Hi,
where do i find an overview of elvis backstage passes, which were used during the 70`s?
Thank you
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Melanie
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I don't think there is such an overview in detail.
1. Laminated cards that the staff, band, MMM, Vernon Presley et al carried on them are displayed for example in the book "Day by Day". Not sure what they used in Vegas and Tahoe.
Here is a page showing the original polaroid snapshots from the collection of Charlie Stone. They are not to be used without written permission, so I am just putting the link. Scroll down.
http://www.elvis2001.bizland.com/archives.htm
2. There are candids, where Joe Esposito and others are wearing a silk-style cloth patch, sometimes in combination with a tour jacket. So that probably granted them access to all areas of the venues.
3. Another backstage pass from the collection of Joe Esposito. This very hard to find metal badge (2 1/3”) was used in the mid 70's by Elvis assistants and security. The show members placed their name cards behind the clear plastic window and clipped the badge to their shirts or jackets.
source: http://www.rare-elvis.de/html/menu.html
3. Not sure about fans and visitors, who were backstage for a short time. I didn't see any passes on say a governor or the disabled kid, who got to meet Elvis, so I think it went without saying, that they were escorted backstage by one of the staff or Parker.
4. I am trying to remember if there is any ID on the roadies in EOT, besides the tour jacket.
1. Laminated cards that the staff, band, MMM, Vernon Presley et al carried on them are displayed for example in the book "Day by Day". Not sure what they used in Vegas and Tahoe.
Here is a page showing the original polaroid snapshots from the collection of Charlie Stone. They are not to be used without written permission, so I am just putting the link. Scroll down.
http://www.elvis2001.bizland.com/archives.htm
2. There are candids, where Joe Esposito and others are wearing a silk-style cloth patch, sometimes in combination with a tour jacket. So that probably granted them access to all areas of the venues.
3. Another backstage pass from the collection of Joe Esposito. This very hard to find metal badge (2 1/3”) was used in the mid 70's by Elvis assistants and security. The show members placed their name cards behind the clear plastic window and clipped the badge to their shirts or jackets.
source: http://www.rare-elvis.de/html/menu.html
3. Not sure about fans and visitors, who were backstage for a short time. I didn't see any passes on say a governor or the disabled kid, who got to meet Elvis, so I think it went without saying, that they were escorted backstage by one of the staff or Parker.
4. I am trying to remember if there is any ID on the roadies in EOT, besides the tour jacket.
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Hi Susan,Susan wrote:but at least we don`t know.
And there is no source (book) where we could get any information.
Those are fakes.
There are those passes people have seen & know are legit (thank you Melanie).... & to be quite honest, the fakes are not very good fakes.
Backstage passes do turn up in Memphis now & then, but they are always the same ones (especially the round "IN CONCERT - ELVIS - BUILDING PERSONNEL").
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