Erstellt: 28. April 2018

ISBN: 1631494015Mit leicht abgewandeltem Cover erscheint das von Ray Connolly geschriebene Buch "Being Elvis - A Lonely Life" bei "Liverright" am 03.08.2018 erneut und hat statt 368 Seiten nun 416 - so die Ankündigung.

Ankündigung des Verlages:
"Elvis Presley is a giant figure in American popular culture, a man whose talent and fame were matched only by his later excesses and tragic end. A godlike entity in the history of rock and roll, this twentieth-century icon with a dazzling voice blended gospel and traditionally black rhythm and blues with country to create a completely new kind of music and new way of expressing male sexuality, which simply blew the doors off a staid and repressed 1950s America.In Being Elvis veteran rock journalist Ray Connolly takes a fresh look at the career of the world’s most loved singer, placing him, forty years after his death, not exhaustively in the garish neon lights of Las Vegas but back in his mid-twentieth-century, distinctly southern world.

For new and seasoned fans alike, Connolly, who interviewed Elvis in 1969, re-creates a man who sprang from poverty in Tupelo, Mississippi, to unprecedented overnight fame, eclipsing Frank Sinatra and then inspiring the Beatles along the way.Juxtaposing the music, the songs, and the incendiary live concerts with a personal life that would later careen wildly out of control, Connolly demonstrates that Elvis’s amphetamine use began as early as his touring days of hysteria in the late 1950s, and that the financial needs that drove him in the beginning would return to plague him at the very end.

With a narrative informed by interviews over many years with John Lennon, Bob Dylan, B. B. King, Sam Phillips, and Roy Orbison, among many others, Connolly creates one of the most nuanced and mature portraits of this cultural phenomenon to date.What distinguishes Being Elvis beyond the narrative itself is Connolly’s more subtle examinations of white poverty, class aspirations, and the prison that is extreme fame. As we reach the end of this poignant account, Elvis’s death at forty-two takes on the hue of a profoundly American tragedy. The creator of an American sound that resonates today, Elvis remains frozen in time, an enduring American icon who could “seamlessly soar into a falsetto of pleading and yearning” and capture an inner emotion, perhaps of eternal yearning, to which all of us can still relate.Intimate and unsparing, Being Elvis explores the extravagance and irrationality inherent in the Elvis mythology, ultimately offering a thoughtful celebration of an immortal life."

Quelle: Books.WWNorton.Com

Erstellt: 01. April 2018

ISBN: 1980460396

Ankündigung des Verlages:
"Before Elvis made it on the regional scene as an established musician, he worked at Crown Electric in Memphis as a truck driver and do-all boy. Elvis and the owner of Crown Electric, James Tipler, remained close friends over the years. Tipler stayed in business until 1990 and, in 1986 he hired a young European immigrant in pretty much the same position he once hired Elvis.

With time, Tipler and the young man became close friends. Tipler shared with the young immigrant his memories of the mid-fifties, Elvis' work habits, documents, and memorabilia unique to a period of Elvis' life, very little of which has been known until now.

"Elvis Before Graceland" is Elvis' unique story at Crown Electric and a treasure trove for all interested fans. With over forty never-released photos, documents associated directly with Elvis and with his early years, "Elvis Before Graceland" is a must-read for all fans."

Quelle: Verschiedene

Erstellt: 09. Februar 2018

In der "Gold Standard Series" kündigt Erik Lorentzen (u. a. Autor der Bücher "The Movies", "One Night In Toronto" u. v. m.) das Buch "The Reno Brothers" an. Dieses Buch ist speziell dem ersten Film von Elvis "Love Me Tender" gewidment. Weitere Infos folgen!

Quelle: ElvisDayByDay.Com

Erstellt: 07. Februar 2018

Die Arbeiten an dem zweiten Teil des von Erik Lorentzen und Keith Alverson gestalteteten Buches "Strictly Elvis: 1976 - 1977 (Through The Lens Of Keith Alverson - Volume Two)" haben begonnen.

Es soll mehr als 1.200 Fotos aus den Jahren 1976 und 1977 enthalten, von denen mehr als 1.000 - so die Ankündigung - nie zuvor veröffentlicht wurden. Weitere Infos folgen!

Quelle: ElvisDayByDay.Com

Erstellt: 01. Februar 2018

Die nächste Buch- / DVD- / Doppel-CD-Kombination aus der "The King In Motion"-Reihe vom "Venus"-Label trägt den Untertitel "Tearing ´Em Up - The November 1971 Tour".

Die DVD hat ca. 40 Minuten Spielzeit und beinhaltet 8mm-Aufnahmen vom November 1971, welche mit einem Soundboardmitschnitt vom 10.11.1971 aus dem Boston Garden (CD: "The Power Of Zhazam" synchronisiert wurden. Das Buch hat 209 Seiten und beinhaltet - so die Ankündigung - viele unveröffentlichte Fotos aus dieser Tour.

Die Doppel-CD beinhaltet den Soundboardmitschnitt vom 10.11.1971 aus Boston. Und zu guter Letzt wird es eine "Promo Disc" zur "The Unedited Masters Serie" geben.

Inhalt der CD:
Power Of My Love  Master No Overdubs (Take 7) - My Little Friend (Vocal Overdub Of January 16) - True Love Travels On A Gravel Road (Master Different Mix - Take 11) - I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (Complete Master, Overdubbed - Take 1) - It’s Your Baby, You Rock It (Alternate Master - Backup Vocals Overdub - Take 3) - Life  (Master - Different Mix - Take 20) - Stranger In The Crowd (Take 1 & 7) - Early Mornin’ Rain (Unedited Take 11) - If That Isn’t Love (Different Mix - Take 1) - I Can Help (Complete Unedited Session - Take 1 & 2) - Promised Land (Motherfucker Version - Take 1) - Bitter They Are (1980 Re-Recording) - For Ol’ Times Sake (1980 Re-Recording) - Patch It Up (Alternate Master - Take 9) - Amazing Grace (No Overdubs - Take 2)

Quelle: Elvis-Collectors.Com

Erstellt: 25. Januar 2018

"JAT Publishing" kündigt zu seinem 30jährigen Jubiläum das Buch "Elvis - Harum Scarum 'The Book'" an.

Es soll über 150 unveröffentlichte - so die Ankündigung - Fotos vom Set, Backstage und einem Extrakapitel mit dem Titel "Behind The Scenes of Girl Happy" beinhalten. Weitere Infos folgen!

Quelle: JATPublishing.Com