The Elvis as Cut by Boppin’ Bob Jones Thread

[Alexander]

You guys have a lot to answer for - I've been ordering copies of the RCA International versions from Ebay to havea listen. Got a mint Pot Luck and Something for Everybody on the way!

Is the Something For Everybody pressing the green or black silver ring ?

Both labels could apply depending on the origin of the pressing. In the 80s the UK released reissues on the Green RCA International Label (checkout https://www.elvisukvinyl.co.uk/lp-s) while in Germany these same reissues (after 1982) were released on black labels (http://elvisonvinyl.com/tyske_lplabel.htm).

[LesterB]

Thanks. I have the black label silver ring which is not cut by Bob Jones - it sounds fantastic.
I was interested in the green label to see if Boppin Bob was in the deadwax and how it sounded.

[AndrewJ]

Sorry - I meant Elvis for Everyone (typing too fast!).

Both are mint on the green label. Wi ll let you know how they sound

[londonflash]

BP's Pot Luck sounds brilliant. Well-worth seeking out.

I'll keep my mince pies open for his Elvis For Everyone. Appreciate another great recommendation.

[LesterB]

Sorry - I meant Elvis for Everyone (typing too fast!).

Both are mint on the green label. Wi ll let you know how they sound

Elvis for everyone - Bob jones - is the only pressing with the mono tracks being true mono. Sounds pretty good.

[Alexander]

Right now listening to His Hand In Mine (INTS 5105) with Boppin' Bob in the trail-off. Excellent sound, quite punchy.

Same goes for my RCA International copy of Gold Records Volume 4 (INTS 5146), again with the hand-etched Boppin' Bob in the trail-off.

My RCA International copy of It Happened At The Worlds Fair (INTS 5033) holds no Boppin' Bob reference in the trail-off. Has the same punchy soundscape which I would assign to Bob Jones. Or are my ears playing tricks on me and was this mastered by another engineer.

[LesterB]

Had this for a while - I paid maybe £5 it in nr mint condition. It sounds fantastic - just listening to record 2 side 3 another great Boppin Bob cut

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Tracklist
Position Title/Credits Duration
Elvis...Rockabilly
A1 That's All Right
Written-By – Arthur Crudup*
A2 Blue Moon Of Kentucky
A3 Good Rockin Tonight
Written-By – Roy Brown
A4 I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
Written-By – Mack David
A5 Baby Let's Play House
A6 Mystery Train
A7 Money Honey
A8 My Baby Left Me
Written-By – Arthur Crudup*
Elvis...Rock 'N' Roll King
B1 Blue Suede Shoes
Written-By – Carl Perkins
B2 All shook Up
B3 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You
Written-By – Howard Biggs, Jo Thomas*
B4 Paralysed
Written-By – Elvis Presley, Otis Blackwell
B5 Rip It Up
Written-By – John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell
B6 I Got Stung
B7 Big Hunk Of Love
B8 Make Me Know It
Written-By – Otis Blackwell
Elvis...Sings The Blues
C1 So Glad You're Mine
C2 It Feels So Right
C3 A Mess Of Blues
C4 Hard Luck
C5 Like A Baby
C6 Big Boss Man
C7 Reconsider Baby
C8 Steamroller Blues
Elvis...Changes
D1 Release Me
D2 Fool
D3 Help Me Make It Through The Night
D4 I'm Leavin
D5 Rags To Riches
D6 Do You Know Who I Am
D7 And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind

[londonflash]

An American Trilogy 3LP set on its way.....

[LesterB]

An American Trilogy 3LP set on its way.....

Side 1 of record 3 sounds amazing

[LesterB]

Well, I swear to God that Bob Jones had a way of doing amazing mastering. Sometimes he reused the British tapes, sometimes USA sent new copies of certain songs, sometimes he even had the privilege of handling the session tapes (like essential 2).

His work blows MOST albums , even current masterings, away. Loving you and king creole are definite versions. Loving you sounds better than the great Kevin Gray mastering from Friday music.

