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ELVIS WAS DUTCH.
For the first time we confront the Elvis Fans - specialists Worldwide with more details / facts that Elvis was Dutch.
Ep.Gold. hereby publish the complete list of Elvis's ROOTS, starting from that little town in The Netherlands : Bunschoten : Teunis Eliasses van Bunschoten 1643 - ca 1727 - Elvis Aron Presley 1935-1977.
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for fullsize.
Note: We would like to contact the author who did this research on Elvis's roots.
If anyone can help us to contact him? Please e-mail : steamroller@wanadoo.nl
2003/06/25 Andylon Lensen / Ep.Gold.Com.
RARE RECORDINGS.
This is the Stereo single Master of : "I'm Yours", It has never been released before in any form.
Now you are able to listen for the first time "I'm Yours" in Stereo.
 Go to the column Rare Recordings.
Start
RealPlayer
2003/06/25 Andylon Lensen / Keith Flynn / Ep.Gold.Com.
TCB BAND CONCERT IN UK.
The whole TCB-band will be performing at the British Fan Club Convention with Jenson Bloomer And Monde Carne at the Haven Centre In Mablethorpe England on Wednesday 8th October 2003.
2003/06/25 ElvisNews.
OTTAWA ELVIS FEST 2003 JUNE 27-28-29.
From Los Vagas to Ottawa Just a few days left to see the recreation of Elvis most memorable shows See the Jodanaires, the Sweet insparations, Al Dvorin, Ryan Pelton Shawn Klush, the Exspence Account Show Band, Mike Morrissette, Paul Ross and the 12 years old Elvis sensation Paul Fracassi.
The Ottawa Elvis Fest will open at the Renagade's seasons first local football game with an Elvis Tribute Artist pre-game show then all the ETA;s will line up and welcome our home team on to the field. The Renagades reserved a section for Elvis Mania fans and at halft time there will be some Elvis's jumping from a plane and parachuting onto the football field and we will have a halft time show. This will open the festivities for the wonderfull weekend with Elvis Presley
It will be like seeing Elvis live when you see some of the recreations by preformers like Ryan Pelton, Shawn Klush and Mike Morrissette It's a must to see espacially if your an Elvis Fan and even if your not and it was not in your era and you would like to know what it was like to see and hear Elvis live you cant miss this.
Go and visit our site which is a small show in it's self: http://ottawaelvisfest.com/
Pierre Guindon
Director / Ottawa Elvis Fest /
2003/06/25 Piette Guindon / Ep.Gold.Com.
VENEZUELAN 3 CD BOX-SET NOT A BMG PRODUCT.
EPGold mentioned 4 days ago the Venezuelan 3 cd. box-set with complete tracklisting.
But we would like to stress to our readers that this is NOT a BMG product as some of the other web-sites claim.
This box-set was issued months ago and is NOT deleted and is still available.
2003//06/24 Ep.Gold.Com.
PIC OF THE WEEK.
Here we have a private bl/w close -up photo from Elvis April 1960.
Go to the menu Pic Of The Week or
click here.
2003/06/24 Patrick Janssen / Ep.Gold.Com
DVD UPDATES.
In the U.K. the following DVD titles have been released: "Girls Girls Girls", "Fun In Acapulco", "Paradise Hawaiian Style", and "Easy Come Easy Go". In The Netherlands the DVD "Sun Days With Elvis" combined with "Elvis Presley's America" has been re-released with a different cover (the original video cover).
2003/06/24 Various / Elvis News.
JAMES BURTON IN JAPAN.
Elvis' Legendary Lead-Guitarist James Burton will be doing a Special Tribute Concert in Tokyo on July 6, 2003. The Concert is sponsored by Fender Guitar & Elvis Presley Fan Club(Tokyo). There will be an 1 hour Interview & Dialogue with the Japanese Elvis fans prior to the actual Show.
2003/06/24 HT.Long / Ep.Gold.Com.
THE VH1 TOP 100 ROCK ALBUMS.
The Top 100 Albums in Rock ' N Roll history as judged in a poll of musicians, executives and journalists by VH1.
Elvis Presley # 21 Sun Sessions. ( 1976 )
View the VH1 Top 100 rock albums List
2003/06/24 Showbiz scene / Ep.Gold.Com.
WHERE HAVE ALL THE CD'S GONE?
The record industry blames piracy and downloading for sagging sales.
Here 's the whole story by James K.Willcox
2003/06/24 James K.Willcox - Sound And Vision Magazine / Ep.Gold.Com
THE LATEST AND OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY BMG / RCA RUBBER NECKIN' REMIX - SINGLE CD AND 2ND TO NONE ALBUM DELAYED.
Hi Andylon,
I just got the message from BMG/RCA and decided that they will have a delay for another 10 - 11 days on the final decision for the full details on the Rubber Neckin' Remix Cd-single and 2nd to none Album.
Well, it was planned to coincide this Hot news with our interview Part two, but than we just publish this week our interview without this latest news.
Fine with me Andylon, we have enough other Hot news for the Ep.Gold readers.
Talk to you next week Friday.
Thanks, Ernst.
2003/06/23 Ernst Jorgensen / Andylon Lensen / Ep.Gold.Com.
ELVIS PRESLEY - ASHVILLE JULY 23, 1975 WALLPAPER.
