A Thunder In The Night Set.

Here is the complete limited edition set of the SR label import release "A Thunder In The Night" featuring a previously unreleased audience recording of Elvis concert in Lake Tahoe, August 01, 1971 Midnight.

This limited edition comes with a deluxe 8 page full color booklet with many photos in a very professional layout.


2006/04/30  www.elvisnews.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Live From The Hilton & Live From The International.

Coming soon on the import  If  the CD's:

Live From The Hilton.

Audience recording, January 31, 1974 Dinner Show.


Live From The International.

Audience recording,  September 6, 1971


2006/04/30  E-Mail  /  EpGold.Com
 

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Tiger Man - An Alternative Anthology 2006.

The import release "Tiger Man - An Alternative Anthology Volume 1 from the Sjake Record label has been re-released.


2006/04/30  www.elvisnews.com  /  EpGold.Com
 

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Japan And  Australia Releases  DVD  ELVIS.


Photo: CBS TV mini-series, Elvis - The Early Years,starring Johnathan Rhys-Meyers as Elvis.

The CBS television movie ELVIS release on May 11, 2007 in Japan.

The Australian DVD release is for May 17.

2006/04/29  Various    /  EpGold.Com
 

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The Hound's Around...

Welcome to the official website dedicated to the legendary George "Hound Dog" Lorenz on  http://www.hounddoglorenz.com

George Lorenz truly was a pioneer in rock 'n roll. Although many others receive credit, George Lorenz was "The Man Who Created Rock 'n Roll". Many have asked for it and now the Moovin' and Groovin' lives on-line!

This site will highlight the accomplishments that make George Lorenz one of the few who were instrumental in defining Rock 'n Roll. Click Here: http://www.hounddoglorenz.com/weekend_pause.html

From the day he put the mighty KB 1520-AM on the map as a powerhouse Rock-N-Roll station in the 50's to his move to FM and the creation of WBLK... its all here!!!

The Ol' Hound Dog Club is back with your memories! We want to hear from you... visit the Hound Doggers page to submit a memory or story you want to share about The Hound. We'll post it for you on the Ol' Hound Dog Club page!

This site is being developed by the immediate family of George Lorenz.. Check back often... we'll be updating and adding exclusive content all the time!


2006/04/29  www.hounddoglorenz.com  /  EpGold.Com
 

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Elvis Presley In Concert (a.k.a. Elvis-The Concert) Goes To Australia And New Zealand in October 2006.

Elvis Presley In Concert, formerly known as Elvis-The Concert, will tour in Australia and New Zealand in October 2006. The name change is for marketing purposes - to distinguish it better from impersonator shows and to clarify that it stars (via video) the real Elvis Presley. It was decided that using both Elvis's first and last names would give the show a stronger identity. The new name often will be accompanied by the tag line The New Concert Tour.

The show will have a dynamic song program similar to that of previous tours, although adjustments in repertoire do occur from tour to tour and production values of the presentation will get a real boost, including the use of Elvis footage camera loads not used on previous tours. Also, for the first time, the show will be accompanied by an exhibit of Elvis costumes and other concert-related items from the Graceland archives. The exhibit will be in the lobby area of each venue and will not have an admission fee.

Original Elvis bandmates scheduled for this tour are: The TCB Band - James Burton (lead guitar), Glen D. Hardin (piano), Jerry Scheff (bass), and Ronnie Tutt (drums); Myrna Smith (vocals) of The Sweet Inspirations, Ed Enoch (vocals) of The Stamps and Joe Guercio (musical director & conductor). Joining Ms. Smith on female backing vocals will new cast members. Joining Mr. Enoch on male backing vocals will be members of his modern-day configuration of The Stamps.

Tickets are expected to go on sale in late June. In advance of the regular on-sale date, will be an advance sale of "golden circle" seats that offer the purchaser special considerations, including premium seating, a backstage reception to meet the cast and more. Details will be posted soon here in News on Elvis.com and on the official site for the show www.ElvisConcertTour.com, and we will spread the word via our free e-newsletters service. Confirmed show dates and venues will be announced sometime in the weeks ahead.

For this same October 2006 tour, efforts are being made to secure some show dates in the Far East. If this works out, information will be shared as soon as it is confirmed. Contrary to rumors on the Internet, there is not a sixth tour of Europe in the works.


2007 REMINDER: In Memphis on August 16, 2007, EPE once again will present a major concert production starring Elvis Presley (via video) and a large cast of the musicians and singers he worked with - something along the lines our big shows in 1997 and 2002 for twentieth and twenty-fifth anniversaries of his passing. Our Elvis Week 2007 calendar listing for Elvis: The 30th Anniversary Concert will be updated as other cast commitments firm up. The ticket on-sale date for this special concert is yet to be determined.


2006/04/29  www.elvis.com /  EpGold.Com.
 

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The Elvis International Shop Netherlands Open At Dutch Holidays.

OPEN:  April 28th  Friday 18:00-21:00  &  April 29th Saturday  1300. PM -1800 PM.

Sunday April 30th  1300. PM - 1800 PM.


The Elvis International Shop"  Netherlands.
Sionstraat 12
1947 J.T. Beverwijk
The Netherlands.

For more  Information you are able to call :

TUESDAY  TILL  SUNDAY  1300. PM  -  1800 PM.
06 47 87 25 78
Other Countrys Dial  : 00 - 31 - 6  47 87 25 78.


2006/04/28   The Elvis International Shop  Netherlands  /  Ep.Gold.Com.
 

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THIS IS ELVIS ON THE BIG SCREEN?

A mock-up cinema poster by Elvis-Express.com showing what may take place in cinemas across the globe in 2007.


According to a report by Sid Shaw of Elvisly Yours. The long awaited special edition of the documentary film 'This is Elvis' will be screened at cinemas in 2007.

Warner Bros are said to be treating this as one of it's major projects in 2007, which marks the 30th Anniversary of Elvis' death.

Out will go much of the early film footage with the Elvis look-alikes and be replaced with more emphasis on the real Elvis and even more music.

With all the new technology available today dramatic improvements have been made to a lot of Elvis film footage.

Shaw writes: "It is now 25 years since "This is Elvis" hit the screens around the world. It never did well in the cinemas and lost money in many countries because it did not receive much promotional support at the time. But, in Australia it made a good profit. I am sure the new "This is Elvis" will be a great improvement on the original that in itself is a classic in the Elvis World."

Let's hope that Warner will pull out all the stops and promote this new film to the fullest and don't just rely on fans spreading the word, like they did with the cineam release of the special edition of TTWII.


2006/04/28  Elvisly Yours Newsletter 38 - www.elvis-express.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis Remix Collection 10 CD Box.

Another eBay find we had not seen in this form before. According to the information this 10 CD remix singles set was released in 2005 and was available for a very short time. Each CD was numbered and limited to 1000 copies.

CD 1: Crying In The Chapel (reggae mix) - In The Ghetto (reggae mix)
CD 2: Viva Las Vegas (Ibiza mix) - Extended mix - original version - alternate version
CD 3: Bossa Nova Baby (extended version) - original version - alternate version
CD 4: Way Down (guitar mix) - Extended Guitar mix - original version - alternate version
CD 5: Burning Love (techno mix) - Extended Techno mix - original version - alternate version
CD 6: It's Only Love (extended version) - Original version - alternate version
CD 7: Night Life - Original version - Alternate version
CD 8: Rubberneckin' 2002mix - Groove Mix - Jason Nevins mix - Pink vs Elvis
CD 9: A Little Less Conversation (Eminem mix) - M/A/R/R/S mix - original version - instrumental version
CD 10: Born To Rock - extended version - instrumental version


2006/04/28   Various  -  www.elvisnews.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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BMG Today's Elvis Mix 2006.

On eBay a new BMG ten track promotional CD entirled "Today's Elvis Mix 2006".

It has the words : "Not For Sale" printed on the back and frontcover and on the CD.

The CD itself is black on front and back instead of silver.

Track listing:

Fairytale / Green, Green Grass Of Home, I Can't Help / An I Love You So / Susan When She Tried / T.R.O.U.B.L.E. / Woman Without Love / Shake A Hand / Bringin' It Back / Pieces Of My Life.Source: Ebay


2006/04/28  Ebay  -  www.elvisnews.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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OWN ELVIS' CHEQUEBOOK.

Sonny West is offering some rich fan the chance to own one of Elvis' personal cheque book and it could be yours for a cool $25,000.00

Our source informs us that a friend of Sonny West, acting as a third party, is sending out the offer to give a select few, first dibs on the item and if it fails to sell, Sonny will be placing the cheque book on eBay.

The following is the sales patter from Sonny:
It was used by him personally and when he wanted to write a check for personal expenses for cash or for some other purchase, this is the checkbook he used. The entries on the check stubs have the date and the subject of what the check is being written for, ranging from Airline flights, a Charter Airplane flight, a payment to register his Dunebuggy, including a penalty fee for being late in it's registration, etc.

It is really interesting to read the stubs and know that that day he signed a check for any number of reasons, and where he was on that day of his life.

An interesting fact is this is personal account that he kept a $1,000,000 dollars in so that he knew he could always write a check for that amount and cash it immediately. That amount was still in there when he passed away.

This is a one of a kind item that can't be duplicated or forged like jewelry, clothes and other such items. I have had this in my possession since 1972. The entries on the stubs are from at least 3 of us guys, Joe, Charlie and myself. There are some others that I am not sure who made them. Possibly Hamburger James did on a couple of them when he forged Elvis's signature for expense money, which was one of the reasons he was fired.

I have sent this out to friends for them to forward to serious buyers that they know of that might be interested. This checkbook would make a great display item in a museum or store.

I am asking $25,000 (usd) for it now because if I don't sell it to an individual buyer now I am going to put it in an auction, or possibly on eBay.

The reserve on the item in an auction will be the price I am asking for it now, but who knows, it could go well beyond that if a couple of serious bidders get involved. I know there is a collector out there that would love to have this one of a kind item, I just have to get the info out there to them and it will sell.    Sonny West


2006/04/28  Sonny West - www.elvis-express.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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U.S. Billboard Elvis Chart listings for the week of May 6, 2006

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

Hot 100 Singles Sales   - Heartbreak Hotel       - down 1 to #14

New entries and Re-entries on the charts include: none this week.

Dropping off the charts include: none this week.


2006/04/27  www.elvischarts.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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A Repository of Rich, Riveting, Resonating Raw Power What is Elvis Presley's Voice?

By Christopher P. Tyler, MPA
Columist For EpGold.Com.


Much has and can be said about Elvis Presley, but lost in it all seems to be that which makes him such a dominant force, still in the minds of the American Conscience and its media today.  "Elvis is Everywhere," some say, and in some respects, it is quite literally true.  Nearly three decades after his passing, unlike any other entertainer, his records still sell in the tens of millions each year.  His home, Graceland - just recently named with the most rare honor of "National Landmark" - remains the second most visited private home besides that of the White House.  In providing Graceland with this designation, Interior Secretary, Gale Norton, said this.

"It would be difficult to tell the story of the 20th century without discussing the many contributions made by this legendary, iconic artist."

Would not even some of his most vehement detractors be hard pressed to disagree?  And his movies, though most not artistically significant, nonetheless remain a staple of everyday Americana running regularly on TV.

For as great a talent as Sinatra was and Marylin Monroe with her iconic status, no one looms as large on the American landscape as Elvis Presley. The question is why?  It's been said that Presley was polite to all he meant and very, very few - setting his personal foibles aside - have said a negative word about him  He was a good son they said; a Patriot who served his country during the Cold War and even resisted the temptations of fitting in with the racial intolerance of his times while growing up in a breeding ground of intolerance and racism.  Not so well known, too, beyond the giving away of Cadillacs, is Elvis' devotion to humanitarian causes.   He gave away roughly more than half of his entire lifetime earnings to the poor, indigent and disenfranchised, both black and white alike, while also performing innumerable concerts for charity being the number one force behind the creation of Pearl Harbor's 1941 U.S.S. Arizona Memorial.

But all of that aside, and not even touching on the Adonis like looks of a young Presley, I believe he remains among us because of his voice.That indescribable, incredible voice.  Or is it indescribable?  That's the question I have sought to answer and in doing so I've turned to the experts. Paul Simpson, a noted Musicologist in describing Presley's voice seems to agree when saying "[t]his gift (his voice) probably most easily explains why he endures so powerfully and why his performances remain so easy to hear." But what type of voice is it that Presley actually had?

Henry Pleasants, in his book "The Great American Popular Singers" states:

"Elvis Presley has been described variously as a baritone and a tenor. An extraordinary compass - the so-called register-, and a very wide range of vocal color have something to do with this divergence of opinion. The voice covers nearly three octaves from the baritone low-G to the tenor high B, with an upward extension in falsetto to at least a D flat. Presley's best octave is in the middle, D-flat to D-flat. Call him a high baritone. In "It's'now or never", (1960), he ends it in a full voice cadence (A, G, F), that has nothing to do with the vocal devices of Rhythm and Blues and Country. That A-note is hit right on the nose, and it is rendered less astonishing only by the number of tracks where he lands easy and accurate B-flats. Moreover, he has not been confined to one type of vocal production. In ballads and country songs he belts out full-voiced high G's and A's that an opera baritone might envy. He is a naturally assimilative stylist with a multiplicity of voices - in fact, Elvis' is an extraordinary voice, or many voices." Does not Henry Pleasants give us great reason to understand the staying power of Elvis Presley?  Rock and Roll, R&B, Ballads, Country and renditions of songs that took the vocal prowess of an opera singer.

"The voice is so melodious, and - of course, by accident, this glorious voice and musical sensibility was combined with this beautiful, sexual man and this very unconscious - or unselfconscious stage movements. Presley's registration, the breadth of his tone, listening to some of his records, you'td think you were listening to an opera singer. But it's  an opera singer with a deep connection to the blues

Jerry Wexler, co-founder of Atlantic Records

So make no mistake, there's good reason Elvis Presley remains the only person who maintains status in the Rock and Roll, Country and Gospel Hall of Fames.  He seemingly had the most unique voice of the 20th Century.

"I suppose you had to call him a lyric baritone, although with exceptional high notes and unexpectedly rich low ones. But what is more important about Elvis Presley is not his vocal range, nor how high, or low it extends, but where its center of gravity is. By that measure, Elvis was all at once a tenor, a baritone and a bass, the most unusual voice I've ever heard."

Gregory Sandows, Music Professor at Columbia University

Perhaps the most unusual voice any of us have ever heard and I believe Robert Christgau puts it best when saying, "It's so easy to forget that Elvis was, or is, a great singer. Any account of his impact that omits that fundamental fact amounts to a dismissal."

I, quite frankly, don't think it can be any clearer.  But whether you like him or not, one thing remains.

THE VOICE

A repository of rich, riveting, resonating raw power the world - quite sadly  may never know again.


2006/04/27  By Christopher P. Tyler, MPA  -  EpGold.Com.
 

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Hawaii 61 Book.

This Summer Publishing Hawaii 61 releases another book " Hawaii 61 Book" ,  featuring the U.S.S. Airizona Benefit Show with over 130 black and white and color photos, many unpublished, informative text, with a special Bonus CD.


More  information Click Here: www.jatpublishing.com


2006/04/27  www.jatpublishing.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Sillerman Has No Control Over ETAs Outside The US.

According to a report on MSNBC: Robert Sillerman has no control over Elvis impersonators in foreign  countries. His new rule only applies to the US ones.


2006/04/27   EPE  -  Jesse Garon  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Priscilla Presley Acting On A  new Film The Party.


Priscilla Presley is working with the creator of Sex and the City, Darren Star, on a remake of the classic Peter Sellers film, The Party.


2006/04/27  www.contactmusic.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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New Interview with Ronnie Tutt.

We conducted a interview once again with a TCB band member, this time with "hardworking" Ronnie Tutt. As with Jerry Scheff, he was very nice to us and answered our questions in a very thoughtful way. You can find it here: http://www.elvisbrasil.com/epbrasil/ronnietuttenglish.htm

We hope you enjoy it.


Note:

ELVIS THE CONCERT ON DVD

Elvis Presleys drummer, Ronnie Tutt has told in this interview with the Brazillian Elvis Fan Club that a DVD release of the critically acclaimed "Elvis The Concert" is to be at long last released on DVD.

During the interview, Ronnie Tutt said; "Another project that will be released in the near future is a DVD of the 25th anniversary concert from the Pyramid in Memphis". Tutt continues; "I've seen parts of it and it looks fantastic! I never thought it could be produced and done so well. I was pleasantly surprised".

2006/04/26  Sergio Luiz  -  www.elvisbrasil.com  Note:  www.elvis-express.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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ELVIS DISCO IN LONDON - SATURDAY 29TH APRIL.

