HI ELVIS COLLECTORS,BOOKS # 2
This is the second part of BOOKS that I have in stock. Please note that I made some mistakes in the first part so please go to the BOOKS page to see them all.
Sincerely,
Paul Dowling
WORLDWIDE ELVIS
8911 MIDNIGHT PASS RD # 415
SARASOTA, FL. 34242
(941) 346 - 1930
E mail: paul@worldwideelvis.com
|
|
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. | ||
|
|
TITLE | A TOUCH OF GOLD LAME (BOOK) | AUTHOR | ERIK LORENTZEN |
| PUBLISHER | ERIK LORENTZEN | ||
| COUNTRY | NORWAY | ||
| RELEASE DATE | SEPTEMBER 2015 | ||
| PAGES | HARDBOUND: 450 + PAGES! | ||
| PRICE | $89.95 | ||
| COMMENTS |
The book, 'A Touch of Gold Lame' has been released. This is a 450+ page Hardcover book by Erik Lorentzen author of the Elvis Files books. The book is HUGE. Weighs almost 10 pounds and will cover all you could want to know about Elvis and his 1957 concerts featuring the famous Gold Lame Suit. Please click on the photo for a great display of some of the pages. | ||
|
|
TITLE | COLLECTING ELVIS - THE 50'S (BOOK) | AUTHOR | SEAN O' NEAL |
| PUBLISHER | SEAN O' NEAL | ||
| COUNTRY | U.S. | ||
| RELEASE DATE | 2012 | ||
| PAGES | HARDBOUND: 208 | ||
| PRICE | $29.95 | ||
| COMMENTS |
In the 1950s Elvis became the King of Rock and Roll. Thrity-five years later he remains the King of Rock collectability. Starting with Elvis' High School years at Humes High, through his induction into the U.S. Army, this Elvis Presley collector's price guide chronicles 1950-1959 Elvis Presley Memorabilia. Included are pre-Sun Records era items, Concert Memorabilia, Movie Paraphernalia, EPE Novelty Items, RCA Record Releases, Autographs, and more. Several items appear in print for the first time. Current market prices are listed. For the very serious collector, for the newly interested buyer, for the first time seller, for the nostalgia buff, here is a book for all to enjoy. - Current Market Prices as of 2012 - 700 Color Photographs - Tips For identifying Counterfeit Items - Time Line of Elvis' Life in the 1950s - History of Elvis Presley Enterprises. Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers. | ||
|
|
TITLE | THE ROCK N ROLL YEARS MY WISH CAME TRUE (BOOK) | AUTHOR | GER RYFF, TREVOR CAJIAO, JEANPAUL COMMANDEUR |
| PUBLISHER | ELVIS UNLIMITED | ||
| COUNTRY | DENMARK | ||
| RELEASE DATE | 2003 | ||
| PAGES | 120 PAGES! | ||
| PRICE | $29.95 | ||
| COMMENTS |
For more details please go to this YOU TUBE PAGE This BEAUTIFUL book (9" x 10" PAPERBACK) concentrates on Elvis' rise to stardom from 1954 - 1956. There are lots of b/w and color photos of Elvis Presley including photos of receipts e.g. Memphis Recording Service dated January 6 1954 in respect of an Acetate Master. Newspaper clippings, Billboard Music Charts, Elvis Presley Record Sales, Theatre tickets. Photos of Elvis on the set of his first film Love Me Tender and many more.120 pages, stunning, mostly unpublished images in b&w and color on high quality paper. Approximately 150 images from the period 1953-1959 - Rare and previously unpublished photos in both colour and black and white - on stage and candid - Vintage memorabilia and artefacts including: Elvis' 1953 draft card; Revealing sales documents from Sun Records; Rare EP covers and label shots; '50s concert tickets; Lyric sheets written out by Elvis while stationed in Germany - 'Memories Of The Hillbilly Cat' text with quotes form many of Elvis' contemporaries. DO NOT LET THIS PASS BY IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY!! ONE COPY ONLY! Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers plus some of the inside pages.. | ||
|
|
TITLE | COLLECTING ELVIS - THE 50'S (BOOK) | AUTHOR | HENRIK LUDSEN |
| PUBLISHER | EUP PRODUCTIONS | ||
| COUNTRY | U.S. | ||
| RELEASE DATE | 2003 | ||
| PAGES | SOFTBOUND: 80 | ||
| PRICE | $29.95 | ||
| COMMENTS |
Long deleted GORGEOUS book withrare and unpublished photos all mostly in COLOR!! (1950s to 1970s) - stunning collection!!! . Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers. | ||
|
|
TITLE | ELVIS IN TEXAS | AUTHOR | STANLEY OBEREST & LORI TORRANCE |
| PUBLISHER | REPUBLIC OF TEXAS PRESS | ||
| COUNTRY | U.S. | ||
| RELEASE DATE | 2002 | ||
| PAGES | 232 PAGES! | ||
| PRICE | $29.95 | ||
| COMMENTS |
Exciting never before seen photos, interviews, and memorabilia of Elvis' tours of Texas., The King never dies Neither does interest in the great American Icon Elvis Presley. This exciting new book has never-before-seen photographs, interviews, and memorabilia of Elvis's tours of Texas in 1955 and 1956 when he was just another kid trying to break into the music business. Also includes a chapter on his triumphant return in the seventies. This is a beautifully designed keepsake book that every Elvis fan is sure to want. ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers plus some of the inside pages.. | ||