Andre Mester provided the Elvis fans a wallpaper from Ashville July 23, 1975.
We think a lot of 70's fans will appreciate this.
2003/06/23 Andre Mester / Ep.Gold.Com
VOTE FOR ELVIS AT TCM AS THE BEST SINGING ACTOR.
TCM celebrates the launch of the Singin' Actors season, they are giving you the opportunity to vote for our favorite Artist Elvis at NTL World.
Click Here to vote for Elvis as the best Singin' Actor :
http://www.ntlworld.com/singinactors/
2003/06/23 TCB - NTL World / Ep.Gold.Com.
LISA MARIE PRESLEY AT THE TODAY SHOW JUNE 20, 2003.
Here is a photo I took of Lisa Marie at the Today show, three days ago.
Maybe the Ep.Gold readers would like to see it.
TCB,
Bob klein.
2003/06/23 Bob Klein / Ep.Gold.Com.
NOT ALL BOARDING FOR INTERNATIONAL ELVIS AIRPORT.
Should Memphis International Aiport be renamed to honor Elvis Presley?
Read the full story .... and we invite all the Ep.Gold readers to vote : Yes, Thank' Yah very much.
http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/local_news/article/0,1426,MCA_437_2057985,00.html
2003/06/23 GoMemphis Local News / Ep.Gold.Com.
SPANISH ROUND-UP.
BMG Spain will release Close Up boxset on June, 26th.
2003//06/22 Alberto Alvarez Perea / Fecc.
SECOND SINGLE LISA MARIE PRESLEY "SINKING IN".
After "Lights Out" the second single from the "To Whom it May Concern" will be the track "Sinking In".
2003/06/22 ElvisNews.
NEW WEBSITE : THE OFFICIAL ELVIS PRESLEY BIRTHPLACE.
The Official Elvis Presley Birthplace" website for the Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation in
Tupelo, Mississippi. The site (although presently small) is what the Foundation wanted to start
with. Later, the site will grow to include full e-commerce abilities to purchase the
one-of-a-kind souvenirs the gift shop contains...click
here
2003/06/22 Elvis Presley From Poland.
3 CD BOX-SET FROM VENEZUELA.
Venezuela released a 3 cd box-set which contains material to promote the CD album 30 # 1 Hits.
CD 1:
I Just Can't Help Believing - Twenty Day And Twenty Nights - How The Web Was Woven - Patch It Up - Mary In The Morning - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - You've Lost That Loving Feeling - Just Pretend - Stranger In The Crowd - The Next Step Is Love - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Elvis vs JXL A Little Less Conversation (radio remix) - Elvis vs JXL A Little Less Conversation (extended remix) - Elvis Presley A Little Less Conversation (original version)
CD 2:
My Baby Left Me - Heartbreak Hotel - Blue Suede Shoes - Hound Dog - Love Me Tender - Got A Lot Of Living To Do - Teddy Bear - All Shook Up - Don't - Hard Headed Woman - King Creole - Jailhouse Rock - A Big Hunk O' Love - I Got Stung - One Night - Stuck On You
CD 3:
Fever - Now Or Never - Are You Lonesome Tonight - Wooden Heart - Surrender - Wild In The Country - Rock-a-hula Baby - Can't Help Falling In Love - Good Luck Charm - Return To Sender - Devil In Disguise - Crying In The Chapel - Guitar Man - In The Ghetto - Suspicious Minds - There Goes My Everything
2003/06/20 Elvisunique / Elis Club Berlin.
CLOSE UP BOX-SET AT QVC.
Click
here
2003/06/ BMG Heritage US . / Ep.Gold.Com.
NEW WALL PAPER.
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Our exclusive Columnist Erik van de Berg suprised us with a new wall paper for our Ep.Gold readers.
Enjoy.
2003/06/19 Erik van de Berg / Ep.Gold.Com.
PIC OF THE WEEK.
A great Elvis bl/w picture from the movie "King Creole".
Go to the Menu : Pic Of The Week or Click Here.
2003/06/19 Ep.Gold.Com.
REVIEW ENCORE PERFORMANCES III - BACK TO CHICAGO.
By : Stefan Kock.
In front of me lies one of Joe Tunzi´s latest photo books: Encore Performance III - Back To Chicago. Joe Tunzi has been publishing photo
books since the early 90´s and although he uses mostly b/w pictures and his books are rather high priced they belong to the best available.
read
more...
2003/06/19 Stefan Kock / Ep.Gold.Com
NEW REMIX 12 INCH CD RECORDED BY FRIXION RECORDS US BY PAT HODGES & THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS.
From L to R : Peiter Angell, Estelle Brown, Myrna Smith, Pat Hodgesand, Portia Griffin.
The record company Frixion Records US will release a new 12 inch renix cd -single by ""Pat Hodges and The Sweet Inspirations", by the well known Poducer Peiter Angell.
Pat Hodges is known by her big hit in the 80's with her song "Love At first Bite" and "Rushin to meet you" was also a smash in the 90's and becane again an underground Club-hit a couple of years ago.
Her last single release from last year "You make me feel Good" hit the Billboard # 20 and #2 on the DMA Charts.
Her new remix single with the Sweet Inspirations is entitled : "Love Revolution" .
