June 05 - Graceland Record Collection

Later this this month Graceland will release a Limited 65th Anniversary Edition of 'Stuck On You' as 10-inch vinyl with a new design. This is the second release in the Graceland Vinyl  Collection. 

Graceland also announced the release of a new  Christmas single, the title has not been unveiled yet. 

King Creole

Audio engineer Anthony Stuchbury announced, also on behalf of graphic designer David Parker, that the RDM-Edition record label will also release a CD edition of the 'King Creole Mono II Stereo' 10-inch soundtrack LP with bonus tracks.

Turtles, Berries And Gumbo / King Creole Instrumental / Crawfish (Movie Version) - Steadfast, Loyal And True (Undubbed Movie Edit) - Lover Doll (Movie Version) - Trouble - Dixieland Rock - Young Dreams - New Orleans (Movie Version) - Hard Headed Woman - King Creole (Movie Version) - Don't Ask Me Why - As Long As I Have You - Crawfish (Record Master) - Steadfast Loyal And True (Record Master) - Lover Doll (Record Master) - New Orleans (Record Master) - King Creole (Record Master).

The CD is available for pre-order from the >>> Bennies Fifties webshop. 

The Definitive Vinyl Artwork of Elvis Presley, Vol. 2

Joseph Tunzi's book 'The Definitive Vinyl Artwork of Elvis Presley, Vol. 2: The Back Covers' should have been released. The book was originally scheduled to be releases in February this year.

Publicity stated: This is a follow up to The Definitive Vinyl Artwork, which focused on all front cover artwork and photographs that were part of 45 RPM singles, extended play and long play albums.

This new volume takes you on a journey of those same albums, focusing this time, on back cover  artwork. Also featured on the 200-plus pages are over 800 rare photos, including the original photos (not altered), documents, letters, rejected artwork which contains some fascinating covers not used or modified by RCA and much more! 

Note: The back covers were included in the first volume, for 45 singles only.

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

(Source: Graceland / Pascal Matteo / Anthony Stuchbury / Bear Family)