Elvis: The Man And His Music (123)
Die erste Ausgabe im neuen Jahr vom englischsprachigen Magazin "Elvis: The Man And His Music" erscheint dieser Tage und hat u. a. folgende Themen:
- Gee, It's Great...To Be In That Fiftieth State
- Texas, 1958: The Eddie Fadal Home Recordings
- Southern Knights: Elvis And Jimmy Carter
- Singing For The King: Glen Campbell's Demos
- "Let Bardwell Sing!" (Lake Tahoe, October 1974)
- Presley Press: 'Record Whirl'
u. v. m.
Quelle: NowDigThisMagazine.Co.Uk

Da es kein Mitgliedermagazin ist, gibt es keine Vereinsnachrichten oder Berichte von Fantreffen, welche dort sicherlich ihre Berechtigung haben, mich halt nur nicht so brennend interessieren. Fokusiert auf Elvis pur und dabei wohltuend kritisch.
Während man bei anderen Magazinen bei Besprechungen gerne mal das Gefühl hat, dass man so schlau ist, wie zuvor, vor lauter oberflächlichem Geplänkel, wird hier meistens sehr deutlich Stellung bezogen. Dazu gerne mal exklusive Interviews von Menschen aus Elvis Umfeld machen TMAHM zu einem Lichtblick unter den Elvis Magazinen. Hier mal die Besprechung zu der CD, die verdeutlicht, was ich meine.
St. Paul To Wichita contains two incomplete soundboard-recorded shows from Elvis' September/ October 1974 tour ([...] There's hardly a song on the first show that doesn't include altered lyrics or ad-libbed asides. This may appeal to some, and was probably entertaining to those in the audience on the night, but it results in a performance that's sadly lacking in
musical coherence when listened to on CD 45 years later. Plus, of course, there's Elvis' medÂication to take into account. At times he seems a little sluggish and weary, but then the next minute he's attacking passages in certain songs in quite an aggressive manner, giving the impression he's hyper. There's a good punchy sound to both shows, with most of the instruments fairly wellÂbalanced and mixed. The exception is J.D. Sumner's bass voice farting, which at times is almost as loud as Elvis' vocal. There's all the usual stuff - the long, drawn-out 'I Got A Woman' / 'Amen' intro, the thrown-away songs, cracking up J.D. during 'Why Me Lord' etc. - but also lots of unusual phrasing and vocalising (check out 'Lawdy Miss Clawdy'!) thanks to his sometimes animated behaviour. What starts out as a gentle, measured 'Until lt's Time For You To Go' is soon spoiled by him messing about with the lyrics. He forgets the words to 'The Wonder Of You' and God only knows what he's doing on the first verse of 'Johnny B. Goode', but it sounds like he's singing through a wet sock with a peg on his nose. There's a lively 'Big Boss Man', a surprisingly straight 'Hawaiian WedÂding Song' and a committed 'You Gave Me A Mountain', but that's about it. Everything else is either as slack as a welly top or just chucked away in favour of messing around. There's more of the same on the second disc taped four days later, though he does appear a little more focused and there's a lot less mucking about. The repertoire is virtually the same, of course, complete with much of the same patter too, as well as more interaction with the audience (which doesn't always transfer weil to CD), but these shows were never recorded for the purpose of being released anyway, so it goes without saying !hat this has to be taken into account. Unfortunately, this second show has two particularly grim moments. First of all, probably the worst version of 'All Shook Up' you'II ever hear, with him singing the wrong words way too fast to the wrong rhythm, and then the pure horror of The Stamps' version of gospel number 'When lt's My Time'. Fuck me, this a bad! Bill Baize's excruÂciating voice will make your ears bleed. What's worse is that Elvis gets him to shout the ending again, for that's all it is - pure shouting. Total purgatory. May God have mercy on his soul. Disc Two also has three bonus tracks from Detroit an October 4th. There are better 'live' versions of 'lt's Midnight', but 'Steamroller Blues' grooves along nicely and 'Funny How Time Slips Away' has a relaxed feel to it - even featuring the opening line from 'Folsom Prison Blues' towards the end! Not the greatest of the FTD soundboard relÂeases, 'St. Paul To Wichita' can only be recomÂmended to those who collect everything regardÂless of performance quality.
Weitere Themen neben Rezensionen von Elvis CDs und Büchern:
- Elvis und Jimmy Carter - über die Berührungspunkte der beiden, was ich ganz interessant fand. Mit Abdrucken von Dokumenten aus dem Weißen Haus, die dokumentieren, wann Elvis mit Carter telefonierte.
- Besprechung der VÖ Glen Campbell sings for the King - ich finde die Platte nett, kann aber die negative Haltung des Rezensenten nachvollziehen. Allzu oft wird man sich die Scheibe nicht anhören.
- Texas 1958 - The Eddie Fadal home recordings - solider Bericht, der für mich aber keine Überraschungen bereit hielt.
- Bericht über Aloha, inklusive des Abdrucks eines kurzen Interviews mit Elvis - den ich ehrlicherweise nicht gelesen habe, weil er mich nicht interessiert.
- Ausführliche Besprechung der 68er Box
- Abdruck eines Artikels aus dem Juni 56 - auch nicht gelesen, da kein Interesse
- Ausführlicher Bericht inklusive Foto über den Umstand, dass Bardwell bei einem Elvis Konzert ein komplettes Lied sang
Sicherlich hat TMAHM das gleiche Problem wie alle anderen Elvis Magazine: ihr Objekt der Begierde ist schon seit Jahrzehnten tot, weshalb es schwierig wird, hier etwas Neues zu berichten nach so vielen Jahren. Aber alleine die Rezensionen reißen es für mich raus, weshalb ich ein treuer Leser des Heftes bin und hier hat das Mag mal wieder geliefert.



Ich habe bisher immer 2 - 3 Hefte auf einmal bestellt, da das Porto verhältnismässig teuer ist. Ab nächstem Jahr werde ich aber ein Abo abschliessen.

eu - £3.50
row - £4.50
Was heißt row? Rest Of World vielleicht?