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1977, RCA releases the latest Elvis album The King Requests which consists of taped phone calls Elvis made to a Memphis deli over the years to order sandwiches, pizza, and other snacks for delivery to Graceland … the calls were recorded over a span of 12 years on 37 cassettes by the enterprising deli owner who sold them to RCA for $385,000 … and yes, every call ended with Elvis saying "thang-you-very-much" …

The remastered CD version from 1983 contains some hilarious outtakes including the time Elvis called and couldn’t remember what he wanted, or the time E called three times in five minutes with the exact same order …

it was deleted shortly afterwards following EPE ordering a lawsuit.

Shreveport, Louisiana is all about the guitar this weekend.

The Master of The Telecaster is putting up his second guitarfestival in his hometown.

Main purpose is to raise money for the James Burton Foundation that will donate guitars to children.

The kick-off could not be better! Keith Richards, legendary guitar player from the Rolling Stones and good friend of James will donate $20.000.

A Houston business man donates the same amount. Before the festival has started, the foundation can already donate 1200 guitars: twice as much as after the first festival!

Press Pass, Inc., licensed by Elvis Presley Enterprises has produced a new set of Elvis trading cards, “Elvis Is”, the follow-up to “Elvis Lives”.

The new set includes Elvis-worn memorabilia cards, as well as autographs from Elvis and his family, Elvis’ co-stars (such as Barbara Eden, Yvonne Craig and Nancy Sinatra) and band members (such as James Burton, DJ Fontana, and Scotty Moore).

2007/03/31 www.elvismatters.com / www.epgold.com

OPEN: Saturday & Sunday March 31 & April 1 2007 - 1300. PM - 1800 PM.

E-Mail: elvisinternational@casema.nl

The Netherlands : 0251 - 821240
Other Country's Dial : 00 - 31 - 251 - 821240

Mobile The Netherlands : 06 47 87 25 78
Other Country's Dial : 00 - 31 - 6 47 87 25 78.

2007/03/30 ElvisInternational / www.epgold.com

The TCB band including James Burton (Guitar), Ronnie Tutt (Drums), Glen D. Hardin (Piano) and Jerry Scheff (Bass) will be performing a Rock’n’Roll show with their Scandinavian friends plus Maarten Jansen from Holland.

The singers from Denmark will be Steen Jørgensen (lead singer in the very successful Danish band Sort Sol), Bobo Moreno and Lasse Helner (who recently released an album recorded in Memphis and Nashville with The Memphis Boys).

Beside the TCB Band and the singers will the great Sopran Kathy Westmoreland also be at the show. Kathy performed with Elvis on stage and in the studio in the 1970's.

April 6 in Svendborg, Denmark (Tickets can be ordered at Fynsbilletten +45 7554 2081)
With Lasse Helner, Steen Jørgensen & Maarten Jansen

April 7 in Randers, Denmark (Tickets can be ordered at Værket in Randers +45 8913 5110)
With Lasse Helner, Steen Jørgensen & Maarten Jansen

April 9 in Uddevalla, Sweden (Tickets can be ordered at Uddevalla Turistbyrå +46 522 99720 or at info@uddevalla.com)
With Stephen Ackles & Maarten Jansen

The tickets prices are between 329.- Dkk. and 349.- Dkk.

With all the new Elvis books published this year, this one is the biggest surprise.

From the press release:

As the pet chimpanzee of the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Scatter lived the high life in the swinging sixties. He partied at Graceland, courted Hollywood celebrities and occupied the offices of movie moguls (although Elvis later paid for the damages!).

But is wasn't all sex, chimps and rock 'n' roll. Described as a mini King Kong, Scatter's wild spirit was soon out of control and his crazy showbiz life soon came to a sad end.

With Scatter's Hollywood connections, A-list movie producers are already going ape over the movie rights to this book, so Scatter's story looks set to make it to the big screen.

Here is an excerpt from the screenplay:

TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS

ACT 2 - Scene 4

In a luxurious hotel bathroom, Scatter is in the bath and Elvis walks in wearing a silk robe.

ELVIS: Hey Scatter. Are you alright?

SCATTER: Ooh Ooh Aah Aah Eee Eee Ooh Ooh Ooh!

ELVIS: Well if that waters too hot son, you need to add some cold.

Too Much Monkey Business is released in the UK on April 1st

2007/03/30 www.elvis.co.uk / www.epgold.com

Can you identify these King fans?
The photographs were shot at Elvis Presley's first Canadian appearance, in Toronto on April 2, 1957. See photos

If you're the person in the photo, a relative or friend, Michael Dawson would like to hear from you. He can be contacted at mikedawson56@hotmail.com or 905-709-0727.

When the King held court in Toronto – the first time outside the United States – flashbulbs were sure to be a-twinkling.

So Michael Dawson wasn't that surprised to stumble on a handful of postcard-sized photographs from Elvis Presley's 1957 concert – 50 years ago this Monday – at Maple Leaf Gardens. An Etobicoke auctioneer wanted only $3 each. Dawson, an eager fan, was delighted to pony up.

What did surprise him was the fact that none of those posing alongside Elvis that April 2 were identified, or apparently sought to hold on to those photos.

Just the smiling faces of concert-goers basking in the shimmer of a young superstar.

"I'm sure that these people were probably quite prominent in the Toronto area," says the 61-year-old Thornhill man.

And although Dawson acknowledges the concert-goers may not be among the living today, he thinks the pictures would have great sentimental value to their children. That's why he's putting out the call:

"Does anybody know these people? And if so ... I'll gladly hand them over to them."

Or, at least, copies.

After all, he's a little more than a fan. The English-born Dawson was once an Elvis impersonator, trading in his Yorkshire accent for something decidedly more Mississippi.

Although he gave up the gig decades ago, Dawson's Elvis will return, by popular demand, for his daughter's wedding in September. "We're resurrecting it for one final performance."

Expect more pictures.

2007/03/30 Christian Cotroneo - staff reporter - www.thestar.com / www.epgold.com

U.S. Billboard Elvis Chart listings for the week of April 7, 2007

(sg - sales gainer, gg - greatest sales gainer, ne - new entry, re - re-entry)

Top Country Catalog Albums - Ultimate Gospel - remains at #3
Top Country Catalog Albums - Elvis 30 #1 Hits - down 4 to #14

Hot 100 Singles Sales - Heartbreak Hotel - down 9 to #44

Top Music Video - Elvis Lives - 25th Anniversary Concert - down 1 to #6
Top Comprehensive Music Video - 25th Anniversary Concert - down 1 to #6

New entries and Re-entries on the charts include:
- none

Dropping off the charts include:
- Elvis 68 Comeback Special and Aloha From Hawaii videos drop off the Top
Music Video and Comprehensive Music Video charts.

Notes of Interest
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2007/03/30 www.elvischarts.com / www.epgold.com

The latest Project Of JAT Productions Hot Shots and Cool Clips Volume 2 DVD Will Be Released On April 2nd.

ELVIS: HOT SHOTS AND COOL CLIPS, VOLUME 2 - is another look into the life and career of Elvis Presley using newsreels, home movies, and press interviews.

This volume features clips from his 1957 Detroit performance, 1957 home movie footage of Graceland, Elvis 1958 Army induction (and famous haircut), the G. I. Blues premiere, excerpts from the 1971 Jaycees Ten Outstanding Young Men Prayer Breakfast (along with the awards ceremony from that evening), filmed footage of Elvis opening show at Madison Square Garden, more footage with Bobby Darin and the Madison Square Garden press conference, as well as footage from Colonel Parkers Birthday Party (which also shows his managers industry influence). Also included is footage of Elvis June 16 and 17 evening performances at Chicago Stadium in 1972.

Volume six in the Tiger Man - An Alternate Anthology" series has been released.

This volume contains 27 alternate takes and rarities.

More Details soon.

New guests including the TCB Band have now been announced for the Official Elvis Insiders Conference.

Ronnie Tutt, James Burton and Glen Hardin of the TCB Band will be guests on August 14 to answer questions from host Tom Brown.

Also, Larry Geller and Nancy Rooks are confirmed as guests in the Merchandise and Memorabilia Showroom during Elvis Week.

Tickets for the Elvis Insiders Conference and other Elvis Week events are on sale now.
Admission to the showroom is included with your Elvis Insiders Conference ticket.

Insiders special guests confirmed so far for August 13: D.J. Fontana, Elvis' original drummer; Loanne Parker, former long-time RCA Records staff member who worked with Elvis, Colonel Parker and who later became Mrs. Parker; Dick Grob who handled security for Elvis; and Charles Stone who was part of the management for Elvis' concert tours.