The City Litten in Victoria will once again be host to the all Elvis party night this saturday (the 29th) from 7.30 til midnight.

Address; Artillery Row, Victoria. 5 mins walk from Victoria and St. James' Park tube stations. DJ Tony Dobb.

2006/04/26  Tony  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis Presley In Concert' booked for Melbourne, Australia on 14 October 2006.

While we wait for official announcement, more information is filtering out about the upcoming tour of 'Elvis Presley In Concert' in Australia and New Zealand.

The Melbourne date is Saturday 14 October.


2006/04/26  Alexander Attard  - www.elvisinfonet.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Cover artwork Return To Splendour 2006 DVD.

This is the cover for the 2006 Memory Records/DragonHeart Productions re-release of the "Return To Splendour" DVD.

The DVD features 8 mm footage, 10 songs with lip-sync audio, and Elvis' live concert from August 11, 1972 in 5.1 surround sound.


2006/04/26  Czech Elvis Presley Fanclub -  www.elvisnews.com  /  Ep.Gold.Com.
 

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CHARRO FROM THE OEPFC

The "Official Elvis Presley Fan Club" in the UK have been distributing a flyer offering "Charro" on DVD.

The advert states: "Starring Elvis Presley in the acclaimed classic western filmed in 1969 in Sedona, Arizona . . . "See Elvis Presley as the bearded Jess Wade in his most sensual acting role".

"This DVD was never commercially distributed and we have obtained the only copies, which we understand were manufactured in Denmark ten years ago".

Charro was first released on the European market in 1998 and has since been available a few times by different companies.

The DVD can be found around the UK for under £5.00 a time but the picture quality and sound leaves much to be desired.

The OEPFC are selling "Charro" for £17.00 (p&p in the UK included).


Note:

Warning: This edition has bad sound,  picture  and color quality.

Warner Bros obtained the rights to Charro planned release date on DVD in 2007.


2006/04/26    www.elvis-express.com  /  Andylon Lensen  -    EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis And Dolly On The Road Together For Tennessee Tourism.

Go to this website to view the commercial.  Pretty cute!! www.TNVacation.com.


The ad, titled "Tennessee Road Trip," conceived by Memphis advertising agency Chandler Ehrlich, signifies the first time Elvis has digitally appeared with another celebrity for a television commercial. Directed by Jacques Bailhe, the commercial captures the range of culture and music found in Tennessee and represented by Dolly and Elvis, two of the state's most renowned entertainers.

According to Dolly Parton, the commercial was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. "Riding in a convertible with Elvis? What more could a girl ask for?" she continued. "I am so proud of my Tennessee heritage, and I am thrilled and incredibly honored to be promoting our great state alongside the world's most legendary superstar."

The broadcast commercial features Dolly and Elvis side by side cruising through Tennessee together. How is it done? By shooting Dolly in High Definition against what's called a "green screen," and by then removing all the green from the shot in post production and replacing it with the original background of Elvis in "Clambake." Dolly was then able to be digitally placed in the car with Elvis.

Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen commented: "The idea behind the commercial is to bring together two international stars that symbolize Tennessee's unparalleled musical history. The commercial is a positive, energetic and unforgettable celebration of Tennessee's past, present and future."

"This represents a very rare time that EPE has allowed an Elvis film to be digitally altered. But we know that Elvis admired Dolly. And no one loved Graceland and Tennessee more than Elvis, so we agreed, knowing how proud he would be to welcome the world to visit," said Jack Soden, CEO of  Elvis Presley Enterprises.

Dolly and Elvis transcend superstardom, having achieved world-wide fame as entertainment legends and leaders among other outstanding Tennessee legends. Whether it's rock, country, jazz, gospel, soul or bluegrass, Tennessee offers rich musical heritage and unparalleled live musical experiences. And the state's stage is not only set for great music, it's set for outdoor adventure and beauty, available throughout the state, from the banks of the Mississippi to the Great Smoky Mountains. For more information on Tennessee, please visit www.TNVacation.com.

Interesting Facts

Chandler Ehrlich creative staff reviewed 13 Elvis films -- over 20 hours of film -- to find the 10-second scene needed for the commercial. They also reviewed hundreds of photos and materials from the archives of Elvis Presley Enterprises. It took approximately 6 months to make all of the arrangements to produce the commercial.Dolly's wardrobe in the commercial was designed as a tribute to Elvis. "Clambake" was filmed in 1967. The car used in the commercial is a customized 1967 Corvette Stingray convertible.The music for the commercial was scored to fit the classic '50s style of Elvis. Dolly's scene was filmed in Knoxville, Tenn.; the original music was written and recorded in Memphis; the editing and special effects were produced in Nashville. Elvis is known for living in West Tennessee (Memphis) and recording in Nashville. His "Clambake" album was recorded at Music Row's Studio B. Dolly is known for performing and recording in Nashville and living in East Tennessee (Pigeon Forge) near Dollywood.

In preparation of the commercial every detail in the 10-second scene had to be studied so that Dolly could be inserted into the car with Elvis seamlessly --countless hours studying camera positions/angles/locations, lighting to match exactly with the 1967 lighting, location of Dolly in the car, her reaction to Elvis in the car, creating wind to blow her hair the same as Elvis', creating reflections of the Tennessee landscape on the car hood and development of sound effects to compliment the action in the scene.

Dolly Parton has 25 number one country singles, 55 top ten country hits and eight top 40 pop hits. She has earned 25 gold, platinum and double platinum records and sold over 100 million records in total. She has 41 top 10 country albums -- more than any other artist has achieved. She has won seven Grammy Awards, 10 Country Music Association Awards and five Academy of Country Music Awards. She has two Oscar nominations and has been nominated five times for Golden Globe Awards. Elvis Presley has had 18 number one singles, 40 top ten singles, 114 top 40 singles, 10 number one albums and 27 top ten albums on the pop charts, along with outstanding success on the R&B singles chart and country singles and albums charts. His American sales have earned him gold, platinum or multi-platinum awards for 150 different albums and singles. Globally, he has sold over one billion records, more than any other artist. He starred in 33 successful films, made history with his television guest appearances and specials, and triumphed on the concert stage. Elvis received 14 Grammy nominations -- his three wins for gospel recordings. He received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36. Elvis has been honored with induction into the Rock and Roll, Country Music and Gospel Halls of Fame -- the only artist to date so recognized by all three. Graceland, his home in Memphis, has been designated a National Historical Landmark.About Tennessee Department of Tourist Development

Tourism is one of Tennessee's largest industries, employing more than 175,000 individuals. Most recently, Tennessee made an historic jump to the 11th most visited state by U.S. domestic travelers, after spending six years in the 12th spot. Latest statistics site more than 43.64 annual visitors to Tennessee. These visitors generated more than $11.4 billion in direct revenue, making tourism one of Tennessee's key economic drivers.

The state is home to numerous international attractions, including the Grand Ole Opry, Graceland, the Jack Daniel's Distillery, National Civil Rights Museum, the Tennessee Aquarium, the Country Music Hall of Fame, Dollywood theme park, the Bristol Motor Speedway and many others.

About Elvis Presley Enterprises

Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. is based in Memphis, with additional offices in Los Angeles. In addition to Graceland and its related attractions in Memphis, including the Heartbreak Hotel, EPE is aggressively involved in a worldwide licensing program, merchandising, music publishing, and television, film, video and internet projects. For more information on EPE and Graceland, visit Elvis.com. EPE is a subsidiary of CKX, Inc. (Nasdaq:CKXE - News), a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ National Market System (NMS) under the ticker symbol CKXE.

About Dollywood

Dollywood is a 125-acre family adventure park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Open nine months a year, Dollywood offers more than 30 rides and attractions, including the world's No. 1 wooden rollercoaster, Thunderhead®; live entertainment featuring country, bluegrass, gospel and mountain music; and a dozen crafters authentic to the East Tennessee region. For more information, call 1-800-DOLLYWOOD or visit www.dollywood.com.

About Chandler Ehrlich

Chandler Ehrlich is 29-year-old full-service marketing communications company. The firm's clients include AutoZone, Buckeye Technologies, Davidson Hotel Co., Desoto County Regional Utility, Gyrus ENT, Lane Home Furnishings and Philips Consumer Electronics. Chandler Ehrlich is a member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) and is the Mid-South affiliate of Hill & Knowlton, a multi-national public relations firm. For more information about Chandler Ehrlich, visit the company's Web site at www.cecnet.com.


Contact:

Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
David Beckwith/Jason Wanamaker, 323-845-9836 david@thebeckwithcompany.com



2006/04/25  EPE  /  Bud Glass  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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UK Music DVD Top 10 The "Elvis '56" DVD

UK Music DVD Top 10 The "Elvis '56" DVD climbs one spot from #8 to #7.


2006/04/24  www.bbc.co.uk - www.elvisnews.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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ELVIS GRAND-DAUGHTER IS A SIGHT FOR DIOR EYES.

Riley Keough, the 15 year old grand-daughter of music King, Elvis Presley is everywhere in the new advertising campaign for the latest perfume from Dior.

It was no coincidence that the French company picked Elvis Presley's grand child for this campaign: "She is part of Western history, but at the same time she's a modern girl too. It's easy to see her riding a bike, bare footed, dressed in old jeans and a vintage jacket, and pull over at a Dior shop. Her unusual beauty makes her a star."

Rumours are also doing the rounds that young Riley is being sort by Hollywood tostar in the movies and also break into the pop scene. One insider mentioned that with her looks, she could be sexier that Britney Spears ever was.


2006/04/24  www.elvis-express.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Sam Phillips Event September.


Alabama Fans TCB For Elvis Fan Club Proudly Presents:

3rd Annual Elvis Presley/Sam Phillips Memorial Benefit Concert

Starring Ronnie McDowell & The Rhythm Kings With Special Guests Patsy Andersen & the Sam Phillips Family

Proceeds Benefit Alabama Music Hall of Fame & Florence-Lauderdale Public Library

Saturday, September 30, 2006, 7pm
Shoals Theatre in Florence, Alabama
Reserved Admission $25 $20 $15
General Admission $10

For more info or to purchase tickets, please contact Liz Scott @ 256-760-7065 or email tcb4sam@aim.com


2006/04/24  E-Mail  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Audubon Drive Auction Passes US$400.000 Mark.

With well known psychic, Uri Geller, in the bidding, the online sale of Elvis' former Audubon Drive home has passed $400,000.00. Uri Geller held the bid at $351,000 before several other bids came in. Geller, who lives in London, said he would increase his bid substantially.

"If I was Bill Gates, I would bid as much as I can," Geller said. "But I also have my limits. Hopefully, though, I will be able to go up and up and up and get it. I have good faith." If successful, Geller, who met Presley in Las Vegas in the 1970s and owns a large collection of Elvis memorabilia, said he wants to turn the 3,000-square-foot (280-sq-metres) home into a museum with a twist.

"It will have all the bizarre things that Elvis Presley believed in," including his fascination with UFOs, Geller told Reuters. "He was ahead of his time." The auction closes on 14 May.Source: Various


2006/04/23  Various  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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The Genre Collection 3-CD Longbox.

RCA has packaged the three new genre sets into a single longbox as "The Genre Collection" available at selected warehouse-style clubsupermarkets in the USA.


2006/04/23  Various  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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TTWII On Big Screen.

TTWII Special Edition will have to screenings at the National Film Theatre London on Monday 5th June 8.40 p.m and Tuesday 6th June at 8.30 p.m.

Tickets can be ordered on line at www.bfi.org.uk/nft or by phone 0207 928 3232 from Friday 19th May.

2006/04/23  www.elvisnews.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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BMG Special products released Elvis Sings Flaming Star , Almost In Love'on CD in the US Today.


Elvis Sings Flaming Star

Sony / BMG  re-released the Camden album Elvis Sings Flaming Star

Flaming Star, Wonderful World, Night Life, All I Needed Was The Rain, Too Much Monkey Business, Yellow Rose Of Texas/The Eyes Of Texas, She's A Machine, Do The Vega, Tiger Man

Elvis Sings Flaming Star' was originally released in April 1969.


Almost In Love

Sony / BMG  re-released the Camden album Almost In Love.

Almost In Love, Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On), Edge Of Reality, My Little Friend, A Little Less Conversation, Rubberneckin', Clean UpYour Own Back Yard, U.S. Male, Charro, Stay Away Joe (Take 17)


2006/04/22  Amazon.Com  / EpGold.Com.

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New ElvisMatters book Double Trouble.

On December 1st, the crew of ElvisMatters releases their next book; "Double Trouble".

In the movie, Elvis (Guy Lambert) visits Belgium - Bruges, Antwerp, Damme - and the UK (London).

The book tells the true story behind the movie, and focuses on interviews with co-stars, a ton of pictures, news paper clippings, facts and figures A must for every movie-fan.

Note:

Did you see Double Trouble?

For a very special project regarding the movie "Double Trouble", which was released in 1967, we're looking for fans that actually saw the movie when it came out almost 40 years ago.


Were you among them? Mail us at: info@elvismatters.be and we'll call you, thanks!


2006/04/21  www.elvismatters.be  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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New Tenant For The Former Elvis Presley's Memphis Restaurant.


Below is an article in today's Commercial Appeal newspaper in Memphis.

If you are not familiar with the history of EPE's former Elvis Presley's Memphis restaurant and its closing in 2003, please see our FAQ  http://www.elvis.com/elvisology/faq/faq.asp?qid=26 item about it.

The main questions we anticipate from Elvis fans with the announcement of the new tenant, restaurateur Jimmy Ishii, is whether EPE will have any direct involvement with the restaurant and whether Elvis Birthday and Elvis Week events will take place at this location as before.

Yes. While EPE will have no role in managing the the restaurant, we will have a close, mutually supportive cross-promotional relationship and will assist Jimmy Ishii and his staff in any way we can.

He definitely plans to participate in the Elvis Birthday Celebration and Elvis Week each year and the red carpet will be rolled out to Elvis fans just as it always was when the location was EPE's restaurant.Another main inquiry we expect is regarding the opening date. The answer is that we will let you know the opening date as soon as Jimmy Ishii has determined that and lets us know.

We look forward to seeing you there!


Former Elvis club on Ishii's menu.Chef strikes Beale deal to open Southern eatery.By Michael Lollar

Jimmy Ishii, one of the first chefs to serve sushi in Memphis, is taking a distinctly Southern turn with a new Downtown venture in the spot once occupied by Elvis Presley's Memphis Club.

Ishii, who already operates eight Memphis restaurants from Sekisui East to bluefin and dish, is signing a 12-year lease for the new club, which will keep its Elvis Presley connection at 126 Beale with the working name "EP -- Delta Kitchen and Bar."

After 25 years as a restaurateur, Ishii said he wanted a restaurant with a music theme.

"Memphis is a music city, and Elvis is a symbol of the American dream," he said.

Elvis would be part of his musical tribute to the city, which Ishii said would be like a "Memphis jam" with music from several genres.

The Southern theme with music and the Elvis tie-in sounds like only a slight variation on the Elvis Presley's Memphis Club theme. But Ishii spokesman Joe Hemingway said Ishii's variation will be unlike anything else.

"We're not going to serve Love-Me-Tender chicken. We're not going to try to take the menu and the place and make it Las Vegas. He wants to take all the things that are great about Southern cuisine and do new interpretations of them."

The one-time Elvis club had a six-year run on Beale from 1997 to 2003. Elvis Presley Enterprises attributed the closing to the long tourist drought following the 2001 terrorist attacks and to the club's heavy dependence on Elvis fans. Its Elvis theme was not a perfect fit on a street known for the blues.

EPE chief executive officer Jack Soden said Ishii's proposal was one of more than 20 considered by EPE, which will sublease the building to Ishii.

"We had a lot of interest in the property, but we needed to get it in the hands of someone who had the wherewithal to do it. It will go forward with the benefit of Jimmy's reputation."

Ishii, who has nine more restaurants in the Southeast from Florida to Missouri, was the Memphis Restaurant Association's 1998 chef of the year and the Memphis Business Journal's 2000 entrepreneur of the year.

Soden said Ishii will open the club under far better conditions than when EPE closed it.

"We opened in 1997, and in 1998 Planet Hollywood and the rest of the themed restaurant business genre began to crash. Think how much has changed since. Now there's FedExForum. Thousands of new residents have moved into Downtown Memphis, and thousands more are on the way. It's a whole new day. This year the Vesta Home Show is Downtown."

Hamilton said "paperwork alone" on restaurant permits, building inspections and lease closings will take months, putting the opening of the club after the August Elvis tribute week with its huge influx of tourists.

Ishii says a good Downtown restaurant is not dependent on tourism alone.

"Downtown has some good days, some bad. Sometimes it depends on events. It's hard to predict."

