January 07 - Enhanced Elvis, Love American Style

The earlier announced Gravel Road Music importrelease "Elvis, Love American Style (Directly from Soundboard Recordings Series no.1)" has finally been released. This set contains a soundboard recording of the show in Milwaukee on June 28, 1974 packed in a deluxe 114 pages book.

Tracks: 
01. See See Rider.02. I Got A Woman-Amen.03. Turn Around Look At Me (Excerpt).04. Love Me.05. Tryin’to Get To You.06. All Shoop Up.07. Love Me Tender.08. Hound Dog.09. Fever. 10.  Polk Salad Annie. 11. Why Me Lord.12. Suspicious Minds.13. Band Introductions.14. I Can’t Stop Loving You.15. Help Me.16. Bridge Over Troubled Water.17. Let Me Be There.18. Funny How Time Slips Away (with reprise).19. Big Boss Man. 20. Steamroller Blues.21. Can’t Help Falling In Love.

Guralnick's Elvis Biographies Released as Enhanced E-Books

Little, Brown and Company has released enhanced e-book reissues of Peter Guralnick's two-part Elvis biography, "Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley" and "Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley."

The e-books, released in time for Elvis' 80th birthday on January 8,  include a wealth of supplemental content, from rarely-heard interviews with Sam Phillips to newly-shot video segments. 

Originally released in 1994, "Last Train to Memphis" tracks the first 23 years of Elvis' life, from his childhood in Tupelo through his first Sun Records recordings, to his mother's death in 1958 not long after he was drafted into the U.S. Army. The book was a national bestseller, hailed as a "triumph of biographical art" by The New York Times. New content for the e-book includes original interviews with key figures such as Sam Phillips, producer Buddy Killen, girlfriend June Juanico and newly-filmed video segments of Guralnick discussing how he came to write the book and bring Elvis' early years to life.

"Careless Love" was originally published in 1999 and chronicles the last two decades of his life. The book was also a national bestseller, cementing Guralnick's place as one of the greatest biographers of our time. The e-book also features audio from original interviews with sound engineer Bill Porter, '68 Special musical director Billy Goldenberg, bassist Jerry Scheff, as well as new video segments with fascinating anecdotes from Guralnick's research.

Elvis Presley #3 On Memorabilia Sales List

One Direction have beaten Elvis Presley and The Beatles in online memorabilia sales. Over the past three months, 142,000 units of One Direction paraphernalia were sold on eBay.co.uk - 84,000 more than that of closest artist Prince.

A total of 50,000 units of Elvis memorabilia were sold on the site over the past three months, with The Beatles' goods shifting 36,000 and U2's selling 30,000.

(Source: Elvis And His Music / Graceland / Digital Spy)