It took the Glee cast 57 weeks, compared with Presley's 88 weeks, to achieve the feat. The group now has three top 10 hits and six top 20 hits under its belt and have sold more than two million singles.
"This is a quite amazing achievement by the Glee cast to be in the same company as the likes of Elvis Presley, in fact beating his 50-year-old record," said Martin Talbot, managing director of the Official Charts Company.
More Boxcar Boxes
From a press release that was sent to all fanclubs: "Due to high demand, Boxcar will now release 4 Digi-Packs with mini books of selected CD’s and DVD’s, all factory pressed, from its recent sold out release. The selected DVD’s are this time mastered directly to NTSC. The release of the 4 Digi-packs will commence shortly and are each limited to only 1000 copies."
The same day the Boxcar import label announced this release they also cancelled it. The information from the press-release tells what we're not gonna get.
This special 2CD collection includes 2 new shows featuring the lost performances of Orlando and Saginaw with highlight recordings from shows in between.
One Night In Madison – 1 CD digipack with 12 pages book
Taken from 24th June in Madison, this is the only complete Elvis show from 1977 and, is the last known soundboard of an Elvis concert to released.
The CBS Tapes – 2 DVD set (NTSC) digipack with 20 pages booklet
This is the most up to date release of the last 2 professionally filmed Elvis shows in Omaha and Rapid City taped for the CBS TV Special in 1977. Re-mastered frame by frame and including the new footage and now released in NTSC.
The CBS TV Special 1977 – 1 DVD set (NTSC) Digipack with 20 pages booklet
For the first time ever, using a 1st Generation digital copy of a TV Station tape and re-mastered frame by frame is in now NTSC.
NOTE: as these boxes are illegal, we will NOT sell them. We do not support these releases in any way nor do we want to be associated with them. But the fact that this 'official press release' has been sent out to various fanclubs and media, makes us believe that we can share the news of the upcoming releases without promoting it.
Legends of Rock & Roll
Legend Films released the DVD "Legends of Rock & Roll" containing the two documentaries "The Beatles Explosion" and "Elvis Thru the Years" on two discs.
Danish Elvis House Opens April 15th
Elvis Unlimited announced that the construction of the Danish Graceland lookalike house is going according to schedule. The grand opening is scheduled for April 15th with several special guests attending that weekend, such as bass player Norbert Putnam, book authors and members of the TCB Band.
Danish Elvis House Opens April 15th
Elvis Unlimited announced that the construction of the Danish Graceland lookalike house is going according to schedule. The grand opening is scheduled for April 15th with several special guests attending that weekend, such as bass player Norbert Putnam, book authors and members of the TCB Band.
(Source: BBC / e-mail / Amazon / Elvis Unlimited)