The interior of the club will remain the same structurally, but Ishii said it will be redesigned extensively. The building is one of the few Downtown restaurants with its own parking lot.


2006/04/21  EPE  - By Michael Lollar -  www.commercialappeal.com  /  EpGold.Com
 

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Elvis Story In Belgium.

Elvis Story, the highly acclaimed show that ran succesfully for several months in two different Paris-theatres will be seen in Brussels/Belgium on December 1st 2006.

Dates and venues in the Netherlands aren't set yet.

This Canada-based  Musical show has been approved by Graceland as one of the best Elvis shows ever seen.Tickets for the Brussels event in Vorst/Nationaal are available in the price range of 45-55 ?.


2006/04/20  Various  /  EpGold.Com.

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New book on John Wilkinson.

An American admirer has written a new book on the life of John Wilkinson. In "My life before, during and after Elvis Presley", author Nick Moretti talks about John's career. John R. Wilkinson might be most known as Elvis Presley's'70s-era rhythm guitar player, but he has worked with several other singers and groups as well, including the Kingston Trio. The book is available next month.


2006/04/20  www.elvismatters.be  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Australian DVD (Re)releasesThe "Definitive Elvis" 8 DVD set.


releasesThe "Definitive Elvis" 8 DVD set and two other titles will be re-released in Australia in NTSC format during May. The other titles are "Elvis: 50th Anniversary Celebration" and "Rock Millstones - Elvis Presley" (Previously released as Classic Albums).

The Kim Basinger movie, "Elvis Has Left The Building" is being reissued with a price reduction from 27 April. Also on 27 April, the 8 disc set, "The Elvis Jukebox" is reissued at a discounted price. On 1 May Casey Kasem's Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine "Elvis: The Echo Will Never Die" is released in Australia and finally on May 17, 2006, "Elvis The Early Years" (Universal) will be released.

The revised edition of "Definitive Elvis" is an 8 DVD set containing 16 one hour in-depth episodes of the life and career of Elvis Presley. Featuring classic clips, home footage, rare photos and newly produced footage that covers every aspect of Elvis' life. This set was the biggest selling music DVD in Australia in 2002

Also, for Aussie fans, many retail stores, including EzyDvd and K-Mart, are currently offering a number of Elvis films for below A$10.00. The titles include Roustabout, Jailhouse Rock, Spinout, Speedway, The Trouble With Girls, It Happened At The Worlds Fair and Harum Scarum.


2006/04/20  Various  /   EpGold.Com.
 

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U.S. Billboard Elvis Chart listings for the week of April 29, 2006.

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

Hot 100 Singles Sales   - Heartbreak Hotel       - down 3 to #13

New entries and Re-entries on the charts include:  none this week.

Dropping off the charts include: none this week.

2006/04/20  www.elvischarts.com.  /  Ep.Gold.Com.
 

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Elvis Portrait Auctioned.

Rolf Harris's portrait of the Queen attracted critics, and now his portrait of the King has attracted cash.

His 2002 work, Blue Elvis, a portrait of Elvis Presley, sold at auction in London on Wednesday night for STG51,000 ($A122,700).

Harris had given the work to his friend Shining Bear, who regularly plays the didgeridoo when the painter and entertainer performs.

Harris gave his blessing when Shining Bear said he wanted to sell the painting to raise funds for his planned stageshow, The Gospel According to Elvis.


2006/04/20  Various  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis Expo will be a winner!

Next Friday, April 21st, ElvisMatters presents "A Night at the Movies".

Let us take you back to the Golden Era, when Elvis was a crowd puller for cinemas worldwide. In the beautiful expo center of showroom Getouw in Mol (B.) we'll put over 250 items on display, including 100 (one hundred authentic movie posters from all corners of the world).

The biggest poster (Flaming Star, 1960) is 1 x 2 meters - talking about an eyecatcher.

Other items are original vinyl releases, movie clothing Elvis wore, and memorabilia. The evening kicks off with an interview on big screen with Jos Clauwers, stand-in for Elvis during the filming of Double Trouble.

Tickets (4 euro) at the showroom, or the ElvisMatters Shop in Turnhout.


2006/04/19  www.elvismatters.be  /  EpGold.Com
 

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Return To Splendour 2006.

The next DVD project from the Czech Memory Records label is the DVD "Return To Splendour 2006". This DVD is set for release at the end of April 2006.

The differences with the previous edition:

This edition is NTSC.

The new version is underlined by original Elvis music, making the commentary more efficient.

This edition comes with bonus material; 10 concert recordings, digitally remastered and in lip synch.

And as an audio bonus a full Elvis Las Vegas concert in 5.1 Dolby Surround.

The DVD and cover contain beautiful pictures, kindly supplied by Keith Alverson.

On the cover a completely new, never before published, photo by Keith.


2006/04/19  Czech Elvis Presley Fanclub  - www.elvisnews.com  /  EpGold.Com
 

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Festival organisers "all shook up" by ETA registration talk.

The organisers of the Parkes Elvis Festival in the central west of NSW are seeking legal advice about changes to the rules surrounding Elvis Presley impersonators. An American billionaire who owns the rights to the Elvis name and likeness is working to stop "unauthorised" impersonators as part of a plan to open a show and exhibit in Las Vegas dedicated to 'the king'.

More than 5,000 people travel to Parkes each year to see hundreds of Elvis look-a-likes and celebrate his music. The festival's Monique Kronk says very few details about the shake-up are known but organisers want to ensure it will not threaten the event.

"We've got to discuss not just how it affects the festival itself but ... who are coming in and we don't know quite yet enough about what they are planning to change," she said. "But obviously we'll have to speak to Elvis Presley Enterprises and maybe we can negotiate some sort of licence that will cover for the whole festival - festival goers coming - we don't know enough yet about the situation."


2006/04/19  Amber Smith - www.elvisinfonet.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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ELVIS DISCO IN WEMBLEY -22ND APRIL - FREE ENTRY.

The Middlesex & Herts branch are staging a FREE Elvis disco in the massive Fusiller Pub, Harrow Road, Wembley this saturday (the 22nd April), from 8pm til 1am. DJ Tony Dobb (Hi, folks!!).

Nearest tube Sudbury Town (Piccadilly Line), 5 mins walk. Large car park. Do come along and enjoy a free night out on The King!


2006/04/19  Tony  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis has left the building. Now 30,000 impersonators may have to go as well.


FOR nearly 30 years since the death of Elvis Presley, his impersonators have suffered for their art. They struggle to achieve the perfect quiff. They sweat profusely in white sequined jump suits. Some, whose bellies are bigger than their sideburns, have been floored by gyration-induced hernias.

Now, however, America's estimated 30,000 Elvis impressionists are really shook up. They fear that they are about to be put out of business. In a move that has made the ranks of the lookalikes queasier than the thought of a deep-fried peanut butter and banana sandwich - the King's favourite snack in the bloated autumn of his life - a New York businessman has bought the rights to Elvis's name and likeness and has threatened to ban "unauthorised" Elvis clones.

Robert Sillerman, a billionaire media entrepreneur who owns American Idol - the hugely successful equivalent of Pop Idol in Britain - paid $114 million (£65 million) last year for an 85 per cent stake in Elvis Presley Enterprises, which is run by the Presley family. He got control of Graceland, the King's home in Memphis, Tennessee, and control of his name and likeness, but not his music.

The Presley family, through Elvis Presley Enterprises, has allowed most impersonators free use of the singer's name and likeness, believing that it was good marketing and a way to ensure that the King would never die. In an interview with The New York Times, however, Mr Sillerman outlined plans that have left many Elvis impersonators weak at the knees.

CKX, Mr Sillerman's company, intends to open an interactive Elvis exhibit and huge Elvis-themed cabaret show on the Las Vegas Strip, which he hopes will attract millions of visitors a year. In Memphis he plans to demolish the 128-room Heartbreak Hotel, which stands opposite Graceland on Elvis Presley Boulevard, and build two 400-room hotels, convention space, restaurants, shops and an amphitheatre.

Of Elvis impersonators, he said ominously: "If we were going to do a show that was based on Elvis impersonators, then obviously it wouldn't make sense to have unauthorised Elvis impersonators." Mr Sillerman has since refused to answer questions about what he plans to do with the Elvis impersonator industry, which many believe has become so risible that it has made Presley more of a laughing stock than an iconic image ready to be mined financially.

CKX is powerless to take action against impersonators in Europe, including Britain, where the Elvis image is in the public domain. Mr Sillerman says that he does not believe that Elvis Presley Enterprises has used Presley nearly to his full potential in the US. Impersonators in America believe that it is inevitable that their industry - which includes dwarf Elvises, Chinese Elvises and African-American Elvises - is in for a cull.

Mr Sillerman has bought Elvis-A-Rama, a museum and impersonator theatre just off the Las Vegas Strip and is shutting it down in October. Justin Curtis, 22, an impersonator who had finished a show at Elvis-A-Rama before an audience of 30, said that he was willing to pay royalties to Mr Sillerman.

But Ted Davis, a trademark lawyer, said that Mr Sillerman had legal precedent on his side. If the owner of someone's image were successful in stopping impersonators in one state, there was precedent whereby state courts had imposed a nationwide injunction on unauthorised impersonators.

Matt Lewis, another Elvis impersonator, said that his agents had been studying the legal ramifications of his status since Mr Sillerman acquired the rights. Some impersonators make $300,000 a year, and Mr Lewis acknowledged that he made "six figures" per annum.

"If they tried to stop me I'd figure out a way to keep going," he said. "We would band together. I have this image of old ladies going to underground shows and giving passwords at the door. There would be underground Elvis speakeasies. Honestly."

KING'S RANSOM


Elvis was named the highest-earning dead celebrity for the fifth consecutive year by Forbes magazine last October

The Elvis estate brought in about $40 million (£23 million) last year

Each year more than 600,000 people visit Graceland

On the 25th anniversary of his death, in 2002, 40,000 people filed past his grave Graceland says that it attracts $150 million a year to Memphis

Last year William Hill took bets on his being alive at 1000-1

Elvis.com has 600,000 visitors every month


2006/04/18  www.elvisunlimited.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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One Night Only.

Here is the covert art of the soon to be released '' One Night Only ! '' . Madison will present '' One Night Only! '' containing Elvis' inspired, one-time only Boston performance of November 10th, 1971.

This show was previously released on disc in 1997 as '' The Power Of Shazam. '' Unfortunately, the sound quality left a lot to be desired, and diminished the impact of Elvis' tremendous effort that night.

This is all about to change, as the Madison label managed to recently acquire a first-generation soundboard of Elvis' wild and rockin' night in the Boston Garden.

The audio is excellent and will prove to be the best 1971 show ever released, period.
The packaging will include a 16 page, illustrated booklet and relevant text.

Track listing :

01 - Introduction Also Sprach Zarathustra 1:20 ; 02 - That's All Right 2:36 ; 03 - I Got A Woman / Amen 2:51 ; 04 - Proud Mary 2:52 ; 05 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 2:05 ; 06 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 4:33 ; 07 - Polk Salad Annie 4:09 ;08 - Elvis Walks ( "Coming Home, Baby" instrumental ) 1:07 ; 09 - Love Me 1:38 ; 10 - Heartbreak Hotel 1:40 ; 11 - Blue Suede Shoes 1:12 ; 12 - One Night 1:32 ; 13 - Hound Dog 1:29 ; 14 - How Great Thou Art (incomplete) 2:02 ; 15 - Introduction of vocalists, band, orchestra (incomplete) 1:28 ; 16 - I'm Leavin' 3:15 ; 17 - Bridge Over Troubled Water (with reprise) 5:33 ; 18 - I Can't Stop Loving You 2:29 ; 19 - Love Me Tender 1:43 ; 20 - Suspicious Minds 5:09 ; 21 - Elvis Talks ( "Coming Home, Baby" instrumental ) 1:25 ; 22 - Funny How Time Slips Away 2:46 ; 23 - Can't Help Falling In Love 1:46 ; 24 - Closing Vamp and announcement 0:57

For those who missed ''The Power Of Shazam'' almost nine years ago, this is your chance to finally enjoy a very special night. For the ones who possess the older title, you will not be disappointed by '' One Night Only! ''

2006/04/18  E-Mail  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Hollywood comeback of film star who became nun.

THE last time Dolores Hart was in Hollywood she was a starlet flirting on screen with Elvis Presley.Now, after 43 years cloistered in a convent, she is making her Hollywood comeback - as a nun.

The 67-year-old former actress, who co-starred with Elvis in Loving You (1957) and King Creole (1958), has returned to Tinseltown to enlist old friends in the fight against peripheral idiopathic neuropathy, a neurological disorder that afflicts 20 million Americans, including herself.

Sister Hart - the only nun to vote for the Oscars as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - stunned her fans by abandoning her thriving film career at the age of 24 and joining a convent.

Though the daughter of an actor, she was brought up by her grandfather, a cinema projectionist in Chicago, and studied acting technique over his shoulder on the silver screen.

Spotted by a talent scout in a school production of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, she got a screen test, a contract and a role as Elvis's love interest in Loving You. "I had no idea who Elvis Presley was," she says.

"He couldn't have been more gracious. He jumped to his feet and said, 'Good afternoon, Miss Dolores'. He and Gary Cooper were the only ones in Hollywood who called me that."

Hart made two more films before playing opposite Elvis again in King Creole. In 1960 she starred in Where the Boys Are, a teen comedy that won a cult-like following.

She appeared in 11 films in all, including Wild is the Wind (1957), with Anna Magnani and Anthony Quinn, and Lonelyhearts (1958), with Montgomery Clift and Myrna Loy.

But while making The Plunderers in 1959 she looked in the mirror and heard a voice saying: "You're really enjoying this, but you're not going to do this much longer."

On the advice of a friend she visited the Roman Catholic Abbey of Regina Laudis in Connecticut. She found peace there, and continued to return twice a year.

Back in Hollywood she became engaged to Don Robinson, a Los Angeles businessman, but eventually they broke off the engagement and in December 1962 she moved into the convent.

Hart, now the prioress of the cloistered community, has suffered from peripheral idiopathic neuropathy ever since she went to the dentist in 1997 and had "a root canal from hell".

The painful and potentially crippling disease, caused by damaged nerves, put her in a wheelchair for a time.

"I couldn't eat," she recalls. "When I put my feet on the floor, I couldn't stand. My feet felt like they were on fire. I couldn't talk. I thought, 'This is ridiculous'. I couldn't understand what in the world was going on. A doctor said this would improve, but it kept getting worse."

Soul singer Al Green quit a career that included the No 1 single Let's Stay Together after injuring himself when he fell off the stage. He was ordained and now preaches and sings gospel music in Memphis, Tennessee

Rick Astley had five No 1 singles in two years, including Never Gonna Give You Up in 1987. But, fed up with fame, he quit just before a planned tour of the US

Roy Simmons was a star linesman for the Washington Redskins American football team when he quit football abruptly in 1984. He came out as homosexual almost a decade later, and admitted that the pressure of keeping his sexuality under wraps had forced him to leave his career

Hayden Christensen, the 24 year-old Star Wars actor, is rumoured to be quitting to become an architect because he no longer finds Hollywood interesting

In 2004 Dr Karl Gensberg, a researcher at the University of Birmingham, quit for a better-paid job as a gas fitter.


2006/04/18  www.elvisunlimited.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Oscar winning actress Rachel Weisz loves Elvis!

Rachel Weisz who won the 2006 Best Supporting Actress award for her part in 'The Constant Gardener' makes no secret about her love of Elvis. Her heroes include Harry Houdini and Jackie Onassis but her greatest admiration is for Elvis. "I fell in love with him when I was a little girl. He was cute even when he was fat and wasted," she says. "He was the ultimate performer, in that nothing could get between him and his gift."

Weisz's attitude to life also reflects Elvis' own generosity. Talking about the film adaptation of John Le Carre's novel 'The Constant Gardener' she says, "The message of the film is that if you can help one person, that's better than not doing anything." Weisz urges people to visit the movie's website ConstantGardenerTrust.org and help by donating money to improve living conditions in Kenya's slums. The charity has already built two schools and a bridge.

Weisz also admits to Elvis being her 'touchstone' whenever she's in stressful situations. She says, "I hang out with friends and if all else fails I'll just sit in my apartment and talk to Elvis. He'll take care of me." She explains, "I don't get starstruck that often but give me a rock 'n' roll legend and I lose it. I think if David Bowie and I were in the same room, my knees would give out. And Elvis is my God. My house is covered with pictures of Elvis." Her all-time favourite Elvis track is 'Suspicious Minds'.Rachel, together with director-fiancee Darren Aronofsky, is expecting her first child in May

2006/04/17  www.elvisinfonet.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Viva Elvis and the Legends of Rock & Roll - June 22-25, 2006 at Virgina Beach.

