SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

HI ELVIS COLLECTORS,
BOOKS
I just updated the BOOKS page. I have a lot more and will send out another BOOK update in a few days. If there is anything in particular you're looking for let me know, ok.

Sincerely,
Paul Dowling
WORLDWIDE ELVIS
8911 MIDNIGHT PASS RD # 415
SARASOTA, FL. 34242
(941) 346 - 1930
E mail: paul@worldwideelvis.com


 

ULTIMATE ELVIS

 TITLE ULTIMATE ELVIS - 3 VOLUME HARDBOUND
AUTHOR ERIK LORENTZEN, KEITH FLYNN, GORDON MINTO, PIERS BEAGLEY, ARJAN DEELEN, ALAN HANSON, JAMES V. ROY
PUBLISHER ERIK LORENTZEN
COUNTRY NORWAY
RELEASE DATE DECEMBER 2014
PAGES HARDBOUND: 3 VOLUMES!
PRICE $750 + POSTAGE!
COMMENTS NOTE: FINALLY THIS GORGEOUS THREE VOLUME SET WILL BE OUT AROUND THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER IN NORWAY. HOIPEFULLY I WILL HAVE IT A WEEK OR SO LATER! BUT I AM ONLY GETTING 5 COPIES SO IF YOU WANT ONE PLEASE LET ME KNOW NOW!!).
Incredible three volume, individually numbered, deluxe set (in a beautiful slipcase), containing all the session information available to date including comprehensive notes on each session, discographies, reviews of every single, EP and album release, release dates, facsimiles of RCA's paperwork, session logs, listing notices, letters from Colonel Parker's office and RCA's archive, the reproduction of original sheet music covers, a huge index and a host of other things. Each book is a large10 x 12 inches in size, and collectively the set runs a whopping 1,712 pages. ONE COPY AVAILABLE!!
Please click on the photo for a great display of some of the pages.

INGOLD

 TITLE ELVIS IN GOLD (BOOK)
AUTHOR JOE TUNZI
PUBLISHER JAT
COUNTRY U.S.
RELEASE DATE 2009
PAGES HARDBOUND: 113 PAGES!
PRICE $85.95
COMMENTS This is a hardcover photo journal. Featuring over 100 glorious black and white images (many never before made public) illustrate Elvis wearing his golden outfit or jacket on stage and in the studio. From the iconic photo session that gave us the best LP cover of Elvis' career, to Presley's three masterful 1957 tours. From the Mississippi-Alabama fair in 1957, to Honolulu in 1961, 'Elvis In Gold' takes you to the era where Elvis changed our culture forever. This has LONG been out of print. TOTALLY MINT!! ONE COPY ONLY!!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers and a few pages..

CHART

 TITLE ELVIS NO. 1 -THE COMPLETE CHART HISTORY (BOOK)
AUTHOR JOE TUNZI
PUBLISHER JAT
COUNTRY U.S.
RELEASE DATE 2000
PAGES 320 PAGES!
PRICE $95.95
COMMENTS This" is a big SOFTBOUND book (9" x 11") full of fascinating chart facts and represents a much needed record of Elvis' huge impact on USA music charts. Everything an Elvisphile will ever want to know about Elvis on the US charts is here: History of the Billboard Charts; Pop Singles Charts; Under the 100 Pop Singles; Country Singles; Extended Play Charts; Pop Albums; Country Albums; Christmas Charts; Easy Listening; R&B; Sheet Musics Sales Chart; Video Sales; Music Reviews; Cashbox Charts; Complete Discography; Elvis & The Grammys; US Gold & Platinum Certifications; date of chart debut; peak position; weeks on chart; basic recording data!! You'll never find a book like this. ONE COPY ONLY! MINT -!!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers and a few pages.

CD

 TITLE ELVIS ON CD:
1984-1992(BOOK)
AUTHOR PETER BAUMANN
PUBLISHER PETER BAUMANN
COUNTRY AUSTRIA
RELEASE DATE 1992
PAGES HARDBIOUND: 386 PAGES!
PRICE $150
COMMENTS This incredible HUGE 386 page HARDBOUND book (12" x 9") with a dust cover by Peter Baumann came out 25 years ago and is one of the BEST books ever on Elvis's worldwide CD releases from the beginning until 1992. There are more than 1250 CD's pictured with more than 1100 photos. Each listing (with pictures!) contains the date of release, country, information of the label, what mode it's in and tons of other things that Elvis CD collectors are dying to know. This has LONG been out of print. TOTALLY MINT!! ONE COPY ONLY!!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers and a few pages..

