We now have some great new items on display at The Elvis Shop & Museum in Sussex.  You can now enjoy an exhibition dedicated to Elvis’ mother, Gladys Presley.  See Mrs. Presley’s personal jewellery and other unique artifacts now.

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Thank-you to all those kind fans that donated towards our very impressive floral display that stood near the Meditation Garden for Elvis Week.  I’m sure you’ll agree, the flowers were stunning!

I have made a decision to sell several exciting one-off Elvis pieces from my collection. These will be big pieces including jewellery that once belonged to Gladys Presley, signed photos, contracts, items from Graceland and even personal artifacts from Elvis’ grandmother, Minnie Mae Presley. I don’t want to do the whole eBay thing just yet, so if you’re a serious collection with some reasonable cash to invest, please let me know. A full list will be available soon.

This DVD includes both released and unreleased footage of Elvis in concert in Las Vegas 1973/74 and Kansas City 1974.

The material includes matching soundboard audio whenever possible. All footage used for this project were digitally enhanced to achieve best possible picture quality.

None of this rare 1973-74 film is marred by a disruptive logo, which would detract from your viewing pleasure. 

• Kansas City, MO June 29th 1974 evening show
• UK fans boarding plain to USA & Departing Plan in US August 1973
• European Fans in Tupelo and Elvis’ birth place and pacing State fair grounds also stopping off to pick cotton August 1973
• Memphis & Graceland passing the Baptist Hospital and a great look around the grounds of Graceland etc. August 19th 1973
• Kansas City, MO June 29th 1974 evening show
• UK fans boarding plain to USA & Departing Plan in US August 1973
• European Fans in Tupelo and Elvis’ birth place and pacing State fair grounds also stopping off to pick cotton August 1973
• Memphis & Graceland passing the Baptist Hospital and a great look around the grounds of Graceland etc. August 1973
• Arrival in Las Vegas seeing the Hilton also a few Elvis banners & Lights of Vegas at night August 1973
• Footage of a couple Aug/Sept shows 1973
• Las Vegas Airport & sights August 19th 1974
• August 29th 1974 midnight show
• September 1st 1974 dinner Show (Tiger jumpsuit)
• September 1st 1974 midnight show (Black Spanish Flower jumpsuit)
• September 2nd 1974 closing show (Tiger jumpsuit)
• Elvis arriving in Huntsville May 30th 1975 – Channel 19 TV News

After the big success of the Our Memories Vol. 1 & 2 re-release the Victrola label follows with their new release Our Memories Of Elvis Vol.3. This was a continuation of RCA producer Joan Deary’s vision that offered fans more “pure Elvis”. The main reason for the project was that there were many requests after Elvis death from fans complaining about the fact that Elvis’ voice was buried under the many instruments and Felton Jarvis’ overdubs. The original ‘Our Memories Of Elvis Vol.3′ tracklisting was suggested but the project was cancelled and the mixing never finished. In 2010 Victoral finally offers the original thirteen album tracks plus ten bonus ‘Rare or Unreleased’ tracks. Some selections are undubbed masters while some are special remixes of the overdubbed Masters.

Tracks include Hurt, Shake A Hand, Promised Land, Heart Of Rome, If You Don’t Come Back, For Ol’ Time Sake, It’s A Matter Of Time, Love Coming Down, Woman Without Love and Moody Blue.

There have been a few last minute developments regarding our guest list. In addition to the legendary Bill “Superfoot” Wallace, we have great pleasure in announcing that two more original Gladiator attendees will be present on the evening of the 11th.  Rick Stanley and Barbara Klein Bauer were there in September 1974 during the filming and will be on hand to greet fans almost 36 years later.

Although he was not featured in the 1974 footage, we are delighted that Billy Stanley will be joining Rick in talking to the fans.  Unfortunately, Elvis’ brave “ookie”, David Stanley, will not be in town. 

We are 99% sure that Master Wayne Carman will be joining us, too.  Hopefully, within hours we will have a definitive answer from Wayne’s office about his attendance.  Of course, Wayne was a huge part of the Gladiator project and trained with Elvis for several years.  Master Carman is the narrator for the Gladiator DVD.

Today I will be calling Master Al Holcome (known as Mr. Bear) who also features heavily in the original 1974 footage. Master Holcome is the martial artist who joins Red West in the “fist in Elvis’ throat” clip.  Sadly, Master Holcome no longer has good mobility and cannot make the stairs, but the purpose of my call is to tell him that we want him there so badly that if we have to, we’ll carry him to the first floor!

We are excited to let you know that Gene Barksdale, former Shelby County sheriff and Presley friend has confirmed, so too has Elvis’ 1975 Memphis girlfriend, JoCathy Brownlee Elkington.

Us guys are really looking forward to meeting Toni Loper, the current reigning Miss Shelby County.  Toni is a huge Elvis fan and I have asked her to bring along some 8×10 photos to sign for us male admirers!

We are also working on having the newly elected Shelby County sheriff in attendance.

We have been in contact with Master Kang Rhee and he has declined our invitation.

YOU MUST BE ON OUR GUEST LIST TO ENTER THIS EVENT. YOU MUST BOOK IN ADVANCE VIA OUR WEBSITE.

http://www.essentialelvis.com/offers-events.php

UPDATE

I’ve just come off the phone with Al Holcome (above) in Memphis. Al’s health really is not good at all. He is on oxygen most of the day and is now confined to a wheelchair, but he was extremely interested in attending our event on the 11th. I assured him that getting him up the stairs was certainly achievable and with several strong men ready to “bump” him up in his chair, it would be no problem. If he felt that this would not be possible, then I informed him that we’d all be willing to greet him outside for a short photo opportunity with Bill and the others. I made sure that he knows just how important he is to the event and that we’d do anything to make his presence possible.

So, basically, health permitting, Al will be there.

The Complete Elvis Presley Masters
 

The ultimate tribute to the ultimate artist

Every Elvis Presley master recording released during his lifetime, compiled in a single, definitive collection. All housed in a limited edition display case complete with a 240-page hardbound book featuring the most comprehensive discography of Elvis’ music ever produced, rare and classic photographs, a complete song index and more.

• 30 CDs featuring 711 original master recordings and 103 rarities
• Over 35 hours of music – 814 tracks
• 240-page silk-screened and silver-gilded hardcover book
• Limited edition first-run of only 1,000 individually numbered copies

More news to follow!

As from next week (starting August 2nd) the shop will have new opening times…

Monday to Wednesday – By appointment only
Thursday – 10am to 2pm
Friday & Saturday – 10am to 5pm
First Sunday of the month – 11am to 4pm

Boxcar will soon release containing 4 DVDs and 8 CDs concentrating on Elvis’ last tours of 1977. The dimensions of the box will be 30cm x 23cm x 7cm and the weight will be approx. 3.2 kilo (around 7Llbs). More news coming very soon.