Let your inner Elvis come out with special Elvis-themed music and events at beautiful Virginia Beach during the Viva Elvis and the Legends of Rock & Roll weekend. The four-day event will be held June 22-25, 2006.

The schedule for the four-day Elvis celebration includes high-energy shows by both national and local Elvis tribute artists, an Elvis Karaoke contest, the Elvis 500 Recliner Race, an Elvis Street Parade, Chalk the Walk Contest, the Skydiving Kings, and the Elvis Midnight Cruise on the Virginia's Jewel.

Events will be held in Virginia Beach at the Beachstreet Starfish Pavilion at 17th Street (17th Street Park), Beachstreet Seaside Palladium at 24th Street (24th Street Park), and the Boardwalk at Virginia Beach.

For a full schedule of events or more information visit www.beachstreetusa.com or call 757-425-3111.

2006/04/17  www.beachstreetusa.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis And His Court.

On April 21, 2006 the Polish newspaper "Gazeta Wyborcza" will release the first CD in a series with legendary rock 'n 'roll hits. It will be called "Krol Elvis I Jego Dwor" witch means "Elvis And His Court".

Tracklist of first CD:

1. BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock / 2. CARL PERKINS Blue Suede Shoes / 3. ELVIS PRESLEY That's All Right / 4. CHUCK BERRY Maybellene / 5. FATS DOMINO Blueberry Hill / 6. JERRY LEE LEWIS Great Balls Of Fire / 7. LITTLE RICHARD Lucille  / 8. WANDA JACKSON Fujiyama Mama / 9. ELVIS PRESLEY Good Rockin' Tonight / 10. FRANKIE AVALON Dede Dinah / 11. PAT BOONE Speedy Gonzales / 12. BRENDA LEE Dynamite / 13. BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS Peggy Sue / 14. THE PLATTERS Only You (And You Alone) / 15. GENE VINCENT Be-Bop-A-Lula / 16. THE BEATLES Ain't She Sweet / 17. ELVIS PRESLEY Blue Moon Of Kentucky / 18. LULU AND THE LUVVERS Shout / 19. CHUBBT CHECKER Let's Twist Again / 20. LITTLE EVA The Loco-Motion / 21. CARL MANN Mona Lisa / 22. HELEN SHAPIRO Walkin' Back To Happiness / 23. BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS See You Later, Alligator / 24. DANNY MIRROR I Remember Elvis Presley


2006/04/17  www.elvisnews.com -  www.elvis.host247.pl  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis Golf Tournament.

The 4th Annual Collingwood Elvis Festival Golf Tournament is set for Thursday, June 1 at the Cranberry Golf Resort & Conference Centre in Collingwood. Only 144 participants will have the chance to compete for a table of prizes that last year listed in the $600 to $1000 value range each, packed with high-end restaurant gift certificates, lifestyle products, golf attire and more. Register by May 1 to reserve your space.

Registration is set at $500 per team or $125 per person, and features a barbecue dinner, live entertainment, green fees, carts and a gift bag stuffed with swag that will meet any golfer's expectations. Soft spike shoes and dress code are in effect -- even for Elvis tribute artists. Sorry, guys.

Tribute artist Glenn Aitchison, the Early Years Non-Professional Champion at the 2005 Collingwood Elvis Festival, will perform during the dinner hour. While we can't say if Elvis himself enjoyed the great game of golf, the Collingwood area is famous for its golf courses and many people, including Elvis tribute artists from all over the area who love to golf. For more details call, (705) 445-1030, ext. 3279 or e-mail mfederer@collingwood.ca


2006/04/17  Mykawartha.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis Unlimited starts bidding on Elvis' Audubon Drive residence.

Elvis Unlimited in te EC has registered the first bid on Elvis' former home on Audubon Drive in Memphis. The bidding stands at US$100,000 with the reserve price yet to be reached.


2006/04/16  ebay  -  www.elvisinfonet.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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ELVIS PRESLEY LIMITED EDITION.

Photo: Mike and Lew have both now left the building.

At last, Genesis is delighted to announce the future publication of a stunning Elvis Presley limited edition book.

Mike McCartney and Lew Allen are behind the work on this exciting new project. Mike is the editor of this large format volume which features Lew Allen's superb photographs of Elvis. Remarkably, these images are previously undiscovered and the collection includes rare shots of Buddy Holly and The Everly Brothers. Lew's photographs were taken in 1956 on a 5"x4" large format camera and therefore the image quality is astounding.


Photo: featuring undiscovered Elvis photos.

Mike and Lew have already taken the opportunity to sign the signature pages to be bound into each book.


2006/04/15  www.genesis-publications.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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The Man Called Charro! book Out Now.

This 96 page book contains  more than 150 photographs in color and black & white and feature documents and informative text pertaining to the film.

From on the screen to behind the scenes this book will have it all. A limited number of copies of this book will include a free collector's bonus CD containing unreleased Charro! radio spots, interviews with director Charles Marquis Warren, Ina Balin and Barbara Werle. All remastered.

Retail price $39.95 directly ordered from Joe Tunzi on his website at www.jatpublishing.com


2006/04/14  www.jatpublishing.com /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Dr. Nick writes a book.

After years of silence, Dr. Nick (Nichopoulos) has decided to put his memoirs to paper.

In a 10 chapter book, he tells the story of his first meeting with Elvis, and how he became to be the always-stand-by physician for the biggest celebrity in the world.

Scheduled date of release: 2007.

Although 77 years ol, Dr. Nick still works at Fed-Ex in Memphis.


2006/04/14  www.elvismatters.be  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Final Hayride Performance From 56  On FTD?


Hi Ernst,

Rumours are now that the final Hayride performance from 56 will be released on FTD???


You told me the last time by our phone conversation.. it was NOT decided yet if it will be an FTD release it might be issued on a Sony/ BMG.

Any decision made on this, Ernst?

Andylon, It's not decided how and when it will be released;  on a Sony/ BMG  -  FTD release or on the Sun project.


Thanks Ernst and a Happy Eastern Holidays.


Note;

More details by Andylon Lensen &  Ernst Jorgensen on the Final Hayride Performance from 56;on  Hot E News was published date April 11th:


Ernst Jorgensen Has Elvis' Final Hayride Performance!!!

Photo: Joe kent

On various Elvis - sites, messageboards, there are rumours if the FTD has the final Hayride Performance with a question mark?

We asked Andylon Lensen if she had some information on this issue and confirmed the following;

Yes, indeed Ernst mentioned this to me 2 months ago;  he did acquired an complete audio recording of Elvis' last performance on the Louisiana Hayride from December 15, 1956 in a reasonable sound quality. He also told me this complete show is round about 20-25 minutes in a total.

Ernst also confirmed this show was first planned for the release of the Cd  Presley by the Presley's, but because of problems getting the deal done with Joe Kent on some publishing or copyrights if I remember well,  the deal were finalized later on and now will be released on a new project.


Only a few songs were released years ago on a vinyl bootleg in a bad, bad sound.

Elvis' last performance on the Louisiana Hayride from December 15, 1956: Heartbreak Hotel / Long Tall Sally / I Was The One / Love Me Tender / Don't Be Cruel / Love Me / I Got A Woman / When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / Paralyzed / Hound Dog.


2006/04/14  Andylon Lensen  -  Ernst Jorgensen    /  EpGold.Com.
 

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The Elvis International Shop Netherlands Open At Eastern Holidays.
 

OPEN:  April 14th - Friday 18:00-21:00  &  April 15th Saturday  1300. PM -
1800 PM.

Sunday April 16th  &  Monday April 17th  1300. PM - 1800 PM.


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1947 J.T. Beverwijk
The Netherlands.

For more  Information you are able to call :

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2006/04/14    The Elvis International Shop  Netherlands  /  Ep.Gold.Com.
 

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Elvis Disco In Amsterdam

Date: July 8th, 2006
Place Amsterdam Cruise-Inn

Elvis The Concert In Germany (The Stadthalle, Soest, near Dortmund)

 

Saturday 16 And Sunday 17th September, 2006.

Bubba Ho-Tep Prequel Back On Track.

Don Coscarelli, director of the great little genre hybrid Bubba Ho-tep, has revealed that the oft-discussed sequel to that elderly-Elvis-vs.-a-mummy
picture may be back on track. Bubba Nosferatu, a prequel to Bubba Ho-tep, seemed to be dead in the water after a series of setbacks, but now things are looking up for the Elvis/vampire tale.


"I'm putting a big effort into doing Bubba Nosferatu now," Coscarelli tells Sci Fi Wire. "The project has a life of its own. ... People seem to want it. We just have to get it finished. The whole idea of Bubba Nosferatu was a joke."

What the filmmaker means by that is that the idea of the sequel started with a throwaway end credit in Bubba Ho-tep that promised a follow-up film called Bubba Nosferatu: The Curse of the She-Vampire.

But the fanboys have made that film a reality now, it seems. Coscarelli is working on the script for the film with Joe R. Lansdale, who penned the original short story. The film will portray a younger, thirtysomething Elvis, and the director says that the original film's star Bruce Campbell  "can't wait to put his Elvis jumpsuit back on again." And beyond that? Coscarelli hints that a third film isn't out of the question, and he even goes so far as to give it a name: Bubba Sasquatch.

2006/04/14  www.nowplayingmag.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis adventure to the North Pole.

Three polar adventurers are preparing to walk and ski to the top of the world dressed as Elvis.

Jonny Clayton, Alex Tate and Steve Goodair believe it will the first time Elvis impersonators have been spotted in the far reaches of the frozen Arctic.

They are trekking 368 miles from Cornwallis Island, off Northern Canada, to the 1996 site of the Magnetic North Pole in their specially made Elvis style survival suits, complete with thermal insulation and rhinestones.

The three friends are taking part in the 2006 Sony Polar Challenge race which starts at the weekend.


2006/04/14  Odd Spot -  www.elvisinfonet.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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EDP Licensing Secures Rights for Elvis Pre-Paid Card.


Elvis PresleyT Enterprises announced today that the company has granted rights for an Elvis® branded debit card program to EDP Licensing, Inc.T

Elvis is the most successful celebrity ever to be branded. The Elvis Presley Prepaid Visa® card is among the first celebrity-branded debit card programs to be launched. Paul Cleveland, EDP CEO, said, "We are excited to bring the Elvis legend to our innovative card product line and believe that this marks a milestone in the prepaid card industry."

According to Mr. Cleveland, the first card will launch this month. He announced, "EDP will offer a series of collectible Elvis cards, each displaying a different image. We hope Elvis fans will be excited and want to collect them all."

Prepaid debit cards are fast becoming the card of choice among American consumers. Last year, more purchases and bills were paid with debit cards than with checks. For the past two years, debit cards have outgrown their big brother - the credit card. Much like a checking account without the paperwork, prepaid cards offer customers the convenience of a credit card and the "no-interest charge" advantage of a checking account.

EDP Licensing (edplicensing.com), EDebitPayT and EDP Secure Deposit CardT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of EDP Technologies Corporation,T one of the leading performance-based affiliate marketing groups in the country. EDP represents a large selection of financial service products in the online direct response market and specializes in lead generation, list management and all forms of online marketing.

Watch for more information on the Elvis debit card program here on Elvis.com later this month.


2006/04/13  www.elvis.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Helen Cohn Who Helped Clothe Elvis Dies.

Helen Cohn,whoalong with her husband helped clothe Elvis Presley, Roy Rogers and a host of stars in rhinestone creations during the height of cowboy chic, has died. She was 92. Helen Cohn died Friday at a hospital near her home in Valencia, her granddaughter, Jamie Nudie Mendoza, said Wednesday. From the 1940s through the 1960s, the now-closed Nudie's in North Hollywood was where singing cowboys, country singers such as Hank Williams and other celebrities went for their sparkly duds.

A gold lame suit for Presley and an outfit embroidered with pills and marijuana leaves for singer Gram Parsons weren't even the gaudiest of Cohn's creations.

Cohn and her husband, Nudie Cohn, were an inseparable business team until his death in 1984. She ran the business for another decade before retiring. She helped her husband sew outfits on a garage pingpong table in the early days and went on to handle the business end of Nudie's for 50 years, her granddaughter said.

"She was the backbone to my grandfather,'' she said. "She ran the store.''

She also was the inspiration for the Nudie's logo, her granddaughter said: a naked cowgirl leaning against a fence, twirling a lasso whose coils spelled out the company name. According to family legend, the logo dates to one evening in the 1940s when she appeared before her husband wearing only a cowboy hat, boots and a holster. The cowgirl on the logo got clothes in the early 1960s, when Nudie Cohn converted to Christianity from Judaism.

Helen Barbara Kruger met her future husband, a Ukrainian immigrant, at her mother's boarding house in Mankato, Minnesota.  They married and moved to New York City, where they opened Nudie's for the Ladies, selling G-strings and other outfits to showgirls and burlesque dancers in the 1930s. They later returned to Minnesota and ran a tailoring and dry-cleaning shop.  In the 1940s, after hitchhiking across the country several times, they settled in North Hollywood and began creating what would become the famous Nudie's suits.


200604 13  AP Wire  /  Ep.Gold.Com.
 

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Elvis - The Echo Will Never Die Australian Release.

The DVD, Casey Kasem's Rock n' Roll Goldmine - Elvis - The Echo Will Never Die will be released in Australia on May 1, 2006. This is the Australian cover.

Synopsis:
This memorable and compelling program tells you the real story behind the legend: from Elvis' early days at Sun Records through serving his country in the U.S. Army, from the Vegas years to his final, tragic end at Graceland.

It examines his record-breaking career, from his 33 feature films, to the history-making television specials, to his incredible 114 top forty songs. Featuring interviews with special guests Tom Jones, B.B. King, Sammy Davis, Jr., Ursula Andress, David Marsh, and more, this program pays homage to the greatest legend in American music and uncovers the many reasons for Elvis' enduring appeal.


2006/04/13 www.elvis.com.au  -  www.elvisnews.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Linda Thompson Joins Elvis Hit Making Team This Weekend.

Tune in this Easter Friday April 14, 2006 to Donn Webb's "Cruisin' 66" Radio Show on KDSK.com for yet another super-cool live interview with singer John Krondes and Elvis Girlfriend Linda Thompson. Memory Lane TV & Radio Talk show host Joe Franklin of "The Joe Franklin Show" will join the Hit Team this week. Many Moons Ago, Joe Franklin had Elvis Presley on his TV Show with Ann Margaret; Joe was also one of the first DJs to play "The End" by John Krondes and The Jordanaires on US Radio. Donn Webb's Worldwide Broadcast will also be joined by Elvis Fan Club Presidents from all around the world. George Twamley, President of The Elvis Fan Club Of Ireland will call in support of the Elvis "Hit Making Team". Other Elvis World leaders Marcus Henfling from Germany and Jenny Dror from Israel will join the "Hit Team" cast Friday. Uptown Horns Saxophonist Arno Hecht who shared the rockin' solo on the new release "Baby I Love You" will join the group as well Friday.

On this special Easter Week show, USA Radio DJ Donn Webb talks about the miracle of the New Spirit Rising. This week as Christ is Risen on the most important Christian holiday, the spirit of Elvis rises as well to new heights along with his beloved "Hit Making Team" with John Krondes. By an unstoppable order from Rock 'n Roll Heaven, the music plays again and The Dream comes to life after 29 years of silence. For the first time since Elvis Presley died, fate has found literally all of the King's "Original" players back in place making new music with singer John Krondes and The Jordanaires. On this 29th Easter A.E. (After Elvis) prayers of music lovers have been answered; this awesome New Day begins with familiar sounding song and a new life for Elvis. Elvis Disciples from all around the world are putting their hands together and joining the Rock 'n Roll Mission of John Krondes and the Elvis "Hit Making Team" in "Keeping The Music Alive".


2006/04/13   PR Web   /  EpGold.Com.
 

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When America Was Rocked DVD.

Here is a promo DVD for the Elvis episode "When America Was Rocked" from the History Channel series "10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America". Ten documentaries by ten award-winning filmmakers, airing 4/9/06 - 4/13/06 . This region 1 DVD was sent as an advance copy for media buyers. There also is a 10 DVD box set that was sent out to the press. The DVDs will not be available in stores until this summer.

SYNOPSIS: In this illuminating DVD set, explore each of the 10 most pivotal days in American history -- the massacre at Mystic, Shay's Rebellion, the gold rush, Antietam, the strike at Andrew Carnegie's mill, the assassination of President McKinley, the scopes trial, the birth of the nuclear age, the birth of rock n' roll, and the Civil Rights movement.

