Elvis On ... Red Vinyl
The Music On Vinyl label announced the release of the 1970 classic 'On Stage' album on 180 Gr. audiophile transparent red vinyl, housed in a printed sleeve and with an additional bonus poster. This release is limited to 2500 copies.
Letters of Colonel Tom Parker
Another confirmation that music writer and Elvis author Peter Guralnick is working on a new book around the “letters” of Colonel Tom Parker. In an interview with Jim Patterson (for chapter16.org) Peter Guralnick said: I’ve started now on a project that initially I wanted to start 20 years ago, which was a collection of Colonel Parker’s letters, which I would select and annotate and introduce. That’s actually becoming a reality.
This will give us a completely different picture of Colonel Parker than most people have, because the letters are so eloquent, so witty, also so smart and so to-the-point that they’re just fascinating.
I learnt when I told both Sam Phillips and Col Parker the title of the first volume of my biography of Elvis, “Last Train to Memphis,” Sam got hugely indignant. “So what are you talking about? The last train? There’s going to be lots
more trains. This isn’t the last train. You know, the future is looking bright ahead.”
At the time Col Parker said to me, “What are you talking about? We took trains and buses... You know, money doesn’t grow on trees.” So I thought, okay, that’s it. No more revelations along those lines.
The Best Things To Come Out Of America
In a U.K. poll among 2,000 Brits on the best things that came out of America Netflix scored the #1 spot in these Covid-19 times. Elvis Presley was listed at #9, beating NASA, Marten Luther King, Star Wars, Harley Davidson and many other big names and brands.
The Top 3:
1. Netflix
2. Disney
3. Coca Cola
4. McDonald’s
5. Apple
6. KFC
7. Barack Obama
8. Hollywood movies
9. Elvis Presley
10. NASA
(Source: Amazon / Music On Vinyl / Elvis Information Network / The Scottish Sun)