Special guests confirmed so far for August 14: Priscilla Presley former wife of Elvis Presley; Jerry Schilling close friend of Elvis' and author of the acclaimed 2006 memoir 'Me and a Guy Named Elvis'; James Burton, Glen D. Hardin and Ronnie Tutt from the TCB Band and Myrna Smith and Estelle Brown from The Sweet Inspirations.

Confirmed so far in the Merchandise & Memorabilia Showroom are: Rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson, who toured with Elvis early in both their careers; Larry Geller, Elvis' close friend and spiritual advisor; Nancy Rooks, who was a long-time member of Elvis' staff at Graceland; actress Darlene Tompkins who appeared in the movies Blue Hawaii and Fun in Acapulco; actress Cynthia Pepper who appeared in the movie Kissin' Cousins; actress Chris Noel who appeared in Girl Happy; dancer Tanya Lemani George who appeared in the 68 TV Special; singer/author Maxine Brown Russell, formerly part of the hit-making trio The Browns, with whom Elvis toured early in his career; and Elvis Insiders member Sandi Pichon Elvis fan and close friend of Elvis'; and June Juanico, who dated Elvis in 1955-57 during his rise to fame.

More guests to be announced.

The next release from Madison will be the May 31, 1975 afternoon show recorded from the soundboard in Huntsville, Alabama.

Some performances from this show were previously released, but for the first time the show will be available unedited.

The same label is also planning to release the afternoon show from the same city recorded from the soundboard on June 1, 1975.

The latter was definitely one of the rare show from this tour where they started to record over one minute before the start of '' I Got A Woman / Amen '', and therefore one of the longest recorded performance from this tour.

Lowell Hays, Jeweler to the King, is now under contract with Graceland and will be selling jewelry from the original molds through ShopElvis.com and the shops at Graceland.

The second volume in the Audionics label "Elvis - Across Country" is released.

This soundboard compilation is the follow up to volume one which was released in the Summer of 2005.

This album has a very similar concept and contains portions of four different soundboards from the 1975 - 1977 era.

Tracks:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 17.10.1976 (approx. running time 14:34)

01. Sweet Inspiration - 02. Last Time I Saw Him - 03. Introductions of the band and the Sweet Inspirations - 04. Stevie Wonder Medley ("Stevie Is A Wonder" / For Once In My Life / You've Got It Bad Girl / Superstition / You Are The Sunshine Of My Life / Living For TheCity / All In Love Is Fair / Higher Ground) - 05. Closing Announcements.

Huntsville, Alabama, 31.05.1975 (8:30 P.M.) (approx. running time 49:52)

06. All Shook Up - 07. Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel - 08. The Wonder Of You - 09. Burning Love - 10. Band Introductions - 11. Johnny B. Goode -12. Drums Solo (Ronnie Tutt) - 13. Bass Solo (Blues - Jerry Scheff) - 14.Piano Solo (Glen D. Hardin) - 15. School Day - 16. (**) I Can't Stop Loving You - 15. T.R.O.U.B.L.E. - 16. Hawaiian Wedding Song - 17. Let Me Be There (with reprise) - 18. Why Me Lord - 19. An American Trilogy - 20.Hound Dog - 21. Funny How Time Slips Away - 22. Little Darlin' - 23.(**) I'm Leavin' - 24. Can't Help Falling In Love - 25. Closing Vamp.

Johnson City, Tennessee, 17.03.1976 (approx. running time 05:22)

26. (*) What'd I Say - 27. (*) And I Love You So (with break)

Orlando, Florida, 15.02.1977 (approx. running time 09:23)

28. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) - 29. You Gave Me A Mountain - 30. Help Me

Total CD running time: 79:10

(*) denotes previously released tracks

Release date on the Cherry Red label on April 27, 2007,various artists compilation CD "The Roots Of Elvis Volume 2".

Synopsis:

Always cause for speculation and sometimes unfounded rumour, Elvis Presley's early months with Sun Records and the brief, hazy period he spent performing on radio shows in Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, have generated a substantial list of songs that he either never recorded commercially or have since been lost.

In order to give the Elvis fan an idea of these mythical songs, this compilation endevours to collate the original versions of these songs which inspired Elvis to try them out for Sam Phillips or to perform them for a radio or live audience in those long-lost days of the mid 1950s.

Featuring Elvis' favourite Country artists from mighty Hank Snow and Eddy Arnold to lowly Fairley Holden and Billy Hughes along with a smattering of jump and R&B tracks, this compilation is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking; file it alongside Rev-Ola (CRREV99) for the whole picture on the formation of the world's brightest star.

Track listing:

The Delmore Brothers ‘Blues Stay Away From Me’ / Billy Hughes & His Buckaroos ‘Take Your Hands Off Of It’ / Fairley Holden & His Six Ice Cold Papas ‘Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Of Me’ / Lefty Frizzell ‘Always Late (With Your Kisses)’ / Lefty Frizzell ‘Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)’ / Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys ‘Rag Mop’ / Ivory Joe Hunter ‘I Almost Lost My Mind’ / Johnny & Jack ‘Crying Heart Blues’ / The Delmore Brothers ‘Midnite Special’ / Red Foley ‘Tennessee Saturday Night’ / Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys ‘Sittin' On Top Of The World’ / Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup ‘Hey Mama, Everything's Alright’ / Red Foley & Roberta Lee ‘Night Train To Memphis’ / Sheb Wooley ‘Blue Guitar’ / Johnny Tyler ‘Okie Boogie’ / Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys ‘It Don't Hurt Anymore’ / Eddy Arnold ‘I Really Don't Want To Know’ / Red Foley, Ernest Tubb & Minnie Pearl ‘Love Bug Itch’ / Terry Preston (Ferlin Husky) ‘Gone’ / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys ‘Uncle Pen’ / Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys ‘Milk Cow Blues’ / The Lone Star Cowboys ‘Just Because’ / Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup ‘Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane’ / Buddy & Bob ‘Down The Line’ / Sonny Fisher & His Rockin' Boys ‘Rockin' Daddy’ / Charlie Feathers ‘We're Gettin' Closer To Being Apart’ / Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys ‘Tennessee Dancin' Doll’ / Chuck Miller ‘Lookout Mountain’ / Eddie Riff ‘Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby

FRANK & NANCY SINATRA, SAMMY DAVIS JR., JERRY LEE LEWIS, CARL PERKINS, ANN-MARGRET & MANY MORE

INCLUDING THE DUET DON’T CRY DADDY WITH LISA MARIE PRESLEY

Release Date: 25-03-2007

CD 1

01 I Will Be Home Again with Charlie Hodges
Recorded in Nashville, TN. on April 4, 1960

02 It’s Nice To Go Travelling with Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Joey Bishop & Sammy Davis jr.

03 Love Me Tender/Witchcraft with Frank Sinatra
Recorded live for the “Welcome Home Elvis” TV show at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami, FL. on March 26, 1960.

04 Let Yourself Go with The Blossoms
Recorded for the “Elvis” NBC TV special in Los Angeles, CA. on June 20, 1968

05 The Impossible Dream with Armond Morales
Recorded live on stage at the International Hotel in Las Vegas on January 28, 1971

06 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face with Ginger Holladay
Recorded in Nashville, TN. on March 15, 1971

07 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face with Temple Riser
Recorded in Nashville, TN. on May 21, 1971

08 Help Me with Sherrill Nielsen
Recorded in Memphis, TN. on December 12, 1973

09 Spanish Eyes with Sherrill Nielsen
Recorded in Memphis, TN. on December 16, 1973

10 Why Me Lord with J.D. Sumner
Recoded live on stage in Memphis, TN. on March 20, 1974

11 Brining It Back with Voice and Elvis singing bass

12 Aubrey with Voice and Elvis singing bass
Recorded live on stage at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas on September 2, 1974

13 Hawaiian Wedding Song with Kathy Westmoreland
Recorded live on stage at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas on September 2, 1974

14 Softly As I Leave You with Sherrill Nielsen
Recorded live on stage at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas on December 13, 1975 M.S.

Rarities

15 Yippee Yi Yo Yippee Yi Yay with Imogene Coca, Andy Griffith & Steve Allen
Recorded for the “Steve Allen TV Show” in New York, NY. on July 1, 1956

16 I Shall Not Be Moved with Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins

17 When The Saints Go Marching In with Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins
Recorded during the “Million Dollar Quartet” jam session in Sun Studio on December 4, 1956

18 I Can’t Help (It If I’m Still In Love With You) with Anita Wood

19 Who’s Sorry Now with Anita Wood
Recorded at Eddie Fadal’s home in Waco, TX. in the spring of 1958

20 If I Loved You with Nancy Sharpe

21 Sweet Leilani with Nancy Sharpe

22 Make Believe with Nancy Sharpe
Recorded at Elvis’ home at Monovale Drive, Hollywood, CA. in the fall of 1960

23 You’re Life Has Just Begun with Linda Thompson

24 Teardrops with Linda Thompson
Recorded at Sam Thompson’s home in Memphis, TN. late 1973

25 Spanish Eyes wit Sherrill Nielsen
Recorded at Elvis’ home in Palm Springs, CA. in 1974

Special Bonus

26 Don’t Cry Daddy with Lisa Marie Presley Recorded live at the “Elvis In Concert” big screen show in Memphis, TN. on August 16, 1997. This duet has been produced using a mix of a live recording by Elvis and a studio recording by his daughter Lisa Marie Presley.