Shipping is only $6.50 within the USA. Serious bidders only! Payment must be made no later than 7 days after auction end or with exceptions at my discretion. Priority or international shipping will be slightly more. If you are an international bidder please email me for shipping costs as they vary by location .

Check out my excellent feedback rating and know you are dealing with a reliable seller.


Synopsis:

The day that Elvis appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show will forever go down in history. That one appearance ignited an ongoing, never-before-seen pop culture explosion revolving around issues of sexuality, race, class and regionality. The world was changing. That much was clear. After weathering the Depression and the war, the parental generation was concerned with stability, safety and security. The teenagers and young adults of that era saw things differently. The world was getting better. But what good was it if you couldn't enjoy it? Elvis stirred up a kind of mania in the parents who hated rock and roll, and the kids who loved it.

THE HISTORY CHANNEL takes an intimate look at the cultural and social evolution of America in the 1950s, and the huge part that music played in that evolution. Elvis stepping on stage that one night was just a moment in time - but it was the spark that fueled a new generation.


2006/04/13  http://music.ebay.com  -  www.elvisnews.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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U.S. Billboard Elvis Chart listings for the week of  April 22, 2006.


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

Hot 100 Singles Sales           - Heartbreak Hotel       - down 2 to #10

New entries and Re-entries on the charts include: none this week.

Dropping off the charts include:  Elvis 30 #1's drops back off the Country Catalog Album.


2006/04/13  www.elvischarts.com  /   EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis Radio/Sirius Satellite 13 To Broadcast Wedding Live from Wedding Chapel at Graceland.


Webcam Photo: Live shot of the Chapel in the Woods front entrance.


For the first time, there will be a live radio broadcast of a wedding ceremony at Graceland's Chapel in the Woods. It happens on Elvis Radio/Sirius Satellite 13 at 4:00 PM ET/3:00 CT on Wednesday, April 19.

The chapel is on the land north of, and connected to, the National Historic Landmark property, Elvis Presley's Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. The betrothed are Elvis Radio fans Christina Ptak of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin and Richard Pawlaczyk of Chicago, Illinois.

Elvis Radio, the world's first and only officially authorized, commercial-free, live, all-Elvis Presley-music radio channel, is only available from SIRIUS Satellite Radio. Elvis Radio broadcasts from its studios located in the Graceland Visitor Center.

Not a subscriber? Find out what you're missing with a free 3-day trial membership at: http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=Channel&cid=1104779639585


2006/04/13   www.elvis.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Three New CD's Released

TIGER MAN - AN ALTERNATE ANTHOLOGY Volume 1 (1-CD SHAKE RECORDS)

SOUNDBOARD
30 TRACKS IN BEST SOUND EVER RELEASED.




IN THE EARLY MORNING RAIN (1-CD TINTIN)

Diverse Takes, See Scan for Tracklisting.



THE KING HAS LANDED. (1-CD)    AUDIENCE
OLYMPIA STADIUM, DETROIT, MICHEGAN, 22-04-1977.8:30 P.M. SHOW

2006/04/13 EPGold.com
 

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3 Great DVD's Released

LIVE MEMORIES 1970 (1-DVD Digipack)
Various 8 mm footage 1970
Running Time 115 Minuten

A PRINCE FROM ANOTHER PLANET (1-DVD Digipack)
Various 8 mm Footage Madison Square Garden 1972
+ Bonus press Conference 09-06-1972
Running Time 66 Minuten

CHAIN REACTION (1-DVD Digipack)
Various 8 mm Footage Las Vegas 1970 - 1971
Running Time 73 Minuten
 

2006/04/13 EPGold.com

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The Dutch TV Show RTL-Boulevard  Interview With Dean Nichopoulos.


The Dutch TV show RTL-Boulevard airs an interview with Dean Nichopoulos on Friday evening.


2006/04/13  E-Mail   /   EpGold.Com.
 

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MORE ON AUDUBON SALE.

1034 Audubon Drive in Memphis, the former home of Elvis Presley, goes on sale Friday via eBay.

This was the first home ever owned by the Presleys, who lived there about one year before buying Graceland.

The home has been appraised at less than £115,000 ($200,000). But due to the historical importance of it's Elvis connection the home is expected to exceed £200,000 ($350,000) by the time the auction ends.

The sale of the Audubon home which has been lovingly re-created to when Elvis and his parents lived there by Mike Freeman is a result of the pending divorce between Mike and Cindy Hazen.

All we can hope for is that who ever buys the home will continue the excellent work of Mike Freeman and carry on the tradition of making the home available for fans to visit when in Memphis.

2006/04/13  www.elvis-express.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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St. Christopher medal worn by Elvis in Jailhouse Rock for sale.


A gold St. Christopher medal worn by Elvis in the filming of Jailhouse Rock is among the many rock memorabilia items being auctioned by Madame
Toussaud's in London next Wednesday, April 19.

The medallion is expected to bring more than $35,000.

2006/04/13   Bill E. Burk -www.elvisinfonet.com  /   EpGold.Com.
 

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CHARITY ELVIS THEME NIGHT.

Elvis fan, Jesse Garon has informed us of an Elvis theme night in aid of Cancerresearch. The night is in memory of Jesse' father who recently passed away after a long battle against the illness.

Entry for the event is free, with donations being asked from fans through the night.

The event will take place on:
Friday 16th June 2006
Batley Central Club
Bradford road
Batley
West yorkshire

The theme night starts at 7.30p.

Guests are welcome to turn up in fancy dress i.e.: 50s 60s gear but this is optional.

Anyone wanting more info can contact Jesse Garon at bonnieandclyde_209@hotmail.com or call 07784418982


2006/04/13  www.elvis-express.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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A Thunder In The Night Out Now.

The latest CD from the S&R label is out now. '' Thunder In The Night '' is the title of this new CD  released by S&R Records label that gave the Elvis
fans CDs such as  " TRYING TO GET TO MEMPHIS ", " NOT TOO SWEET " and " SETTING THE STANDARD ". Their fourth release will feature previously unreleased audience recording of Elvis concert in Lake Tahoe, August 01, 1971 Midnight.

This show - although not new to die hard tape collectors - have been not available in this quality before. The sound was professionally restored. It is one of best shows of the year 1971 too - a great performance with Elvis in exceptionally good mood and voice. The highlight of the concert is rarely performed gospel " I John ". The CD contains de deluxe 8 page full color booklet with many photos in a very professional layout.
Tracks:

01.That's All Right, Mama 1.59 - 02.Proud Mary 3.05 - 03.Jailhouse Rock 1.49 - 04. All Shook Up (only part) 05.Love Me Tender 2.35 - 06.You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 2.01 - 07.You've Lost The Loving Feeling 4.15 - 08. Polk Salad Annie 4.00 - 09. If I can Dream (exc/inst.intermezzo) 0.41 - 10.Johnny B.Goode 1.38 - 11. Love Me 1.36 - 12. Blue Suede Shoes/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' on (medley) 1.33 - 13. Heartbreak Hotel (1.32) - 14. One Night ( inc.) 1.11 - 15. Hound Dog (false start) 1.27 - 16. Hound Dog 1.06 - 17. Suspicious Minds 5.07 - 18. Band Introduction 3.06 - 19. I'm leaving 3.15 - 20. The Impossible Dream 3.07 - 21. Lawdy Miss Clawdy 1.21 - 22. I Can't Stop Loving You 3.07 - 23. Bridge Over Troubled Water (4.16) - 25. I John (2.06) - 26. Can't Help Falling in Love.


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Elvis The Concert in Europe.

A few informed websites have published the 'news' that the video show "Elvis The Concert" won't return to Europe.

Well, on the contrary. After a tour in the Far East (first show on October 4th), the crew takes a break of a few months. After that, the super show most likely returns to Europe.

The schedule for October is almost set, but we'll leave it to the persons in charge to announce the details.


2006/04/13  www.elvismatters.be  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Special 1977 Pic of Dean and Elvis.

To make the visit of Dean Nichopoulos to the Netherlands (April 14th) and Belgium (April 15th) even more memorable, Dean brings with him a special, never before published color picture of him and Elvis, taken at the end of a concert in 1977 with Dean being stand-by as bodyguard. Needless to say that Dean will sign these pictures personally for you.

Tickets for this special event in Veldhoven are 5 euro only. The day after, Dean visits the Belgian Elvis shop.


2006/04/13  www.elvismatters.be  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Iconic Musicians Gather For Hall Of Fame Press Conference.

A collection of men who shaped the history of country, rock, pop and R&B music smiled for photos and told stories this afternoon at a press conference announcing the June opening of the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville.

There was rock 'n' roll's first instrumental star, Duane Eddy, talking with James Burton, the guitar master who came up with the Suzie Q lick for Dale Hawkins and who was a part of Elvis Presley's band.

Also there were Scotty Moore, whose guitar work with Elvis Presley provided a foundation for what is now known as rock 'n' roll. They joined Motown bass man Bob Babbitt, along with Nashville bass legend Bob Moore, Music City piano player Pig Robbins, Muscle Shoals guitar hero Reggie Young and a roomful of others.

To musicians, those names are iconic. The Musicians Hall of Fame, spearheaded by musician and guitar store owner Joe Chambers, seeks to ensure that those who created the soundscape for popular music are held in the same esteem as artists who sang the songs. The new Hall is located in a converted warehouse at 301 6th Ave. S., and the 30,000-square-foot building will house memorabilia, a recording studio, a non-profit school of music and, in 2006, a 350-seat performance hall.

Chambers expects to induct a large class of Hall of Famers this summer, and he said additional members of the Hall will be voted on by musicians. Players from all forms of popular music will be honored.

"Now you can really call this Music City," said Babbitt, while Eddy - himself a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - said a musicians' Hall of Fame was long overdue.

Fellow Rock Hall member Burton looked around the room and said, "It'll be good for the artists, for all of the musicians and for the world."


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No Belgian Elvis stamp.

Ever since 2003, ElvisMatters is busy trying to get Elvis a Belgian stamp.

But this time too, they got a 'no' from the Belgian Post Service.2007 seemed to be an ideal year, but general director Frank Daniëls has just confirmed that Elvis is no longer in the running.


2006/04/13  www.elvismatters.be  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Fun-Filled Night.

The picture shows Jack Clement and the legendary bass player Bob Moore.

It was a fun-filled night at the movies. Especially the first part, when "Cowboy Jack's Home Movies (Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan)"showed as the first flick in a double feature at the Gem Theatre in Heber Springs.

Sunday night at the Gem, anyone who loves music and has any sense of the history of country and rock 'n' roll music was thrilled to see archival clips from Cowboy Jack Clement's home videos. Since his recording studio was in his home and scores (or it seemed like it) of famous or to-become-famous performers recorded there, this movie is a treasure bin of musical history.

We're talking people like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Charley Pride, Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, Roy Orbison, Chet Atkins, Kris Kristofferson, U2, Louis Armstrong, Paul McCartney, Townes Van Zandt, Eddy Arnold, George Jones, Charlie Rich, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Bono, John Prine and other famous personalities.

"This is an amazing film," Bob Pest, who organizes the Ozark Foothills FilmFest with his wife Judy, said before the documentary opened. "Jack Clement made home movies of everyone he worked with. This is the kind of film you'll see only at a filmfest."

"Cowboy Jack's Home Movies" won two first place awards - the audience award for best documentary and the director's award - when it was introduced at the 2005 Nashville (Tenn.) Film Festival.

It's no wonder. Clement is not only a songwriter of powerful impact, but also was often at the controls of Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Studio in the early and mid-1950s when the small studio jolted the world with the music of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and a number of other performers who earned Sun the "cradle of rock 'n' roll" label and Memphis "the birthplace of rock 'n' roll" slogan.

In other words, Clement's status as a legendary musical genius was secure if he had left the business in 1957. But he didn't stop there - for several additional decades, Clement has been writing songs and producing albums and CDs for a wide variety of performers.

Clement's love of creation and being an off the wall personality is evident in the prize-winning documentary. Clement says he long ago recognized that a recording studio was the worst place in the world to make a record. Thus, he put studio equipment in his home, where performers could be relaxed before cutting a musical track.

Someone in the film said of Clement, "When a parade is going on in a straight line, he just can't stand it. He has to do something" to get it out of line. Another said, "Cowboy Jack has tried to live every song he's ever written."

Clement said artists and directors can sometimes get away with faking something. "There's a difference between fake and phony," he said. "Don't be phony. Fake, that's show business."

Clement highly approved of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings creation of country music's "outlaw' movement several years ago. "Country music was trying to get too vanilla," he said. "It was time for something crazy, something with pizzazz.

"I didn't change a bit," he said. "I was already an outlaw, and hope I still
am."

A part of the film contained scenes from Newport, just down the road in Jackson County, where Cement spent parts of each summer with his grandparents. Those scenes were probably videotaped the same day a professional film crew taped Clement, Sonny Burgess, Billy Lee Riley, Jimmy Van Eaton, Ace Cannon and others from the Sun era that evening at Bob King's King of Clubs at Swifton. Clement said he had visited the empty house that day.

A DVD that includes those performances shows me in the audience, smiling and clapping.

That night, Clement talked about the house in Newport where he spent those summer days and, on sweltering evenings, listened to crickets chirp and to little girls down the street singing "You Are My Sunshine." Those memories wound up in the Clement-penned "Air Conditioner Song," which Bobby Bare sings on Bare's 1967 "A Bird Named Yesterday" album. (I believe that album was reissued in 1992.)

"I've written several songs that probably got their conception here in Newport," Clement says in the documentary, including "I've Got a Thing About Trains" (also on the 'Bird Named Yesterday" album).

Clement said when he was a kid, he hated the 100-mile train ride to Newport from his home south of Memphis, but grew to appreciate trains and what they did for the country.

Some of Clement's most enduring songs were recorded by Cash, including  "Ballad of a Teenage Queen," "Guess Things Happen That Way," 'The One on the Right is the One on the Left" and "Dirty Ole Egg-sucking Dog."

Other notable Clement songs include "Miller's Cave," 'Girl I Used To Know," 'Everybody Loves a Nut" and others.

"We're in a fun business," Clement said. "If we're not having fun, we're not doing our jobs."

Watching this documentary is FUN.

And how many performers can claim Elvis opened for them? According to cowboyjackclement.com, very early in Elvis Presley's career, Elvis opened once for Clement at the Memphis club The Eagle's Nest.


2006/04/12  www.elvisunlimited.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis Presley - ELVIS FOR YOU - DEMO LP - RAREST UK POSSIBLY THE RAREST ELVIS PRESLEY RECORD ON THE PLANET?


By this time you should have read the information we have shown that appeared in the 'Elvis Monthly' Magazines.

No.6 June 1964 / No.9 September 1964 / No.4 April 1965

I first met Albert Hand (and my first wife come to that) when I went to the Elvis Convention in Brussels in 1966 (pictures of us at the Convention appear in Elvis Monthly No.80 Sep 1966 & a fan letter from me regarding the Convention in Elvis Monthly No.82 Oct 1966)

This is the Original RD 7586 (P2PP 8412 1B) ELVIS FOR YOU 10 Track Album  that was scheduled for Issue early in 1965

AS YOU KNOW THIS WAS NEVER ISSUED

In the September of 1965 we got instead RD7723 FLAMING STAR & SUMMER KISSES with the 2 added tracks Are You Lonesome Tonight & It's Now Or Never

The P2PP 8412 1B Number is Stamped in the Run Off Grooves on Both Sides.

Disc Is M- & Comes With In ORIGINAL Factory Inner Sleeve With The SAMPLER Sticker Still Attached

For more information :
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Elvis-Presley-ELVIS-FOR-YOU-DEMO-LP-RAREST-UK_W0QQitemZ4864062973QQcategoryZ86969QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


2006/04/12  Ebay  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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ELVIS PRESLEY - SUNSHINE   PICTURE LP  ITALY

LP has 21 Tracks from the Sun days, including outtakes.

PICTURE LP -  15.00 EUR.


For More Information: http://www.cometrecords.com/product_info.php?products_id=556


2006/04/12  www.cometrecords.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Follow That Dream European Release.


Various video-dvd magazines announeced the  DVD of Follow That Dream, soon released by Warner Home Video in most of the European countries.

Region 2.

2006/04/11 Various  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Ernst Jorgensen Has Elvis' Final Hayride Performance!!!

On various Elvis - sites, messageboards, there are rumours if the FTD has the final Hayride Performance with a question mark?

We asked Andylon Lensen if she had some information on this issue and confirmed the following;

Yes, indeed Ernst mentioned this to me 2 months ago;  he did acquired an complete audio recording of Elvis' last performance on the Louisiana Hayride from December 15, 1956 in a reasonable sound quality. He also told me this complete show is round about 20-25 minutes in a total.

