Lorraine Gibson kündigte ihr bei "White Owl Books" erscheinende und 244 Seiten starke Buch "Elvis - The King Of Fashion" für den Sommer 2024 mit einem Vorwort von Hal Lansky an.
Ankündigung des Verlages:
"Elvis Presley’s life was the ultimate rags to riches story, and it was the rags, as much as the riches that drove him, defined him, and made him the global icon he is today. Born in a shack in America’s Deep South in 1935, to impoverished parents struggling in the wake of the Great Depression, he sprung from a life of deprivation to one of international fame and untold wealth – all before he was twenty.
Brought up dirt-poor, but surrounded by love and music from birth, Elvis was infused with the sounds of gospel and the raw, hard-life blues of the ‘cotton country’s’ plantation workers. And when the family radio brought country singers, crooners and spiritual quartets to his young ears, his musical DNA was fully-formed. Elvis’ boarding pass for the rocket-ship to stardom was a voice of liquid gold and his striking appearance upgraded him to a VIP fast-track ticket into the entertainment stratosphere. His unique sense of style and musical talent went hand-in-hand in creating Elvis the Showman.
As a teenager, before he sang a note, it was his unconventional look that singled him out among his peers. Later, it was his voice that stopped a conservative 1950s America in its tracks. This book looks at how Elvis broke down cultural and racial barriers and smiled in the face of safe dressing. His bold outfits were his trademark yet, no matter how dazzling, they never outshone him.
They were also his force shield, superhero costumes that protected him from anxiety, pain, the glare of the spotlight and, in difficult times, from reality. It considers how Elvis’s extraordinary style – as much as his pioneering music – defined his life and the experiences that he lived through. It includes exclusive interviews with: * Hal Lansky, whose family dressed Elvis for three decades, and who advised Austin Butler on what to wear playing him in the 2022 movie, Elvis. * Award-wining producer director, Steve Binder who resurrected Elvis’ career and put him in that black leather suit for the 1968 Comeback Special. * Butch and Kim Polston, who maintain Elvis’ legacy, recreating his spectacular 1970s Vegas jumpsuits, including those worn by Butler.
Elvis: The King of Fashion_ marvels at how an intensely shy and disadvantaged boy from the wrong side of Tupelo, Mississippi, went from homespun to Hollywood in the blink of an eye and became the most popular, successful, idolized and imitated solo performer of all time. Most of all, it regards the rollercoaster life of Elvis the man through a fashion lens as he strode like a colossus through the world of showbusiness, dressed like The King he never quite believed he was."
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Das ca. 490 Seiten starke Buch "Elvis UK - Extended: The Ultimate Guide To Elvis Presley’s British EPs 1957 - 2001" wurde von Gordon Minto bzw. James Townson angekündigt und wird mit folgende Worte angekündigt:
"This soft-backed book, a newly written 490 page, fully comprehensive text, follows on from our previous publications in the 'Elvis UK' series, each of them acclaimed by collectors, and provides the ultimate guide to Elvis’ EP releases issued in the United Kingdom between 1957-2001.
This soft-backed book, a newly written 490 page, fully comprehensive text, follows on from our previous publications in the Elvis UKseries, each of them acclaimed by collectors, and provides the ultimate guide to Elvis’s EP releases issued in the U.K. between 1957-2001.
This new volume:
- Complements - and extends considerably - information relating to these particular releases included in our original booksElvis UK, published in 1987, and Elvis UK2, published in 2002 (for example, the EP section in Elvis UK (1987) was a mere 46 pages; Extended runs to 490 pages)
- Is extensively illustrated in full colour throughout, including a range of images of Elvis himself
- Details the history of extended play releases, their popularity and subsequent fall from favour
- Features a wealth of background information, revealing exciting new details and information regarding tax codes and price changes as shown on labels – as well as tabling chart positions
- Offers technical but clear details regarding manufacturing, along with matrix numbers and their significance
- Where appropriate, each EP release is cross-referenced with its US counterpart and key differences discussed
- Includes a chronological list of all the EPs included
- Discusses each extended play album individually, in a detailed and forensic way, while the extensive text is amply illustrated with scans of every known cover and label variation, relevant photographs, and scans of contemporaneous newspaper and magazine articles and adverts
- Features a header block for each album release comprising information about the songs or spoken word material included, release dates, along with details about the writers, as well as showing the record mode
- Includes hitherto unpublished information from company files, including first-hand input from some of those who worked directly on certain important releases e.g. The two EP Collections
- Incorporates historically significant events of the period throughout the narrative
- Chronicles and dates all changes to various company logos used
- Includes a detailed Song Index, showing recording dates, which album(s) each song has been featured on, along with details of outtakes used, as well as a Spoken Word Index referencing when and where the material was recorded
- A short but important section dealing with demo EPs which includes a discussion about potential fakes
In short, as readers have come to expect from each of the previous Elvis UK publications, this book is intended to be the last word on its subject – in this instance, the much-loved extended play record format as seen in the UK.
