Publicity stated: This soft-backed book, a newly written 490 page, fully comprehensive text, follows on from our previous publications in the 'Elvis UK' series, each of them acclaimed by collectors, and provides the ultimate guide to Elvis’ EP releases issued in the United Kingdom between 1957-2001.
This soft-backed book, a newly written 490 page, fully comprehensive text, follows on from our previous publications in the Elvis UKseries, each of them acclaimed by collectors, and provides the ultimate guide to Elvis’s EP releases issued in the U.K. between 1957-2001.
This new volume:
- Complements - and extends considerably - information relating to these particular releases included in our original booksElvis UK, published in 1987, and Elvis UK2, published in 2002 (for example, the EP section in Elvis UK (1987) was a mere 46 pages; Extended runs to 490 pages)
- Is extensively illustrated in full colour throughout, including a range of images of Elvis himself
- Details the history of extended play releases, their popularity and subsequent fall from favour
- Features a wealth of background information, revealing exciting new details and information regarding tax codes and price changes as shown on labels – as well as tabling chart positions
- Offers technical but clear details regarding manufacturing, along with matrix numbers and their significance
- Where appropriate, each EP release is cross-referenced with its US counterpart and key differences discussed
- Includes a chronological list of all the EPs included
- Discusses each extended play album individually, in a detailed and forensic way, while the extensive text is amply illustrated with scans of every known cover and label variation, relevant photographs, and scans of contemporaneous newspaper and magazine articles and adverts
- Features a header block for each album release comprising information about the songs or spoken word material included, release dates, along with details about the writers, as well as showing the record mode
- Includes hitherto unpublished information from company files, including first-hand input from some of those who worked directly on certain important releases e.g. The two EP Collections
- Incorporates historically significant events of the period throughout the narrative
- Chronicles and dates all changes to various company logos used
- Includes a detailed Song Index, showing recording dates, which album(s) each song has been featured on, along with details of outtakes used, as well as a Spoken Word Index referencing when and where the material was recorded
- A short but important section dealing with demo EPs which includes a discussion about potential fakes
Please note: while there is no definite price for this book as yet, we can assure our loyal customers and fellow collectors that we’re doing all we can to keep the retail price affordable.
We fully expect this book to be printed and available in the early spring of 2024. Look out for more details soon!
(Source: Elvis Books UK)