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FECC is a great place for the dedicated Elvis fan, with many awesome members -- enjoy!jurasic1968 wrote:Thank you, again, Doc. I read many Elvis forums and sites in the past ten years but this is the best. Only one thing I am sorry about: I didn't find earlier about it. Now I want to read all the pages (I am back to page 116) trying to not repeat subjects discussed before.
Thanks for this great topic, Doc. It's the first time i've read the interview. Apart from some silly questions from reporters (even though Elvis probably thought so himself) like, "what about your love life?", "Do you still eat cheeseburgers?" Interesting when Elvis says he still prefers R'n'R or hasn't changed his mind about it, even though he wasn't really doing any R'n'R at that point. The picture of Elvis and Sam (not the one were they are looking at each other) i've not seen before, thanks for posting that, Doc. It's a shame that the reporters weren't a little more educated and asked some questios about his time at Sun or about Sam. I've read somewhere, that Sam Phillips did say to reporters why Sun Records gets no mention or recognition, also said, "if it wasn't for Sun Records, RCA wouldn't have him in the first place".......drjohncarpenter wrote:FECC is a great place for the dedicated Elvis fan, with many awesome members -- enjoy!jurasic1968 wrote:Thank you, again, Doc. I read many Elvis forums and sites in the past ten years but this is the best. Only one thing I am sorry about: I didn't find earlier about it. Now I want to read all the pages (I am back to page 116) trying to not repeat subjects discussed before.
The quote was allegedly made during the press conference, but it is not heard on the existing recording, which appears to be complete.mysterytrainrideson wrote:Thanks for this great topic, Doc. It's the first time i've read the interview. Apart from some silly questions from reporters (even though Elvis probably thought so himself) like, "what about your love life?", "Do you still eat cheeseburgers?" Interesting when Elvis says he still prefers R'n'R or hasn't changed his mind about it, even though he wasn't really doing any R'n'R at that point. The picture of Elvis and Sam (not the one were they are looking at each other) i've not seen before, thanks for posting that, Doc. It's a shame that the reporters weren't a little more educated and asked some questios about his time at Sun or about Sam. I've read somewhere, that Sam Phillips did say to reporters why Sun Records gets no mention or recognition, also said, "if it wasn't for Sun Records, RCA wouldn't have him in the first place".......
Nice pictures, Doc.drjohncarpenter wrote:I found some more, taken during and after the 1961 press conference at the Claridge Hotel:
Excellent work Doc!!drjohncarpenter wrote:I added a nice photo to the original post, and below is another.
Both were taken by the late Jim Reid of the Memphis Press-Scimitar. Enjoy!
Thank you very much.Joe Car wrote:Excellent work Doc!!drjohncarpenter wrote:I added a nice photo to the original post, and below is another.
Both were taken by the late Jim Reid of the Memphis Press-Scimitar. Enjoy!
Wow... I wonder what brand it was?!drjohncarpenter wrote:In the photo above, you can see the mint in his mouth!