April 05 - Blue Hawaii Press-release

The UK based Memphis Recording Service announced that the expanded edition of the original 1961 soundtrack album ‘Blue Hawaii’ will be released May 8, 2012. According to the press-release it contains many previously unreleased out-takes and alternate versions of the soundtrack recording including Elvis’ number 1 hit, ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’. As a bonus, the CD is accompanied by a 40 page book containing many rare and unpublished photographs taken on and off the set of ‘Blue Hawaii’.


Denver Police Department



A piece of Elvis Presley and Denver Police Department history may be torn down to make way for a new Walgreens.
Presley donated money to the department in 1971 for the completion of a gym in the name of a slain officer. The building which housed the District 2 station, including the Nading-Presley Memorial Gym at 3555 Colorado Blvd., is an attractive location, said Walgreens spokesman Robert Elfinger.
“We haven’t signed a lease yet, but, yes, we are looking at that location,” Elfinger said. In 1971, officer Merle Nading was killed while on duty by a gunman at Colfax Avenue and Gaylord Street, according to police.
Presley, who was close friends with former Denver police Captain Jerry Kennedy, was troubled by the news and donated $5,000 to the department, Kennedy said.
“One of Elvis’ great loves was law enforcement. He was in town visiting and heard Merle was killed. He was visibly shaken hearing a police officer had been killed,” Kennedy said.
The news of the station’s demolition came as a surprise to Kennedy.
“I am really sorry to hear that. How sad,” he said.
The department stopped using the gym when the District 2 station moved to its Holly Street location, said Raquel Lopez, spokeswoman for Denver police.
Friends with Elvis since he worked his concert security detail, Kennedy said “The King” was an extremely sincere man.
“He just did those kinds of things,” Kennedy said.


Officials from neither Historic Denver nor History Colorado were initially aware of the building’s significance but now have piqued interest.

Conversations with the King




David Stanley, Elvis former steps-brother, announced the release of the book 'Conversations with the King: Journal of a Young Apprentice'. In his new book (due for release in Hardback in June 2012) David chronicles the spiritual journey he took during his 17 years with Elvis and addresses perhaps today's biggest spiritual challenge: Closing the gap between the higher wisdom that comes through us and our everyday behavior that often contradicts it.

(Source: MRS / FECC / Denver Post / Denver Police)