UK1

 TITLE ELVIS UK VOL. 1: 1956 - 1986
AUTHOR GORDON MINTO, JOHN TOWNSON, GEORGE RTICHARDSON
PUBLISHER BLANDFORD PRESS
COUNTRY ENGLAND
RELEASE DATE 1987
PAGES LARGE HARDBOUND: 565 PAGES!
PRICE $199.95
COMMENTS As the inside says this is Volume 1 of "THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO ELVIS PRESLEY'S BRITISH RECORD RELEASES 1956 - 1986". I can't even begin to tell you how great Gordon Minto and pals did on this bible of UK releases. No sense even trying. I will just say that everyone is looking for this MASTERPIECE which has been deleted for 30 years! By the way the front & back covers of this monster book are plainA steal at $200. BLACK. No dust cover! LONG OUT OF PRINT!! ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the spine and a few pages!

UK2

 TITLE ELVIS UK VOL. 2: 1986-2002 (BOOK)
AUTHOR GORDON MINTO, JOHN TOWNSON
PUBLISHER SEDDON PRINTERS
COUNTRY ENGLAND
RELEASE DATE 2002
PAGES LARGE SOFTBOUND: 383 PAGES!
PRICE $199.95
COMMENTS Well the mate's did it again! How could they top Vol. 1 but they did with this huge monster Vol. 2. Again no sense in wasting superlatives on this second masterpiece from our English pals. A brilliant work! It's hard to believe that this is 15 years old now!! Amazing!! LONG OUT OF PRINT!! ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers and a few pages!

VIVA

 TITLE VIVA ELVIS! (BOOK)
AUTHOR CARLOS ARES
PUBLISHER CARLOS ARES PRODUCTIONS
COUNTRY U.S.
RELEASE DATE 1997
PAGES 124 PAGES!
PRICE $99.95
COMMENTS Super INCREDIBLE 10" x 10" softbound Argentinian discography masterpiece by one of the BIGGEST Elvis fans and MEGA collectors Carlos "THE BEAST" Ares! I This reference and price guide is Superb and contains detailed information with photos, dates, label information, etc etc on Elvis' Argentinian vinyl and CD releases. The book is well-rounded by many b/w and some color photographs of some of the world´s rarest records. Of special interest to the collectors are, of course the super rare VIK labels. Great work in conjunction with Paul Dowling and Andylon Lensen from the Netherlands. ONE OF A KIND!! ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers.

ELVISKUNG

 TITLE ELVIS KUNG AV SVERIGE (BOOK + CD)
AUTHOR BORJE LUNDBERG
PUBLISHER PREMIUM PUBLISHING
COUNTRY SWEDEN
RELEASE DATE 1997
PAGES HARDBOUND: 276 PAGES!
PRICE $75.95
COMMENTS This GREAT HARDBOUND (7" x 10") book (with dustcover)+ CD by great Swedish Elvis fan BORJE LUNDBERG features many exciting stories, funny curiosities and uncountable, interesting facts about Elvis and his ties to Sweden. It includes a complete Elvis-filmography with coloured illustrations of all Swedish cinema posters and excerpts from several film reviews. It also contains an extensive illustrated discography! For the first time ever more than 400 Elvis records are published in colour! The discography presents both American originals and those records which have been officially released in Sweden. Premiums valuation guide indicates which records are worth a treasure even today! The author Börje Lundberg met Elvis several times.
This also comes with a 4 track BMKG / RCA CD - GOOD ROCKIN TONIGHT (Good Rockin Tonight; Blue Moon of Ky / Milkcow Blues; That's All Right)
Both book and CD TOTALLY MINT except for a very small tear at the top of the dustcover!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers, the CD and a few pages..

COLLECTIBLES-BLUE

 TITLE ELVIS COLLECTIBLES - FIRST EDITION (BOOK)
AUTHOR ROSALIND CRANOR
PUBLISHER COLLECTOR BOOKS
COUNTRY U.S.
RELEASE DATE 1987
PAGES 366 PAGES!
PRICE $39.95
COMMENTS Very very hard-to-find FIRST EDITION in 1987 of Rosalind Cranor's beautiful 9" x 11" 366 page masterpiece price guide with tons of photos etc and information on just about any and every ELvis collectible sheet music, movie cards, EPE items, you name it. LONG OUT OF PRINT!! Well worth the money!! ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers.