Please note: while there is no definite price for this book as yet, we can assure our loyal customers and fellow collectors that we’re doing all we can to keep the retail price affordable.
We fully expect this book to be printed and available in the early spring of 2024. Look out for more details soon! "
Quelle: ElvisDayByDay.Com
Der 100seitige und von Dennis van Tiel verfasste Band 21 ist in der "Almost In Elvis"-Reihe ("AIE") am 01.12.2023 erschienen, trägt den Titel "Stop, Look And Listen" und wird mit folgenden Worten angekündigt:
"Stop, Look and Listen, de 21e uitgave uit de illustere serie Almost in Elvis heeft dit keer als thema de Amerikaanse tv-cultuur in de jaren 50-60-70 en een paar beroemde heupen, die voor u allemaal wel bekend zijn.
In 25 essays, korte verhalen, gedichten en de vaste rubrieken, zoals een recensie van de LP Almost in Love, aandacht voor de platenkoffer van de heer Presley en een vergeten lakei van de koning, te weten Ed Sullivan, wordt u meegenomen op een leuke reis langs Elvis' tv-jaren en meer."
Quelle: BOL.Com | ElvisDayByDay.Com
Am 24.11.2023 erschien das von Pete Nelson geschriebene und 151 Seiten starke Buch "All Shook Up - The Rise Of Elvis Presley", welches mit folgenden Worten angekündigt wurde:
"All Shook Up focuses on Elvis' heyday. Those raw breathtaking mid fifties years when rock'n'roll was young a time of electrifying performances and classic recordings.
This book begins the day a gangling kid from Tupelo meets Sam Phillips at the legendary 'Sun' studios. and ends the day of the most publicised induction into the U.S. army."
Quelle: GoodReads.Com | ElvisDayByDay.Com
Diskutiert diesen Artikel im Forum (13 Antworten).336 Seiten soll das neue, limitierte Hardcoverbuch von Kieran Davis haben und unter dem Titel "Elvis On Tour: March 1974" veröffentlicht werden.
Ankündigung:
"The full story of Elvis' March 1974 tour including extensive documentation on the five Memphis shows.
As always there is comprehensive text spread over 336 pages to present the tour in its greatest detail, plus additional archival documents and memorabilia, colour and black & white photographs, and fan stories.
The five Memphis shows are especially of note as all the official documents relating to the shows are included. The front cover image shows Elvis wearing a cape at one of his Tulsa shows, a true rarity."
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Diskutiert diesen Artikel im Forum (8 Antworten).Im Januar 2024 erscheint bei "Poplar Tunes Publishing" das 400 Seiten starke Buch "Elvis - Day By Day 2023: The Year In Review" mit dem jährlichen Rückblick auf das vergangene Jahr.
Ankündigung:
"2023 is a year with two sides for the Elvis world as it took fans from splendour to tragedy and back. Kicking off in high gear with a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination for Baz Luhrmann’s ‘ELVIS’ movie, turning into a tragedy with the unexpected death of Elvis’ only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley.
Fortunately, 2023 brought us many entertaining and interesting book, film and music releases with Deluxe Audiophile book and CD sets on the ‘Blue Hawaii’ movie, the Madison Square Garden concerts, the 1972 tours, ‘Aloha From Hawaii’, his early SUN and RCA recordings in stereo, new movies in the cinema and more new (colored) vinyl than CD releases. All of these illustrating the splendour of Elvis’ legacy that continues to resonate with old and young fans almost 50 years after his passing.
Perhaps we even got too much, as it gets harder and harder to keep up with every new title that came out in 2023. This is where the ‘Elvis Day By Day 2023 - The Year In Review’ comes to the rescue. It contains the complete “2023 Elvis year” in one physical reference; all the music, movies, concerts, books, and everything else that happened in the Elvis world that is worth preserving for future generations.
The yearbook distinguishes itself by identifying the most important releases of the year, in circa 70 in-depth reviews. All written by well-regarded Elvis world writers and fans like you and I, sharing their perspectives and opinions, providing both a fun and insightful read, as well as helping you to select new additions for your collection.
This 6th volume in the ‘Elvis Day by Day’ series is all you need as an entertaining and fact-finding reference on everything Elvis Presley from 2023. As author Pål Granlund stated at the introduction of this new volume: “It’s a great book, I can tell you, I have them all”."
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Diskutiert diesen Artikel im Forum (4 Antworten).Der Autor Paul Belard kündigte für das Jahr 2024 die Bücher "Elvis: February And Early March 1958" bzw. "Elvis 1958: April / May" an. Weitere Infos folgen!
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- My Treasured Memories Of Elvis (MMP)
- The King Of Rock: Elvis Presley´s Legendary Life, Biography And Career
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- Elvis On Record - The Definitive Guide To UK Record Releases: Volume 1 (1956 - 1965)