2003/06/19 Andylon Lensen / Andre Mester / Ep.Gold.Com.
NEW MAGAZINE QUARTERLY # 67 FROM THE BELGIUM UEPS.
We take the opportunity to print herewith the nice cover of the new magazine of the Belgian United Elvis Presley Society. The layout of their 67th publication is beautiful as ever and has some nice articles to stroll through. There is also a lot to buy (New Nokia covers, books, DVD’s and of course the Follow That dream releases)
Highly recommended is the low-priced RCA CD box where buyers receive also a free BMG promo-CD.
Hubert also announces two USA trips in the near future and will be flying with a group to Hawaii in August 2004.
Who wouldn’t like to be there!
Of course there is a lot of information about the forthcoming event at the beautiful seaside resort of Knokke (Belgium). Terry Mike Jeffrey, Duke Bardwell and René Shu!man will be appearing amongst others.
Already 250 tickets were sold during the first week, so don’t hesitate to order.
Hubert Vindevogel
TCB / UEPS Belgium
tcb.elvis@skynet.be
http://users.skynet.be/ueps/
American Dream (the one and only Elvisshop in Belgium)
will be open from january 2003 as follows:
thursday, friday and saturday from 10H till 18H
Address: Dorp West 13 - 2070 Zwijndrecht
tel: 0032 (0)3 2529089
Come and see us!
Tickets for "Elvis, King Of The World" available now! (october 18th, Casino Knokke) at 36 and 42 Euro.
In concert: René Shuman, Terry Mike Jeffrey, Glen D. Hardin, Duke Bardwell.
an all-round musical event honouring Elvis Presley.
2003/06/19 Hubert Vindevogel - UEPS-Belgium / Ep.Gold.Com.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ERNST JORGENSEN PART 2 COMING SOON.
By Andylon Lensen & Ep.Gold. Readers.
The interview with Ernst Jorgensen Part 2, had several reasons for a delay .
The main reason is Ernst and I will have ( if everything will be decided this coming Friday at the headquarters at BMG - New York.) the latest and official statements on the futured releases, such as more information on the Remix Single CD , the 2nd to none album , the FTD's and the special Editions for Christmas, etcetera.
The Interview Part 2 will include some of the following statements from Ernst :
Will there be a "Jungle Room" Volume 2?
Are there more recordings from Germany "A Private Moment"?
What will be the next 3 FTD titles special edition CD's be for Christmas this year?
"Viva Las Vegas" will be one of them.... God Ernst , I leaked...lol ... sorry.)
Will there be a CD released on Sun recordings from Elvis next year 50th Annv?
And many more questions will be answered by our Exclusive Columnist Ernst Jorgensen for Ep.Gold.
2003/06/18 Ernst Jorgensen / Andylon Lensen / Ep.Gold.Com.
RUBBER NECKIN' REMIX - SINGLE CD.
As Ep.Gold has confirmed this last week :
The new Remix CD - single will also be released in the UK the 1st week of September,2003.
Not August 18th as some websites claim.
The remix - single Rubber Neckin' done by the Famous Radio 1 Dj Paul Oakenfold was mastered by the famous Abbey Road Studio's.
The promotion for Rubber Neckin on Video is in the making for huge Worlwide airplay - radio and Music Television Channels.
2003/06/18 Andylon Lensen / Ep.Gold.Com.
OUR COLUMNIST KEITH FLYNN HAS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE.
Our columnist Keith Flynn who forward us the last updated list for the column : "Concerts released on Soundboard and Multi-Track", decided to make the request that Mr John Carpenter will also be added as a credit for the making of this list.
For Ep.Gold it is a honor as we never would have imagined that Mr. Carpenter would have allowed us to publish his good name in the Elvis-World.
Also Ep.Gold and Keith has come to the conclusion that Taniolo ( from the incredible non- biased site Elvis Club Berlin ) has a part of input on this list and we feel, he should also be credited.
2003/06/18 Keith Flynn / Ep.Gold.Com.
AZTEC KING AND SLIPPIN AND A SLIDIN' .
MEMORY records are back again with two pre-holiday releases. Both CDs are quality audience recordings, remastered to the best possible audio on state-of-the-art equipment in one of Prague's most renowned studios. The finishing touch is that both are beautifully packaged with many rare pics, and interesting liner-notes and backgrounds about the concerts and the bonus-tracks.
The concerts on these two releases "Slippin & Slidin' with Elvis" - Lake Tahoe, NV. April 30, 1976 m/s and "Aztec King" - Las Vegas, NV. March 27, 1975 m/s are complete shows.
This time we decided to go for two very diffrent shows, showing Elvis in different moods. While on "Aztec King" is Elvis is in fine shape - both physically and mentally - and gives a superb performance, in Lake Tahoe it's clear that not all is well. Elvis stops and restarts several songs, blaming it on the soundsystem. And yet, he has the audience eating out of his hand right from the start, and this in turn inspires him to do a good job on songs like "Steamroller Blues" and "Trying To Get To You". This show is far from his best, but somehow this recording makes for fascinating listening. It's a remarkable "document humain", in that it provides us with a rare glimpse of the man behind the legend. To "spice up" both CD's a bit, we added a generous dose of rare live songs to both CD's, including "Such A Night", "You Can Have Her", "Loving You", "(Until The Day) God Calls Me Home", "Young And Beautiful", "Raised On Rock", "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "Memphis Tennessee". All these tracks are sourced from newly-obtained tapes, and now sound better than ever.
