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Elvis That's The Way It Is – The Complete Works (3DVD/6CD/Book box set): Due for release from the new International label is 'Elvis That's The Way It Is – The Complete Works'. The stunning lavish box set will come with 6 CD's containing complete recordings of all the 6 shows that were recorded for the original movie Elvis That's The Way It Is. It includes many unreleased tracks (both officially and unofficially) from the shows with all the dialogue in its correct places, much of which is also previously unreleased. The Set will also contain 3 dual layer DVD's with complete shows never before seen and heard with multi angle viewing and, will include a stunning hardback book. The set has been produced in very limited numbers. A promo trailer and more details will follow soon. (News, Source: The Phantom)
Elvis owned items for sale: Antique Green style Franciscan Ware by Masterpiece China were personally owned and used by Elvis Presley while living, in his Monovale Drive home in California. Given to girlfriend Linda Thompson by Elvis. Obtained directly from Linda Thompson by the President of the world famous Elvis Presley Museum Jimmy Velvet during a visit to her Malibu, California home which she shared with her then husband, Bruce Jenner. These Kitchen, Dining and Glassware items were personally owned and used by Elvis Presley while living in his Monovale Drive home in California. Please let me know soon on these, Darren Driver www.elvisoutlet.com
Elvisly Yours signs new worldwide (except North America) licensing agreement for marketing of its Elvis memorabilia: Elvisly Yours is proud to announce an International Licensing Agreement has been signed with Andrew Maconie's "Licensing Management International Ltd" for LMI to represent the Elvisly Yours trademarks and Elvis photographs worldwide (except North America). Andrew was a pioneer in the Licensing business in the UK. He Licensed the original "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" films. Elvis will be represented on the LMI Stand #235 at the Brand Licensing Europe Show, Olympia on October 1st and 2nd 2008. Elvisly Yours is now in its 31st year marketing Elvis Presley products in over 50 countries with Registered Trademarks in 20 classes of goods and services. Elvisly Yours changed UK Trademark Law in 1997 and 1999 when they successfully challenged and won the Rights to Elvis Presley in the High Court and Court of Appeals and cancelled trade marks of Elvis Presley Enterprises. This landmark case changed UK Trademark Law preventing celebrities from automatically obtaining trademarks for their names. Read these landmark Judgements on www.elvisly-yours.com/legal.shtml
Unlike most other Licensors Elvisly Yours buys Elvis products from their Licensees and also helps them market and promote their Elvis goods. Instead of Licensees having to wait weeks for design approval Elvisly Yours amend or approve designs almost instantly. They can arrange for Elvis Tribute Artists to launch new Elvis products and services and have excellent media contacts to assist marketing campaigns.
Licensees already include:
BANK OF SCOTLAND marketing the Elvisly Yours Mastercard since 1998
Many more license negotiations are ongoing and Elvisly Yours licensed products have been sold in most of the major retail chains, supermarkets, TV Shopping Channels, retail websites, newspapers and Mail Order catalogues including ASDA, Tesco, Clintons, Debenhams, Halfords, Calendar Club, Bid-Up TV, QVC, Ideal World, Amazon, Play.com, Sun, News of the World, Mirror, Express, Mail, People, Sunday Mirror, Daily Star, Kays, Gus, Grattan and Express Gifts.
On the back of LMI's side wall there will be a giant image of Elvis for photo calls with "Geordie Elvis" (Ian Coulson) who will be dressed in the spectacular Elvis Dragon Jumpsuit, October 1st and the Elvis Aloha suit, October 2nd. The Elvis wall photo is produced by ID-WALL Ltd and hopefully will be available soon to the general public and other images.
We look forward to seeing you at "Brand Licensing Europe 2008" and why not be entertained by "Geordie Elvis" who is not only a fabulous singer but is also a stand-up comedian. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Andrew if you have any questions and/or would like to arrange a photo call with Elvis, thankyouverymuch...
