It is such an incredible shame that there weren't more colour photographs taken of Elvis in his stunningly iridescent Gold Lamé suit but of course at that time most of these photographs were taken for newsprint which in those days was solely black-and-white. As Elvis bounced across the stage and came to a jarring, grinding halt, his enthralled devotees exploded into a shrill crescendo. The words he sang were inaudible because of the roar, but, a reporter was assured, it didn't make any difference because most were kids who knew the lyrics by heart. Assuming his provocative stance, he tilted the microphone, embraced it and began rotating his pelvis.
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Glittering in an unborn calf skin suit, which was completely covered with 24-karat gold cloth, and 24-karat gold shoes, Elvis seemed to be somewhat groggy as he greeted the record crowd. The book's design is perfect for the era with a nice use of retro day-glo colours. I have never seen so many glorious photographs of Elvis on tour in 1957 and find it hard to believe there are so many photographs I have previously not seen, as well as such a large number in stunning quality and presented as glorious full-page images. ‘King Creole’ is one of my favourite Elvis films so I had no trouble in buying Lorentzen’s ‘King Creole Frame by Frame’ volume, similarly his 520-page look into Elvis’ comeback special was another stunner.īut now with his discovery of hundreds of un-published photos from Elvis’ 1957 tours Lorentzen decided that an expanded look into Elvis’ Gold Lamé touring period of 1957 was well worth a new volume. However there are some core periods in Elvis’ legacy that are all well-worth examining in greater detail. When I first started buying Eric Lorentzen’s Elvis Files volumes, where each volume features only a couple of years of Elvis' life spread over 500 pages or so, I thought I would never need to buy another photo book again! - How wrong I was! There is no way I can afford a photo book that is only worth one flip-through before is it filed away on the shelf. To be a worthwhile purchase I need a book to contain never before published photos of Elvis, high-quality printing and plenty of accompanying text. (partly due to the expensive overseas postage to Australia.) There seems to be so many Elvis photo books being published nowadays that it's hard to keep up and I certainly can’t afford to buy them all. Sometimes it's hard to decide exactly what Elvis product you can afford to buy. ( look here for EIN's previous 'The Elvis Files' in-depth book reviews)
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His key publications being the extremely detailed and well-researched ‘Elvis Files’ series of books. Erik Lorentzen’s superb Elvis books have by now earned the high reputation they deserve from dedicated Elvis collectors.
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