2003/06/18 Arjan Deelen / Memory Records.
NEW FLAMING STAR MAGAZINE NORWAY.
Together with "Elvis Today" the new edition of the "Flaming Star" magazine from Norway came in. This edition has Patty Parry and old articles in the Elvis Confidential section. In "It's Only Words" we get 26 songs in an A to Z order. The magzine ends with an overview of the Follow That Dream releases, new CD's, books and reader's letters. Unfortunately this magazine is in Norwegian only.
2003/06/18 Flaming Star / ElvisNews.
25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT YIELDS BIG CHARITY DONATION.
After-expenses proceeds from the ticket sales for Elvis: The 25th Anniversary Concert, presented last August 16th in Memphis, were designated to benefit
The Elvis Presley Charitable
Foundation. These major events generate lots of bills and lots of follow-up work for several months. Now that all that has just about wrapped up, we are pleased to announce that the show has generated a donation of just over $135,000.00. Our thanks to all the Elvis fans who attended this historic event.
2003/06/18 EPE / Ep.Gold.Com.
NEW ELVIS MAGAZINE TODAY - UK.
It contains lots of photo's and quite some interesting information on "The Behind The Image" Products and other nice story's such as : "50 Best Places to Visit Before You Die" and " Fifty Years, Fifty Albuns " is a treat to read.
2003/06/18 Today / Praytome / Ep.Gold.Com.
PRISCILLA PRESLEY ON FRONT - COVER LADIES HOME JOURNAL.
The new issue of the magazine "Ladies Home Journal" , has Priscilla on the front cover.
It also contains an quite interesting interview with her.
2003/06/18 Ladies Home Journal / Ep.Gold.Com.
PROMO BOX-SET CLOSE UP FROM BMG US.
Here you find the new Promo box-set Close up from BMG US.
The box contains four cd's with this time an excellent quality of sound.
On all the CD labels it's written : BMG Heritage / Promotional Only - Not For Sale.
On the back-cover of the box-set you find a written statement what we can exspect on other Elvis CD releases this year.
2003/06/17 Charley Moolhuisen / Ep.Gold.Com.
ELVIS ON FRONT- COVER NEW MAGAZINE READERS DIGEST.
The new issue of the Readers Digest you find Elvis on the front cover.
The story is all about The Colonel and Elvis.
2003/06/17 Ep.Gold.Com.
NEW LEGITIMATE ELVIS CD FROM VIETNAM.
Elvis Presley CDs from Vietnam are truly rare and very difficult to find.
This new one ELV1S 28 #1 LOVE SONGS is extremely beautiful and exciting.
A real collector's dream. It has a nice and interesting Picture Disc.
On the back cover sleeve it stated:Strictly Not For Export. For Sale In Vietnam only.
Source: HT Long / Ep.Gold.Com.
POP STATUS.
Most Fan Clubs :
There are more than 613 active Elvis Presley fan clubs worldwide,
accounting for a total membership 510,489.
Most Hit Albums On UK Chart :
As of February 2001, Elvis Presley had 100 hit albums in the UK chart.
This is just one of the 15 records held by The King - others include
"Most No.1 Singles In The UK Chart".
More details and information other Artists :
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1117&dept_id=141895&newsid=826510
2003/06/17 Zwire.Com / Ep.Gold.Com.
LOVING YOU DVD RE-RELEASED WITH NEW COVER.
This movie has been re-released on DVD, region 2, with a beautiful new cover.
2003/06/17 Collectors Records.
A LITTLE LESS COVERSATION 3 INCH CD.
In Venezuela the single 'A Little Less Conversation' has been released on the (nowadays) rare 3" format.
2003/06/17 Collectors Records.
E 1 CD ALBUM BACK IN THE CHARTS UK.
The 30 # 1 Hits CD album re-entered the album charts in the UK at # 65.
And in the Country Charts Canada it went one spot this week to # 6.
2003/06/17 Various / Ep.Gold.Com.
DRIVE - IN GIRLS AND THE KING.
Drive-In Dream Girls (Tom Lisanti), McFarland & Co., USA, 2003, 350 pages, Illustrated, ISBN: 0786415754
Drive-In Dream Girls is as engrossing and entertaining as it's predecessor. In it, Lisanti profiles 50 actresses who were envied by teenage girls and desired by teenage boys. The release is nicely split between interviews with 20 drive-in dream girls and profiles on 30 other sexy starlets from the golden age of our drive-in experience.
The actresses featured read like a who's who of Elvis films, albeit many of the names not being immediately familiar: Cynthia Pepper (Kissin' Cousins), Marlyn Mason (The Trouble With Girls), Laurel Goodwin (Girls! Girls! Girls!), Pat Priest (Easy Come, Easy Go), Juliet Prowse (G.I. Blues), Joan Freeman (Roustabout), Jenny Maxwell (Blue Hawaii), Brenda Benet (Harum Scarum), Gail Gilmore (Harum Scarum), Suzie Kaye (Clambake), Darlene Tompkins (Blue Hawaii), Regina Carrol (Viva Las Vegas), Nancy Czar (Girl Happy & Spinout), Anne Helm (Follow That Dream), Mary Hughes (Double Trouble) and Dodie Marshall (Spinout and Easy Come, Easy Go). What the actresses have to say about appearing with Elvis makes very interesting reading as do the accounts of the rest of their lives and careers. Some of the actresses featured went on to success while others eventually left the industry to follow other pursuits.