Elvisly Yours, Sid Shaw www.elvisly-yours.com...........................07973-553801 or office: 01923-242001
Elvis' ancestors revealed: Did you know that one of Elvis' ancestors was Theudebald Meroving, King of the Franks? Theudebald was born in 530AD and is part of the 45th generation on Elvis' ancestry tree. (News, Source: Ancestors of Elvis Aaron Presley" 50 Generations, Lorina Bolig)
The Elvis collector's plate market really took off after Elvis' death. More than 200 plates have been catalogued with many, if not most, marketed as limited edition investments. Sadly, for those who did buy to invest, the reality is an unfortunate one......one which mirrors many other segments of the Elvis market! (News, Source: EIN) Aussie chart update: Elvis The King of Rock 'n' Roll fell 5 placews to #20 on this week's ARIA Music DVD Chart. However, after being at Gold status for many weeks it has finally been certified Platinum! Elvis The '68 Comeback Special is a re-entry on the chart at #40 (it is a former #1 music DVD on the chart). (News, Source: ARIA) Las Vegas "all shook up" about Elvis star: Elvis is once again a star on Las Vegas Boulevard. In a ceremony Friday that featured three of his old pals, the Las Vegas Walk of Stars honored The King with a celebrity star that will go in front of the Riviera near those of fellow icons Liberace and Sammy Davis Jr. "Elvis has come home to stay," Elvis fan club president Sue Laurenz told a cheering crowd. Her group, the Viva Las Vegas Club, raised most of the $15,000 needed for the star, the 27th to go on The Strip. With that mission accomplished, the next step should be getting a street named after Elvis, said Joe Esposito, one of the three members of Elvis' Memphis Mafia who attended the ceremony in the Riviera's Le Bistro Lounge. "I don't understand why there isn't a street named after Elvis," said Esposito, Elvis' road manager and best man at Presley's wedding to Priscilla. That brought down the house, too. It's become a sore point to Elvis fans, after seeing a half dozen other entertainers get streets named in their honor. Elvis, said Riviera president Bob Vannucci, didn't just fill the showroom, "he filled the city." Also attending was Sammy Shore, Elvis' opening act for years during his long run at The International (now the Las Vegas Hilton), and Sonny West, Presley's bodyguard and close friend, and Pete "Big Elvis" Valle, who played a big part in getting Elvis his start. (News, Source: Norm Clarke, Las Vegas Review Journal)
As it is, Hounddog is destined to be described in shorthand, now and forever, as the one where Dakota Fanning Gets Raped. Even so, that violence is only a small, relatively tastefully handled episode in a drama heaped with clichés like...like a big ol' plate of grits. Here, in one swamp, is a drunk, brain-damaged Daddy (David Morse); a twisted, sin-patrolling Granny (Piper Laurie); a battered, sad, sexy lady (Robin Wright Penn), a Wise Black Man (Afemo Omilami) who teaches our heroine about the real, black man's blues music (none of this Elvis hooey); and lots of snakes. Under the circumstances, Fanning is remarkably collected and even dignified. As for the rest of the gang, they ought to be returned to sender. Rating: F (Film Review. Source: Lisa Schwarzbaum, EW.com) For other reviews of "hounddog" visit EIN's Elvis Celluloid page Greatest Number 1 Hits: Billboard continues its review of the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart by announcing the greatest #1 hits since 1958. Elvis features with Surrender (1961). Here is the full list: 1958: All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
Tracklist: 01. Hey Jude 02. Help Me Make It Through The Night 03. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Trade) 04. I’’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen 05. When I’’m Over You 06. Always On My Mind 07. It Ain’’t No Big Thing (But It’’s Growing) 08. I’’m Leavin’’ 09. Where Do I Go From Here 10. Until It’’s Time For You To Go 11. If I Were You 12. Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off Of It 13. Fool 14. This Is Our Dance 15. Cindy, Cindy 16. Separate Ways 17. (That’’s What You Get) For Lovin’’ Me 18. Life 19. Love Letters 20. I’’ll Never Know 21. We Can Make The Morning 22. Early Morning Rain 23. Sylvia 24. The Sound Of Your Cry. (News, Source: Herbert Steiner) STAR Entertainment proudly presents: THE ULTIMATE RELEASE OF 2008! E L V I S Both Sides Of The Show: AMAZING 4 DISC BOX SET! - 3 DVDs and 1 CD - PLUS ...............LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED REPLICA OF A 1970s LAS VEGAS PROMO POSTCARD!!!