CD 2

The Movies

01 Crawfish with Kitty White
From the Paramount motion picture King Creole

02 Pocketful Of Rainbow with Juliet Prowse
From the Paramount motion picture G.I. Blues

03 Husky Dusky Day with Hope Lang
From the 20th Century Fox motion picture Wild In The Country

04 Aloha Oe with The Surfers
From the Paramount motion picture Blue Hawaii

05 Earth Boy with Ginny and Elisabeth Tiu
From the Paramount motion picture Girls! Girls! Girls!

06 How Would You Like To Be with Vicki Tiu
From the MGM motion picture It Happened At The World’s Fair

07 Happy Ending with Joan O'Brien
From the MGM motion picture It Happened At The World’s Fair

08 Mexico with Larry Domasin
From the Paramount motion picture Fun In Acapulco

09 Today Tomorrow And Forever with Ann-Margret
From the MGM motion picture Viva Las Vegas

10 You’re The Boss with Ann-Margret
From the MGM motion picture Viva Las Vegas

11 The Lady Loves Me with Ann-Margret
From the MGM motion picture Viva Las Vegas

12 Spring Fever with Shelley Fabares
From the MGM motion picture Girl Happy

13 Frankie And Johnny with Eileen Wilson and Ray Walker
From the United Artists motion picture Frankie And Johnny

14 Petunia The Gardener’s Daughter with Eileen Wilson
From the United Artists motion picture Frankie And Johnny

15 Look Out Broadway with Eileen Wilson and Ray Walker
From the United Artists motion picture Frankie And Johnny

16 Scratch My Back with Marianne Hill
From the Paramount motion picture Paradise Hawaiian Style

17 Datin’ with Donna Butterworth
From the Paramount motion picture Paradise Hawaiian Style

18 Queenie Wahine’s Papaya with Donna Butterworth
From the Paramount motion picture Paradise Hawaiian Style

19 Yoga Is As Yoga Does with Elsa Lanchaster
From the Paramount motion picture Easy Come, Easy Go

20 Who Need Money with Ray Walker
From the United Artists motion picture Clambake

21 Confidence with kids
From the United Artists motion picture Clambake

22 There Ain’t Nothing Like A Song with Nancy Sinatra
From the MGM motion picture Speedway

23 Signs Of The Zodiac with Marilyn Mason
From the United Artists motion picture The Trouble With Girls

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is a parody of music biopics following a successful run of films such as Walk The Line, and Ray.

In production now, Walk Hard stars Oscar winner John C. Reilly as Dewey Cox and features several surprise cameo appearances, with movie gossips revealing that Jack White, from the band "The White Stripes" has already filmed a cameo role as Elvis Presley.

Columnists already scream that Jack White looks nothing at all like Elvis Presley, but no-one ever does!

An auction of rock memorabilia to benefit the Music Rising charity, features several Elvis items including a Memphis Federation of Musicians contract from 1955, a signed silk scarf, a concert ticket and thirty-six black and white original negatives from a 1972 Honolulu concert.

The contract is for Elvis’ performance at the B&B Club in Gobler, Missouri on April 8, 1955. It’s signed by Elvis in green ink, but its possible that this is Bob Neal’s penmanship. According to the contract, Elvis, Scotty, Bill and DJ would receive 75% of the admission money, but had to supply their own window cards announcing their appearance.

The thirty-six black and white original negatives from a 1972 Honolulu concert, look very appealing with Elvis wearing his black Conquistador jumpsuit. Included with negatives are eight, 8 ½ x 11” black and white prints and eight, 4 x 6” black and white prints of the negatives.

Also in the collection is a red silk scarf is signed Sincerely Elvis, and a concert ticket from September 1977, so the date makes that less desirable. It’s also framed with a picture from the ’68 Special, which was nine years previous to that date. The Hawaii photos and contract are certainly appealing though and highlights from the exhibition will be touring during April.

We have yet to receive confirmation that the Elvis items will be included in this tour, but the dates are:

Los Angeles
The Beverly Hilton
9876 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Exhibition: Monday, March 26–Thurs., March 29

Dublin
The Clarence Hotel
6-8 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2 Ireland
Exhibition: Tuesday, April 3rd – Friday April 6th

London
The Hard Rock
150 Old Park Lane, London, W1K 1QZ, England
Exhibition: April 11th – Friday April 13th

New York
The Hard Rock
1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
Exhibition: Monday, April 16th – Friday April 20th

AUCTION DATE
New York: Hard Rock
1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
Special Performance:
Saturday, April 21st. 5:00 p.m. EST
Live Auction: 6:00 p.m. EST
Special Performance: 9:00 p.m. EST

The auction is also live on Ebay.

2007/03/27 Google / www.epgold.com

A lot of rare and personal belongings of Elvis will been shown at the Queen Elisabethbethhall in Antwerp Belgium on the 9th of june 2007 and at the 10th of june at 'de Kunstmin' Dordrecht in Holland.

It will be a real treat to the fans to see all the memorabilia, it's an unique exhibition with for example the black guitar which Elvis bought in 1959 during his service in Germany.

Ticketline: 0900 00311 for Belgium
.+ 31594518265 for The Netherlands.

Latest Ruling Over Dr.Nick's Collection.

The ongoing dispute over Dr. Nick’s collection of Elvis memorabilia went before a Delaware judge yesterday.

California businessman Richard Long is suing ex-Las Vegas lounge singer Bobby Freeman (real name Robert Gallagher) for $1.2 million dollars, which he invested into a remarkable collection of Elvis memorabilia known as Dr Nick's Memories of Elvis.

Apparently this huge collection fills three large trailers and includes Dr Nick’s medicine bag - complete with drugs prescribed for Elvis, a laryngeal scope, Elvis’ copy of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, several guns, a 14k gold and diamond TCB, Dr Nick’s tour jacket and a Tissot watch inscribed with Elvis Presley.

Items from the collection have been displayed in New Mexico, Harrah’s in Laughlin Nevada, the Hollywood Casino in Tunica and the full collection was due to be displayed at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas, which has now been conveniently demolished.

Freeman claims he has a 50% share in Dr. Nicks collection, but he has used the collection as collateral to raise several loans, along with other scams that mean he is being chased for several hundreds of thousands of dollars, and even the FBI are watching him.

His latest deal with California businessman Long, for $1.2 million included the money to buy Dr. Nick out, but Long says he was duped and Dr Nick, is denying all knowledge of Freeman’s financial shenanigans.

The collection now sits in an aircraft hangar in Nevada. Richard Longs request to order an insurance inspection was granted by the judge yesterday, but this will probably be one of the first steps in a very long court battle.

Q & A with Sonny West, author of Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business.

Sonny, why have you decided to write a second book on your relationship with Elvis Presley, 30years after Elvis: What Happened?, a book you co-authored with you cousin, Red West and bodyguard, Dave Hebler?
Elvis: Taking Care of Business is based on my life with Elvis and all the wonderful memories that I have of those years (1960-1976). I think I need to get on record the love I felt for Elvis and my total commitment to him. The first book didn't do a good job of expressing that fact.

What was the purpose in writing the first book? Many people have speculated you did it for the money. Some said you did it out of revenge because Elvis fired you, and some have speculated that you did it to issue a challenge to Elvis to get off drugs because you loved him. Can you set the record straight?
The reason for writing the first book was 180 degrees from the reason for writing a second book. The first was written as a challenge to Elvis to change his prescription drug habits. He was in total denial and could not see where he was headed. As far as writing it as a motive for revenge for getting fired, I was fired on a couple of occasions prior and never even considered writing a book. If I wanted to do it just for the money, I had an opportunity, as did Red and Dave. We were contacted during the first few days of writing it, by a private detective named John O' Grady, representing Elvis, to come up with an amount for not writing the book. We never even considered a figure, because it would have made us just like those that were giving him whatever he wanted. It would have been much simpler to accept the money, and there is no doubt it would have been a substantial amount, because he didn't want the book written

Looking back, are there any regrets with your involvement with Elvis: What Happened?
I do have some regrets on the book. Not writing it, but the way it was written by the author assigned by World News Group, whom we signed a contract with to write the book. The book is true, but the sensationalism was used so blatantly, that it took away a lot of the sincere message we were trying to send Elvis. In fact, I was supposed to go on a tour to promote the book, but was canceled because of my press conference the day after Elvis' death, for my being very critical of our author, Steve Dunleavy, who was on 'Good Morning America' acting like an ass with another ass, Geraldo Rivera. They were more interested in conveying their dislike for each, than discussing the sensitivity of Elvis' tragic death

What is the focus of Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business?
There isn't really any centralized focus that I am trying to convey in the new book. It really is just a book about this wonderful, talented and warm human being that I shared most of my young adult years with for 16 years. If I just tell my story the way I want, you will have a lot of things brought into focus.