2003/06/17 Nigel Patterson - EIN.
THE ALOHA DVD'S AND ONE NIGHT DVD IN STOCK AGAIN.
 
Many websites stated that these were the new DVD's Aloha and the Alternate and One night, re-mastered DVD's. But it was announced hat maybe this should be issued the end of this year.
But these are the normal existing DVD's we all know. Only the two Aloha DVD's have a new cover.
2003/06/17 Ep.Gold.Com
CLOSE UP BOX-SET RELEASE DATE IN CANADA
In Canada the release date of the next BMG release was scheduled the same date as the USA ( July 1st ). Since July 1st is a National Holiday in Canada the box-set will be available in stores throughout Canada on June 30th. It has been confirmed by a few HMV stores in Canada.
2003/06/17 Fecc.
ART PREVIEW : ELVIS AT WARHOL: MAMA'S BOY AND DEVIL IN DISGUISE.
Two photographs, two kisses, one man. In the first, the man leans toward a woman on a staircase. She grips the railing behind her, shoulder blades curving against the cut of an evening dress. His hands encircle her waist. The tips of their tongues touch.
In the second, he is shirtless and leaning toward his mother, a stocky woman in a housedress, who has just handed him a pair of clean underwear. His lips brush her cheek.
The connection between these images may seem hard to reconcile until you know the identity of the man: Elvis Presley. An exhibit that opens Saturday at the Andy Warhol Museum uses these images and others to document the mix of mama's boy and devil in disguise that made him both celebrity template and cautionary tale. "Where is Elvis? The Man and His Reflection" also offers a window into the early career of this truck driver from Memphis who changed the landscape of popular culture, music and race.
"The medium of TV and the birth of Elvis came at exactly the same time," said John W. Smith, curator of the show, as he gave a tour of the exhibit last week. "Before, it didn't matter as much what you looked like, with radio or records. With Elvis, it was the whole package."
The show tells this story in 65 images from 1954 to 1967, several of them probably familiar even to those who know little about Elvis or his influence. One of the most well-known is the Roger Marshutz shot of Elvis on stage in his hometown of Tupelo, wearing a velvet shirt his mother made, reaching out to touch a furious wave of fans. (In the understatement of the show, Marshutz explains his method by saying, "I got lucky.") Another famed image is Marvin Israel's take on the 40-foot cutout of Elvis at the premiere of his first film, "Love Me Tender."
Thirty of the show's 65 photos were taken by Alfred Wertheimer, a freelancer when RCA Records asked him to take some publicity shots of a young rock 'n' roll singer. (His initial response: "Elvis who?")
These photos have become iconic, not just for their beauty but for the narrative they capture. Wertheimer witnessed a few crucial months in Presley's career soon after the singer turned 21 in January 1956. He trailed Elvis to New York for performances on the Dorsey Brothers' "Stage Show" in March and on Steve Allen's variety show in June, where he sang his new hit "Hound Dog" on stage with a basset hound wearing a bow tie and top hat. He caught Elvis surrounded by hopped-up fans and unrecognized in a lunch line; he followed him home to Memphis for the Fourth of July, where he swam in his new pool and slow-danced with his high school sweetheart.
Wertheimer is a fine photographer, and in Elvis he had an ideal subject. His access is unlimited and extraordinary; the photos of Elvis kissing his date and his mother are less shocking for their content than for the fact that Elvis didn't seem to mind either of them being taken. They also reveal a key to his appeal: Presley is performing in these photos, but at the same time he gives the appearance of not performing at all. He also appears incapable of taking a lousy photograph, even when he just woke up.
Smith stopped in front of a Wertheimer print of Elvis lounging in a train berth, arm flung over his head, staring into space. "He looks like Garbo," Smith said. "It's so perfectly beautiful -- incredibly androgynous."
He is forever ready for his close-up. Shirtless after a shower, he whips his pompadour into a froth before a live gig on "Stage Show." (Judging from these photos, when he wasn't singing or signing autographs Elvis liked to run around half-dressed.) He loafs at a lunch counter in Richmond, the girl in the evening dress beside him, an empty cup of coffee before him. He waits in a lunch line in Sheffield, Ala., for a double order of fried chicken, milk and snow cones. He sits astride his Harley in another well-known shot, cap over his eyes, lip curled, channeling Brando in "The Wild One."
"But look at this," Smith said, pointing to the cycle's chrome. What first appears to be random shadow is really the reflection of a small crowd watching and waiting for Elvis' attention. "What seems to be a moment alone is really him surrounded by all these people."
Those funhouse shapes seem like a foreshadowing of what was to come. The innocence and openness of the 1956 Wertheimer photos, which stop here on July 4, has faded by Sept. 9 of the same year, when Presley steps on stage to sing for Ed Sullivan. His movie career had begun, and something else had ended.
Staring down this timeline is Warhol's "Elvis (Eleven Times)," a 1962 silkscreen that shows the singer as a gunslinger in a still from the 1960 western "Flaming Star." The freedom of the young man is completely gone, replaced by a silly role in a forgettable film.