Ernst also confirmed this show was first planned for the release of the Cd  Presley by the Presley's, but because of problems getting the deal done with Joe Kent on some publishing or copyrights if I remember well,  the deal were finalized later on and now will be released on a new project.

Photo: Joe kent.

Only a few songs were released years ago on a vinyl bootleg in a bad, bad sound.

Elvis' last performance on the Louisiana Hayride from December 15, 1956: Heartbreak Hotel / Long Tall Sally / I Was The One / Love Me Tender / Don't Be Cruel / Love Me / I Got A Woman / When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / Paralyzed / Hound Dog.


2006/04/11  Andylon Lensen -  Ernst Jorgensen  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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CKX Partners with Muhammad Ali.

Sillerman wilder than a G.O.A.T.

Company Acquires 80% Interest in Name, Image, Likeness, Trademarks and Existing Licensing Agreements of the "Greatest of All Time" NEW YORK, Apr 11, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CKX, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKXE), announced today that it has acquired an 80% interest in the name and likeness of Muhammad Ali, widely recognized as the greatest athlete of the 20th century and goodwill ambassador to the world. The transaction includes the rights to the name, image and likeness of Mr. Ali, certain trademarks owned by Mr. Ali and his affiliates and the rights to all existing Ali license agreements. Mr. Ali, through affiliates, will retain a 20% interest in the business, which will be operated through a newly formed company named G.O.A.T. LLC. G.O.A.T., which stands for "Greatest of All Time," is a trademark of G.O.A.T. LLC and the name by which Mr. Ali is recognized globally.

This transaction is a continuation of CKX's mission to partner with iconic content and to use its resources to preserve, protect and grow this content. Mr. Ali, together with his wife, Lonnie Ali, is expected to actively work with CKX to continue to promote his cultural and philosophical legacy throughout the world.

For more detailed information about this transaction see our Current Report on Form 8-K, which may be obtained at the Company's website at www.ckx.com or at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov.

Commenting on the transaction, Mr. Sillerman said, "Muhammad Ali is truly the Greatest of All Time. Very few individuals have so dedicated their focus to promoting social well-being on a global basis. While we all recognize that Muhammad Ali is one of the greatest athletes of all time, his achievements outside of the boxing ring are certainly as great as his ascent to three-time world heavyweight champion. We are so pleased that we will be working together with Muhammad Ali and Lonnie Ali to ensure that his message continues its global reach."

Mr. Ali added, "This relationship with CKX will help guarantee that, for generations to come, people of all nations will understand my beliefs and my purpose. I am honored to be able to partner with CKX as they continue to grow."

Mr. Ali's wife, Lonnie Ali stated, "We are so pleased to be working with Bob Sillerman and his team at CKX. They have proven once again that they can protect and respect the integrity of art and artists while simultaneously using their resources to build for the future. We look forward to many successful years ahead."

The Company funded this acquisition of the business with cash on hand. The Company simultaneously announced that it had agreed in principle with a consortium of banks to increase and amend its existing $50 million financing commitment to a $125 million revolving credit facility. The new facility is the first step in creating a more permanent capital structure and will be used to fund working capital needs and to pursue additional acquisitions.


2006/04/11  http://ir.ckx.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Interview with Bruce Sinofsky about Elvis Presley.

"When America Was Rocked," by Emmy-winning filmmaker Bruce Sinofsky, will air tonight, Tuesday, April 11 at 9/8c on The History Channel and features the day Elvis appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and changed the face of entertainment forever.

In looking forward to tonight's episode, we asked Bruce Sinofsky a few questions we thought Elvis fans would find interesting.

Q. Are you a fan of Elvis?

A. I have always been a fan of Elvis....... even before my love affair with the Beatles.

Q. What do you think the impact of Elvis's performance was?

A. The impact of Elvis' performance in many ways legitimized Rock and Roll with main stream America. Ed Sullivan gave him a stamp of approval which went a long way in taking away any negative stigma his music had at that point.

Q. What do you think Elvis would be doing if he were alive today?

A. If Elvis was still around today I would hope he would be rockin' our brains out. Once that music is in your blood it never leaves you. He might also sing a little gospel on Sundays.

Q. What impressions about Elvis did you have that changed as a result of doing the episode?

A. I didn't realize how much Elvis and America changed together at the same time. Elvis mirrored the growth America was going through and vice versa.

Q. Why is Elvis still so relevant in culture so many years after histelevision debut?

A. His relevance will never die - rebels always stay fresh. He made it possible for America's youth to take off the post war shackles.

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America is an expansive, 10-part television event produced and directed by Oscar and Emmy award winning filmmakers.

And you can be certain no look at days that unexpectedly changed America would be complete without an episode featuring Elvis.

The History Channel world premiere 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America debuted on April 9th and will continue until April 13th at 9pm/8c.

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America is an exciting and thought-provoking series of films that renews a sense of understanding of and appreciation for the history of our great nation.

In support of these special presentations, The History Channel introduces the 10 Ways to See America Sweepstakes that includes some incredible Elvis-themed prizes. 10 winners plus a guest will have the opportunity to take a 7-day/6-night trip to a place that unexpectedly changed America. Each winner will have their choice of a custom themed trip package to a location in America related to one of the 10 days. Of course one of those choices is a trip to Graceland.

ShopElvis.com has set up a special page where you can see and order the items included in the prize packs.

WATCH 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America April 9th - 13th at 9pm/8c. Only on The History Channel. Expect the Unexpected.


2006/04/11  EPE  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Sirius '68 Comeback interview extravaganza.


Sirius has been running a barrage of interviews tied to a celebration of the '68 Comeback Special: Steve Binder, D.J. Fontana, Bones Howe, writers Chris Beard and Alan Blye, Ernst Jorgensen, Schilling and Esposito -- and more.


Taken together these interviews represent the greatest argument yet for Elvis fans to subscribe to Sirius for Elvis Radio:
http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServerpagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=Page&cid=1018209032790


2006/04/11  elvissessions.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis A. Presley Junior High School.


Michael Bates, Principle of Humes Middle School announced that in August of this year the school will be renamed Elvis A. Presley Junior High School.

Plans to re-renovate the school are in the works as well.

Michael Bates was one of the speakers at the Elvis President's Fan Club Brunch during Birthday Week 2006.


2006/04/10  Freda Robison  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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First Publicity For Dean.

The Dutch press seems to have found out about the visit of Dean Nichopoulos. The news paper clipping ) is from a local paper, called "De Ahrenberger".


The interview with Dean on Friday evening promises to be a unique and very interesting experience. Not only was he Elvis Presley's bodyguard, he stayed with the King until the very last day, even though the other Maffia members had turned their backs.

Further more, but not too many people know that, is Dean's name on the Eternal Flame at Graceland, at the Meditation Garden. Vernon Presley and Joe Esposito decided that Dean, as one of Elvis's last good friends, deserved a spot on that 'eternal monument'.

The evening with Dean on Friday April 14th takes place in Veldhoven (Partycenter Merlijn) and starts at 8 pm. On Saturday April 15th, in between 2 and 4 pm, Dean is a guest at the ElvisMatters Shop in Turnhout.


2006/04/10   www.elvismatters.be  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis Could Handle The Pressure' Says Priscilla.

Priscilla Presley believes the pressures of fame are part of being talented and 'The King' was only too aware of them.

She said: "The pressures are always there, you don't start out being a victim of fame, you start out with your talent and your passion. You don't really think about the consequences or being catapulted to such a high level."

She added she is honoured that the home she shared with 'Elvis is to be made a national monument. Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, a site of pilgrimage for thousands of Elvis Presley fans the world over, is to receive the prestigious accolade this year.

She said: It's quite an honour, it is the highest honour the national parks in our country gives to a home. It is an honour for Elvis as well as this is his beloved Graceland."

Priscilla was in London to launch her range of bed linen available at Harrods, which she also believes The King would have approved of. She said: "Well he was a perfectionist so he would definitely have liked what we have done."


2006/04/09  itv.com  /  EpGold.Com
 

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Jerry Scheff musical memories biograph.


Jerry Scheff has revealed in an interview that he is working on his musical memoires.

A few chapters are spent to his times with Elvis. Jerry, who is living in Scotland now, signed a contract with a London based literary agent.

This information is from an interview that Jerry did with Elvis Collectors Brasil, you can find the full interview at their site.


2006/04/09  www.elvisbrasil.com  -  www.elvisnews.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Gene Pitney Wasn't A Big Elvis Fan.

In a 1993 interview for Goldmine magazine, Gene Pitney, who sadly died this week, said:

"I give Jimmy Webb all the credit for what he's done and all the success he's had, but it's just like - I remember the day that I was out cutting the grass and someone said Australia was on the telephone. I came in, I huffed and puffed up to the phone, and it was a guy that I knew very well, calling from Melbourne, Australia, and he said, "What did you think of Elvis?"

I thought, what a strange thing for a man to ask, calling me from Australia in the middle of the afternoon. And I said, "Y'know, I was never really that impressed. I was not a great Elvis fan."

Then all of a sudden he stopped me and he said, "Do you know what's happened?" And I said, "Well, I've been out cutting the grass for about three hours. No, to be honest with you." He said, "Elvis has died."

[Both] Jimmy Webb's songs, and Elvis as a performer never had the depth of the people that I liked. I like a lot of people who were obscure. [Original Drifters singer] Clyde McPhatter was one of my favorites, just a unique individual, in his own pattern, not following after anyone else".


2006/04/08   National Review Online  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Jet engine from the Lisa-Marie on ebay.

With a starting price of only US $175,000 (reserve not met), this must be the perfect talking piece for anyone's lounge room! The listing says:

"THIS IS ONE OF FOUR GENERAL ELECTRIC CJ 805-3A JET ENGINES THAT WAS REMOVED FROM ELVIS PRESLEY'S  AIRPLANE, THE "LISA MARIE",  A CONVAIR 880-22. THE ORIGINAL TAIL ID NUMBER WAS  N8809E.   WHEN MR.  PRESLEY ACQUIRED THE AIRCRAFT, THE TAIL ID  NUMBER WAS CHANGED TO N880EP ON 05/02/75.


THIS ENGINE WAS ON THE "LISA MARIE" THROUGHOUT MR. PRESLEY'S OWNERSHIP.  THE PAPER TRAIL WILL  SHOW THIS. FOR SOME TIME, THE AIRCRAFT SET ON THE TARMAC AT THE MEMPHIS  AIRPORT AND WAS EVENTUALLY SOLD FOR TAXES.  A HOLDING COMPANY PURCHASED I T AND LEASED IT TO GRACELAND WHERE IT IS ON DISPLAY TODAY WITH THE ENGINES REMOVED. ONE ENGINE WAS DONATED TO A MEMPHIS AVIATION TECH SCHOOL.  ONE ENGINE IS ON DISPLAY AT GRACELAND AND THE OTHER TWO ARE IN THE MOJAVE DESERT.   AROUND 1995  A DALLAS AVIATION TECH SCHOOL, DALFORT TRAINING TECH SCHOOL, OPERATED BY B. E. EUBANKS TRADED A CONTINENTAL TO520 ENGINE TO THE MEMPHIS TECH SCHOOL FOR THE GE CJ 805-3A.   AN ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE BUSINESS SECTION OF THE SHERMAN DEMOCRAT, SHERMAN,TEXAS ON 06/17/96.

IN 2002, THE TECH SCHOOL WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND MR. EUBANKS SOLD THE ENGINE TO ME.  I HAVE TOYED WITH THE IDEA OF SELLING PARTS OFF THE ENGINE FOR SOUVENIRS BUT DUE TO NUMEROUS HEALTH PROBLEMS, I FEEL IT IS TIME TO SELL IT. THE ENGINE IS IN A CLIMATE CONTROL ENVIRONMENT.

I HAVE FULL DOCUMENTATION TO VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS ARTIFACT


2006/04/08  www.elvisinfonet.com  /   EpGold.Com.
 

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The Elvis International Shop Netherlands.

OPEN: Friday 18:00-21:00 Saturday & Sunday  1300. PM - 1800 PM.

The Elvis International Shop"  Netherlands.
Sionstraat 12
1947 J.T. Beverwijk
The Netherlands.

For more  Information you are able to call :

TUESDAY  TILL  SUNDAY  1300. PM  -  1800 PM.
06 47 87 25 78
Other Countrys Dial  : 00 - 31 - 6  47 87 25 78.


2006/04/07    The Elvis International Shop  Netherlands  /  Ep.Gold.Com.
 

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Import CD Elvis Meets Presley.


By Special Request.

Coming Soon Re-Release Import CD Elvis Meets Presley.

Memphis Tennessee (Jungle version, alt. take) / In your arms (# 2) / Forget me never (# 7 solo) / It's a sin (# 2) / There's always me (#5,6,7,8,9)Put the blame on me (# 1,2) / Long lonely highway (# 1) / I'm coming home (# 6,7) / Fever (# 2,3) / In my way (alt. take, solo) / Gently (# 5)Slowly but surely (# 2,3,4,1) / You're the reason... (live, March 22, 1975) / Don't cry daddy (duet Elvis and Charlie Hodge, acetate, Feb 16, 1970)Green green grass of home (live, March 22, 1975) / Medley; When my blue moon..- Blue Christmas- I got a woman- Amen (Live, June 29, 1974)Introduction by Priscilla (August 16, 1997) / Don't cry daddy (duet Elvis & Lisa Marie, August 16, 1997) / Closing announcement by Lisa Marie (August 16, 1997)

This CD features the Elvis and Lisa Marie duet "Don't cry daddy" from the Midsouth Coliseum, Memphis, August 16, 1997.

A superb loose jungle version of Memphis Tennessee. Also a highlight on this cd is the single version of "Long lonely highway" and now in superb stereo, the same goes for all the studio takes.

Sound rate ****


2006/04/07  E-Mail  /  EpGold.Com
 

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Singer-songwriter, Mac Davis, honored.

The writer of 'A Little Less Conversation' and 'In The Ghetto' will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 36th annual induction and awards dinner this June in New York City.

One of the popular pop singers of the '70s and country singers of the '80s, Mac Davis has also been a wildly successful songwriter, beginning with successful recordings by Glen Campbell, Bobby Goldsboro, Lou Rawls, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition in the mid-'60s.

In 1968, Elvis Presley recorded Davis' propulsive, sly "A Little Less Conversation," now the theme song for the television hit Las Vegas. After notching a minor hit with Davis's "Memories," Presley solidified his comeback with the songwriter's topical classic "In the Ghetto" in 1969.

In 1972, Davis scored a Number One hit of his own with "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me," which also hit the country charts.

His crossover success continued throughout the decade, with singles like "Stop and Smell the Roses," "Burnin' Thing," and "Forever Lovers."

Davis's success continued in the early-'80s: "It's Hard to Be Humble," the title track of his 1980 album, was the first of four consecutive Top Ten country hits that culminated with his biggest country single, "Hooked on Music."


2006/04/07   Charmaine Voisine -  www.elvisinfonet.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Kevin Max Is Latest Celebrity Visitor To Graceland.

Kevin Max, formerly of the band dcTalk, and his new band recently visited Graceland while on tour promoting their highly anticipated album titled The Imposter.

He and guitarist Erick Cole also visited the Sirius satellite booth at Graceland to talk about Elvis's tremendous influence on their careers.

2006/04/06  EPE  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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U.S. Billboard Elvis Chart listings for the week of April 15, 2006.

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


Top Country Catalog Albums  - Elvis 30 #1 Hits     - re-enters at #24 (re, sg)
Hot 100 Singles Sales           - Heartbreak Hotel    - remains at #8

New entries and Re-entries on the charts include:- Elvis 30 #1's re-enters the Country Catalog Album chart at #.

Dropping off the charts include: - none this week.


2006/04/06  www.elvischarts.com  /   EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis Radio/Sirius 13 Programming Update.


This weekend, April 7-9, the Elvis Live in Concert series on Elvis Radio/Sirius Satellite 13 will feature Tiger Man, music from Elvis's 1968 television special.

Not a Sirius subscriber? Get a FREE 3-day membership to listen to Elvis Radio online.And see a detailed schedule of Elvis Radio programming.

Click Here: http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServerpagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=Channel&cid=1104779639585

2006/04/06  www.sirius.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Priscilla Unsure Of Dallas Remake.

Photo: "This is a whole new generation and I don't know if they will appreciate it as much as our generation" - Priscilla Presley on the remake of Dallas. Dallas star Priscilla Presley has revealed she is not keen on the idea of bringing the TV soap opera to the big screen.

The former wife of Elvis said it would be hard to beat the original 1980's series and that she is very reluctant to get involved.

It is believed numerous Hollywood A listers are battling it out to win a part in the big money remake of Dallas, with stars such as John Travolta, Jennifer Lopez and Lindsay Lohan all being linked to the flick.

