Monday, January 27, 2020

January 27 - Photographer Bill Ray Died

Photographer Bill Ray died at 83. He captured Marilyn Monroe singing “Happy birthday, Mr. President’” and was present at the Brooklyn Army Terminal September 1958 when Private Presley blew kisses to fans before shipping out to West Germany for his military tour of duty. 

Two years earlier he photographed Elvis Presley live on stage at St Paul, Minnesota, 1956

City Of Angels 

The Audionics import label re-issued a cheap edition of their 2015 book / 2 CD set "City Of Angels" featuring the May 11, 1974 performance as recorded at the Los Angeles Forum of Inglewood. This re-issue comes in a ecopack cardboard with pockets for the discs where the original came a a deluxe book. 

From the press release:

Renowned label Audionics released fantastic "City of Angels" book / 2CD set in 2015 and it sold out immediately. In last couple of years we have had a lot of request for it, so we have decided to make a limited re-release of 150 copies, for those who missed it back then. Our double CD is packaged in a nicely designed double cardboard sleeve. These two concerts never sounded better! 

(Source: New York Times / NY Post)