|
|
TITLE | ELVIS '57: THE FINAL FIFTIES TOURS (BOOK) | AUTHOR | ALAN HANSON |
| PUBLISHER | I UNIVERSE INC | ||
| COUNTRY | U.S. | ||
| RELEASE DATE | 2007 | ||
| PAGES | 314 PAGES! | ||
| PRICE | $29.95 | ||
| COMMENTS |
In 1957, Elvis Aron Presley was still a one man phenomenon with six titles on the charts, one movie to his credit, and two movies soon to follow. But while he pursued his dream of becoming a Hollywood actor, the military draft threatened to shatter it along with his wildly successful rock 'n' roll career. Elvis couldn't resist the excitement he found performing on stage before swarms of shrieking teenage girls, and in that final year before he entered the U.S. Army, he went back on the road for three short tours. Elvis '57 recalls that magical year when the King played to audiences a quarter of a million people strong, and controversy and pandemonium accompanied him wherever he went. Alan Hanson takes us for a rollicking ride through eighteen major cities in the United States and Canada as he chronicles the most exciting tours of Elvis's career. In Chicago, Elvis wore his famed gold lame suit and thirteen girls fainted in an effort to reach him. In Vancouver, British Columbia, thousands left their seats and rushed the stage, forcing him to abruptly end the show. Drawing on first-hand accounts from the disc jockeys on the front lines of Elvis's exploding career and fans who attended the '57 concerts, Hanson sweeps you back to the year that forever changed the King of Rock 'n' Roll. ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers plus some of the inside pages.. | ||
|
|
TITLE | THE ELVIS TREASURES BOX SET (BOOK + CD) | AUTHOR | ROBERT GORDON |
| PUBLISHER | VILLARD BOOKS | ||
| COUNTRY | U.S. | ||
| RELEASE DATE | 2002 | ||
| PAGES | HARDBOUND SLIPCASE + BOOK 63 PAGES! | ||
| PRICE | $29.95 | ||
| COMMENTS |
Very unusual item released in 2002. This insightful biography and a collection of memorabilia rolled into one package - SLIPCASE, HARDBOUND BOOK + a CD! With facsimiles of handwritten letters, invitations, press releases, movie scripts, and other removable items. Illustrations. Photos., Graceland has opened the doors to its extensive archives for the first time ever, allowing previously inaccessible historic documents and memorabilia to be reproduced in facsimile, collectible form. With biographical text by acclaimed Elvis expert Robert Gordon, The Elvis Treasures tells the King's life story through handwritten letters, press releases, movie scripts, photographs and additional artifacts. Where else can you get a ticket to "Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley," evaluate the Kings hand-drawn football plays, read his first RCA contract, and check out a book that he borrowed from the Humes High School library as an eighth-grader? Published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Elvis death, this unique interactive book also contains a 60-minute CD of interviews spanning his career, providing a formerly unavailable portrait of the King in his own words. The Elvis Treasures contains 22 removable documents, including: -rare promotional photos issued by Sun Records in 1954-55 -a 1958 Christmas card from Elvis and the Colonel (as Santa) -Elvis's letter to Anita, his Memphis girlfriend, expressing his love and commitment to her while he was stationed in Germany -an invitation to the premiere for Viva Las Vegas -telegrams Vernon received upon Elvis' death from Johnny Cash, Isaac Hayes, Governor George Wallace, B. B. King, Little Richard and others Description of the 60-minute CD of interviews The first interview, track 1, was conducted in 1955 by Mae Boren Axton, months before the song she gave him, "Heartbreak Hotel," would become his breakthrough hit. Track 2, recorded roughly a year later, finds Elvis admitting, in an unguarded moment, that his performing style was inspired in part by the gospel quarters he'd always loved; it's a confession that comes back to haunt him in the following interview, conducted in August 1956 by Paul Wilder of TV Guide (track 3). When Wilder uses the term "holy roller" in asking him about the religious influence on his music, Elvis interrupts him"I have never used that expression"with the hair-curling command of a preacher. The TV Guide interview makes for fascinating listening, as Elvis