June 05 - Christmas in June

The Vinyl Champ record label announced the November 27, 2026 re-release of their 'Christmas Songs' LP. The 19-track Christmas and Gospel song comes on translucent green colored vinyl. 

Tracklist: 1. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) / 2. Blue Christmas / 3. I'll Be Home For Christmas / 4. Silent Night / 5. I Believe / 6. Where Do You Come From / 7. Angel / 8. My Wish Came True / 9. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) / 10. His Hand In Mine / 11. Santa Claus Is Back In Town / 12. Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) / 13. (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) / 14. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You / 15. Known Only To Him / 16. Mansion Over The Hilltop / 17. Take My Hand, Precious Lord / 18. O Little Town Of Bethlehem / 19. White Christmas.

(Source: Pascal Matteo / Juno)

June 03 - EPiC Streaming From Lake Tahoe

Following its successful global theatrical release, the movie 'EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert' debuted exclusively on Paramount+ in the United Stated and will debut in Canada on July 24th.

The Last Show In Lake Tahoe

The ReelTrax import record label released 'The Last Show In Lake Tahoe' on CD and a variation of colored vinyl.

The LP can be ordered from the >>> Fifties Store website.

Publicity stated: Right in time for the 50th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's very last show he played in Lake Tahoe on Mother's Day 1976. ReelTrax continues with its high quality products and releases this show for the first time on vinyl and made for the real fan. 

As usual these titles are Limited Edition: 200 copies made on black vinyl and on three colors transparent vinyl (yellow, green and blue). This release will also be available as a Deluxe three-panel double CD-set.

‘The Last Show In Lake Tahoe’ is a beautiful deluxe 3-LP set with printed inner-sleeves, containing intensive liner notes, and containing a newly remastered audience recording of the May 9th, 1976 show performance at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel in Lake Tahoe! 

Back in 1993 the MAC import record label released this show on CD, using a stunning long-box format, but unfortunately incomplete. Because this set sold out within a few months - being a real collector’s item since then – the well-known quality label Rainbow Records decided to give the very interesting content of the show another chance to be listened by as many fans as possible and released a 2-CD set in 2008, then containing the complete show and in better sound. 

One thing seems to be clear: This show is a real must to listen to. Elvis was obviously in a very relaxed mood, not caring at all that the hotel’s management was (still) desperately wanting to force him to do much shorter concerts. In fact Elvis gave the crowd more than they probably expected, being on stage for the longest performance he ever did (a stunning two-hours set), singing, laughing and talking as if he would be together with a couple of friends right at his living room at Graceland!

The recording has now been painstakingly worked on with the newest technology, and ReelTrax is now proud to present a newly remastered version in the best possible sound which reveals details never heard before!

A few words regarding the content. Of course, you will find the track list at the end of this announcement, but we want to point out some real beauties of this set. A rare and unrehearsed version of ‘Return To Sender’ must be mentioned as well as another rarity: ‘Young And Beautiful’. ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’, dedicated to Linda Thompson and sung with passion. 

Elvis tells a very funny story about the “Boat Scene” in the movie ‘Blue Hawaii’ and even sings a few lines of his SUN classic ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky’. So all in all there is a lot to discover while listening to Elvis’ not only longest, but also very unusual show!

Tracklist 3-LP SET: 

LP 1 - Side A (19:37): Also Sprach Zarathustra / C.C. Rider / I Got A Woman / Amen / Love Me.

LP 1 Side B (20:31): When The Saints Go Marchin In (Excerpt) / If You Love Me (Let Me Know) / You Gave Me A Mountain / All Shook Up / Teddy Bear - Don’t Be Cruel / Blue Suede Shoes / Return To Sender / Heartbreak Hotel / Elvis Talks / Hawaiian Wedding Song.

LP 2 - Side C (19:31): America The Beautiful / Polk Salad Annie / Band Introductions / Early Morning Rain / What’d I Say / Johnny B. Goode / Drum Solo / Bass Solo / Piano Solo / Lady Madonna (Instrumental by David Briggs).

LP 2 – Side D (19:31): Love Letters / School Day / Wooden Heart (Excerpt) / Young And Beautiful / That’s All Right / Blue Christmas / Hurt #1 / Hurt #2 / Hound Dog / Mickey Mouse Club March / Happy Birthday To You All.