Elvis is back is superb. I happened to buy speedway last week: on the movie masters, distortion is almost gone and the bonus track as are amazing .

On Girls Girls he insisted on balancing tracks per side . Originally, RCA put a lot of playing time on side A (compared to B side) as the songs were featured in the order they appeared on the movie and RCA wanted return to sender to open side 2.

So the 7 songs on side A clocked at around 16:30 and the 6 on side B at around 13:30. So Jones put earth boy on side B track 1, in order to have a similar playing time on each side, in order to master it better. Anyway, it’s also the best vinyl version of the soundtrack.

Just received this as recommended by Ivan

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Its a superb pressing and comes with a really great hype sticker but look where its been placed!

[londonflash]

Well, I swear to God that Bob Jones had a way of doing amazing mastering. Sometimes he reused the British tapes, sometimes USA sent new copies of certain songs, sometimes he even had the privilege of handling the session tapes (like essential 2).

His work blows MOST albums , even current masterings, away. Loving you and king creole are definite versions. Loving you sounds better than the great Kevin Gray mastering from Friday music.

Elvis is back is superb. I happened to buy speedway last week: on the movie masters, distortion is almost gone and the bonus track as are amazing .

On Girls Girls he insisted on balancing tracks per side . Originally, RCA put a lot of playing time on side A (compared to B side) as the songs were featured in the order they appeared on the movie and RCA wanted return to sender to open side 2.

So the 7 songs on side A clocked at around 16:30 and the 6 on side B at around 13:30. So Jones put earth boy on side B track 1, in order to have a similar playing time on each side, in order to master it better. Anyway, it’s also the best vinyl version of the soundtrack.

Just received this as recommended by Ivan



Its a superb pressing and comes with a really great hype sticker but look where its been placed!

Sounds (and looks) good.....expecting mine to arrive tomorrow.

[LesterB]

There are several more BBJ cuts that I need; have some record fairs coming up so will look there.

Anyone in the SE England here - mainly Kent and London. It would be good to meet

[londonflash]

There are several more BBJ cuts that I need; have some record fairs coming up so will look there.

Anyone in the SE England here - mainly Kent and London. It would be good to meet

I'm in West Malling so would definitely be up for that.

[Alexander]

Well, I swear to God that Bob Jones had a way of doing amazing mastering. Sometimes he reused the British tapes, sometimes USA sent new copies of certain songs, sometimes he even had the privilege of handling the session tapes (like essential 2).

His work blows MOST albums , even current masterings, away. Loving you and king creole are definite versions. Loving you sounds better than the great Kevin Gray mastering from Friday music.

Elvis is back is superb. I happened to buy speedway last week: on the movie masters, distortion is almost gone and the bonus track as are amazing .

On Girls Girls he insisted on balancing tracks per side . Originally, RCA put a lot of playing time on side A (compared to B side) as the songs were featured in the order they appeared on the movie and RCA wanted return to sender to open side 2.

So the 7 songs on side A clocked at around 16:30 and the 6 on side B at around 13:30. So Jones put earth boy on side B track 1, in order to have a similar playing time on each side, in order to master it better. Anyway, it’s also the best vinyl version of the soundtrack.

Just received this as recommended by Ivan



Its a superb pressing and comes with a really great hype sticker but look where its been placed!

Also a great sounding album with Boppin' Bob inscribed in the deadwax and a alternate running order as explained previously by Frus75.

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[londonflash]

Boppin Bob Girls! Girls! Girls! on ebay, ending soon. Great seller, although not always the quickest to post. Records are always in better nick than he describes them.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395365925761?itmmeta=01HWTC67NNDW3ZX2JEJGYKMC0D&hash=item5c0da54381:g:E-8AAOSwFQ5mJUnh&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwE0FrNavKGbMnd6nP2IOE8RdyaocYjTJgHBaHngedQwYLv3LXpvWcDC%2Fkq7TP1YNJth89S8OCagvB1l6o5blvKdIJaBv5zPLTblkDpJVlStJ%2BxnTvFxSrDGKeiPD2EExq82Gw%2B0spw98r1IV0mRSc4rdwyJePulodqTCF4yci0etl1UM2we9faVVBzyq6abUcd1Xhh0G9N85NZdeYa50JkvCdCpMYIzUAdyXPq%2B6KMtZbHreRl7sZTdMoSMHcUgbsg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_D6mMzmYw

