Unreleased Treasures from 1954 to 1961--What can we expect?

[ColinB]

As I said, my notes were just for my own use, didn't dream I'd have to 'prove' anything later !

ColinB, I just want to verify your reference.

If true, it's news to me, and you know I have a well-earned and much-appreciated reputation to uphold.

Yes, I know all that.

As I said, it was probably from one of the better Elvis mags, or maybe Ernst was quoted in Goldmine or someplace.

Someone besides me must have read it..........................

[Keith F]

The Man & His Music – Issue No. 31 (June 1996)
Excerpt from “Elvis 56” by Stuart Colman

Thanks to the tireless efforts of Roger Semon and Ernst Jorgenson, these long forgotten outtakes were recently discovered, tucked away on quarter inch reels that contained recordings associated with other artists. RCA, like most other labels at that time, tended to eke out every inch of recordability from their stock of magnetic tape. It wasn’t that they were being excessively frugal in their approach, it was simply that the medium was still in its infancy and the manufacturers, Scotch, were struggling to keep up with demand. Suffice to say Elvis, as yet an unproven signing, shared a tape reel with country star Pee Wee King and that is where these different takes remained for the best part of forty years.

[drjohncarpenter]

It is interesting that Ernst has never mentioned a connection with Pee Wee King tape reels. Or, if so, it's not apparent. One wonders where Colman found the connection.

[ColinB]

Thanks, Keith !

Hey - I even got the right mag title !