Chris Roberts wrote:Thank you Doc for that great origional post that I, thanks to Davide and his excellent recent post, have only just seen. so interesting and informative in particuler the info on the additional band members.
As someone else pointed out, it is a great sin that the proposed 1962 tour wasn't forthcomming, after these great 1961 shows, but then I supose we might have missed out on 'Girls, Girls, Girls'!! Don't get me wrong 'Girls' is certainly far from being the worst movie, but a tour would have been far nore fullfilling for Elvis and his career I feel sure.
Thank you kindly, Chris.
DAVID! Holy moley, where did you dig up some of those concert shots?? Please fill us in on those fan memories as well. And you must tell us ... did you find a tape of either performance???
Thanks for sharing all of that material here.
. Dr. John Carpenter, M.D. Stop, look and listen, baby <<--->> that's my philosophy!
What was wrong with those Memphis radio stations? Did Parker stop them? These show were SO big!
Dang. We also do not have that July 31, 69 show so it is possible that Parker/Victor had this sort of control. But why? Why should we HAVE to debate about phantom recordings when they just could have DONE IT?
Bilko perhaps heard a fake pastiche with canned applause. If a radio station did not do it,no one did. No cassete {spelling} machines then. You cannot put a huge reel to reel in your coat pocket!
Being generous, maybe Bilko was taken in by faked casette. Why wouldn't the dude make a boot of it if it was real? Doesn't make sense to me. But why should this be? What WERE they thinking back then?
Elvis was a GIANT. This was 61not the Stone Age! Wanna hear a young Bobby Dylan shortly after, IF that long? YOU CAN! But they did not record THE BIGGEST STAR EVER at that very time!
Cause it was Record Cemetary of America!
Thank God for Ernst.
Just my opinion.
rjm
"And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God." Aeschylus
"Treat me mean and cruel, treat me like a fool, but love me!"
drjohncarpenter wrote:
DAVID! Holy moley, where did you dig up some of those concert shots?? Please fill us in on those fan memories as well. And you must tell us ... did you find a tape of either performance???
Thanks for sharing all of that material here.
Had the photo's on my file a while - the fan's memories are from LA Newspaper archive - found whilst researching for my other projects. No tape's..
davide's photo-print presentations are so magnificent,he should make a lovely Powerpoint automated slide show on a DVD for sale. The application has some really elegant features so that one can drill down or let the slides glide deliciously by.
I would LOVE to buy a compilation of his marvelous work like that.
I will be VERY happy with hard cover! There is SO much info along with the beauty and rarity.
And when they do special "bonus features" on films, they should call him!
Cool find, davide. The photo is from the afternoon performance, with Boots Randolph blasting a fiery solo on "Reconsider Baby," no doubt. Am I correct that someone is holding an open mic in Boots' direction (see hand behind Elvis)? The full text reads:
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- Press Scimitar Staff Photos by William Leaptrott and James E. Reid
KEEPING TIME -- Elvis (right) seems to be calling on saxophonist Boots Randolph for a higher
note and Randolph seems to be responding with extra effort. (story on Page 10).
Obviously, the concerts were front-page news (Sunday 2-26 or Monday 2-27), there were two photographers at the show, and there are more photos to be had on the full front page.
And it would be so cool to read the "story on Page 10," wouldn't it?
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. Dr. John Carpenter, M.D. Stop, look and listen, baby <<--->> that's my philosophy!
How odd -- the photo on the Jordanaires website of Elvis and Ray is clearly edited in order to make the caption on the site true. Why would someone do such a thing?
Looking again at the newspaper shot with Boots, I now realize it is probably just Elvis' right hand we are seeing, perhaps he's holding a mic -- it's hard to tell.
. Dr. John Carpenter, M.D. Stop, look and listen, baby <<--->> that's my philosophy!
drjohncarpenter wrote:Looking again at the newspaper shot with Boots, I now realize it is probably just Elvis' right hand we are seeing, perhaps he's holding a mic -- it's hard to tell.
You're right, it is hard to tell, although Elvis holding a mic would make some sense since Boots having stepped away from his sax mic, Elvis could be providing some amplification for his solo with a hand held mic.
Either that or Elvis is texting.
davide wrote:SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1961
'Stomp, Shudder, Shriek' :
It's The Same As In '56
By Malcolm Adams
Less than five years ago a young man destined to phenomenon of the entertainment world took his guitar onto the stage at Ellis Auditorium.
It was the opening night (May 15) of the 1956 Cotton Carnival. The guitar - twanging former young truck driver was greeted by an overflow crowd. His audience knew that the star of the show had 'arrived' in show business.
The crowd jammed the big hall "to stomp, shudder, shriek and sigh," The Commercial Appeal reported the next day. Elvis Presley comes back to the same stage saturday. It will be a busy day for Memphis' internationally known rock and roll singer. He will raise about $60.000. And every penny of Elvis' money- raising project will go to charity.
Elvis has three appearances scheduled Saturday. The first will be at the $100 - a - plate luncheon at the Claridge. Tickets for the luncheon are available at the Central Ticket Office in Goldsmith's (Buyers of tickets may deduct the price of tickets since the affair is for charity.)
At 3 p.m., Elvis will give a show at the Auditorium. Doors will open at 1.30 p.m. and with no reserved seats, it will be first come, first seated.
Tickets are $3 and are still available at the central Ticket Office. Elvis' second show will be staged at 8.30. It is a sell-out.
The Jordanaires will be on stage with Elvis. The quartet is heard on all of Elvis' RCA Victor records and appeared in the Presley movie, "G.I. Blues." Musicians who will play for the rock and roll singer include Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana, Bob Alexius, Ronnie Capone and Brad Suggs. Scotty Moore has been with Elvis since the entertainer's start, playing the guitar.....
....Boots Randolph, RCA Victor recording artist. (He plays the saxaphone). Floyd Cramer, pianist and recording artist. Randolph and Cramer will join the Memphis musicians in backing up Elvis when he sings.
Larry Owens and his orchestra will play for the shows. They will present a concert before the variety acts are presented.
Davide
Neat -- if only we'd had that info back when I launched this topic! Is this from the Memphis Press-Scimitar?
. Dr. John Carpenter, M.D. Stop, look and listen, baby <<--->> that's my philosophy!