Priscilla said she would study the script long and hard before committing to anything but admitted she was pretty certain she would not sign up.

She said: "I'm very reluctant about it because I don't know how it can get better than what we had.

"This is a whole new generation and I don't know if they will appreciate it as much as our generation." Priscilla, who is currently in London promoting her new luxury range of bed linen, also commented on her marriage to the King of rock 'n' roll.

She revealed: "Elvis was who he was - he was an icon even at that time, when he was alive, and he's a legend today. "We cared very much about each other, even after we divorced."


2006/04/06  www.itv.com /  EpGold.Com.
 

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New Release Orion Reborn - The New CD Is Now Available!!

This is the original LP "Orion Reborn" now on CD for the first time from Sun Records.  It has the  beautiful yellow Sun label and artwork. This one is a real collecror's item!!

All 10 tracks from the original LP are included:  Honey, Lover Please, Got You On My Mind, Mona Lisa, Before The Next Teardrop Falls, Ebony Eyes, Washing Machine, Baby I Still Love You, You Can Have Her, and Lonesome Angel

For More Information go to  : http://orionjimmyellis.com/pages/6/index.htm


2006/04/06  Andylon Lensen  -  orionjimmyellis.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Last Train to Memphis - Elvis Presley - Sein Aufstieg 1935-1958 by Peter Guralnick.

The German version of Last Train to Memphis was released in February. Info: Bosworth Musikverlag, paperback, 641 pages, ISBN 3865430961.


2006/04/06   Elvis Presley A Life In Books  - www.elvisinfonet.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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The King. Elvis Leeft! by Rich Koslowski.

The Dutch version of "Elvis The King" by Rich Koslowski wil be released in May 2006.


2006/04/06   Elvis Presley A Life In Books  - www.elvisinfonet.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis Lectures In Texas.

Steve Davis will discuss "Elvis in East Texas" during the fifth of six lectures in the Texas Music Culture lecture series at Texas A&M University at Galveston. Elvis Presley started his music career playing at venues in East Texas from the Reo Palm Isle in Longview to Driller Park in Kilgore.

Davis said one of the most serendipitous moments in rock 'n' roll took place in July 1954 when the 19-year-old Presley was working full-time as a truck driver for Crown Electric and got his break into music with his rendition of "That's All Right Mama."

Davis is the social science chair in the history department of Kingwood College. He lectures widely about how Presley developed his approach to music while playing at clubs and saloons throughout East Texas.

This program is sponsored by Texas A&M University at Galveston and made possible in part by grants from the Summerlee Foundation, the Galveston Historical Foundation and the Friends of the Rosenberg Library.

WHAT: "Elvis in East Texas," a lecture by Steve Davis...WHEN: 7 p.m. 5 April....WHERE: Rosenberg Library, 2310 Sealy Ave., Galveston.


2006/04/06 The Galveston County Daily News  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Charmed Star For Elvis Related Movie.

Photo: Brian Krause.

Former "Charmed" star Brian Krause is going from McGowan to Memphis.

According to TV Guide, the actor will join media-fave Tom Sizemore ("Natural Born Killers, "Heat") for a new film called "The Headhunter".

"He'll play Elvis Presley's longtime friend and bodyguard. Tom Sizemore is his costar, so that should be a fun shoot." Indeed.

Various other sites have pegged John Bennett Perry (Yeah, Matt's dad), Max Perlich (Whistler on "Angel"), Peter Dobson ("The Poseidon Adventure") and Mark Rolston ("Profiler") for supporting roles.


2006/04/05   online.tvguide.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Graceland confirms Elvis had cosmetic surgery.


"Dear Ramiro Sanchez, Yes, Elvis did have cosmetic surgery twice. He had his nose done in 1957 and he had his eyes done in June 1975.

As a teen he also had severe acne and he was able to clear that up as most of us do with maturity and skin preparations. And yes, the interview clip you sent was correct.

Archives Staff"


2006/04/05  Ramiro Sanchez  -   EPE  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Don't Cry Daddy (Rehearsal, August 4th, 1970)

2006/04/05 Robin Klarenbeek / EPGold.com

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Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Gay scene with Charlie Hodge, June 18th, 1977)

2006/04/05 Robin Klarenbeek / EPGold.com

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Picture Of The Week 78

2006/04/05 Robin Klarenbeek / EPGold.com

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New Import CD's  In The Early Morning Rain & The King Has Landed.

No indications if these are out now or soon to be released. The first one is titled '' In The Early Morning Rain '' on the TinTin label.

Elvis- In The Early Morning Rain Track listing :

Let Me ( Overdubbed version ) ; Heartbreak Hotel ( Live at the Maple Leaf Garden, Toronto April 2, 1957 ) ; I Was The One ( Live at the Empire Stadium, Vancouver August 31, 1957 ) ; That's When Your Heartaches Begin ( Live at the Empire Stadium, Vancouver August 31, 1957 ) ; I Gotta Know ( Alternate version ) ; Today, Tomorrow And Forever ( Instrumental ) ; Fort Lauderdale Chamber Of Commerce ( Instrumental version # 1 ) ; Fort Lauderdale Chamber Of Commerce ( Instrumental version # 2 ) ; Charro ( Alternate undubbed take ) ; Don't Cry Daddy ( Harmony vocal overdub ) ; From A Jack To A King ( Alternate version ) ; Mama Liked The Roses ( Harmony vocal overdub ) ; Early Morning Rain ( Unbubbed ) ; Miracle Of The Rosary ( Alternate take ) ; He Touched Me ( Alternate take ) ; Burning Love ( Alternate take )

Note:
Keith Flynn warns: "This looks like another Bootleg continuing the trend of Ripping Off MP3 samples from web sites, and putting them out on CD!




The second is entitled '' The King Has Landed ''

Label unknown  - tracking list and audience or sounboard is not mentioned.

It features the April 22nd, 1977 show in Detroit, MI.
 

Possible Content:

2001 Theme - See See Rider - I Got A Woman - Amen - That's All Right - Are You Lonesome Tonight - Blue Christmas (1 fs) - Love Me - If You Love Me - Jailhouse Rock - O Sole Mio - It's Now Or Never - Little Sister - Teddy Bear - Don't Be Cruel - Fever - My Way - Early Morning Rain (John Wilkinson) - What'd I Say (James Burton) - Johnny B. Goode (James Burton) - Ronnie Tutt Drum Solo - Jerry Scheff Bass Solo - Tony Brown Piano Solo - Bobby Ogdin Solo - Marty Harrell And Orchestra Solo - Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll - Hurt (+ Reprise) - Hound Dog - Can't Help Falling In Love - Closing Vamp


2006/04/04  E-Mail  /  Ep.Gold.Com.
 

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SONY/BMG added 25 Elvis titles to the new Mid-Price series.


The mid-price Elvis catalog now is:

Elvis Presley - 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be (CD) / Elvis Presley - Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite (CD) / Elvis Presley - Artist Of The Century (3-CD) / Elvis Presley - Best Of Artist Of The Century (CD) / Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (CD) / Elvis Presley - Elvis (CD) / Elvis Presley - Elvis (CD) / Elvis Presley - Elvis - That's The Way It Is (CD) / Elvis Presley - Elvis - The King Of Rock 'N' R (5-CD) / Elvis Presley - Elvis In Person (CD) / Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (CD) / Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (CD) / Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley / Elvis (2-CD) / Elvis Presley - Elvis' Gold Records -Volume 4 (CD) / Elvis Presley - Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 5 (CD) / Elvis Presley - Elvis' Golden Records (CD) / Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis (CD) / Elvis Presley - From Nashville To Memphis - Th (5-CD) / Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (CD) / Elvis Presley - Great Performances (CD)
Elvis Presley - His Hand In Mine (CD) / Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art (CD) / Elvis Presley - I'm 10,000 Years Old (CD) / Elvis Presley - Loving You (CD) / Elvis Presley - Madison Square Garden (CD) / Elvis Presley - Moody Blue (CD) / Elvis Presley - NBC - TV Special (CD) / Elvis Presley - NBC - TV-Special (CD) / Elvis Presley - On Stage (CD) / Elvis Presley - Promised Land (CD) / Elvis Presley - Something For Everybody (CD) / Elvis Presley - Such A Night - Essential Elvis (CD) / Elvis Presley - The Artist Collection (CD) / Elvis Presley - The Home Recordings (CD) / Elvis Presley - White Christmas (CD)


Normal Price E 9.99 and  Media Marke offers them for  Euro  5.99 -  Euro  6.99.


2006/04/04  Vincent-The-Falcon - www.elvisclub.de  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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"Elvis Cinema & Popular Culture"

Elvis Cinema & Popular Culture Delayed The release of the upcoming Elvis book "Elvis Cinema & Popular Culture" by Douglas Brode, has been delayed three months until 30 June 2006.


Synopsis:

Though Elvis Presley's music is widely credited as starting a sea change in American popular culture, his films are often dismissed as base marketing vehicles, commercially successful but insignificant. Beyond the formulaic plotlines and increasing reliance on weak songs, however, the films-and Elvis-serve as profound cultural touchstones, revealing changing American aesthetics more than a changing Elvis. Elvis's rebel image in 1956, as a guitar-swinging incarnation of Brando or Dean, had by 1969's Change of Habit become safe and sterile.

The book "Elvis Cinema And Popular Culture" demonstrates how Elvis, through his films, reflected a shifting social, cultural and political landscape in
America. Encompassing all 31 movies and two 1970s documentaries, it provides a film-by-film study of Elvis Presley and America, and argues that each film reflects the society for which it was made. Throughout his career, most of Elvis's characters combined rebellion with wholesome, traditional ideals, but the public's perspective changed, and what was considered radical in 1954 was called reactionary by 1970. Studied sequentially, his films reflect those cyclical ideals, and unconsciously portray America's process of renewal and redefinition of self.


2006/04/04  www.elvisinfonet.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis Would Have Loved The Tourists Says Priscilla.

Ex-wife Priscilla has endorsed the designation of the singer's former home, Graceland, as a US National Historic Landmark, because he would have loved the attention.

The rock 'n' roll legend's Memphis, Tennessee mansion was awarded the status last week (27MAR06), joining a select list of American sites including the White House, Pearl Harbor and the Alamo.

And Priscilla insists the late star would be thrilled by the honour.

She says, "It's very strange to have Graceland declared a National Historic Landmark, because it was our home first and foremost.

"I had no idea when I opened the house to the public in 1982 that it would receive so many visitors. Elvis would be very pleased about it."


2006/04/04  Contact Music  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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When Elvis Was Rocked

Elvis on Sullivan Featured in "When American Was Rocked" on The History Channel's "10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America"
 

The History Channel world premiere 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America will debut on April 9th - 13th at 9pm/8c.

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America is an expansive, 10-part television event produced and directed by Oscar and Emmy award winning
filmmakers.

And you can be certain no look at days that unexpectedly changed America would be complete without an episode featuring Elvis.

"When America Was Rocked," by Emmy-winning filmmaker Bruce Sinofsky, will air on Tuesday, April 11 at 9/8c and features the day Elvis appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and changed the face of entertainment forever.

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America is an exciting and thought-provoking series of films that renews a sense of understanding of and appreciation for the history of our great nation.

In support of these special presentations, The History Channel introduces the 10 Ways to See America Sweepstakes that includes some incredible
Elvis-themed prizes. 10 winners plus a guest will have the opportunity to take a 7-day/6-night trip to a place that unexpectedly changed America. Each winner will have their choice of a custom themed trip package to a location in America related to one of the 10 days. Of course one of those choices is a trip to Graceland.

ShopElvis.com has set up a special page where you can see and order the items included in the prize packs.

WATCH 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America April 9th - 13th at 9pm/8c. Only on The History Channel. Expect the Unexpected.


2006/04/04  EPE  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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New Re-Release "Run On" Out Now.

By Special Request:

Front Row label Re-released the now rare-to-find import Soundboard Live Show "Run On".
 

Recorded live at the Las Vegas Hilton, December 7th, 1976.

Tracklist: See See Rider /  I Got A Woman/Amen /  Love Me /  If You Love Me Let Me Know / You Gave Me A Mountain /  O Sole Mio/It's Now Or Never /  Blue Christmas /  That's All Right /  Are You Lonesome Tonight /  Softly As I Leave You/  Fever /  All Shook Up/Teddy Bear/Don't Be Cruel Introductions /  What'd I Say /  Love Letters /  Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll /  Hurt /  Hound Dog /  Hawaiian Wedding Song /  You'd Better Run /  Rock My Soul /  Can't Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp /  Christmas Souvenir Announcement

You Better Run

Bosom Of Abraham

Total Time: 69:37
Run on.
Front Row Productions SIAE 5003 ( Released 1998)

December 7th, a date which will live in infamy? This decent quality 1976 soundboard recording comes smack dab in the middle of Elvis' final visit to Las Vegas (15 shows in two weeks), from an up and down year by anyone's standard. Unlike his bright tour at the end of the month (now documented on "private" releases of spectacular gigs in Birmingham, Alabama and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) this show is like listening to a ghost. Given the spate of saddening recent soundboards from 1976, anyone who has heard theBirmingham or Pittsburgh knows that Elvis still had the ability to sing and entertain like no one else, when he so desired. In Las Vegas there is no desire, no joy and very little energy to spare -- he's a dead man walking.

The typical Las Vegas audience is one of the most impassive a performer can play in front of (no matter how great the act, they'll just sit on their
hands like zombies) and it's obvious just how much Elvis hates playing there. This is the Vegas visit where he sat in his room and wrote philosophical notes of despair that Wayne Newton later bought at an auction. Perhaps this is one of those gigs where "Colonel" Parker dunked his head in a bucket of ice water to rouse him enough to make the show. He's exhausted from the first moments, complaining of a pinched nerve in his right foot making him late, and his voice throughout is flemmy and weak ("I got 17 frogs, all in my throat ... if you see me turn around and spit ... ". There's a draggy feel to the performance, which also proves that when Elvis switches to low gear so does the band.

Six songs into the set Elvis sits for some acoustic numbers led by his half-hearted guitar playing -- he claims the key of E is the only one he knows -- from the 1968 TV Special we all know how good he really was. "That's All Right, Mama" falls apart towards the end while "Blue Christmas" is just 86 seconds from start to finish, and it's a mid-tempo song!

"Softly As I Leave You" does merit a sincere treatment and songs like "Fever" and "Love Letters" emerge unscathed as well. He does "part of Hound Dog" as a request (the standard trashed version) and engages in amusing banter with a German fan but the best is saved for last.

At the point where it's usually the show closer "Can't Help Falling In Love" and a quick exit, he asks the audience if he "can do a couple of spiritual songs" -- someone yells out "you're the King" and he says "thank you sir, I'm fixin' to sing about Him". The Stamps are instructed by Presley to gather around the piano as Charlie Hodge plays and takes the lead (and Elvis takes the bass line) on "You Better Run" and "Bosom Of Abraham", recalling a similar scene from 1972 in his final film, the documentary "Elvis On Tour". The jam session only lasts about a minute and a half but it's a wonderful moment -- he seldom performed these numbers on stage and it's obvious how much they meant to him. Too bad he didn't actually tackle (as the title of this album implies) the gospel song "Run On" as well.

The disc finishes with the standard outro vamp leading into a pre-recorded pitch for a Christmas heart charity -- it's kind of weird, because if anyone needed a new heart that December, it was Elvis.

Reviewed by Johnny Savage, USA

Sound rate ***
 

2006/04/03   E-mail /  EPGold.com.
 

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Elvis- The Vegas Years Volume 1 Out Now
 

This CD features a good audience recording from March 31. 1975 -  Midnight Show. 8 page booklet.

The show itself is enjoyable, with Elvis in a good mood. Highlight is the hilarious version of  And I love you so.

Trackinglist:

Opening Vamp - See See Rider  - I Got A Woman - Amen - Love Me - If You Love Me (Let Me Know) - And I Love You So (With False Start) - Big Boss Man (False Start Only) - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - The Wonder Of You - Burning Love - Band Introductions - What'd I Say -Drums Solo (Ronnie Tutt) - Bass Solo (Duke Bardwell) - Piano Solo (Glen D. Hardin) - Electric Piano Solo (David Briggs) - School Day - Fairytale - I'll Remember You - Let Me Be There (With Reprise) - Hound Dog - Dialogue - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Little Darlin' (With 2 False Starts) -Celebrity Introductions (Liberace) - Hawaiian Wedding Song - Can't Help Falling In Love - Closing Vamp

Bonus Songs (30.03.1975 D-S - Las Vegas): The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

(30.03.1975 M-S - Las Vegas): Big Boss Man - It's Midnight - My Boy - For The Good Times (Part) - Funny How Time Slips Away - Sweet Caroline


2006/04/03   E-Mail  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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MOJO's 150th ISSUE COLLECTORS' EDITION.
 