[LesterB]

This Bob Jones pressing is really dynamic, analogue and loud - recommended

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/386904145738?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ix4GVvodTGi&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=fB3xk4OiSXG&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[AndrewJ]

Just got hold of my copy of Elvis for Everyone. It does sounds really good - it's got a nice full sound to it. The 50s tracks are nicely mastered sound very punchy. Very pleased with this. Still waiting for Pot Luck - and going to get a few others ordered as I find mint copies.

[martin018]

Have still got the Elvis Images set.
It does sound good.

[LesterB]

Just picked up this from a record fair on Sunday where I met up with the Londonflash.

Apart from Always On My Mind it sounds excllent!

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Always On My Mind
If I'm A Fool (For Lovin' You)
Tender Feeling
The Girl Of My Best Friend
Tonight Is So Right For Love
Fools Fall In Love
I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell
Burning Love
I Love Only One Girl
Almost In Love
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Please Don't Stop Loving Me
I'll Take Love
Hawaiian Wedding Song

Bob Jones (6)
Boppin' Bob*
Lacquer Cut By

[JohnnyByeBye]

Back in the day (must have been in mid-eighties) there was piles and piles of that Love Songs lp in a local supermarket here in northern Europe. Didn't really sell too well,so they ended up selling it for appr. 1 USD, and even then ihere wasnt too much buying going on.

I would rate it as the most worthless piece of Elvis vinyl ever sold but still I am sincerely glad that you appreciate it

[LesterB]

I would rate it as the most worthless piece of Elvis vinyl ever sold but still I am sincerely glad that you appreciate it

For the most part, it does SOUND better than any FTD vinyl that I've ever heard

[londonflash]

Just picked up this from a record fair on Sunday where I met up with the Londonflash.

Apart from Always On My Mind it sounds excllent!



Always On My Mind
If I'm A Fool (For Lovin' You)
Tender Feeling
The Girl Of My Best Friend
Tonight Is So Right For Love
Fools Fall In Love
I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell
Burning Love
I Love Only One Girl
Almost In Love
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Please Don't Stop Loving Me
I'll Take Love
Hawaiian Wedding Song

Bob Jones (6)
Boppin' Bob*
Lacquer Cut By

Was a good afternoon! Roll on August for the next one.

[AndrewJ]

Just got A Date With Elvis - never heard the Sun cuts sound so good! The whole album sounds superb

[LesterB]

Just got A Date With Elvis - never heard the Sun cuts sound so good! The whole album sounds superb

I agree - it sounds superb.

Regarding SUN cuts - this sounds amazingly dynamic https://www.discogs.com/release/1708032-Elvis-Presley-The-Sun-Collection

Its very different to the excellent Kevan Budd remasters but you definitely need both.

[JohanD]

I'll try to add something to this (exiting) topic.
About the "Suspicous minds" album, it has the name Bob Jones etched in the dead wax and sounds fantastic. It has punch, it sounds exiting, "Fever" for instance is outstanding, for a Camden release in so much different styles, it's hard to beat.
https://www.discogs.com/release/1714409-Elvis-Presley-Suspicious-Minds
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"20 greatest hits vol 2" i have the 1985 re issue, no mention of his name anywhere. Sounds good, but also nothing more then that.
https://www.discogs.com/release/880571-Elvis-Presley-20-Greatest-Hits-Vol-2
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And i've read somewhere (can't remember where) that he was also involved in 'Rock'n'roll", i've got a later re-issue, and altough on the sleeve and it says "electronically re-processed", i can't believe it, it sounds marvelous! (however, no credits to Bob Jones" anywhere also, but this sounds very VERY good!
https://www.discogs.com/release/14292092-Elvis-Presley-Rock-N-Roll