"It's great we have this painting here," Smith said. "Warhol couldn't have necessarily foreseen where Elvis' career would have gone. But he intuited some kind of strangeness or tragedy."
A different kind of danger is on display on the Warhol's fourth floor. "Douglas Gordon: Blind Star," which also opens Saturday, is a collection of Hollywood publicity stills from the 1940s and 1950s with -- there's really no other way to say this -- the eyes cut out of them. These 100 collaged photos have never been displayed anywhere before.
Gordon, a Scottish-born artist and winner of Tate Britain's Turner Prize, replaced the eyes of stars such as Cary Grant, Greta Garbo and Bette Davis with backings of white or black museum board or mirrors, and the effect is, to say the least, creepy. It's startling how some of the celebrities are hard to identify with their eyes missing, and how the replacements change them. Granted, Boris Karloff doesn't look much different staring through black holes; George Sanders is vacant yet still elegant with his herringbone jacket and stark white sockets. But seeing Debbie Reynolds beaming through mirrors is the stuff of nightmares: Tammy as a harpy from hell.
The first floor seems safer, though still vaguely sinister. "Where Is Elvis?" ends with a single photo from 1967 of a press conference after Elvis married Priscilla. Both of them are smiling. Both of them wear pompadours that laugh at the laws of gravity. But in the stiff staging of the photo -- after all, not many couples address the press at their wedding -- it's obvious more has changed in the life of Elvis than the height of his hair. It makes you wonder what is behind his eyes.
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Leslie Rubinkowski is a freelance writer and the author of "Impersonating Elvis."
2003/06/17 Lesley Rubinkowski - Pittsburgh Post Gazette. / Elvis Presley From Poland.
NEW REMIX CD SINGLE RUBBER NECKIN' OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED BY BMG/RCA.
BMG/RCA has officially confirmed today that the next Remix single CD "Rubber Neckin" , will be the following up from the Remix CD single "A little Less Conversation" Worldwide hit from last year.
After Paul Oakenfold has remixed a variety of remixers and different tracks, "RubberNeckin''
will be released in the 1st week of September, 2003.
2003/06/14 BMG US - / Ep.Gold.Com.
BMG CD REVIEW ELVIS GOLDEN RECORDS VOL. 5
By George Nelson.
Our Columnist George Nelson who exclusive reviews all the BMG CD's, provides the the Ep.Gold readers this time with the CD Elvis' Golden records, Vol. 5.
Go to the menu BMG CD Reviews or Click Here.
2003/06/14 George Nelson / Ep.Gold.Com.
RIAA GOLD AND PLATINUM TOP ARTIST US LIST.
Updated May 15. 2003.
Elvis Presley # 4 Certified Units (in millions) 103.0
Go to the menu Reviews or Click Here.
2003/06/14 RIAA / Ep.Gold.Com.
DUTCH CLOSE UP OFFER.
Fans that pre order "Close Up" at Collector Records in Holland, will receive a special 12-track sampler CD with the box set for free.
The content of the sampler is:
1) CBS newscast 16/08/1977
2) Bing Crosby & Chuck Berry react on the dead of Elvis
3) Excerpt from Radio Luxembourg 16/08/1977
4) On tour dialogue; April 18, 1972
5) Press conference Nov. 20, 1972 Honolulu Hawaii
6) Huh-huh-huh (rehearsal excerpt)
7) Elvis introduces Neil Diamond + sings one line “Holly Holy”
8) Cattle call (excerpt)
9) The eyes of Texas are upon you (excerpt)
10) Yellow rose of Texas (excerpt)
11) The most beautiful girl (excerpt)
12) Rapid City, backstage June 21, 1977
2003/06/14 Collector Records / ElvisNews.
NEW VCD RELEASES - THE LAST 2 IN THE SERIES
 
Just released last week in Singapore - Legitimate Copies of THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS & the original black & white version of JAILHOUSE ROCK.
Elvis movies are extremely popular in Asia. All previous titles are completely sold-out with the exception of Change Of Habit & Blue Hawaii which can still be bought from various music shops. The only movies left unreleased on VCD are Live A Little, Love A Little and It Happened At The World's Fair. VCDs are more popular than DVDs in Asia because of its similar size to the normal CDs in jewel boxes. Fans & Collectors loved them as they can be kept and displayed together on their shelves side by side.
2003/06/13 HT Long / Ep.Gold.Com.
DUTCH CLOSE UP OFFER.
Fans that pre order "Close Up" at Collector Records in Holland, will receive a special 12-track sampler CD with the box set for free. We'll add more information on the sampler soon.
2003/06/13 Collector Records / ElvisNews.
VOTE FOR ELVIS TWICE.
We would like to invite all the Ep.Gold readers to vote for Elvis twice.
One for his humanity and one time that he get 's an oscar!!
Click Here : http://www.oscarworld.net/awardlobby.asp
2003/06/13 Praytome / Ep.Gold.Com.
IMPORT CD HOW GREAT THOU ART SESSIONS VOLUME 1 OUT NOW?
On Ebay US we discovered that the new Import CD on the 2001-label "How Great Thou Art Sessions", Volume 1 is out and for sale.