FREE ELVIS CD WITH THIS ISSUE: A 15-track tribute to the King featuring killer versions by Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Jeff Beck, The Dead Kennedys and more.

ELVIS PRESLEY
Pow! Take that hillbillies! Whack! Look out racists! It's 1956 and the most exalted potentate of rock is changing the face of music, nay America, nay the world! Robert Gordon charts the progress of an unstoppable future.


2006/04/03  www.mojo4music.com  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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The History Channel Honors Elvis.

The History Channel will present 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America April 9th - 13th. The following information comes directly from the History Channel news release:

"There are powerful days that make up the fabric of America's history. Some are big and explosive, while others are understated and unexpected. Their importance is realized later as we recognize how they set our nation on the path to what it is today.

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America is an expansive, 10-part television event produced and directed by Oscar and Emmy award-winning filmmakers."

When America Was Rocked - April 11th at 9PM/8C:

"When Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday, September 9, 1956, America stopped, watched and listened. An astounding 82% of households with televisions tuned in to see the gyrating 21-year-old from Memphis whose defiant musical style was, until then, mostly heard in black night clubs and on late night radio shows. Elvis Presley's appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show was the symbol of a whole new culture involving teenage independence, sexuality, race relations and a new form of music."

2006/04/03  www.historychannel.com  /  EpGold.Com
 

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Elvis rated #2 historical person people would like to meet:

A poll for the new magazine, Dr Who Adventures, found the top 10 historical figures people would like to meet were:

1. Winston Churchill / 2. Elvis Presley / 3. Albert Einstein / 4. Marilyn Monroe / 5. Martin Luther King Jr / 6. Ghandi / 7. Princess Diana / 8. Nelson Mandela / = 9. Isaac Newton / = 9. Elizabeth I / = 9. John Lennon

Does this mean Elvis could turn up in Dr Who?

2006/04/03   Amber Smith - www.elvisinfonet.com  /  EpGold.Com.

 

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Made In Memphis And Something For Everybody Out Now.
 

The two new FTD releases Made In Memphis and Something For Everybody is out now.


Made in Memphis is a single-disc regular Follow That Dream release featuring outtakes from Elvis'ssessions in Memphis in 1969 (American Sound Studio), 1973 (Stax Recording Studio) and 1976 (the den at Graceland).

There is an additional 5-song set of home recordings made at Sam Thompson's place in November 1973. (Sam was a member of Elvis's entourage and the brother of Linda Thompson, Elvis's steady girlfriend from 1972 to 1976.)

In the Ghetto (Take 13) / You'll Think Of Me (Take 8) / Do You Know Who I Am (Take 4) / If You Don't Come Back (Take 5) / Three Corn Patches (Takes 5 & 6) / Find Out What's Happening (Take 7) / It's Midnight (Take 11) / Thinking About You (Take 3) / You Asked Me To (Take 1) / Solitaire (Take 7 + Talk From 6 & 7) / She Thinks I Still Care (Take 3 & 4) / Moody Blue (Take 6) / Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall (Take 1) / Love Coming Down (Take 4) / For The Heart (Take 5) / Baby What You Want Me To Do (November 1973 - Sam Thompson's House, Memphis) / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (November 1973 - Sam Thompson's House, Memphis) / Spanish Eyes (November 1973 Sam Thompson's House, Memphis) / See See Rider (November 1973 Sam Thompson's House, Memphis) / That's All Right (November 1973 Sam Thompson's House, Memphis)


Something For Everybody is double disc 7" deluexe release. It contains the original album and outtakes from the sessions for the album.

Cd: 1

There's Always Me / Give Me The Right / It's A Sin / Sentimental Me / Starting Today / Gentry / I'm Coming Home / In Your Arms / Put The Blame On Me / Judy / I Want You With Me / I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell / I Feel So Bad / Little Sister / His Latest Flame / Good Luck Charm / Anything That's Part Of You / There's Always Me (Take 1) / Give Me The Right (Take 1) / It's A Sin (Takes 1, 2) / Sentimental Me (Take 1) / Starting Today (Take 1) / Gentry (Takes 1, 2) / I'm Coming Home (Take 2) / In Your Arms (Take 1) / Put The Blame On Me (Takes 1, 2) / Judy (Take 1) / I Want You With Me (Take 1) / Little Sister (Take 3) / His Latest Flame (Take 2) / Anything That's Part Of You (Take 1)


Cd: 2

I'm Coming Home (Takes 1, 3) / I'm Coming Home (Takes 5, 4) / Gentry (Take 3) / Gentry (Take 4) / Give Me The Right (Takes 3, 2) / I Feel So Bad (Take 1) / There's Always Me (Take 2) / There's Always Me (Take 4) / Starting Today (Take 2) / Judy (Takes 2, 3) / Judy (Take 4) / His Latest Flame (Take 1) / His Latest Flame (Takes 3, 4) / His Latest Flame (Takes 5, 6) / Little Sister (Takes 1, 2, 4, 5) / Little Sister (Take 6) / Good Luck Charm (Take 1) / Good Luck Charm (Takes 2, 3) / Anything That's Part Of You (Take 2) / Anything That's Part Of You (Takes 4, 5) / Anything That's Part Of You (Take 8)  / There's Always Me (Takes 5 - 9) / Judy (Takes 5 - 7) / His Latest Flame (Takes 10 - 12) / Little Sister (Takes 7 - 9)
Anything That's Part Of You (Take 9)


2006/04/01  FTD - Ernst Jorgensen  /  Ep.Gold.Com.
 

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Elvis and Barbra Streisand.

"Christohper Andersen, who has revealed the secrets of everyone from "Jack & Jackie" & "George & Laura" to "Diana Ross" in his best-selling biographies, now turns his attention to America's reigning diva. In "Barbra: The Way She Is" [Morrow $23.95], he takes a long look at Streisand, both the artist & the woman. This exclusive excerpt is all about Barbra & some of the men who figured large in her life, if only in passing.

ELVIS PRESLEY:On her second to last night at the International [in Las Vegas], Barbra introduced Elvis from the audience. Like everyone else who
had been at the disastrous opening-night performance, he was impressed with how she had managed to turn things around so dramatically.

Afterward, Presley, tanned & fit & on the verge of a major comeback, visited Barbra in her dressing room. Before she could react, he shut the door, knelt down, grabbed a bottle of nail polish from her dresser, & started painting her nails with long deliberate strokes. It was not the first time he had used this ploy to catch a woman off balance. Ann Margret, with whom he enjoyed a long & torrid affair, once told a friend Elvis enjoyed painting her toenails.

"I was...speechless," recalled Barbra, who soon added Elvis to her lengthening list of what she now referred to as her "flings". Later, when Elvis followed her at the International, Barbra "stayed over a few nights", said David Kramer, who worked for the hotel under [Kirk] Kerkorian.

Although she seemed a far cry from the big-haired, toothsome, all-American beauty queens Elvis preferred, Streisand "intrigued him", said alongtime
member of Presley's entourage.

"She had 1 thing Elvis valued above all others, a God-given ability to sing. He was in awe of great talent".

2006/04/01  Elvis4life   / EpGold.Com.
 

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Elvis Coffin Photo Still Missing.

The anthrax cleanup at the former American Media Inc. building in Boca Raton has taken another twist. It may even have some officials all shook up.

Some 600 to 800 boxes of decontaminated photos from the tabloid publisher's extensive library have been removed from the building - with permission from the U.S. Environmental Agency, which has been overseeing the cleanup. But no one seems to know where the boxes went. Inside those boxes may be the famed "Elvis in his coffin" photo that graced the cover of the National Enquirer soon after the singer's death in 1977.

Palm Beach County health officials don't know where the boxes went. And David Rustine, owner of the building, did not return phone calls to his
office. Anthrax was mailed to the AMI building in the Arvida Park of Commerce in October 2001 - only weeks after the 9/11 attacks and before
similar outbreaks were reported at other media outlets and government buildings.

The deadly spores killed Sun Photo Editor Bob Stevens and sickened another AMI worker, Ernesto Blanco, who recovered. Bio-ONE decontaminated the building - and last year began to fumigate boxes of building contents that included 4.5 million photos - dead Elvis among them. Bio-ONE left in June after its lease ran out, and Rustine hired MARCOR Remediation to finish.

By the end of 2005, MARCOR had fumigated some 8,600 boxes of photos, documents and other items left behind when employees evacuated. Health officials say most have been incinerated.


2006/04/01   Boca Raton News  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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The Story Of The Estate of Elvis Presley


Elvis Presley's Graceland.

When Elvis died at Graceland on August 16, 1977, his will appointed his father, Vernon Presley, who had long handled Elvis' personal, non-career business affairs, as executor and trustee. The beneficiaries were Elvis' grandmother, Minnie Mae Presley; his father, Vernon Presley; and his only child, Lisa Marie Presley. The will provided that Vernon Presley could, at his discretion, provide funds to other family members as needed. Vernon Presley died in 1979. Minnie Mae Presley died in 1980. This left Lisa Marie Presley as the sole heir to the estate. Elvis' will stated that her inheritance was to be held in trust for her until her twenty-fifth birthday, February 1, 1993.

Vernon Presley's will brought about the appointment of three co-executors/co-trustees to succeed him. They were: the National Bank of Commerce in Memphis, which was the bank Elvis and Vernon had done business with; Joseph Hanks, who had been Elvis and Vernon's accountant for a number of years; and Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, who had divorced Elvis in 1973, but had continued a close friendship with him and was Lisa's legal guardian. Joseph Hanks retired from his post in 1990.Upon Lisa Presley's twenty-fifth birthday in 1993, the trust automatically dissolved and Lisa chose to form a new trust, The Elvis Presley Trust, to continue the successful management of the estate, with Priscilla Presley and the National Bank of Commerce continuing to serve as co-trustees. In 1998, as Lisa Marie Presley's role in the management grew, Priscilla Presley chose to redirect her efforts by moving to an advisory position, continuing her close involvement and support while focusing more time on her own ever-expanding individual pursuits as a successful actress and businessperson.

Lisa Marie Presley became more closely involved with the management team of The Elvis Presley Trust and its business entity, Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE), of which she was owner and Chairman of the Board until February 2005 when she sold a major interest in the company. The Graceland Operation Elvis Presley could have left one of the great fortunes of entertainment history, had he been one to worry about financial planning, rather than freely enjoying and sharing his wealth as he did. While the estate he left was by no means broke, there was a cash flow problem, especially with Graceland costing over half a million dollars a year in maintenance and taxes. It seemed logical for Priscilla and the executors to open Graceland to the public. In late 1981, they hired Jack Soden, at the time a Kansas City, Missouri investment counselor, to plan and execute the opening of Graceland to the public and oversee the total operation. Graceland opened for tours on June 7, 1982.

In 1983, through a long-term lease, EPE acquired the shopping center plaza across the street from the mansion. From the time the plaza was built in the sixties, it had been a typical suburban strip shopping center. However, almost overnight after Elvis' death, it became an unsightly blemish of tacky Elvis souvenir shops, which carried mostly bootleg items not licensed by the Presley Estate. Upon assuming management of the shopping center property, EPE began policing the un-licensed activities and began an overall facelift, while continuing to honor the existing leases of the plaza tenants. By 1987, all the leases had expired and Graceland began major renovations, which continue to this day. In 1993, Graceland purchased the property. Today, all shops and attractions in what is now known as Graceland Plaza are owned and operated by EPE. The land where Graceland visitor parking and the airplanes exhibit are located was already owned by EPE. (Elvis had purchased it in 1962 and had never developed it.)

One important development for the Graceland visitor experience was the addition of Elvis' Lisa Marie jet and Hound Dog II JetStar planes, which Elvis' father had sold in 1978. They were brought back home to Memphis in a joint venture with the current owners and opened for on-board tours in 1984. Another major development was the opening of The Elvis Presley Automobile Museum in Graceland Plaza in 1989.

Graceland Crossing, a neighboring shopping center with stores that featured Elvis-related items, situated just north of Graceland Plaza, was built in
the latter half of the 1980's and was independently owned until Graceland purchased it in the fall of 1997 as an addition to its visitor amenities. The next major development was the purchase of an existing nearby hotel property, renovating it and renaming it Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel in 1999. Continued expansion and enhancement of visitor facilities and the development of new Elvis exhibition projects are planned for the Graceland
complex.

Since opening to the public in 1982, Graceland has hosted millions of visitors from every state in the union and nearly every country of the world. Prior to Graceland's opening, there was minimal tourism trade in Memphis. Graceland quickly became the cornerstone of the industry for the city and the region. The Memphis tourism industry has expanded greatly with the development of attractions such as the FedEx Forum, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, the National Civil Rights Museum, and the Wonders Series exhibits, and with the continued growth and development of the Beale Street entertainment district, Memphis in May, and a host of other attractions, museums, and special events.

Graceland welcomes over 600,000 visitors each year, is one of the five most visited home tours in the United States, and is the most famous home in America after The White House. In 1991, Graceland was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The peak season for visitorship is Memorial Day through Labor Day. Attendance ranges from a few hundred visitors on a weekday in the dead of winter to 2,000 - 3,500 visitors per day in the spring and early summer, to over 4,000 per day in July at the height of the travel season. The total economic impact on the city of Memphis from Graceland visitors is estimated to be $150 million per year or possibly much more. A major part of that impact is that most Graceland visitors come from outside the city, bringing new dollars into the community, not only touring Graceland, but also patronizing other attractions in the area as well as area hotels, restaurants, shops and other businesses while they are in town.

Further benefiting the city is the intense worldwide publicity that Graceland and the Elvis Presley phenomenon continually bring to Memphis. Contributing to the local impact is the fact that EPE employs approximately 350 people part-time and full-time year 'round, a number that swells to as many as 450 in the busy summer season.Graceland visitors come from all walks of life, all ages, all musical tastes, all income levels, all educational backgrounds, and all parts of the world. The demographics are broad. Over half of Graceland's visitors are under the age of 35. Graceland is a must-see for visiting dignitaries, touring Broadway show casts, touring rock stars, and people of virtually every description coming to Memphis.

Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE) is the corporate entity that was created by the Elvis Presley Trust to conduct
business and manage its assets. EPE was wholly owned by the Elvis Presley Trust/Lisa Marie Presley until 2005.

In February 2005, Robert F.X. Sillerman and his then new media and entertainment company CKX, Inc. acquired an 85% interest in the company Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., including its physical and intellectual properties. Lisa Marie Presley retains a 15% ownership in the company and continues to be involved, as does her mother Priscilla. The pre-existing EPE management team remains in place and the company's operations, including the Graceland tour, continue uninterrupted, only with a much brighter future and wider global outreach made possible with the new partnership. EPE is a subsidiary of CKX, Inc., which is a publicly traded company listed on the Nasdaq National Market System (NMS) under the ticker symbol CKXE.

Lisa Marie Presley retains 100% sole personal ownership of Graceland Mansion itself and its over 13-acre original grounds and her father's personal
effects - meaning costumes, wardrobe, awards, furniture, cars, etc.. She has made the mansion property and her father's personal effects permanently available for tours of Graceland and for use in all of EPE's operations.

Jack Soden is the Chief Executive Officer of EPE and is based in the Memphis office. Gary Hovey is Executive Vice-President/Entertainment & Music Publishing and heads up the Los Angeles office. This top management team is supported by the vice-presidents, directors, managers and staff of the various departments of EPE, including merchandise, worldwide licensing, marketing, media & creative development, sales, accounting, operations, human resources and the various sub-departments within these.

EPE's business extends far beyond the Graceland operation. It includes worldwide licensing of Elvis-related products and ventures, the development of Elvis-related music, film, video, television and stage productions, the ongoing development of EPE's Internet presence, the management of significant music publishing assets and more.


2006/04/01  EPE  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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Junkie XL Refused Full Elvis Remix CD.

In a recent interview the Dutch DJ Junkie XL, who had a major break through in 2003 with his remix of Elvis' "A Little Less Conversation" for the global Nike commercial, refused the offer of doing a full CD with Elvis remixes.

Tom Holkenborg, his real name, confirmed in the Dutch tv show "De wereld  draait door" that had could have won a fortune had he agreed. "But it's not about the money, it's about music", was his comment.

He also declined a proposal by the Beatles (Paul, Ringo) who had asked for a remix of "Strawberry Fields Forever".


2006/04/01  Various  /  EpGold.Com.
 

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TCB Band in studio again

The TCB Band has spent a few weeks recording in Nashville. James Burton, Ron Tutt, Jerry Scheff and Glen Hardin recorded with Ray Price, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The release is scheduled for later this year.

2006/04/01  www.elvismatters.be  /  EpGold.Com.