November 10 - Never Too Much

Vee-Tone Records has announced a new 180 Gr. vinyl "Too Much". This contains all five British HMV singles from April ’57 to January ’58 in chronological order, plus bonus tracks taken from the HMV EPs “Love Me Tender” and “Good Rockin’ Tonight”. Comes in a limited edition of 500 with a blue and green cover.

Tracks Side A: 1.Too Much HMV POP 330 (45 & 78), 2.Playing For Keeps HMV POP 330 ( 45 & 78), 3.All Shook Up HMV POP 359 (45 & 78), 4.That's When Your Heartaches Begin HMV POP 359 (45 & 78), 5.Paralyzed HMV POP 378 (45 & 78), 6.When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again HMV POP 378 (45 & 78), 7.Tryin' To Get To You HMV POP 408 (45 & 78), 8.Lawdy, Miss Clawdy HMV POP 408 (45 & 78)

Side B: 1.I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone HMV POP 428 (45 & 78), 2.How Do You Think I Feel HMV POP 428 (45 & 78), 3.Let Me HMV 7EG 8199 (Love Me Tender EP), 4.Poor Boy HMV 7EG 8199 (Love Me Tender EP), 5.We're Gonna Move HMV 7EG 8199 (Love Me Tender EP), 6.Blue Moon Of Kentucky HMV 7EG 8256 (Good Rockin' Tonight EP), 7.Good Rockin' Tonight HMV 7EG 8256 (Good Rockin' Tonight EP), 8.Milk Cow Blues HMV 7EG 8256 (Good Rockin' Tonight EP), 9.Just Because HMV 7EG 8256 (Good Rockin' Tonight EP)

US Charts

The new "If I Can Dream" climbed from #17 to #1 on the Classical Albums chart for the week ending November 21, 2015.

The album debuts at #21 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart for the week ending November 21, 2015 selling 19,489 units. It is a new entry at #9 on the Top Album Sales Chart.

The “It's Christmas Time” CD remains at #5 and “Merry Christmas, Love Elvis” drops from #8 to #9 on the Holiday Album Chart. “It's Christmas Time” rises from #33 to #18 on the Catalog Album Chart. Elvis Presley is also a new entry at 52 on the Artist 100 Chart.

Global Charts

The “If I Can Dream” CD entered the New Zealand Album chart at #3. 
The “If I Can Dream” CD is a new entry at #44 on the Canadian Album Chart.
The “If I Can Dream” CD is a new entry at #5 in the Croation Charts.

UK Gold

The album sold over 34,000 copies this week in the UK. Combined with last week’s sales the album qualifies for a Gold Award for selling 100,000 copies.

Vinyl Re-issues

Due for release from the Rumble (Cargo Records) budget label are vinyl re-issues of the albums “Elvis Presley”, “Elvis” and “Elvis Golden Records”. 

The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll

Peter Guralnick, author of the critically-acclaimed Elvis Presley biography "Last Train to Memphis," brings readers the life of Sam Phillips, the visionary genius who singlehandedly steered the revolutionary path of Sun Records.

Guralnick's Sam Phillips biography, "The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll," is out today, November 10. The music that Phillips shaped in his tiny Memphis studio with artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Ike Turner, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, introduced a sound that had never been heard before. He brought forth a singular mix of black and white voices passionately proclaiming the vitality of the American vernacular tradition while at the same time declaring, once and for all, a new, integrated musical day. With extensive interviews and firsthand personal observations extending over a 25-year period with Phillips, along with wide-ranging interviews with nearly all of the legendary Sun Records artists, Guralnick paints an ardent, unrestrained portrait of an American original as compelling in his own right as Mark Twain, Walt Whitman or Thomas Edison.

(Source: Amazon / FECC / Brian Quinn / Elvis And His Music) / Graceland