July 22 - It's Vinyl Time

Volume 307 of the Dutch It's Elvis Time fan club magazine is due soon. This edition features two reviews by Rogier van Luyken and me on the recent Mono II Stereo releases 'From Elvis at SUN' (LP) and 'Rock and Roll No. 2' (CD). 

Besides the latest news and reviews, the magazine features articles on Elvis in Florida and in Toledo, Elvis in Mono, an interview with Linda Gail Lewis and a lot more.

For more information on the magazine and fan club visit the >>> It's Elvis Time fan club website.

Elvis' Golden Records

Due for release from the Not Now Music record label on September 2, 2024 is the gold colored EP LP 'Elvis' Golden Records'. 

Publicity stated: In the galaxy of popular music, Elvis Presley can lay claim to his very own constellation. It is not just the global record sales he has accumulated, or the No.1 hits from all over the world - nor even the songs made familiar by the 30-plus films he made… 

It is simply that it is now impossible to imagine the world of music without Elvis Presley. Nearly fifty years on from that untimely death, the enduring legacy of Elvis leaves no doubt as to who still reigns as The King… Enjoy 19 of his greatest and most loved hit songs

Side A:  1. Hound Dog 2. Loving You 3. All Shook Up 4. Heartbreak Hotel 5. Jailhouse Rock 6. Love Me 7. Too Much 8. Don't Be Cruel 9. That's When Your Heartaches Begin.

Side B: 1. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear 2. Love Me Tender 3. Treat Me Nice 4. Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) 5. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You 6. My Baby Left Me 7. I Was The One 8. That's All Right 9. Blue Suede Shoes.

The Occult Elvis

Destiny Books announced the April 8, 2025 release of the 288-page book 'The Occult Elvis: The Mystical and Magical Life of the King' by Miguel Conner.

Publicity stated: Elvis Presley, the most successful solo artist in history and an emblematic cultural figure of the Western world, has been widely perceived as a conservative Southerner. However, the truth about the man has been missed.

Writer and researcher Miguel Conner reveals how Elvis was a profound mystic, occultist, and shaman. Beginning with the unusual circumstances of his birth, including his stillborn twin brother Jesse. 

Conner traces the diverse thread of mysticism that runs through Elvis Presley’s life, drawing on firsthand accounts from the people closest to him, including his wife, Priscilla, friends and family, the Memphis Mafia, and his spiritual advisors. He reveals how Elvis was a student of seminal nineteenth- and twentieth-century occultists, including H. P. Blavatsky, Manly P. Hall, G. I. Gurdjieff, and P. D. Ouspensky, as well as a devotee of Indian yogi Paramahansa Yogananda. 

He argues that Elvis was well-versed in esoteric practices including sex magic, meditation, astrology, and numerology and had a deep familiarity with Kabbalah, Gnosticism, Theosophy, and Eastern traditions. Conner also reveals how Elvis was a natural healer, telekinetic, psychic, and astral traveler who had significant mystical experiences and UFO encounters.

Looking at the conspiratorial and paranormal aspects of Elvis’s life, the author explores the “Elvis visitations” that have occurred since Presley’s ostensible death and the general high weirdness of Elvis’s life. As Conner convincingly argues, Elvis was not just a one-of-a-kind rock-and-roller. He was the greatest magician America ever produced and a key player in transforming Western culture forever.

(Source: It's Elvis Time / Amazon Spain)