What new insights will you give into Elvis Presley?
There will be some things that have been written before, by me and/or others, but I hope to give you a different insight into them.As an example: Elvis' pre-occupation with death was not why Elvis had an interest in going to the funeral home after closing hours to view corpses. It was an interest in how morticians were able to take a somewhat disfigured face and prepare it in such a manner as to enable there to be an open casket funeral so their loved ones were able to view them in a reposing manner to say their good-byes. He was also interested in the technique used to prepare them physically for burial.I think another insight is that Charles Manson helped fuel Elvis' pre-occupation with guns because they occurred the same week that he opened in Las Vegas in 1969.

What do you think Elvis Presley Enterprises and Priscilla Presley will have to say about your Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business?
I would like to think they would be supportive of the book, because my love and devotion to the man will be evident in every word I write. But, regardless of their support or non-support, I am writing this book from my heart and I hope they will read it. I think it will give insights to Lisa Marie Presley that she may not know about her father that will make her even more proud, if there is space for more pride. As for Priscilla, I think she is pretty much aware of how much I loved Elvis and how I protected him not only from physical harm, but emotional situations in all areas I was able to do so.

What is the one thing you miss most about Elvis Presley?
There are so many things to miss about him. His sense of humor, his warmth, zaniness, zest for life, music and friendship, but not necessarily in that order. In Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business, I bring out those feelings just mentioned and share them with everyone.

Why do you think Elvis Presley is bigger30 years after his death, than he was when he was alive?
I think it is a bit unfair to Elvis and his fans worldwide to say he is bigger today 30 years after his death than he was when he was alive. Who knows how big he would have gotten if we had him these years that he has been gone. New songs, new styles, new movies, etc. It is true he has picked up many new fans, but why can't we accept the thought that he would have even picked up many more if he was alive all of these years with new products being released to the fans? It goes without saying, Elvis' fans are the greatest, most loyal fans in the world, and have proven it over the years to the extent of being the reason the statement, "bigger today than he was when he was alive" is being said

ISBN: 978-1-57243-939-9
$25.95
400 pages
6 x 9, Hardbound
Release Date: May 1st 2007

Elvis’ Army Uniform Rescued From the Mississippi.

Elvis’ army uniform will be back on display at the Hard Rock Biloxi when it re-opens on July 7 2007.

The casino barge was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and Elvis’ army uiniform was found floating on a manequin in the Mississippi Sound.

When the casino re-opens, Elvis’ suit, along with other memorabilia such as guitars belonging to B B King, Kiss and Johnny Cash, will be back on display along with a special tribute to James Brown.

In the latter part of the 20th century, Jerome Felder wrote more than 1,000 songs and landed dozens of hits on the Billboard charts, yet his greatest accomplishment may have been to make all but the most studious fans forget that Jerome Felder ever existed. Instead, the first generation of youth pop fans knew Doc Pomus (1925–91), the crippled blues shouter who began his career as a performer but gradually became one of the first rock 'n' roll songwriters — as well as one of the last.

Now a book, Alex Halberstadt's Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus (Da Capo Press, 228 pages, $26), the first full-length biography of the man who would be Pomus, sheds new light on this mysterious, colorful character whose songs are at the heart of the pop music of the last 50 years.

As a songwriter, Pomus was prodigious but not always consistent: In his office at the Brill Building — home to such songwriters as Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, Carole King, Burt Bacharach, and Neil Sedaka — he wrote brilliant songs, such as B.B. King's "There Must Be a Better World Somewhere," Elvis Presley's Viva Las Vegas, and Dion's Teenager in Love, but many more that were sheer hack work; the majority of his tunes were somewhere in between. But Pomus's own story is one that no lyricist or historian could have invented.

Felder was born in 1925 to a Jewish family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Crippled by polio at the age of seven and confined to his parents' apartment, he fell in love with words and music, the novels of Jules Verne and other fantasy storytellers, and the sound of black America, which he heard on the radio late at night and on the 'Race Records' he scoured at the New York shops. At age 15, love became obsession when Felder heard Piney Brown Blues by Big Joe Turner.

Two years later, Felder snuck into a jazz club in Greenwich Village and was in the process of being kicked out when he announced that he was a blues singer. So the overweight Jewish boy from Williamsburg ambled up on stage with his crutches, alongside the great trumpeter Frankie Newton, and proceeded to belt out Piney Brown Blues. He put all the pain and frustration he had been feeling his whole life into that blues, and the crowd responded, to his complete surprise, enthusiastically.

It was around this time that the young Felder came up with the name 'Doc Pomus'. It conveyed just the right sense of ambiguity and sophistication he was looking for. For the next dozen or so years, he supported himself — just barely most of the time — as a blues singer. Heworked occasionally in Manhattan jazz venues, including the traditional jazz concerts produced by Jack Crystal (father of comic Billy Crystal), but he made most of his living, such as it was, singing in bars in black neighborhoods in the outer boroughs and New Jersey. Black audiences had never seen anything like him — a crippled white boy who belted like Joe Turner.

Sadly, Pomus couldn't keep doing it forever; as a vocalist, he was hardly in the same class as such great blues masters as Jimmy Witherspoon, Charles Brown, and Big Bill Broonzy. The closest thing he had to a hit was a radio jingle he wrote for a Brooklyn clothing store.

But Felder found he possessed other musical gifts, so Pomus segued into the world of songwriting. He quickly formed a partnership with the composer Mort Shuman, an accomplished pianist who was 10 years younger and had also grown up infatuated with rhythm and blues. For the next decade, Shuman primarily wrote the music and Pomus the lyrics, and the two wrote hit after hit, including no fewer than 20 songs performed by Elvis Presley. Pomus also served as a mentor to Shuman and, eventually, many other composers, showing them how to interject authentic blues feeling into their tunes.

The 'Doctor' also took himself a wife, a beautiful blonde 'shiksa' named Willi Burke. In one of his most touching passages, Mr. Halberstadt describes Pomus at his own wedding, watching with his crutches and leg braces, as his new wife danced with every man but him. He later transformed the experience into the most durable and heartfelt of his songs, Save the Last Dance for Me, which was immortalized by the Drifters. By the end of the 1950s, Pomus and Shuman were writing on call for the burgeoning teeny-bopper-pop industry, a veritable assembly line of disposable singers, like Philadelphia's Fabian, who were getting by on youthful good looks and sophisticated production techniques.

But there were copasetic platters too. One of Pomus's first hits was 1956's Lonely Avenue, a blues variation similar to Heartbreak Hotel, but at once more sophisticated and more primitive: Ray Charles emoted it in a haunting, two-beat shuffle rhythm that suggested convicts marching in leg irons. Pomus is best known for primordial, rootsy tunes like Presley's 1960 hit A Mess Of Blues, but he also did a lot to Europeanize rock and doo-wop. The Drifters's This Magic Moment, which is essentially a solo feature for Ben E. King, uses symphonic-style swirling strings to conjure a mystical sensation, while Surrender was one of Presley's better Italianate excursions. Pomus also got his stars to go Latin: Viva Las Vegas and the marvelous, lesser-known Kiss Me Quick had the King rocking to a Brazilian samba beat, while You Be My Baby was a Ray Charles chacha-cha.

Mr. Halberstadt's primary source for his biography were the many journals that Pomus began keeping, vividly if informally and irregularly, in his later years. Combining the Doctor's own accounts with those of his surviving friends and colleagues, the author weaves the various strands into a seamless narrative that reads more like fiction than a musical biography. If 'Lonely Avenue' is sadly lacking a third act, it isn't the author's fault. Pomus and Shuman, along with the other Brill Building composers, were put out of business in the mid-'60s by the tidal wave of singer-songwriters led by Bob Dylan and the Beatles. Pomus had to support himself for 10 years by playing poker, but that's a whole other story.

Doc (I knew him slightly) never stopped writing, but he never came up with another major hit. At the end of his life, however, he was widely celebrated and recognized as a major contributor to the canon of American pop. He died in 1991, the same years as Shuman, of cancer. Most of his more trite jukebox ditties did not survive their era, but the best of his songs, as Pomus put it endearingly and redundantly at the end of This Magic Moment, "will last forever 'till the end of time."