But on the otherhand not one Elvis site up untill today has confirmed that this CD is released?
2003/06/12 Ep.Gold.Com.
ON THE RECORD: "MYSTERY TRAIN'' - THE UNTOLD STORY OF
PROMOTING ELVIS IN THE '50s.
By Roger Hall - The Tune Man.
Just about everyone has heard of Alan Freed, the famous rock disc jockey from
Cleveland. But there was another one from that city - Bill Randle. He was one of
the most popular disc jockeys in the US in the mid-1950's. He had #1 radio shows
on WERE in Cleveland and a Saturday morning show on WCBS in New York City. He
was also the disc jockey most responsible for promoting the early career of
Elvis in the North and Midwest.
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more...
2003/06/12 Roger Hall - The Tune Man / Ep.Gold.Com
SOUNBOARD LIST UPDATED.
By Keith Flynn, Dr.John Carpenter and Taniolo.
Our columnist Keith Flynn revised the Soundboard list including the new Fort Baxter, FTD, and Close Up CD's.
Concerts released on Soundboard and Multi Track.
2003/06/12 Keith Flynn / Dr.John Carpenter / Taniolo / Ep.Gold.Com.
AUSTRALIAN AND JAPANESE RELEASE DATE CLOSE-UP.
The 4 CD set "Elvis: Close Up", containing 89 previously unreleased songs by the King of Rock 'N Roll, will be released on August 4 in Australia and August 16 in Japan. The release date for Europe and the U.S.A. is July 1st.
2003/06/12 Various / ElvisNews.
NEW 2004 CALENDER.
Here is another calendar for 2004. This one has a great '68 Comeback Special image on the cover. This calendar was released by Spin
Distribution.
2003/06/12 ElvisNews.
ELVIS MEMORABILIA SET FOR LIVERPOOL DISPLAY.
LONDON (Reuters) - One of the largest collections outside the United States of personal Elvis Presley memorabilia, including a set of fingerprints and his favorite motorbike, is to go on display in Liverpool Saturday.
The show was set up by the team behind the Beatles Story museum due to Elvis's influence on the Liverpool group.
"For anyone interested in music history, this is the greatest show," Elvis's step-brother David Stanley told Reuters Wednesday.
"Elvis was probably the most influential musician of our time and to see the fingerprints show, it is just such a personal exhibition."
The audio tour is narrated by Stanley.
The temporary display in the Albert Dock, called Fingerprints of Elvis, includes his favorite Harley Davidson motorbike, a gold Mercedes car, stage suits and documents with Elvis' handwriting.
The fingerprints on display were taken for the star's gun license. All the items were provided by two private collectors.
"Elvis was such an amazing influence on the Beatles," Director Jerry Goldman told Reuters. "John Lennon has said that before Elvis there was nothing."
A spokeswoman for the exhibition said it was a great opportunity for Elvis fans to see his memorabilia outside the United States.
"Graceland is such a long way from the typical tourist trail in America," she said, referring to Elvis' home.
She said the exhibition would last as long as it remained popular.
2003/06/12 Reuters / Ep.Gold.Com.
LIVERPOOL ELVIS
For anyone visiting the new Elvis exhibition in Liverpool this weekend (June 15th Sunday),
Why not take a look at the RECORD FAIR being held at the GLADSTONE HOTEL
(Behind Lime Street railway station). ALL ELVIS stall will be there, featuring MANY rare items & collectables / books/ DVD's/ Cd's / videos &
memoribilia.
The Record Fair is also on every month, usualy around the middle of each month and
is well worth a visit for All Elvis fans visiting the exhibition.
2003/06/12 E-mail - HillybillyCat.
BLUE HAWAII SESSIONS.
Other Elvis-sites confirmed that the Blue Hawaii Session were CDR's or Factory silver made CDR's
But the 3 volumes are real import CD's.
A part of this has been released previously on the Blue Hawaii - The Complete Sessions, Vol 1-3.
And the quality of the sound has been improved.
2003/0612 Ep.Gold.Com.
LEIBER AND STOLLER IN RECORD COLLECTOR.
The new magazine of "Record Collector" issues an exclusive interview with Leiber & Stoller. This time the
Leiber & Stoller duo only talk about Elvis and their music.
2003/06/12 David van Beek / Today,Tomorrow, And Forever.
ELVIS UNLIMITED SHOP IN SWEDEN.
Elvis Unlimited's new shop in Sweden is now open. The shop is built on the same concept as the Danish one in Randers, Denmark.
You can find everything Elvis from BMG and FTD Cd's to souvenirs, video's, DVD's, books and much, much more.
The Swedish mega fan Björn Axelsson is the daily manager of the Swedish shop. You can e-mail Björn at
ontour72@hotmail.com
There will also be a web-page in a short while. The address will be www.elvisunlimited.se Until this site is ready can you e-mail
ontour72@hotmail.com for questions or go to www.elvisunlimited.dk
If you're in Sweden for vacation or if you just come by Uddevalla, then is
you more than welcome to visit the shop
The opening hours is:
Mon-Friday 10:00 - 17:00
Saturday 10:00 - 12:00
The address is:
Elvis Unlimited
Bratt Gatan 11
45150 Uddevalla
Sweden
Phone: +46 522 388 00
Elvis Unlimited
Store Voldgade 16
8900 Randers
Denmark
Tel. +45 8642 9696 / Fax. +45 8642 8484
www.elvispresley.dk /
www.elvisunlimited.dk
2003/06/ 12 Elvis Unlimited / Ep.Gold.Com.
