Cincinnati Special ReleasedThe import DVD 'Elvis : Live Live Live DVD Volume 2: The Cincinnati Special' was released. It includes a complete version of 'Johnny B. Goode', 'Always On My Mind' with different camera angles, an outstanding never released version of 'Words', the complete Fort Dix farewell interview and more. It also contains 80 minutes of Elvis in Cincinnati on March 21, 1976, both the afternoon and evening performances with 30 minutes of unreleased footage from the two shows.
A bonus CD that comes with this release contains rare tracks with many unreleased versions.
- Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall - undubbed master
- She Thinks I Still Care - unedited undubbed master
- The Last Farewell - False start, undubbed master
- Moody Blue - overdubbed unedited master
- Hurt - undubbed master
- Love Coming Down - undubbed master
- Sweet Angeline - undubbed master
- Fool - long version
- I've Lost You - undubbed master
- Love Song Of The Year - undubbed master
If you're a fan of Elvis Presley, you certainly know the photograph entitled 'The Kiss'. The famous June 30, 1956 black-and-white photo features 'The King' smooching with a mysterious and unidentified woman. Who she was remained a mystery. Until now... More than five decades ago, a 21-year-old Elvis was caught on film giving a playful French kiss to a lovely--and unidentified--young woman.
The photo became iconic; but even the photographer, Alfred Wertheimer, didn't know who the girl was. Her name, if not her image, remained unknown for years. Until now. Barbara Gray a 75-year-old real estate manager from Charleston has stepped forward to claim the identity of Elvis's anonymous 'date for the day'.
According to Gray, the day she was photographed with the King was the first day she met him. She'd called the singer at his hotel on a dare when he visited Charleston. The two made plans to meet up a couple days later in Richmond, Virginia. Wertheimer, at the time, happened to be following Presley on the road, chronicling with his camera the young singer's rise to fame. The rest? History.
Although Gray said she thought the budding young singer was 'beautiful', she felt no sparks for him. 'Maybe he had sparks', she noted in an interview with Today on Monday. 'But I didn't know who he was'.
At any rate, the photo session was apparently as fun as it appeared. 'He was very silly', Gray remembered. 'We were running around chasing each other and just being young'.
Wertheimer told Today he never thought to get Gray's name. 'I never realized these [photos] would become iconic', he explained. Inquiring minds probably are wondering: Did anything romantic come out of what appeared to be a magnetic photo session? Presley did ask Gray if she'd like to go out that night, but Gray responded that she was leaving to go to Philadelphia to see her boyfriend. She never saw the singer again.
Randers Citizen of 2011
Henrik Knudsen from the Danish Elvis Unlimited fan club who opened their copy of the Graceland Mansion in the city of Randers (Denmark) was pronounced 'Randers Citizen of 2011'. The museum was visited by 25,000 fans in the first months.
Charts
- This week, 'The Ultimate Elvis Presley Collection' rises from #90 to #37 on the Irish album chart.
- 'The Essential' drops from #19 to #54 on this week's album chart in Sweden.
- In its 199th week on the chart (Canadian Country Album chart), 'Elvis 30 #1 Hits' rises from #39 to #35.
- As of this week, 'An Afternoon In The Garden' has sold 108,000 copies in the US this year, which makes it the #18th best-selling catalogue album of the year (so far).
(Source: FECC / EPE / Elvis Australia / Elvis Unlimited)