A new import double CD set has been announced. The set, containing two - previously released - remastered concerts from August 1975, comes as a deluxe gate fold set with a 20 pages booklet.

Synopsis:

"After a highly successful tour in July, Elvis was booked for 2 weeks in Vegas, starting on the night of august 18. That opening night was followed by only two more nights and four performances. known among fans as the "Request Box Shows".

On the night of August 20 Elvis left the Vegas Hilton in a hurry, and was flown back to Memphis. Luckily a fan from Japan recorded several of these shows on portable Sony equipment, resulting in excellent sounding tapes.

In May the Southern Comfort label will release two complete shows plus additional songs on a deluxe gate fold double CD set remastered from the original 32 year old tapes. A 20 pages photo booklet will be included with the two CDs.

Collector’s are invited to attend the Elvis Presley Memorial Dinner Charity Event at the Peabody on August 13, 2007.

There will be an auction from 3:30-5:30 followed by dinner which will be served at 7 PM in the grand ballroom.

Special guests will be: The Jordanaires, Jerry Schilling (picture), George Klein, Linda Thompson, Sam Thompson, Millie Kirkham, Joe Esposito, Dick Grob, Dr. Nichopolous along with his son Dean, Kim Davis Harmon, Joe Guercio , Larry Geller and others.

Cost of the evening is $75.00

2007/03/26 www.elvismatters.be / www.epgold.com

It looks as if everybody’s trying to pick a grain from the 2007 Elvis hype.

The American travel and tourist guide “McLeod’s Day Trips Vol. 2” marked “Little Graceland” in Los Fresnos, about 1.000 from Graceland in Memphis, as one of the recommended but unknown places to visit.

The museum holds over 1.000 items and is the dream come true of Simon Vega (72) who served with Elvis in the army in Germany. According to Vega, he was invited by Elvis to join his ‘Mafia’, but he declined the offer because of his family.

Years later, the Elvis mania is back again, which lead to his miniature version of Graceland.

2007/03/26 www.elvismatters.be / www.epgold.com

This is the great poster designed by world famous Elvis sketch artist, Betty Harper, for the 2007 Elvis Festival in Tupelo.

There will be a month long exhibit of 37 pieces of Elvis art at the Gum Tree Museum of Art in Tupelo, May 25th - June 29th.

Posters are on sale through the Tupelo Elvis committee.

2007/03/26 Betty Harper - www.elvisinfonet.com / www.epgold.com

"All Shook Up," a musical based on the songs of Elvis Presley, will not be coming to Birmingham, Alabama as announced earlier by the Birmingham Broadway Series.

The show is no longer touring as part of the 2007-2008, and all engagements have been canceled, said Glenda Kennedy, executive director of the series.

No replacement has been named for the show, which was one of the season extras along with "Ring of Fire," a musical featuring the work of Johnny Cash.

2007/03/26 The Birmingham News / www.epgold.com

Welcome To Our New Ep.Gold Web-shop!

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To celebrate this we have a "Special Offer" every week valid for 7 days.

Book Essential Elvis Interviews.And personally signed by the author Andrew Hearn.

As stated on the cover, the book is a collection of interviews selected from the first ten years of Essential Elvis magazine.

Just to name a few:

George Nichopoulos (Dr. Nic) Julie Parish – Mike Stoller – Sir Jimmy Saville – Jennifer Holden – Lamar Fike – Tamara Beckwith – Al Dvorin – Francine York – Harry Hill – Deborah Walley – Rick Schmidlin – Sonny West – Lionel Houston – Anita Wood – Marc Bennerman – Linda Thompson – Barbara Leigh – Wink Martindale – Marsha Alverson – Pat Priest – Eamonn Holmes – Ginger & Rosemary Alden – Joan Blackman – David Stanley – Larry Geller – Jeanne Lemay – George Nichopoulos – Sherry Williams – Susanna Leigh – Susan Henning – Bill Belew and Glen D. Hardin.

"Special Offer" this week valid for 7 days E 14,95 (plus postage)

For more information and order E-Mail: elvisinternational@casema.nl

2007/03/25 EpGold Web-Shop / www.epgold.com

Elvis 50’s Concert Film with Sound in Post Production by Memphis Recording Service.

On 22 March EIN broke the news of this upcoming release.

As a result of this story there was been a flurry of activity on other Elvis websites with a number of sites contacting Joseph Pirzada for comment, and more than 150 postings have been published about our story on the Elvis messageboards.

From what EIN was originally told (and subsequently verified), many of the subsequent news items and board postings are misinformed.

An interesting posting was made by TheKingStillRocks on a messageboard:

"It has to be the amateur filmed footage, one which I missed out on last year. I tried to buy it but it was sold extremely fast.

It has been part of a collection from an Elvis fan in Lubbock, TX since the early days. He had a large collection of 1950 footage, with some very rare performances.

His first filming was at the Fair Park Auditorium, hometown Lubbock. 2 performances and Tupelo

The 56 footage: Forth Worth, Shreveport, Richmond Norfolk, Lubbock, El Paso, New Orleans, Tupelo, San Antonio.

1957: Tupelo, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles.

Also footage Elvis eating somewhere with reporters and driving off etc. Some have sound which is very rare in those days.

His grandson did put it on eBay last year and they were approached within 10 minutes. He didn’t reveal the amount but it was a great deal as he said it.

He mentioned that the buyer said that he was thinking of using a part ot it for a DVD. There are not too much people with that much money and releasing possibilities.

I tried to buy some the collection, asked what is was but he said that he had a buyer already, it it wouldn’t come through he would get back to me. He had also a lot of photos and souvenirs and the ticket stubs. I think that some of this will be on the release….

Anyway a very nice idea indeed a tour DVD from the 50’s well in this way I get it much cheaper. Let’s hope I’m right!"

2007/03/25 www.elvisinfonet.com - TheKingStillRocks / www.epgold.com

(Paul Jankowski)

Marketing Elvis -- good gig if you can get it, right?

Paul Jankowski, who joined Elvis Presley Enterprises in October as its first chief marketing officer, seems to be enjoying the job.

We visited Jankowski to talk about the business of Elvis as the 30th anniversary of his death approaches. Business is good -- from TV (a national campaign for the Honda CR-V rocked to a remixed version of "Burning Love") to the Graceland gates (600,000 visitors annually).

"I equated the other day our visitorship to a 40-day concert tour -- sold-out concert tour," said Jankowski, 41, who was raised in Memphis, graduated from Christian Brothers High and the University of Tennessee, and went on to an entertainment business career that included CBS Records and Gibson Guitar.

EPE already had a marketing department, but Jankowski's position was created as part of media mogul Robert F.X. Sillerman and CKX Inc.'s plans to step up global marketing of all things Elvis. In 2005, Sillerman paid $100 million for an 85 percent stake in the Presley estate.

Excepts from our conversation with Jankowski:

Q: What parts of the fan base would you like to expand upon? A young audience is a big target, right?

A: We're not just targeting a young demo. Because if you look at what's happening in the marketplace, it's kind of happening organically. People are tapping into the power of his music and his influence. We're there. We're there with a very diverse group.

Q: What's an example of someone who maybe doesn't listen to Elvis, but you think, 'We can reach this person'? An 18-year-old with his iPod?

A: That could be one. (But) I want to be very careful that we don't limit it. Because if you're an entertainment consumer -- or more specifically, a music consumer -- you're already aware of Elvis. We want to give you more tools to investigate different things of Elvis. For instance, his influence on fashion, the doors he blew open there.

Q: What are some of those tools?

A: There might be tactics that include a digital platform ... down the road. We're already very active on YouTube and MySpace. We're already there. ... The fans are driving it.

Q: Are there some people to whom Elvis is not cool, not contemporary? Do you have to convince some people?

A: I think it's making them aware of an element of his life that they may have not been aware of.

An example ... One great takeaway from the tour of Graceland is his overwhelming generosity. We've got some very good research that points to 18- to 24-year-olds that come out of it going, 'Wow, I had no idea about his generosity.'

Q: Because Elvis had so many personas, do you market him in different ways to different groups?

A: I don't think we change the message. Elvis is Elvis. There's nothing like him in the world. There's not an icon like him in the world. It just doesn't exist.

We don't construct the message to reach an audience, because Elvis, by virtue of what he does -- or did -- does that. ... We're not creating a product here and trying to make it fit any holes. It's already there.

Q: Nirvana's Kurt Cobain beat out Elvis on Forbes magazine's annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list (mostly because his widow, Courtney Love, sold a stake in his song catalog for a reported $50 million). What are your thoughts on that?

A: Elvis will be back on top. The Forbes list is no indications of the strength of the Elvis legacy. ... We've got a deal with Hershey's (for a limited edition of Reese's peanut butter cups with an image of Elvis on the package and a peanut butter and banana creme flavor).