PIC OF THE WEEK.
A private 70's color photo of Elvis and Kang Rhee.
Go to the Menu : Pic Of The Week or Click Here
2003/06/11 Ep.Gold.Com.
DUTCH ELVIS MAGAZINE ELVIS FOR EVERYONE # 26 OUT NOW
Finally the new Dutch magazine # 26 "Elvis For Everyone" is out!!!
Because of a private situation it took quite a while, but this time it is a double issue with a glossy frontcover.
And it looks better than ever.
2003/06/11 Today,Tomorrow and Forever.
ELVIS PRESLEY - HONORARY OSCAR?
Do you think that Elvis deserves an honorary Oscar for his contribution to the Motion Picture industry?If you do, click on this link and scroll down to the bottom and have your say
http://www.oscarworld.net/awardlobby_read.asp?LobbyId=151\
2003/06/11 Don Wilson / Ep.Gold.Com.
NEW FTD CD MOTHERSDAY 1973 RELEASE DATE OCTOBER.
Recorded "live" in Lake Tahoe on Mother's Day (MAY 13, 1973) at 3 AM to benefit a local hospital!!
See see Rider: I Got A Woman / Amen; Help Me MAke It Through The Night; Steamroller Blues: Lord You GAve Me a Mountain; Love Me; Blue SuedeShoes; Medley; Long Tall Sally/ Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On/ Shake Rattle and Roll; My Way; Hound Dog; What Now My Love; Suspicious Minds; I'll Remember You; I Can't Stop Loving You; Bridge Over Troubled Water; Funny How Time sSips Away; It's Over; Release ME (incomplete); Faded Love; Can't Help Falling In Love
2003.06/11 WorldWide Elvis - Paul Dowling / Ep.Gold.Com.
ELVIS' RECORD COLLECTION TO BE RELEASED.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - From Chuck Berry to Bobbie Gentry, the King liked them all.
Graceland and Elvis Presley Enterprises have cataloged Presley's record collection with 1,000 albums and singles filling up a 24-page list.
Elvis Presley Enterprises, which owns the rights to all things Elvis in the United States, allowed only a cursory look at the list.
A partial copy of the list will be released this month as a perk for members of the Elvis Presley Collector's Club, formed by Graceland as an insider's view of the King's things.
"He used to say, `I can appreciate the best of everything,' " says Elvis friend and disk jockey George Klein, who once asked Elvis why he liked opera stars Mario Lanza and Enrico Caruso.
There is only one opera recording (by Lanza) in the Elvis collection, which Graceland spokesman Todd Morgan says "leans heavily to black rhythm and blues and to black and white gospel."
Graceland archivists cataloged the recordings by title and last names of artists, so exact numbers in each category aren't readily available. That's because many of the groups and solo artists who began as gospel singers crossed over into pop and rhythm and blues and later returned to their gospel roots.
But Elvis' friends said they did not need to see a list to know that gospel recordings were his favorites and the music he most often played for friends.
"He loved close harmony," says Red West, a former member of the Memphis Mafia, the nickname given to Presley's closest group of friends.
He says Elvis' favorite groups were the Harmonizing Four and Golden Gate and his favorite gospel singers included Jimmy Jones, Jake Hess (who sang with the Statesmen and later formed the Imperials) and Mahalia Jackson.
It was that close harmony that also made him a big fan of the Ink Spots and The Platters, especially love songs, says West.
Rock bands are a rarity in the collection. There were four Beatles albums and albums by Chicago and the Turtles, but West says Elvis preferred soloists.
West, a songwriter, once tried to turn Elvis on to the song "Green, Green Grass of Home," but Elvis wasn't interested. When Tom Jones recorded it, Elvis was returning to Memphis on a tour bus.
"When we got within range of Memphis, he kept stopping every few minutes to call George Klein (at WHBQ radio) and got him to play it every few minutes from Little Rock to Memphis," West recalled.
Jones and Presley later became good friends, often visiting each other backstage after their Las Vegas shows.
There are relatively few female singers in the record collection, but Elvis' friends say his favorites included Anne Murray (for her "clear and distinctive voice"), Vicki Carr ("It Must Be Him"), Jackson, Della Reese, Dionne Warwick, Bobbie Gentry, Leslie Uggams, Timi Yuro, the Andrews Sisters, the McGuire Sisters and his former backup group, The Sweet Inspirations.
His record collection includes a duet album between Memphis father and daughter Rufus and Carla Thomas.
Elvis, the rocker and balladeer, was not a fan of jazz, but he had an album by Duke Ellington, "Newport 1958," in the collection. There was also only a small sampling of classical music - Brahms' "Symphony No. 1," Beethoven's "Konzert Fur Klavier Und Orchestra No. 5" and Mozart's "Requiem Mass in D Minor."
2003/06/11 Elvis Presley From Poland.
SCREENWRITER HENRY GARSON DEAD AT 91.
Henry Garson, a screenwriter whose credits included the Elvis Presley film "G.I. Blues," died May 29 at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. He was 91.
2003/06/11 Yahoo / ElvisNews.
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