Milestones
Due for release from Sony is a new compilation entitled "Milestones", the CD is due October 25, 2013.
Tracks:
Heartbreak Hotel / Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog / Jailhouse Rock / Blue Suede Shoes (*) / All Shook Up / Teddy Bear / That's All Right (*) / Too Much / Love Me Tender / Are You Lonesome Tonight (lachversie) / Can't Help Falling In Love / Fever / Surrender / Return To Sender / Suspicious Minds / The Wonder Of You / A Little Less Conversaton (JXL Remix).
(*) remastered. "Fever" (Essential Elvis version).
Rock And Roll Landmarks
Rolling Stone Magazine have announced and brought together the ultimate list of the top 52 Rock 'N' Roll landmarks across America. And Elvis has got three locations rightly in the list, starting in Tupelo with the Kings place of birth. Rolling Stone’s list, that includes other Elvis sites like Graceland and Sun Studio, features a litany of significant locations in the history of America’s music. Below are the three locations and what 'Rolling Stone' has to say about them:
ELVIS PRESLEY BIRTHPLACE - TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
Established: 1934
Notable Acts: Elvis Presley
Historical Significance: Located in the northeast Mississippi town of Tupelo,
Presley’s childhood domain stands as a museum open to the public. The two-bedroom, shotgun-style house, with its four front steps and a small porch, was built for $180 by Presley’s father, Vernon, in anticipation of Elvis’ birth. It remained the family’s home until they moved to nearby Memphis when Presley was 13.
SUN STUDIO - MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
Established: 1950
Notable Acts: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis
Historical Significance: Opened by early rock champion Sam Phillips and originally called Memphis Recording Service, this recording studio - later attached to Phillips’ influential label, Sun Records - hosted sessions from some of rock’s earliest icons. Most notable was Elvis Presley, who, in August of 1953, recorded his first official tracks here, including the breakout single "It’s Alright, Mama."
GRACELAND, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
Established: 1939
Notable Acts: Elvis Presley
Historical Significance: Elvis Presley’s former home now serves as a living monument to the artist. It was opened to the public on June 7, 1982, just shy of five years after Presley’s death. During his life, Graceland was the center of the massive Presley machine. In addition to housing his wife and his daughter, the 13.8-acre estate was tended to by a massive staff of workers and hangers-on.
(Source: UEPS / Elvis Memories / Elvis Express / Rolling Stone Magazine)