The Honda CR-V is another great example. They used Elvis' music. They aired a spot during the Super Bowl.

(And) Sports Illustrated. Let's get relevant. Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, shooting right here at Graceland.

Don't take my word for it. Look at the examples of Fortune 100 companies doing what they do.

Paul Jankowski
Job title: Chief marketing officer, Elvis Presley Enterprises
Job description: Overseeing global brand development.
Hometown: Born in Aurora, Ill., but raised in Memphis.
Age: 41
Career highlights: Created promotions for Tom Petty, B.B. King and Elton John.

(Dr. Nick)

Who owns the black bag that Dr. Nick used to treat Elvis? Or the bottles of prescription pills dated the day before Presley died? Or the glass nasal douche used to irrigate the King's nostrils before he took the stage?

Monday, a Wilmington, Del., judge will begin hearing a dispute over a multimillion-dollar collection of Elvis memorabilia once owned by one of rock-and-roll's most infamous physicians, George C. Nichopoulos.

"It's a big, damned mess, man, just the craziest thing you've ever seen," says Bobby Freeman, a lounge-singer/music-historian and a defendant in the case. "What's going on in that court in Delaware is absolutely disgusting."

The "Dr. Nick" collection - temporarily padlocked inside a Nevada airport hangar - includes a stuffed dog, a desk carved by Elvis' Uncle Vester, a .38 Smith & Wesson, the laryngeal scope used to examine the King's throat, and the official red strobe light issued to Dr. Nick in case he needed to race to Graceland for an emergency.

"It's amazing," Freeman says. "It's about the roots of rock and roll. It's about America, man."

A lawyer for the millionaire Californian suing Freeman does not disagree.

"There are items of genuine interest to Elvis fans, such as a copy of the book `The Prophet' with Elvis' hand-written annotations," says lawyer David L. Finger of Wilmington. He represents Richard Long, a Napa, Calif., executive who last year joined Freeman to buy Dr. Nick's collection.

Freeman and Long are not talking anymore.

Long alleges in his lawsuit that he put up $1.2 million to make the deal happen but that Freeman will not give him access to the collection for management and insurance purposes.

Freeman says Long failed to put up $3 million more he had pledged to the project, fumbled a big chance to do a show at the Stardust, and secretly intends to sell the collection overseas.

The issue for the Delaware Chancery Court, among the nation's most respected business courts, is whether the rift between Freeman and Long is now so severe that their Delaware limited liability company should be dissolved.

If that happens, the next step would be to determine who gets to keep the collection.

The stakes are high, Freeman insists.

"It's about you, your children and America," the entertainer says.

The best man suited to protect these treasures, Freeman says, is Freeman.

"See, I built this collection," he said by phone from Las Vegas, explaining that he entered a 50-50 partnership with Nichopoulos to show it to casinos in 2000.

"We opened it at the Hollywood Casino in Tunica, 15 miles from Graceland, and it was held over three times, and I did entertainment shows opposite of it in the ballroom. I have a big production. I'm a writer, a producer, and I play 30 instruments. PBS did a special on my life. I've been awarded by 31 United States governors."

The four-casino tour was so successful that Freeman came with the idea up putting the collection inside tractor-trailers and touring it nationwide.

Dr. Nick said OK.

It took three years to build a show, but by 2005, Freeman had installed it inside two custom-made 18-wheelers.

"It tells the story of an intimate relationship between Dr. Nick and his patient," Freeman says, describing the truck interiors. "Everything is beautiful: There's carpeting everywhere - burgundy, two inches high, the best you can buy - and every frame is carved gold. You got your crown molding . . .

"There's the nasal douche, the laryngeal scope, and drug bottles with the name `Elvis Presley,'" he says. "You might think that's tacky. Man, even I think it's morbid. But what right do I have to pull it out of there?"

Freeman plans to charge $20 a ticket. As a bonus, he says he'll put on a concert at the end. "I rock the piano with my feet. I play that thing any way I can, man."

But for now, the show is dark. Until the legal dispute is resolved, the trucks are parked in a secure, undisclosed location - the hangar in Nevada.

"It's a shame," Freeman says.

A spokesman for Elvis Presley Enterprises in Memphis did not return a call for comment.

Freeman, 59, and Long, 63, are expected to fly to Philadelphia Sunday to prepare for Monday's hearing. The judge, Vice Chancellor Leo Strine, is scrutinizing the April 2006 deal the men made in Memphis, a transaction that includes the purchase of the collection from Dr. Nick.

At the time, Long and Freeman had known each other for only two years, having met at an auto show in Reno. Long, a multi-millionaire, is chief executive officer of Regulus, a California document management company that performs remittance work for major banks and corporations.

Freeman picks up the story:

"I was rocking a piano, a big one with flames that come out. Dick saw me and loved it and said, `I want you to do my birthday party.' I said, `I don't do birthday parties.' Well, man, he kept calling me, two straight weeks. I called back and gave him an outrageous price. He said, `I'll take it.'"

Long declined to be interviewed, but in his lawsuit he says Freeman kept in touch and ultimately persuaded him to finance the purchase of the collection.

Long, Freeman, and Freeman's girlfriend, Betty Franklin, formed a Delaware company, and met in Memphis to seal the deal with Dr. Nick.

"I wish I had been involved when this was going down because I think it would have gone down differently," said Michael Matuska, a Nevada lawyer who later advised Franklin but who is not involved in the Delaware case. "Bobby and Betty didn't get what they expected from Dick Long, and they also gave a release to Dr. Nick for a large debt he owed Bobby and Betty. So they're short on both ends of this deal."

What is not disputed is that during final negotiations, the deal snagged when questions were raised about Freeman's alleged undisclosed debts.

Freeman, whose real name last name is Gallagher, says none of this was relevant.

"So a woman got a judgment against me 20 years ago for $200,000? I didn't even know it existed . . . Look, I owe one creditor. That's Bank of America for $500,000."

Freeman also was sued in 1999 for money owed in Memphis. In 2004, when the creditor's lawyer tried to find out if Freeman had money, he took a few depositions, including one from Dr. Nick.

Lawyer: "Do you know the location of any asset of Mr. Freeman's?"

Dr. Nick: "I think the only asset he has is Betty . . . He kind of likes to put on the dog and talk a lot and flash."

Now in his 80s, Dr. Nick works as a benefits adviser for FedEx in Memphis. He lost his medical license in 1995 for bad conduct, including writing too many prescriptions for Jerry Lee Lewis. But Freeman and others say Dr. Nick gets a bad rap.

"Elvis would have been dead years before if it hadn't been for Dr. Nick feeding him placebos," says James F. Neal, the famed Nashville lawyer who successfully defended him in 1981 against criminal charges that he negligently prescribed drugs to Presley.

Nichopoulos didn't return a call for comment.

Freeman says he fears what will happen at tomorrow's hearing, which is bound to bring more publicity. At the end of a long interview last week, he said: "I expect you to you to write the same thing as other writers and slaughter me."

He paused, then laughed.

"But you know what? That's OK. Just spell my name right, and this thing will get bigger."

2007/03/25 By John Shiffman - The Philadelphia Inquirer / www.epgold.com

Vistitors of the James Burton Guitar Fest in Shreveport Louisiana next weekend, are in for a treat.

One of the eye catchers on stage is Steven Seagal. In Europe, Steven may be best known for his acting work, but in the States he is a recording artists and an excellent guitar player.

Another special event on stage during the Festival, is the Family Jam, with James and his son Jeff, and his grand children.

And on Sunday, over 600 kids, who all got a guitar from the James Burton Foundation, will play together for the first time.

2007/03/25 www.elvismatters.be / www.epgold.com

For the third time in a short period, a guitar that once was played by Elvis is up for auction. This instrument can be seen as the most reliable of the latest offers.

Renomated auction gallery Heritage from Dallas is putting up a 'Entertainment' auction with numerous celebrity items. There will be a whole range of Elvis items with the guitar as the masterpiece.

Presley used this guitar in 1962 for the movies 'Follow That Dream' and 'Kid Galahad'. After the shooting of 'Kid Galahad', he donated the guitar to prop master Ralph Agone who treasured the item for the rest of his life.

After Ralph passed away, the guitar was donated to his son, who was also a big Elvis fan. Agone Jr's life ende prematurely and his widow decided to donate the instrument to the 'Warner Bros Movie Museum'.

Because if this important auction and also for the 30-years after, the widow wanted to make the guitar 'available for the Elvis fans'. Estimated price is starting at $40.000

James Burton International Guitar Festival To Announce Lineup.