LP 3: Side E: (18:17): My Heavenly Father (By Kathy Westmoreland) / Guadalajara (Excerpt) / Love Me Tender / Danny Boy (By Sherill Nielsen) / Funny How Time Slips Away (By Sherill Nielsen) / Charity Announcement / Burning Love

LP 3: Side F (18:31): Help Me / The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face / Jailhouse Rock / One Night / How Great Thou Art (With Reprise) / Can’t Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp - Announcements

Tracklist 2-CD - Disc 1: Also Sprach Zarathustra / See See Rider / I Got A Woman – Amen / Love Me / When The Saints Go Marchin’ In (Excerpt) / If You Love Me (Let Me Know) / You Gave Me A Mountain / All Shook Up / Teddy Bear - Don‘t Be Cruel / Blue Suede Shoes / Return To Sender / Heartbreak Hotel / Elvis Talks / The Hawaiian Wedding Song / America, The Beautiful / Polk Salad Annie / Band Introductions / Early Morning Rain / What‘d I Say / Johnny B. Goode / Drum Solo / Bass Solo / Piano Solo / Lady Madonna / Love Letters / School Day.

Disc 2: Wooden Heart (Excerpt) / Young And Beautiful / That’s All Right / Blue Christmas / Hurt #1 / Hurt #2 / Hound Dog / Mickey Mouse Club March / Happy Birthday To You All / My Heavenly Father (By Kathy Westmoreland) / Guadalajara (Excerpt) / Love Me Tender / Danny Boy (By Sherill Nielsen) / Funny How Time Slips Away (By Sherill Nielsen) / Charity Announcement / Burning Love / Help Me / The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face / Jailhouse Rock / One Night / How Great Thou Art (With Reprise) / Can’t Help Falling In Love / Closing Vamp.

The LP can be ordered from the >>> Fifties Store website.

(Source: Always Elvis Fan Club / ReelTrax)

June 01 - About To Roll All Over Vegas

The new Panther Records import label announced the release of 'About To Roll All Over Vegas' featuring a soundbooth recording of Elvis' August 28, 1973 performance at the Las Vegas Hilton. The CD comes housed in three-panel Deluxe Digipack. 

Publicity stated: When Elvis played Vegas in August of 1973, one could think the man was already bored and gave a lot of "throwaway" concerts. Well, he didn't. At least not at the show the newly founded team of Panther Records has chosen for their first release.

August 28, 1973 is the date and we are talking about the Midnight Show of that day. This is only the second release of this show on CD, 34 years after its first release in 1992. Since then a much better source has been found (Soundboard Recording!) and therefore you can expect a significantly better sound, and finally speed-corrected!

This new CD brings you a sound quality you will be satisfied with. It is close to the ideal art of audience recording, which many fans prefer over dry and lifeless soundboard recordings.

Enjoy this show with its loose nature, as Elvis is trying out “My Boy” before he would ultimately record it in the studio in December of ´73. For whatever reason he was having a hard time pulling himself together for this version resulting in a hilarious segment including an impromptu version of the old gospel tune “What A Friend We Have In Jesus”, which he knew from his childhood days in Tupelo, where he sang it together with his parents and the entire community at every church service.

Tracks: Also Sprach Zarathustra - See See Rider - I Got A Woman / Amen - Love Me - Steamroller Blues - You Gave Me A Mountain - Trouble - Blue Suede Shoes - Long Tall Sally / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On / Your Mama Don't Dance / Flip Flop & Fly / Jailhouse Rock /Hound Dog - Love Me Tender - Fever - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Suspicious Minds - Introductions - My Boy (#1) - What A Friend We Have In Jesus (Impromptu Version) - My Boy (#2) / Release Me - My Boy - I Can't Stop Loving You - An American Trilogy - Heartbreak Hotel - Mystery Train / Tiger Man - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - How Great Thou Art - Johnny B. Goode* - Can't Help Falling In Love** - Closing Vamp / Announcements**

Track 24 Spliced with August 26, 1973 Midnight Show, tracks 25-26 From The August 26, 1973 Midnight Show

(Source: Elvis News Denmark) 

May 31 - Golden Boy Elvis

Volume 2/2026 of the German 'Golden Boy Elvis' magazine will be out mid-June 2026. Besides reviews of the 'EPiC' soundtrack and 'The Last Concert', this summer edition of the A4-sized full co.or magazine features the tenth installment in the magazine's of the successful 'Authentic Elvis - The Style of the King' series. The magazine goes back further in time to 1958 when Elvis was drafted by the Army and shipped off to Germany and the history of 'Nipper', the famous dog who listens to "his master’s voice".