( and yes... its an EXCACT replica !!) A TRUE COLLECTORS EDITION, PRESENTED TO YOU BY THE BEST....... STAR! FOOTAGE AND AUDIO INCLUDES: - THE NEAR COMPLETE JULY 1970 REHEARSALS INCLUDING NEVER BEFORE RELEASED SONGS! - ELVIS ´ LAS VEGAS 1970 OPENING NIGHT - FOR THE FIRST TIME ON DVD: THE ORIGINAL ´THAT´S THE WAY IT IS´ SOUNDTRACK ALBUM! - BY POPULAR DEMAND: ON CD - ´THAT´S THE WAY IT IS´ - THE ALTERNATE ALBUM ALL HOUSED 1 BEAUTIFUL DESIGNED 4 DISC SET BOX! YOU THINK YOU ARE DREAMING?? NO, ITS REAL, AND IT´S HERE ON SALE... NOW!!!!! FORGET THIS YEARS´ CHRISTMAS WISH LIST, THIS BOXSET IS ALL YOU NEED! DVD 1 – JULY REHEARSALS – MGM STUDIOS, CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA: Ghost Riders in the Sky/Playing Demos/You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me/Polk Salad Annie/Words/The Next Step is Love/I Got A Woman/Lunch/(Until Then)Just Pretend/Tomorrow Never Comes/ You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me/Yesterday/Hey Jude/I Can’t Stop Loving You/Crying Time/Love Me/One Night/That’s All Right (slow)/ That’s All Right (fast)/Twenty Days and Twenty Nights/How the Web Was Woven/ I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen/Something/Words/I Just Can’t Help Believing/Little Sister-Get Back/I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water/I Was the One/Cattle Call/ Baby Let’s Play House/Don’t/Money Honey/Hard Headed Woman/A Fool Such As I/Such A Night/It’s Now Or Never/My Baby Left Me/You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me /Stranger in the Crowd/The Wonder of You...................TOTAL PLAYING TIME 108 MINUTES DVD 2 – AUGUST REHEARSALS/OPENING NIGHT, INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, LAS VEGAS NEVADA: Viva Las Vegas/Don’t Cry Daddy/In the Ghetto/You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling/Mary in the Morning/Cooling Down/We’ve Got Elvis Back With Us/Sweet Caroline/Fear/Tiger Man/Elvis Walks to Stage/A Thing Called Love/That’s All Right/Mystery Train-Tiger Man/I Can’t Stop Loving You/Love Me Tender/The Next Step is Love/ Words/You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling/You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me/Polk Salad Annie/Patch It Up/Can’t Help Falling in Love/I Just Can’t Help Believing...........................TOTAL PLAYING TIME 81 MINUTES “Although every effort has been made to keep all performances in order, some portions have been altered for your viewing pleasure...” DVD 3 – The Original “Elvis – That’s the Way It Is” album: I Just Can’t Help Believing/Twenty Days and Twenty Nights/How the Web Was Woven/Patch It Up/Mary in the Morning/You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me/You’ve \Lost That Loving Feeling/I’ve Lost You/Just Pretend/Stranger in the Crowd/The Next Step is Love/Bridge Over Troubled Water/Special Bonus - 4 Hits performed live during the 1970 Summer Festival: The Wonder of You/In The Ghetto/Don’t Cry Daddy/Suspicious Minds...............................TOTAL PLAYING TIME 63 MINUTES BONUS CD – THE ALTERNATE “Elvis – That’s the Way It Is” album: I Just Can’t Help Believing (Live, 08-10-1970)/Twenty Days and Twenty Nights (take 2)/ How the Web Was Woven (take 1)/Patch It Up (Spliced take)/Mary in the Morning (spliced take)/You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (take 2)/You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling (Live, 08-11-1970 MS)/I’ve Lost You (Live, 08-10-1970)/Just Pretend (take 2)/Stranger in the Crowd (Live 08-13-1970 DS)/The Next Step is Love (take 6)/Bridge Over Troubled Water (take 1) ......................Order Now: Euro 29,95 plus postage (News, Source: EP Gold)
Berlin was in mourning yesterday following the news of the keeper's death. "Everyone wanted to be like Thomas Dörflein," is how Berlin's BZ newspaper put it, "he not only cared for Knut; he nurtured our desire to see harmony between man and beast." Klaus Wowereit, Berlin's mayor, said the city had lost an important symbol. Berlin Zoo itself described the keeper's death as tragic and a "great loss". So what was it about this man that captured the German imagination? His appeal, of course, had everything to do with the other half of his double-act, the bear Knut. Their relationship became symbiotic not long after photographs and television footage of the tiny, snowy-white and initially blind bear were released, following the animal's birth at Berlin Zoo in December 2006. He had been rejected by his mother, a disturbed East German circus bear called Tosca, and under natural conditions Knut would have died shortly after birth. Dörflein came to the rescue. For nearly 18 months, the keeper acted as a surrogate mother, hand-feeding his charge day and night with baby bottles full of milk, rubbing his body with baby oil, and playing him sentimental Elvis hits songs. He even christened the bear with an Old Norse name: "He just looks like a Knut," was how Dörflein justified his choice. By late last year, however, Dörflein, who had practically given up life with his own family to look after Knut, appeared to have had enough. He said that he could wish the bear no better first-birthday present than permanent separation. There had been fears that Knut was becoming dependent on his human parent and the zoo banned physical contact between the two in July 2007. Dörflein defied the ban, however, and continued to enter Knut's enclosure at Berlin Zoo until February this year. But he had misgivings. "Some day soon, Knut and I will have to split up," he said in an interview last year, adding that the bear needed a bigger compound. Berlin Zoo has been attempting to find a new home for Knut since then. The extraordinary man-bear relationship became a media saga. Documentaries