Press release from the James Burton International Guitar Festival:

Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. James Burton and representatives of the James Burton International Guitar Festival will hold a press conference at Municipal Auditorium to announce the 2007 featured entertainers for the 2nd James Burton International Guitar Festival.

The festival kicks off Friday, March 30th at 6 p.m. with the Party on the Plaza in Festival Plaza featuring local and regional talent. Gates open at 5 pm and the party continues to midnight.

The Party continues Saturday, March 31st in Festival Plaza with the 2nd Guitar Showdown, a guitar competition hosted in conjunction with Tipitina’s Shreveport Music Coop, beginning at 11 a.m. Music continues until 5 p.m. Admission is $3.00 both days.

The signature event of the James Burton International Guitar Festival, the James Burton & Friends Concert at Municipal Auditorium is slated for 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 31st.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets, now on sale at www.jamesburtonmusic.com, range from $25 to $100. Fifteen special guests will join James Burton on stage to raise money for the James Burton Kids R Rockin program.

The James Burton Foundation donated 600 guitars and a year-long specialized guitar training program to 600 students in 23 Caddo Parish Schools in 2006.

The finale of the 2007 event will feature those 600 students in concert with James Burton and a surprise special guest on Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 2 p.m. at the Municipal Auditorium. Tickets for the Kids R Rockin Concert are $10 at the door.

Join us on the steps of the historic Municipal Auditorium at 10:30 a.m. for this exciting announcement. For more information, visit www.jamesburtonmusic.com

2007/03/24 EPE / www.epgold.com

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2007/03/23 ElvisInternational / www.epgold.com

I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine - That's All Right - Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Baby Let's Play House - I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone - Milkcow Blues Boogie - You're A Heartbreaker - Harbor Lights - I Love You Because - Blue Moon - Tomorrow Night - I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') - I Forgot To Remember To Forget - Mystery Train - Trying To Get To You - When It Rains It Really Pours - I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone (Slow Version) - Heartbreak Hotel

50 years ago, on March 19, 1957, Elvis paid his $1000 deposit to buy Graceland.

On Friday March 23rd Thomas Kinkade's commemorative painting of Elvis’ beloved mansion will be unveiled at 10am on the Graceland front lawn, with Priscilla Presley in attendance. Tickets for the unveiling are priced at $250.

Artist Thomas Kinkade visited Graceland last September to work on the painting "Elvis Presley created rock and roll and changed music forever.”

He told the press on his visit. “Graceland was his refuge from the demands of his fame. My hope is that I will capture on canvas a bit of the home that he loved so much."

The new Mephis Recording Service Book & DVD Volume 3, will contain over 15 minutes of unreleased Elvis footage in Concert from the 1950’ .

This unreleased Elvis footage in Concert from the 1950’ contains the complete performance of Elvis with the original sound. (officially licenced from the copyright owner)

Further more a 10 minutes of unseen footage from the 50's and an unreleased interview with Elvis from 1957.

The book contains over 100 pictures (90% unseen)

On request we deleted that the Unreleased footage was in concert from Tupelo, 1956!

Joseph Pirzada from Music Recording Service claims he has never mentioned the city Tupelo, 1956 and also it is not a MRS Volume 3 and no definite release date has been given except that it will be very very soon.

2007/03/22 E-Mail / www.epgold.com

Following is a media advisory issued by Elvis Radio/Sirius Satellite 13:

PRISCILLA PRESLEY TO GUEST HOST ELVIS RADIO LIVE FROM GRACELAND EXCLUSIVELY ON SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO.

Priscilla will be in Memphis to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Graceland

WHO: Priscilla Presley.

WHAT: Priscilla Presley will guest host Elvis Radio live from Graceland commemorating the 50th anniversary purchase of Elvis’ home.

WHEN: Friday, March 23, at 3 pm ET.

WHERE: Elvis Radio, SIRIUS channel 13.

MORE: Elvis purchased Graceland for his home in March 1957 and Priscilla Presley will visit Elvis Radio as a special guest host to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this historic event. As part of the celebration, Priscilla will also welcome internationally renowned artist, Thomas Kinkade to Graceland for the unveiling of his latest masterpiece portrait, “Graceland, 50th Anniversary.”

Thomas Kinkade will also be a guest host on Elvis Radio.

Elvis Radio is the only all Elvis all-the-time radio station, broadcasting live from Graceland.

The early years, the classics, the comebacks, rarities, live tracks and basically everything Elvis ever recorded.

For more information, visit www.sirius.com.

2007/03/22 EPE / www.epgold.com

(Photographer: Ulf Nilsson Sweden)

The long Swedish tour of John Wilkinson and James Burton has come to an end.

Both musicians have returned home safe and sound, and mailed us that the flight back went very smooth.

It was the first time that both Elvis guitarists went on tour together.

There were 10 shows in 10 packed houses. The first ‘joint venture’ between both men goes back to 1968, when James played guitar on John’s first singles.

A well meant ‘congratulations’ to the promoter of the tour, Ulf Nilsson, for a spotless organisation of which we were proud to be part of.

2007/03/22 www.elvismatters.be / www.epgold.com

(sg - sales gainer, gg - greatest sales gainer, ne - new entry, re - re-entry)

Top Pop Catalog Albums - Ultimate Gospel - up 14 to #19 (sg)

Top Country Catalog Albums - Ultimate Gospel - up 5 to #3 (sg)
Top Country Catalog Albums - Elvis 30 #1 Hits - up 5 to #10 (sg)

Hot 100 Singles Sales - Heartbreak Hotel - up 7 to #35 (sg)

Top Music Video - Elvis Lives - 25th Anniversary Concert - down 1 to #5
Top Music Video - Elvis: '68 Comeback Special - down 3 to #34
Top Music Video - Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - down 4 to #33

Top Comprehensive Music Video - 25th Anniversary Concert - down 1 to #5
Top Comprehensive Music Video - Elvis: '68 Comeback Special - down 3 to #34
Top Comprehensive Music Video - Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - down 4 to #33

New entries and Re-entries on the charts include:
- Ultimate Gospel enters the Billboard Comprehensive Albums Chart

Dropping off the charts include:
- none

Notes of Interest:
- It looks like the 2 Ultimate Gospel cd releases have been combined on the charts for tracking purposes..especially the Country Cat Album chart.

**Elvis 50’s Concert Film with Sound in Post Production**

Joseph Pirzada from the UK based Memphis Recording Service label is currently finishing off his latest project that will bring for the first time ever, unreleased Elvis footage in Concert from the 1950’ with original sound.

To date, the only live 50’s performance footage with sound we know are from the TV shows.

The release will also include an unreleased interview with Elvis from 1957 and live audio music.

More details to follow…

(ISBN 1405490691)

This is the cover art of the "Images Of Elvis" book - 224 pages, release date May 1, 2007. by Parragon.

2007/03/21 www.elvisclubberlin.de / www.epgold.com

Here is the cover art of the upcoming import CD "Duets" release date April 3, 2007.

This compilation will contain every duet Elvis recorded during his career through studio, movie, home and live recordings.

Elvis recorded duets with other famous singers like Frank Sinatra, Ann-Margret, Juliet Prowse, Nancy Sinatra and others.

Beside those with others stars did he also record some with less known singers and even with some of his own backup singers.

As a special bonus will this release also feature a newly re-mastered soundboard version of the very touching duet with Lisa Marie Presley on "Don't Cry Daddy".

CD 1

1. I Will Be Home Again with Charlie Hodge (Recorded in Nashville, TN. on April 4, 1960)
2. It’s Nice To Go Travelling with Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Joey Bishop & Sammy Davis jr.
3. Love Me Tender/Witchcraft with Frank Sinatra (Recorded live for the “Welcome Home Elvis” TV show at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami, FL. on March 26, 1960)
4. Let Yourself Go with The Blossoms (Recorded for the “Elvis” NBC TV special in Los Angeles, CA. on June 20, 1968)
5. The Impossible Dream with Armond Morales (Recorded live on stage at the International Hotel in Las Vegas on January 28, 1971)
6. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face with Ginger Holladay (Recorded in Nashville, TN. on March 15, 1971)
7. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face with Temple Riser (Recorded in Nashville, TN. on May 21, 1971)
8. Help Me with Sherrill Nielsen (Recorded in Memphis, TN. on December 12, 1973)
9. Spanish Eyes with Sherrill Nielsen (Recorded in Memphis, TN. on December 16, 1973)
10. Why Me Lord with J.D. Sumner (Recoded live on stage in Memphis, TN. on March 20, 1974)
11. Brining It Back with Voice and Elvis singing bass
12. Aubrey with Voice and Elvis singing bass (Recorded live on stage at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas on September 2, 1974)
13. Hawaiian Wedding Song with Kathy Westmoreland (Recorded live on stage at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas on September 2, 1974)
14. Softly As I Leave You with Sherrill Nielsen (Recorded live on stage at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas on December 13, 1975 M.S.)