Also covered are the latest news, President Trump's visit to Graceland, In Memoriam articles for Neil Sedaka and Charlie Hodge, who passed away 20 years ago and much more. Enough to makt it to the summer! 

If you're interested in this magazine, visit the magazine's website at >>> 

www.golden-boy-elvis.de or contact the editors by email at >>> service@golden-boy-elvis.de.

(Source: Golden Boy Elvis).

May 30 - Charts May 2026 - Week 5

  

Elvis' chart presence is still limited to the United Kingdom and the United States, just like last week. 

U.K. charts

The '30 No. 1 Hits' compilation climbed further up the chart, from No 73 to No. 67 this week. It jumped from No. 68 to No. 61 on the Official Streaming chart. On the Chart Update chart it rose from No. 73 to No. 67 this week.

The 'EPiC' soundtrack lost another 3 spots on the Soundtrack Album chart and fell to No. 8. 

'The  Complete Story' dropped off the Official Music Video Top 50 chart from last weeks listing at No. 44. 

U.S. Billboard charts

 

The 'ELV1S 30 #1 Hits' compilation fell from No. 38 to No. 41 on Billboard's Country Album chart.   

(Source: Billboard / Official Chart Company / UK Mix Forum)

May 29 - Elvis Cancellation News Report

In an extraordinary move, the Follow That Dream collectors label cancelled / postponed the 'Summer Nights' CD until later this year, when a new title comes out. 

The 'Paradise Hawaiian Sessions' is not cancelled and should be en route to dealers next week. 

You can pre-order 'The Paradise Hawaiian Style Sessions from the >>> ElvisMatters webshop. 

Erik Lorentzen's Elvis Files Team had to retract one of the two volumes of the new 'Portraits' books, as the printer had given both volumes the same content. Lorentzen said that the reprinted volume should be available mid July.

Elvis News Report

The June 2026 Elvis Presley Video News report is available again. This edition look back on last month's news and covers the recently discovered 1956 color footage of Elvis live on stage, the new Soccer World-cup promovideo featuring Elvis' music, the new Follow That Dream releases and concerns about how Sony is portraying Elvis on the cover of their products, the closing of 'Elvis Evolution' and 'EPiC' successes on the chart. 

(Source: Emiel Maier / UEPS / Elvis Shop London / Elvis The Man and his Music)

May 23 - Presley: Ein Testament

The German Booy-Verlag published a German version of Donna Presley's new book 'Presley: A Testament', co-written with Karen Barnes as 'Presley: Ein Testament', subtitled "Glaube, Familie and ein erfülltes Leben".

(Booy-Verlag)

May 23 - Charts May 2026 - Week 4 (Updated)

 

Elvis' chart listings are going "way up" this week in the United Kingdom and remain steady in the United States. 

U.K. charts

The '30 No. 1 Hits' compilation jumped from No. 84 to No. 73 on the main U.K. Album chart and from No. 70 to No. 78 on the Official Streaming chart. On the Chart Update chart it rose from No. 84 to No. 69.this week.

The 'EPiC' soundtrack exited the Physical Sales chart after plummeting to No. 97 last week. On the Soundtrack Album chart it lost two spots, dropping to No. 5. 

'The  Complete Story' remained steady at No. 44 on the Official Music Video chart.

U.S. Billboard charts

 

The 'ELV1S 30 #1 Hits' compilation remained steady at No. 38 on Billboard's Country Album chart.   

Charts worldwide 

The 'EPiC' soundtrack album exited the Belgian Album Top 200 chart in the Dutch speaking part of the Belgium as well as the Scottish Album Top 100 chart from No's 81 and 87 respectively. 

(Source: Billboard / Official Chart Company / UK Mix Forum / UltraTop)

May 20 - Joan Deary Vinyl

The Knock Out record label announced the June 2026 release of the 'The Joan Deary Tapes - Volume 1' on vinyl. It will be available as a Limited Numbered Edition in three different colors variations: black, blue and red. 