uses charm, biting sarcasm, and the sheer force of his conviction to parry Wilder's interrogation. Tracks 4 and 5 are far more joyful in spirit, as we hear first Elvis' parents and then the singer himself tossed about in the maelstrom of his triumphant Tupelo homecoming concert in 1956. ("Baby Play House," his mother responds unforgettably when asked her favorite Elvis song.) Then we jump ahead to Elvis' Army years and a montage of clips reflecting his life in the service, America's reaction, and his return home (track 6). Elvis speaks earnestly about working the same details as the other soldiers, but by the end of the selection seems quite happy about returning to his "normal" life. Track 7 finds him back at work, in a brief interview on the set of Blue Hawaii. But what follows, an excerpt from a long conversation with Lloyd Shearer of Parade magazine (track 8) ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a display of the entire set. | ||
|
|
TITLE | DID ELVIS SING IN YOUR HOMETOWN? | AUTHOR | LEE COTTEN |
| PUBLISHER | HIGH SIERRA BOOKS | ||
| COUNTRY | U.S. | ||
| RELEASE DATE | 1995 | ||
| PAGES | 260 PAGES! | ||
| PRICE | $29.95 | ||
| COMMENTS |
Super informative book signed by Lee Cotten with fantastic information on Elvis' tours in the 1950's listing the dates and places he appeared in plus much much more! This book is a MUST for Elvis fans who want to know a lot more about Elvis' early years. LONG OUT OF PRINT!! 'ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers plus some of the inside pages.. | ||
|
|
TITLE | THAT'S ALRIGHT, ELVIS (BOOK) | AUTHOR | SCOTTY MOORE |
| PUBLISHER | SCHIRMER BOOKS | ||
| COUNTRY | U.S. | ||
| RELEASE DATE | 1997 | ||
| PAGES | 271 PAGES! | ||
| PRICE | $24.95 | ||
| COMMENTS |
The untold story of Elvis first guitarist and manager, Scotty Moore.For the first time, guitarist Scotty Moore tells the real story behind his years with Elvis Presley. When Elvis first showed up at Sam Phillip's Memphis-based Sun Records studio, he was a shy teenager in search of a sound. Sam asked Scotty and bass player Bill Black, both members of the popular country band The Tune Wranglers, to work with Elvis on his music in advance of his first recording session. While clowning around in the studio they came up with a version "That's Alright"; it was released as Elvis' first single, and launched his career. Scotty and Bill toured with the young singer, and played on all of his Sun sessions and his first recordings for RCA; Scotty served as the business manager for the trio, in essence working as Elvis' first manager. When the trio broke up, Scotty retired from music-making. He has maintained his silence about Elvis since, despite repeated requests for interviews to tell his side of the story. With Bill Black and Elvis both dead, he is the only remaining member of the original trio who can tell the true story of how Elvis transformed popular music---and how he created the guitar sound that has become the prototype for all rock guitar that followed.Jim Dickerson is the author of Schirmers Goin Back to Memphis. He is a Nashville-based journalist and writer.ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers. | ||
|
|
TITLE | ELVIS: A MUSICAL INVENTORY 1939-55 (BOOK) | AUTHOR | RICHARD BOUSSIRON |
| PUBLISHER | MUSIC MENTOR BOOKS | ||
| COUNTRY | ENGLAND | ||
| RELEASE DATE | 2004 | ||
| PAGES | 264 PAGES! | ||
| PRICE | $24.95 | ||
| COMMENTS |
Presented like a discography, this is a detailed listing of the King's musical influences: hymns and spirituals he sang at church, songs he learned at school or heard on the radio, the live blues he listened to in Shakerag - with full historical details shown for each song. Very Hard to find. Magnificent catalogue of music that Elvis probably heard and perhaps played during his early life, together with detailed information about all music played, not always recorded, sometimes lost, at Sun. Also information about very early radio performances (dating back to 1944!) and personal appearances. Excellent source, shouldn't be missed. If you're interested in finding out what made Elvis tick musically, this is as good a place as any. Richard really did do a lot of research to the origin of each and every song and that is, I must say, great to read. We also get info on more acetates like 'Fool, Fool, Fool' that have been recorded but are reported lost. Everything is in here: from Elvis' childhood to his live performances. From the Sun Sessions to the first TV appearances. ONE COPY ONLY!
Please click on the photo for a great display of the front & back covers. | ||
