - #32

• Top Country Catalog Albums - Elvis: 30 No.1 Hits - Up from #3 to #2

• Top Country Catalog Albums - The Essential Elvis Presley - Up from #19 to #8.

• Top Country Catalog Albums - Hitstory - #16

• Top Country Albums - Elvis Christmas Duets - #59

• Top Country Albums - Collectors Edition: Elvis Inspirational Memories Up from #75 to #71

• Comprehensive Albums - Peace In The Valley: The Complete Gospel recordings - #190

• Comprehensive Albums - Elvis: 30 No.1 Hits - #144

• Top Christian Albums - Collectors Edition: Elvis Inspirational Memories - #30

• Top Christian and Gospel Albums - Collectors Edition: Elvis Inspirational -Memories - Up from #63 to #41

 

(News, Source: Sanja Meegin/Elvis News)

Blue Hawaii" to be February FTD release:

 

If all goes according to schedule, the new FTD-release will be available February 15th. This time, the team of Ernst Jorgenson picked Blue Hawaii to re-release as a classical 2CD set and also as a limited 2LP set.

On March 15 FTD will follow up with a 2CD version of Standing Room Only. As you know the album never came out, and it’s possible that the version we create was never meant to be, but it’s the best way we can present the Las Vegas masters from February 1972 and the masters and outtakes from the March 1972 sessions at RCA.

FTD is planning two more CDs for the first half of 2009, and at this time we have scheduled them for mid-April and mid-May.

 

One more thing: the FTD 6363 Sunset Blvd will no longer be available, so get it while you can.

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/elvis1959/cd_bluehawaii_med.jpg

 

Disc 1: THE ORIGINAL ALBUM:

 

01) Blue Hawaii 2:37 / 02) Almost Always True 2:24 / 03) Aloha Oe 1:55 / 04) No More 2:24 / 05) Can't Help Falling In Love 3:04 / 06) Rock-A-Hula Baby 2:01 / 07) Moon¬light Swim 2:22 / 08) Ku-U-I-Po 2:23 / 09) Ito Eats 1:25 / 10) Slicin' Sand 1:37 / 11) Hawaiian Sunset 2:35 / 12) Beach Boy Blues 2:05 / 13) Island Of Love 2:41 / 14) Hawaiian Wedding Song 2:53.NEW BONUS TRACKS:15) Steppin' Out Of Line (movie version) 1:56 / 16) Beach Boy Blues (movie version) 1:59 / 17) Can’t Help Falling In Love (movie version) 1:54 / 18) Moonlight Swim (undubbed master) 2:25 / 19) Steppin’ Out Of Line (record version) 1:57. FIRST TAKES: 20) Blue Hawaii – takes 1,2,3 3:54 / 21) Almost Always True – take 3 2:33 / 22) Aloha Oe (section 2) – take 1 1:20 23) No More – take 7 2:36 / 24) Can’t Help Falling In Love – take 13 2:38 / 25) Rock-A-Hula Baby – takes 1, 2, 3 3:41 / 26) Moonlight Swim – take 2 2:38 : 27) Ku-U-I-Po – take 1 2:34 : 28) Ito Eats – takes 1, 2 2:36 / 29) Slicin’ Sand – takes 1, 2, 3 2:59 / 30) Hawaiian Sunset – take 1 2:42 / 31) Island Of Love – take 8 3:02 / 32) Hawaiian Wedding Song – take 1 3:00

 

Disc 2:

 

1) Hawaiian Sunset – take 2 2:46 / 2) Hawaiian Sunset – takes 6, 3 3:18 / 3) Aloha Oe (section 2) – take 6 1:19 / 4) Aloha Oe (section 2) - takes 7/5 0:55 5) Ku-U-I-Po – takes 2, 4, 5 3:55 / 6) Ku-U-I-Po – takes 6, 7 2:51 / 7) No More – takes 1, 2, 4, 8 6:15 / 8) No More – takes 11, 15 (insert ending) 3:16 / 9) Slicin’ Sand – take 4 1:43 / 10) Slicin’ Sand – takes 5, 6, 7 3:32 / 11) Slicin Sand – takes 8, 13, 15, 16, 14 4:06 / 12) Blue Hawaii – takes 4, 5, 6 4:39 /13) Ito Eats – takes 4, 6, 5 2:21 / 14) Island Of Love – takes 1, 2, 4, 6 4:31 / 15) Island Of Love – takes 7, 9 3:16 / 16) Steppin’ Out Of Line (movie version) – takes 4, 5, 7/8 3:22 / 17) Steppin’ Out Of Line (record version) – takes 10, 11, 16, 15 4:08 / 18) Steppin’ Out Of Line (tag for movie) – takes 18/19 1:15 / 19) Always Almost True – takes 2, 4, 5 5:11 / 20) Almost Always True – takes 7, 6 2:52 / 21) Moonlight Swim – takes 1, 4 3:54 / 22) Can’t Help Falling In Love – takes 14, 15, 16 3:08 / 23) Can’t Help Falling In Love – takes 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 4:27 / 24) Can’t Help Falling In Love – takes 25, 26 2:15

 

(News, Source: Elvis News)

 

Inside Blue Hawaii boxset is expected to be out mid February

The Inside Blue Hawaii boxset is expected to be out mid February. The reason for the delay is that the producers found a lot of unseen pictures and also some unseen 8mm footage - in color. The footage will be included on the bonus DVD. Like the previous set there will also be a bonus 45 RPM vinyl single.

 

Elvis Book News January 24, 2009

 

 

Special about the ‘Lisa Marie’

 

2009 marks a double anniversary for Elvis's plane. Exactly 50 years ago, January 27th 1959, the first prototype of the Convair 880 makes it’s first flight! And 25 years ago, in 1984, the Lisa Marie arrived back ‘home’ in Memphis. But before Elvis bought the plane on April 18th 1975, it already had a history of it’s own :cheer:

 

Published: January 27th 2009 07:30 AM.

Source: ElvisMatters / Published by: ElvisMatters - Peter Verbruggen .

 

Graceland Unveils 2009 Tourism Ad Campaign:

 

EPE unveiled a new advertising campaign for the 2009 tourism season that will highlight Elvis' Graceland mansion, a National Historic Landmark, as a high-energy and family-friendly music-themed destination. The launch of the campaign comes just weeks before Graceland opens three exhibits, Elvis in Hollywood, Elvis Lives: the King and Pop Culture and the addition of never-before-seen vehicles owned by Elvis in the Elvis Presley Automobile Museum. The campaign will utilize print, outdoor, internet and a new 30-second commercial featuring archival footage of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. In addition to the ad campaign, the 2009 plan for tourism includes an emphasis on marketing within social networks.

 

Creative for the 2009 campaign, which was developed by Combustion Design from Memphis, utilizes bright, bold stylized images of Elvis to quickly communicate the fun and excitement in a visit to Graceland.

 

A variety of headlines including “What Happens in Vegas Started at Graceland,” “Jam Sessions Daily,” and “You Had Me at Hound Dog,” will be tagged with the line “Experience Graceland” in print, outdoor and internet ads that will also incorporate images referencing memorable stages of Elvis’ career.

Some of the ad images are rather fun! Go here for more info and pics

 

http://www.elvis.com/news/full_story.asp?id=1720

 

(News, Source;EPE)