Publicity stated: Knock Out Records is excited to announce the release of 'The Joan Deary Tapes – Volume 1', a double album packed with rare studio and live outtakes from the personal collection of the late Joan Deary. Newly remastered from the original tapes, this release offers the best sound quality these recordings have ever had.

 

LP 1: Side A: Jailhouse Rock (Take 5) - Stand By Me (Take 2) - Stay Away (Take 13) - It Hurts Me (Spliced Version) - Inherit The Wind (Take 1) - Kentucky Rain (Take 1) - Only The Strong Survive (Take 6).

Side B: Life (Take 10, Ending Take 2) - Early Morning Rain (Take 11, Unfaded) - Help Me Make It Through The Night (Take 10) - If I Get Home On Christmas Day (Take 6, 7) - Burning Love (Take 2 - Rehearsal) - If You Don't Come Back (Take 7)*.

LP 2 - Side C: I Got A Feelin' In My Body (Studio Rehearsal) - Promised Land (Take 1) - There's A Honky Tonk Angel (Take 2, 3) - Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming (Take 4) - I've Got A Thing About You Baby (Take 1, Unfaded) - And I Love You So (Take 1) - Love Coming Down (Undubbed Master).

Side D: Polk Salad Annie (February 18, 1970 MS + Dialogue) - Release Me (February 19, 1970 DS) - I Can't Stop Loving You (April 10, 1972) - Steamroller Blues (March 21, 1976 ES) - My Way (May 1, 1977 Multi-Track).

* Previously unreleased.

Note: This release contains the previously release Take 7 of 'If You Don't Come Back' according to the press release. This Take was previously listed on the 2023 CD 'The Joan Deary tapes', but identified as Take 4 by Keith Flynn. 

(Source: Knock Out Records / Elvis Rarities)

May 19 - Vintage Rock Concert Comeback

The Vintage Rock magazine will publish another Elvis Special titled 'Elvis Live', this time with a focus on Elvis as a live performer. Some of the chapters covered are:

- Shaking Up A Storm: On The Road With The Memphis Flash

- The King In Concert: How Elvis Captured The World From The Stage

- EPiC: Behind The Scenes Of Baz Luhrmann´s Latest Movie

Description: This revised and updated edition takes you on an unforgettable journey through the performances that shook the world. From Elvis's raw, high-energy early days as the Memphis Flash, to the glittering, record-breaking eras of his career, rediscover how the King captured global audiences straight from the stage in this collectible issue.

Note: This is an update on their September 2019 issue 'Elvis: The Live Edition' but with added 'EPiC' chapter.

Collector Book Updates

Co-producers and authors Stephen M. Shutts and Lyndell Morris announced that the upcoming book 'Elvis Presley Memorabilia ... From Collections Around the World' goes to print June 15, 2026. The authors stated: "It has been a much longer process than expected, but thank you for being patient, while we create the best possible book, that will reset the bar for all Elvis Presley memorabilia books."

The book 'Love Ya Elvis Presley... The Definitive Guide to Elvis Presley Autographs Volume II' is on hold indefinitely due to production costs, the authors are looking for a publisher. 

The Comeback

Omnibus Press re-issued Simon Goddard's 2018 book 'The Comeback: Elvis and the Story of the 68 Special'. This Remastered edition includes a foreword from musician and journalist Bob Stanley.

Description for the 368-page book: It remains the greatest comeback in music history. The Lazarus-like saga of Elvis Presley’s fall and rise, from Army discharge through Sixties Hollywood hell to divine black-leather resurrection.

As 1968 dawns, the once ‘King’ of rock’n’roll faces cultural oblivion, a fading star lost in a 24/7 delirium of women, pills and holy mumbo-jumbo, isolated from an America unravelling in its own chaos of war, racism, riots and assassinations. Until, against all odds, his world and theirs collide in the performance of his life.

First published four years before Baz Luhrmann’s dramatisation of events in the Oscar-nominated 2022 biopic Elvis, Simon Goddard’s 'The Comeback' is no less a vividly cinematic, pelvic-thrusting blockbuster. 

(Source: Pascal Matteo / Vintage Rock / Lyndell Morris)