A new import DVD was released 'Elvis 1969 - 1970'. The concept of the DVD is a day by day document on the years 1969 and 1970 through the use of of movies, home movies and news reels, all is supported by the reel voice and music of Elvis Presley. Starting with the winter holiday in 1968/1969 and ending with the very first real tour of the USA in years at the end of 1970; all that and in between is shown on this very nice DVD.As a bonus we get a complete as possible concert from August 1970 – after the MGM crew has left Vegas. Clips shot from the audience, supported by audience recordings to give a complete as possible picture. It really does give you the feeling of what it was like to be there in the showroom, even if sometimes the footage appears a little dark.
The Elvis Files Volume 1Erik Lorentzen distributed this poster as a preview of the first volume in his 'The Elvis' series. The Elvis Files 1953 - 1956 is volume 1 in the 7 part series and due out December 2012.
The Rebel And The King
The book 'The Rebel And The King' by Allyson Adams was released. Nick Adams’ daughter, Allyson Adams is responsible for the posthumous publishing of this book. As an editor and WaterDancer Press Publisher, she couldn’t let her father’s story go untold. In the book’s foreword she explains: “I have found my father’s story about Elvis to be the last glimpse of innocence before the end of an era. The Rebel & The King is straight from the horse’s mouth, as if Nick and Elvis are speaking from the grave. As soon as I read it, I knew I needed to share it with the world.”
Elvis Presley had just exploded on the American scene and was filming his first movie, Love Me Tender, when he introduced himself to Nick Adams on the backlot of 20th Century Fox. Nick was a struggling actor, part of the Rebel Without A Cause gang and showed Elvis the town, introducing him to Natalie Wood. Nick was infamous for writing about his famous friends and now the posthumous publication of Nick Adams’ raw, unedited manuscript, The Rebel & The King, details his close friendship and whirlwind eight days in Memphis with Elvis, during the famous singer’s Tupelo Homecoming the summer of 56. “I would rather live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb. A very great man once made that statement. And that was the first thing that came to my mind when I sat down to write this story about Elvis.” Nick Adams, 1956.(Source: FECC / Elvis Express / Elvis Information Network)