ELVIS Month 2010: The King Kids in The Studio

Following up with our post from a couple of days back with the soundtrack EP from "Kid Galahad", today we deliver what it was like to be in the studio recording that EP and other songs used in the film. Here, direct from those sessions, is another volume in the "Master & Session" series. Here is "Kid Galahad: Master & Session". Enjoy!

Kid Galahad Master & Session Vol 1
Kid Galahad Master & Session Vol 2

ELVIS Month 2010: The Milton Berle Show

Here's Elvis' appearance on "The Milton Berle Show" from June 5, 1956!

ELVIS Month 2010: The King Kids In The Ring

Sorry I missed posting yesterday. I was in travel hell due to a certain airline's lack of competence but we need not discuss that. What we can discuss is the era of the Elvis soundtrack EP. Back when Elvis movies were more common on the big screen, there were a few soundtracks that never saw an LP release. Instead, six songs from the film would be released as an EP and that would be the only way to get even close to owning any music from the film. The great thing about this is that you still only spent the price of a single and you could get 6 songs. The bad thing was that you only got six songs from the film. One of these "EP soundtracks" was for the film "Kid Galahad" in 1962. It was a kitchy remake of a 1937 film that starred Edward G Robinson, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. Elvis' version was not quite as tough as the original but it still boasted the legendary Charles Bronson in the cast as well as the first screen appearance of Ed Asner. Anyway, the soundtrack was typical Elvis movie fair but sounds great. Here is that original EP soundtrack from 1962. Here is "Kid Galahad". Enjoy!

Kid Galahad Soundtrack EP

ELVIS Month 2010: There's A Man In New Orleans . . .

King Creole is what many (including myself) consider Elvis' greatest acting role. He is perfect as the lost soul, Danny Fisher. One of his acting role models was James Dean and it shows here. A little bit of trivia - James Dean was at one point in the running for the role. Kind of interesting, don't you think?!? In addition to the great job of acting, the soundtrack also ranks high in the "best" category. As a kid, there was nothing I got into more than putting the soundtrack on the turntable and hearing those opening guitar slides. To this day, there is nothing like it. The digital age brought the CD version but for some reason it doesn't have the same sound or greatness to me as the original vinyl. What's even cooler, is hearing that album come together. That brings us to today's post. Here is the King, building song after song in "The King Creole Sessions". Enjoy!

Elvis Presley-The King Creole Sessions

ELVIS Month 2010: Color The King

Here are a few coloring pages for you to have fun with! Just click on the pics to open a bigger version to print and color. Enjoy!

ELVIS Month 2010: Elvis Gets Blue (re-post)

Moving forward with ELVIS Week 2010, I decided to repost an item I posted for Elvis' birthday a couple of years ago. (I had planned on having all new items but the request to remove the comic books kind of screwed me up and I really don't have enough time to replace those entries so I have to resort to a few re-posts. Sorry) Today's item comes from 1985. In that great year, RCA released an album of 12 blues tracks recorded by the King. In addition to them being some of the great blues recordings by Elvis, they were also blue in other ways. Up until that point in time, to hear Elvis sing the original version of "One Night", you would have to find a bootleg of his doing it as it was never officially released. For some odd reason, RCA thought that 1985 would be a good year to let people hear the King sing about sex and hear him swear and goof around on other tracks as well. The result is this album. Here is Elvis hamming it up and having fun. Just for the record, as goofy as he gets on these tracks, we all know that what RCA "officially" released is nothing compared to some of the things Elvis sings and says on other out-takes that have appeared on numerous boots over the years. Here's Reconsider Baby, direct from the blue vinyl it was pressed on. Enjoy!

Elvis Presley-Reconsider Baby

ELVIS Month 2010: The King of Comics

In the 90s, Rock-N-Roll Comics put out a seven part bio-series on Elvis. Throughout ELVIS Month 2010, I had planned on sharing the comics with you but I just received a request to take them down from the publisher of the comic book. Sorry. You can still access the comics on-line at another website here.. Enjoy!

ELVIS Month 2010: Elvis For President!

It's our second ELVIS month! An entire month of Elvis to celebrate the King of Rock and Roll. We start off with an amazing concert recording from March of 1976. Charlotte, North Carolina set the stage for an unusual concert from the King. For starters, Elvis' band was made up of the usuals like James Burton, Charlie Hodge, Kathy Westmoreland and John Wilerson but they are augmented by subs on the piano and drum chair. The great Larry Londin fills in for Ronnie Tutt and holds his own. The change is definitely noticeable but Elvis seems to really dig what is happening. He is in a great mood and jokes around more than usual. The band introductions are probably the most extensive I have ever heard in an Elvis concert but very listenable and enjoyable. Head back to 1976 with Elvis and "Running For President". Enjoy!

Elvis:Running For President