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I have that "It's Now Or Never" 45 with picture sleeve. It's one of my favs so far......Best picture too. He looks so happy. :yahoo:

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!"

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.

Well, now the problem is: payday has come. I want a -nice- copy of Kissin' Cousins LP. I need to slow down on my Vinyl spending. But I suppose I won't!

Now we're talkin' vinyl. I got a copy of that off ebay some time ago. Great addition! Jim

Very close! I'm impressed. This guy is very close to perfect.

Not bad! I am collecting vintage vinyl still.(budget permitting!) I would enjoy hearing about vinyl collections. Whatcha got on vinyl? Jim A footnote: I find myself liking to listen to my fav. artists on vinyl lately(not just Elvis). De-click software is so good now(I use Acoustica Spin It Again). I'll play an LP while in real time the software removes the noise and my PC line out goes to a 12ch mixer to my reciever. Anyone else prefer the sound of vinyl to CD's? Things just sound FATTER with vinyl. Jim

Wow! It's amazing he(EP) could even speak after all that! My vocal cords get tired after just humming "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello"! One question: Does anyone on here actually own a copy of -EVERY- song on that list? That would be something......

Duh! Sorry. That movie ended with EP in 1969. Hence no drug use. Sorry for my lack of research. Jim

Hey man, don't throw your PC out the window! PC's are fun! Imagine this: I bought my first(8088 IBM compatible with monochrome monitor) around 1989. All for music, not long after I bought a PC-MIDI card from 12-tone(Cakewalk), installed it and was recording songs in no time! That beloved PC is long gone RIP. What was my topic? Oh yeah....I mentioned I work night shift in a dorm for visually impaired kids(some mentally challenged). Which means I "wake them up" at 6am. After being on this site for a week or so, I figured what the heck. There's a PC with speakers near their rooms(they all play MP3's when they wake anyway). I had a 4 day weekend(during which I watched all those EP movies) then returned to work and woke them at 6AM with "Devil in Disguise"-link generously provided by another fan here. One guy yelled "Play Houndog Jim!". Next morning, 6AM I wake them with Jailhouse Rock. Then the previously requested Hound Dog. "Play Jailhouse Rock again Jim!" 40 or more years later....these dudes want to hear EP. Okay......what next? Heartbreak Hotel I am thinkin'......just in good fun......It is a great way to end my shift and make them happy. Although I think some of the guys want the dorm to open up to ACDC or Ozzy. I am obviously having fun with this..... Jim

Hello. I finally got a copy of Elvis:The Movie 1979. I'm convinced no one could have done the job other than Kurt Russell. It was very good, although I saw it in "the day"once(I love it when he shoots the TV). I found it interesting that EP talked to his twin brother even towards the end. The only thing was, there was no mention of the pills. In 1979 they could have at least shown a shot of some pill bottles on a shelf without any network controversy. It was a fine 2.5 hour movie that documented his life and Kurt was fandamtastic. There was only one scene with him cuddling his daughter at the piano, other than that, his child was absent in the story(except birth). Well, I enjoyed it, I hope my new "Preslarian" freinds all have this movie on DVD, VHS etc....It's good. Highly reccommended.........A fine visual of "the King's" life. Jim

Hmm. Interesting. I managed to make it thru all of EP's movies. I did skip/browse thru some of the weaker ones-Charro comes to mind(bad!). Change of Habit I watched all the way thru since it was his last film(as an actor). And also because I remember my mother took me to see it in '69 or '70. I was around 9. Why it was just her and me I can't remember. Why it was an Elvis movie I can't remember either, he wasn't spoken of much in my home as a kid. I guess it was a random happening. All I remember was it was more serious of a role for him than I was used to hearing about at the time, and I saw it with my mom. Now having watched it in the future, it was a little more intense for 1969 than I remembered. With references and words involving sex, racism and drug abuse. For '69 and with Elvis(and MT Moore), that was pushing "Easy Rider" territory for both of them. I guess my fav. will be "Love me Tender" since he acted so well.....pretty much as good as Sean Penn or whoever in recent times. But the "fun" ones: the racing movies. Whether cars or boats. "Kissin' Cousins" bordered on X rated for that era. Well, fun stuff......about half of it. My 2 pesos worth. Jim

"Devil In Disguise". Just got the original 45 in the mail. Put it thru my software. A great copy BTW. Good sleeve and all. I love the ABAB structure of the song. It's like two songs in one! There's nothing like taking something old, getting your turntable mat dirty, then having a cleaned result! Jim

Thank you for that Tilly! I have that exact record(as of a week ago)! But when I want to hear it, I'll come here! Jim

PS: It's funny how I'm quickly picking up on Elvis' history. I heard 2 songs on an LP of movie hits and quickly found them in the "Double Trouble" and "Frankie and Johnnie" movies. But I'll tell ya, I visited 2 or more "lyric" websites for EP and his "song-ography" is HUNDREDS long.......a lot more to enjoy and compile. Could take years.....But fun. Perhaps I'll polish up/restring my stratocaster and maybe get some tabs of EP songs. Better keep the FX on the strat pretty clean, they were back then, except for a little cheezy tremolo. I've enjoyed seeing some now-worth-$75,000 guitars in these movies. Gibson, Danelectro, etc......I wonder who owns them now...... Jim