REX MARTIN - St. Louis,March,22nd 1976

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REX MARTIN - St. Louis,March,22nd 1976

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I have this footage on an old VIDEO - I believe it is a 2nd possibly 3rd generation copy.

An English fan called Rex Martin fimed this - it is widely available on the import DVD scene. Does anyone know if his original film has been transferred to DVD?

It has original matching sound but plays a little slow.

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The question IS; just WHERE is Rex Martin these days and what happened to his vast collection?! I remember going to a film show organised by him in London in 1978 and there was some blinding concert footage shown on a big screen that day. His "news service weekly" was the firtst place that I knew of to offer cassettes of Elvis' concerts for sale. For £4, I sent off for the Niagra Falls '74 show, was blown away and havn't looked back since. And this was in 1976!!




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The St.Louis '76 like the Indianapolis has never been put on DVD from Rex Martin's original film, and more to the point never will be. I believe these were offered to fans many years ago on Video but before they were even sent out certain quarters were offering copies of a copy that they was made from Rex's original, it's enough to give you the bird (if you get my drift)!!. People who bought it from those wannabees unfortunately only got a copy of a copy & we all know how video's deteirorated on copy down's. Everyone wants to get copies as close to source as possible, but in today's age of the of people who copy & circulate material certain materials I feel very sure this will never see the light of day again. Same old story where the minority spoil it for the majority.
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TONY wrote:The question IS; just WHERE is Rex Martin these days and what happened to his vast collection?!
Rex was doing very well the last time we spoke to him, & his collection, weeellllll ........some private collectors just keep what they have aquired nowadays & just enjoy this material, lessons learnt in the past are never forgotten.



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Chris check your PM and shop email

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Lester; see your picture on the Capital Elvis website!!! Lovely!!



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I am one of those who have the copy of the copy of that film. It's pretty nice footage. To see the first generation film would be great, I guess.




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Hello Rex Martin !!!.You must read these messages, how you doing these days???

We had a few laughs in the past at Cheltenham..rememebr the day all of those Elvis books and all that Elvis gear you had in your flat fell on you and you were trapped underneath it all?? Wow, your place ws an alladins cave then..the first person to have Aloha on video, your adventures of smuggling a camera into the Hilton to film Elvis..you were a loveable ol' rogue, still you made a lot of us happy in those days..l
We go back to 195/1976 for that day..those were the days with Diane & Ray Fellows at Gloucester.
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As an avid reader of and occasional contributor to Rex's excellent Worldwide Weekly Elvis News Service, I fondly remember looking forward to each issue. I can understand Rex wanting to take a low profile these days. However if he's reading this, EIN would love to do an interview on his heady days in the Elvis world!

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Lester: Ditto

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I was a regular at Rex's film shows at Cheltenham in the early-to-mid 1970s, helped out on his stalls, and stopped over with him a couple of times in his Garden Flat.

Infuriatingly, he left a 10-word bland message in the guestbook on my website about a year ago, but gave no e-mail address. Come on, Rex, you were a pioneer. Let us know what you're up to these days.

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Rex used to have his own Elvis shop in Blackpool back in the 80's and I used to visit it on a regular basis back then. It used to be great and he stocked most all of the LP's, videos, posters that were available at the time. Rare Elvis music used to be blasting out of the front of the shop and it was really an Elvis fans dream.

He also used to come across to Leeds and show some of his legendary films on the big screen at the conventions. The first time I saw the 68 Special outtakes were at Leeds with Rex.

It's said Rex saw and recorded Elvis live in Concert 66 times through the seventies, and I had the pleasure of watching a lot of these on film.

The last time I saw Rex was about 9-10 year ago and he was running a t-shirt printing stall in a markethouse just outside Blackpool. He said he still had all his Elvis movies and that he still visited the States regular... but was now following the Country artists over there.


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