Rarities

15. Yippee Yi Yo Yippee Yi Yay with Imogene Coca, Andy Griffith & Steve Allen (Recorded for the “Steve Allen TV Show” in New York, NY. on July 1, 1956)
16. I Shall Not Be Moved with Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins
17. When The Saints Go Marching In with Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins (Recorded during the “Million Dollar Quartet” jam session in Sun Studio on December 4, 1956)
18. I Can’t Help (It If I’m Still In Love With You) with Anita Wood
19. Who’s Sorry Now with Anita Wood (Recorded at Eddie Fadal’s home in Waco, TX. in the spring of 1958)
20. If I Loved You with Nancy Sharpe
21. Sweet Leilani with Nancy Sharpe
22. Make Believe with Nancy Sharpe (Recorded at Elvis’ home at Monovale Drive, Hollywood, CA. in the fall of 1960)
23. You’re Life Has Just Begun with Linda Thompson
24. Teardrops with Linda Thompson (Recorded at Sam Thompson’s home in Memphis, TN. late 1973)
25. Spanish Eyes with Sherrill Nielsen (Recorded at Elvis’ home in Palm Springs, CA. in 1974)

Special Bonus

26. Don’t Cry Daddy with Lisa Marie Presley (Recorded live at the “Elvis In Concert” big screen show in Memphis, TN. on August 16, 1997)

This duet has been produced using a mix of a live recording by Elvis and a studio recording by his daughter Lisa Marie Presley

CD 2

The Movies

1. Crawfish with Kitty White - From the Paramount motion picture King Creole
2. Pocketful Of Rainbow with Juliet Prowse - From the Paramount motion picture G.I. Blues
3. Husky Dusky Day with Hope Lang - From the 20th Century Fox motion picture Wild In The Country
4. Aloha Oe with The Surfers - From the Paramount motion picture Blue Hawaii
5. Earth Boy with Ginny and Elisabeth Tiu - From the Paramount motion picture Girls! Girls! Girls!
6. How Would You Like To Be with Vicki Tiu - From the MGM motion picture It Happened At The World’s Fair
7. Happy Ending with Joan O'Brien - From the MGM motion picture It Happened At The World’s Fair
8. Mexico with Larry Domasin - From the Paramount motion picture Fun In Acapulco
9. Today Tomorrow And Forever with Ann-Margret - From the MGM motion picture Viva Las Vegas
10. You’re The Boss with Ann-Margret - From the MGM motion picture Viva Las Vegas
11. The Lady Loves Me with Ann-Margret - From the MGM motion picture Viva Las Vegas
12. Spring Fever with Shelley Fabares - From the MGM motion picture Girl Happy
13. Frankie And Johnny with Eileen Wilson and Ray Walker - From the United Artists motion picture Frankie And Johnny
14 Petunia The Gardener’s Daughter with Eileen Wilson - From the United Artists motion picture Frankie And Johnny
15. Look Out Broadway with Eileen Wilson and Ray Walker - From the United Artists motion picture Frankie And Johnny
16. Scratch My Back with Marianne Hill - From the Paramount motion picture Paradise Hawaiian Style
17. Datin’ with Donna Butterworth - From the Paramount motion picture Paradise Hawaiian Style
18. Queenie Wahine’s Papaya with Donna Butterworth - From the Paramount motion picture Paradise Hawaiian Style
19. Yoga Is As Yoga Does with Elsa Lanchaster - From the Paramount motion picture Easy Come, Easy Go
20. Who Need Money with Ray Walker - From the United Artists motion picture Clambake
21. Confidence with kids - From the United Artists motion picture Clambake
22. There Ain’t Nothing Like A Song with Nancy Sinatra - From the MGM motion picture Speedway
23. Signs Of The Zodiac with Marilyn Mason - From the United Artists motion picture The Trouble With Girls

New on the book shelves next month is “Elvis In Nederland”, a re-print of the 1997 book by Dutch author Rob van Scheers.

For his book, the writer interviewed Dutch celebrities with an Elvis link, such as unkie XL, Ellen ten Damme, Jan Cremer, Monique van de Ven, André Hazes, Andy Tielman, Connie Palmen, and Hans van Manen.

The book comes with 288 full color pages, and a bonus CD with Dutch artists paying tribute to Elvis: Bob Fosko, Bennie Jolink, Vincent Bijlo, Bluegrass Boogiemen, Erwin Nijhoff, Roosbeef, JW Roy, Denise Jannah, Thom Hoffman and the Bintangs.

UK garage punk band the Horrors did everything it could to live up to their name Tuesday night at Great Scott. For much of the notoriously rowdy band’s set, singer Faris Badwan agitated the crowd, jumping off the stage, barreling into fans and generally terrorizing the audience in true indie punk fashion.

But a line was crossed when Badwan grabbed a bust of Elvis, a beloved piece of bric-a-brac, and allegedly smashed it on the ground. The plug was pulled on the Horrors set and Badwan and his band were kicked out of the club.

After being brought up to speed of her clients latest shenanigans, publicist Karen Ruttner replied in an email, “Yeah, to be honest, none of that surprises me.”

Ruttner then went on to list other Horrors show incidents involving firecrackers, stuffed bats and wine bottles, among other objects. Through his publicist, Badwan denied full responsibility of the Elvis-smashing incident, insisting that a club staff member pulled him to the ground while he was touching the statue, causing it to fall and break.

Eyewitnesses offered a different account, claiming that Badwan first used a bar stool to climb the club’s wall and remove the Elvis bust, which he then carried across the room and destroyed on his own.

Great Scott isn’t the first club to feel the fury of the Horrors. Back in November they destroyed a potted plant at a particularly wild gig in New York, and at a recent Virgin Megastore in-store, Badwan hurled a beer cooler into the unsuspecting crowd.

Chances of the Horrors gracing the Great Scott stage again in the next millennium look slim. When asked if he’d ever consider hosting another of the band’s tantrums, general manager Tim Philbin replied emphatically, “Oh, no. I can’t imagine that would happen.

I don’t want to have to deal with (Badwan) again.” The lesson here is simple. Be as rowdy as you want. Just don’t mess with The King.

2007/03/21 Boston Herald / www.epgold.com

The Frontier Hotel, where Elvis made his Las Vegas debut in 1956, may soon disappear from the Las Vegas Strip.

Real Estate Investment Group Elad Properties are rumoured to be making an announcement any time about their purchase of the hotel.

The current owner Phil Ruffin has previously turned down offers of $20 million on the site, but this new deal is rumoured as being up to $1.5 billion.

In 1942, the Hotel Last Frontier was the second hotel to open on the Las Vegas Strip.

In April 1955 it was remodelled and renamed the New Frontier with a space age décor that reflected the atomic era of the fifties and, the following year, Elvis made his debut there billed as The Atomic Powered Singer.

Elad Properties purchased the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan for $675 million in 2005, which they are now renovating, so they may want to bring the same luxury to Las Vegas.

The Frontier has been threatened with demolition many times, but after 65 years on the Strip, it could finally be retirement age for this piece of Elvis and Vegas history.

2007/03/21 www.elvis.co.uk / www.epgold.com

Last Train to Memphis" German audiobook: The German audiobook edition of Peter Guralnick's "Last Train To Memphis - Die Elvis Presley Biographie 1935 - 1958" release date May 20, 2007.

Also as audio book Volume 2, "Careless Love - 1959 - 1977" release date July 2007.

2007/03/21 www.bear-family.de / www.epgold.com

(Photo: Mitt Romney)

As campaigning starts for the 2008 US presidential election, you can be sure that a few candidates start using Elvis references to woo voters.

The first to start with Elvis is former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney who is using "A Little Less Conversation" as part of a new presidential campaign launched on Myspace com.

2007/03/20 www.elvis.co.uk / www.epgold.com

The New label Wolf Call will soon release '' Elvis - A Legendary Performer Volume 9 ''.

'' Elvis - A Legendary Performer Vol.9 '' will feature previously unreleased live and rehearsal performances, unedited studio recordings, movie outtakes,and previously issued tracks with improved sound quality.

Some of Volume 9 ' s highlights include previously unreleased rehearsals of ''Never Been To Spain '' in stereo, undubbed stereo master of ''Blueberry Hill '' in perfect sound, an extended stereo version of '' One Night Of Sin'' an unedited stereo version of ''Too Much Monkey Business '' ( alternate take 9 ), three previously unreleased live rendition of "How Great Thou Art" " Let Me Be There'' "You Can Have Her '' and '' '' from The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face( duet version ).

All previously released soundboard and rehearsal tracks were remastered from first generation tapes.

We feel this is the best of the series so far and all fans should be pleased as well.