COLLECTIBLES-RED

 TITLE ELVIS COLLECTIBLES - SECOND EDITION (BOOK)
AUTHOR ROSALIND CRANOR
PUBLISHER OVERMOUNTAIN PRESS
COUNTRY U.S.
RELEASE DATE 1987
PAGES 400 PAGES!
PRICE $59.95
COMMENTS Very very hard-to-find SECOND EDITION in 1987 of Rosalind Cranor's beautiful 9" x 11" 400 page masterpiece price guide with tons of photos etc and information on just about any and every ELvis collectible sheet music, movie cards, EPE items, you name it. The book is subdivided into several chapters like Novelty Items (EPE), RCA collectibles, postcards, sheet music, photographs, Las Vegas and concert items, publications and movie collectibles. Even though the book was published several years ago and the prices are by far not uptodate, this is still the most extemsive reference and price guide for Elvis collectibles. Compared with other guides like this, it still gives you an idea of what was manufactured and what it might be worth. This reference and price guide LONG OUT OF PRINT!! Well worth the money!! ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers plus some of the inside pages..

ALL SHOOK

 TITLE ALL SHOOK UP : 1954-1977
AUTHOR LEE COTTEN
PUBLISHER POPULAR CULTURE
COUNTRY ENGLAND
RELEASE DATE 1983
PAGES LARGE HARDBOUND: 500 PAGES!
PRICE $59.95
COMMENTS Monster bible book from Lee Cotten. This book chronicles as much information as Lee could find on Elvis from every day possible between 1954 and 1977. Very much sought after! LONG OUT OF PRINT!! ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers and a few pages!

DAY

 TITLE ELVIS: DAY BY DAY
AUTHOR PETER GURALNICK & ERNST JORGENSEN
PUBLISHER BALLANTINE BOOKS
COUNTRY U.S.
RELEASE DATE 1999
PAGES LARGE HARDBOUND: 392 PAGES!
PRICE $79.95
COMMENTS The authors were granted unprecedented access to hundreds of thousands of photos, documents, letters, artifacts, and memorabilia by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Guralnick and Jorgensen present the King as you've never seen him before. Elvis Day by Day is a complete account of public, private, rare, forgotten, and renowned moments, captured with such detail and immediacy they read like diary entries in a life--from first steps to the first time the young "hillbilly cat" stepped on stage; from the creation of a revolutionary new sound to the last days of a universally known, tragically misunderstood music legend. Lavishly illustrated with more than three hundred color and black-and-white photographs, this one-of-a-kind volume features such hitherto unknown details of Elvis' childhood in Tupelo as a father's touching postcards from prison and the family's backbreaking struggle to make ends meet. It includes Elvis' first work application at eighteen in which he describes his leisure-time activities as "sing[ing], playing ball, working on car, going to movies." At last, the complete story of how Elvis met his legendary manager, Colonel Tom Parker, is revealed in detail, and long-debated mysteries like Elvis's famous lost tryout for the Arthur Godfrey show are finally put to rest. In addition, the reader will find an invaluable and reliable reference guide to every recording session, record release, song hit, movie, and live performance (including a number of shows not previously documented)--clearing up in the process many misconceptions and misunderstandings about Elvis' life. All the facts are here--from Elvis's unlikely visit with President Nixon in 1970 to his spontaneous articulation of patriotism and pride in a 1957 telegram to a marine private (coincidentally named Nixon). Within these facts are a story: funny, sad, sometimes uplifting, occasionally disturbing--but always fascinating for the disarmingly unbuttoned, behind-the-scenes view of a celebrated life. From private moments to public milestones, this is the first complete and accurate chronology of Elvis' life, in a form that offers instant accessibility to Elvis expert and casual reader alike. Elvis Day by Day is an extraordinary piece of American musical history, bringing the life and times of Elvis Presley into dazzling focus for the record--and for the ages., From details of his childhood in Tupelo, through his rise to success, to his death, a chronology of Elvis Presley's life and career draws on an array of archival material, photographs, documents, letters, artifacts, and memorabilia. WITH DUST COVER! LONG OUT OF PRINT!! ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers and a few pages!