November 18 - It's Elvis Video Time

Volume 308 of the Dutch It's Elvis Time fan club magazine dropped on the doormat of the the club's members. This issue a review on the 'Elvis Hero of the Comic Books' and the 'Memphis' box-set (co-written by me). The magazine also contains interesting background stories and some great in-depth CD reviews. 

Among other things, a wonderful story about Elvis in Florida 1956 and a great story about Elvis in the STAX studios in 1973. After the lesser recordings in July 1973, the sessions in December 1973 were back to normal with an energetic and enthusiastic Elvis and a selection of new musicians. This led to great recordings such as ‘I got a feeling in my body’, ‘You asked me to’, ‘If you talk in your sleep’, ‘Promised land’ and the magnificent ‘Loving arms’.

The magazine also highlights Elvis as a comic book character. In the book ‘Elvis, Hero of the Comic Books’ readers learn about the enormous cultural influence of Elvis on the genre of comic books. You can read the complete review at >>> Poplar Tunes.

The magazine als has an extensive review of the 5-CD set (and 2-LP set) ‘Elvis Memphis’ with recordings that Elvis made in his hometown Memphis. From the early Sun recordings, the first of which were recorded 70 years ago, to the last studio recordings Elvis made at Graceland. In between, recordings from the American Sound sessions of January and February 1969, Stax Studio recordings from 1973 and live recordings from the Mid South Coliseum in Memphis on March 20, 1974. With the exception of the Sun recordings, all songs were remixed and remastered by four-time Grammy Award winner Matt Ross-Spang. All overdubs were stripped. So that the listener hears what Elvis and his band members brought pure and unadulterated in the studio.

For more information on the magazine and the fan-club, please visit the club's >>> website.

Official and Bootleg Videography

Italian author Marco Durzu published the 438-page book ‘Elvis Presley - Official and Bootleg Videography’, a sequel to his previous overviews of Elvis’ songs, concerts and bootleg releases. The book is available in a paperback and a hardcover edition.

Publicity stated: This book is dedicated to and wants to honor the videography of Elvis Presley and covers both the official and the bootleg video releases, covering 48 official films and TV-shows as released between 1956 and 1977: 31 Films (1956 - 1969), 2 concert-movies (1970 - 1972) and 15 TV-shows (1956 - 1977).

Included are:

• The Official Videography with 115 titles as released by 27 companies.
• The Bootleg Videography 1969 – 1977 with 177 titles.
• The Bootleg Videography with 1359 titles as released by 130 companies.
• A chapter on the YouTube video of Elvis Presley (including several cover artists / impersonators).

The book ends with chapters on Elvis on YouTube, tribute artist Bouke Scholten 

and guide to viewing digital video covering technical standards (HDTV, 4K, 8K) and soft and hardware (interfaces, cables, video-coding).

The book is available from >>> Amazon (associate link).

(Source: It's Elvis Time / Amazon)