were pumped out by German television stations, and acres of print were devoted to the bear in the nation's popular press. When Knut first appeared in public at Berlin Zoo in March 2006, more than 500 journalists were present to record the event. Last year, the bear even appeared on the cover of the German edition of Vanity Fair (without Dörflein). Conservative estimates put the profits that Knut has generated for Berlin Zoo at €10m. Hundreds of cuddly white Knut toy bears are sold as souvenirs to Berlin visitors daily, 25,000 silver commemorative Knut coins have been issued by the Federal Mint as collector's items and Berlin newspapers offer their readers Knut porcelain figurines at €148 apiece. A Hollywood film starring Knut opened in German cinemas this week. But Knut's celebrity status prompted animal psychologists to warn earlier this year that the bear had developed psychopathic tendencies. Several suggested that Knut had become addicted to humans and their company and would never manage to live successfully with other polar bears or find a mate. Berlin Zoo has been attempting to find Knut another home since the beginning of the year, albeit without success. At the same time, zoos across Germany have been involved in a protracted debate about the pros and cons of keeper-raising polar bears that have been rejected by their mothers. Some zoo directors argued that the practice was unnatural after another baby polar bear – also rejected by its mother – was born under similar circumstances at Nuremberg zoo this year. For his part, Dörflein, who is survived by two grown-up children, aged 21 and 17, always denied suggestions that he had become emotionally involved with Knut. "Knut is not like my child and he does not arouse the kind of emotions I feel towards my children," he said in an interview. " For me, Knut is always an animal." Similarly, Berlin Zoo yesterday categorically ruled out suggestions that Knut would experience feelings of loss as a result of his keeper's passing. "It won't be a problem for him," said Klaus Lüdcke, a Berlin zoologist, "Knut has been looked after by a whole team – and for him the most important person is the one who brings the food." (News, Source: Tony Paterson/The Independent) Elvis vinyl single for sale: 991.com has the following original Elvis single for sale: ELVIS PRESLEY The Wonder Of You (Scarce 1970 UK orange four prong centre RCA label 7" vinyl single also featuring Mama Liked The Roses. RCA1974). Price: AUD17.68 / £ 8.00 Elvis' half sister update: A 46-year-old woman who claims to be the half-sister of Elvis Presley is asking a court to reopen the estate of the rock-and-roll legend's father, Vernon Presley, and to be admitted as an heir. According to the petition filed in Shelby County Probate Court, Eliza Alice Presley said her mother gave her up for adoption at birth and that after a lifetime search she learned this summer through DNA testing that Vernon Presley was her father. The divorced mother of four then changed her name from Alice Elizabeth Tiffin. "I am 99.99 percent sure that Eliza Presley and Elvis Aaron Presley are half siblings and that she is not related to Elvis Presley's mother's relatives and that can only mean that they share a father," said Donald Yates, head of DNA Consulting in Scottsdale, Ariz., who said he has worked on the case for five years. "There was no DNA from Vernon. The relationship has to be inferred from the DNA from other family members. We're talking about samples from an extended family group." The attorney who handled Vernon Presley's estate was not available for comment and Kevin Kern, spokesman for Graceland, is traveling out of the country. Vernon Presley died June 26, 1979, at age 63. Elvis died in 1977. He said that included DNA from Elvis, but he would not elaborate on where or how that was obtained. Probate Court Clerk Chris Thomas said Wednesday a hearing on the Texas woman's petition is set for next month. "I've never had one where someone comes in after the estate's been closed almost 25 years," he said. "Most of the people involved are dead." He said Vernon Presley's estate distributed a total of about $200,000 to his heirs and has been closed since 1985. Vernon Presley was the executor of the Elvis estate, the bulk of which went to his only daughter, Lisa Marie. DNA expert Yates said Eliza Presley's mother, Florence Juanita Sharp, lived across the street from Graceland as a teenager, but that little is know about how she might have met Vernon Presley. He said Sharp moved to Pasadena, Texas, where Eliza was born Jan. 23, 1962, and placed for adoption. Despite the petition seeking to reopen Vernon Presley's estate and be admitted as an heir, Eliza Presley's motive is not money, Yates said. "Her main goal is to be recognized as Vernon Presley's daughter and Elvis Presley's half sister," he said. "She's spent her entire lifetime searching for her true identity." (News, Source: Lawrence Buser, Memphis Commercial Appeal)"Shake, Rattle and Roll" lewd lyrics: Now, for a good old song that DOES have sexual entendres, how about "Shake, Rattle, and Roll'' by Big Joe Turner?
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