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Lost Elvis Presley Tapes
TONIGHT'S the NIGHT
From 8:00 - 11:00 P.M.
GRAND PRIZE
JAMBOREE
Presents
ELVIS PRESSLEY
LOUISIANA HAYRIDE STAR
* HOOT GIBSON
FAMOUS WESTERN MOVIE STAR
* SONNY BURNS
* IROWN BROS
* TOMMY SANDS
At Eagles' Hall
A Block South of Gray on Lauisiona
BIFF COLLIE
as Master of Ceremonies
Also Appearing on the Show Will Be
somes O'Gwynne,
Coyo Wilcox, the Dixie Dritters,
Ernie Hunter, and Herb Remington!
* NEXT WEEK'S GUEST *
TOMMY COLLINS
SINGLE SONG
ELVIS SANG AT
THAT CONCERT. They also got Elvis talking
to the audience between songs
and, believe me, this is not the
same Elvis you saw in all
those dumb movies. No way! This is the hip-shaking, pelvis
pounding, tough-talking Elvis
in the first flush of his man-
hood before he was homogenized and "cleaned up" for
public consumption! When Scotty Moore first
heard the tape, he said,
'That's me, I can't deny it. You can hear Bill Black (the
clown of the group) hollering
in the background!"
So, with the help of Stan
Kesler, a songwriter who was
at Sun Records when Elvis
was there, the tape gets converted to one side of a record
to record somebody else
album. Then, on the other
instead of saving the original
side, they get Scotty Moore
recording. So, what he does this time is, he goes. talking and he tells what it was like traveling
to the Elvis concert at the Eagles Hall and he
around that first year with Elvis. What stories! records it and... Scotty tells about how he and Bill Black and Elvis
HE DECIDES IT'S
got stranded in Shreveport, Louisiana because they
NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY
didn't have enough money to pay the hotel bill! ON HIS RADIO SHOW! He tells about how his wife nearly ran out the back
door when she first saw Elvis because he was
Thank God! If that tape had been played, it
dressed so "weirdly" in a pink suit and white
would have been recorded over like all the others
shoes.
He tells about their Grand Ol' Opry appear-
and, it would have been lost forever. As it turns
ance which was a disaster. (Elvis was advised to
out, however, the tape was simply tossed in a
go back to driving a truck!) He tells about how
drawer where it was forgotten for more than 20
Bill Black's clowning around was needed to win
years! the audience over so they would at least give Elvis
Hard to imagine, isn't it? But, believe it or not,
a chance. And so on. back then, the people at the Eagles Hall didn't even
All in all, this may be the most historically
know how to spell Elvis Presley's last name. They
important record album ever produced. It was tied
used two S's instead of one and spelled his name
up in lawsuits for several years but now, at last,
"PRESSLEY.' Take a look at their newspaper ad
it is available for release on a very limited basis
and you'll see what I mean. to the general public. 66
•..you won't
BUT YOU MUST
believe your ears... ACT FAST! As you know, Elvis has sold hundreds of mil-
Whatever. So, to get on with the story, 22-years
lions of records but this one is truly rare. This
go by and, as we all sadly remember, Elvis Pres-
album is called THE FIRST YEAR and only
ley passes away on August 16. 1977. Millions of
10,000 of this special limited edition were produced
THERE IS A STRICT LIMIT
OF ONLY ONE PER CUSTOMER! Please do not ask us to make an exception. We can't. It wouldn't be fair. There's not really enough of
these albums to go around and we want to satisfy as
many Elvis fans as we can with what we've got to
work with. Anyway, these albums are being sold on a first
come, first-served basis with a 100% money back
guarantee. They are easy to order. All you have to do
is write your name and address and the words "First
Elvis Album" on a piece of paper and send it with
your payment of $19.95 plus $2.00 shipping and han
dling (total $21.95) to:
Everett & Lloyd, Inc. 9000 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 603
Los Angeles, California 90069
That's all there is to it. Your album will be
shipped promptly (within 24 hours) as soon as we
receive your order. By the way, for faster service. you can order by phone and we will send this
amazing album to you C.O.D. or you can use your
MasterCard, Visa or American Express. We are
open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm West Coast time
and our number is... people are plunged into depression. The King is
dead and nobody can ever replace him. and... But sometimes, even in the midst of the greatest
tragedies, something good happens. And, in this
case, what happens is that a man down in Mississippi (where Elvis was born) remembered that DJ
who used to tape those live acts and he gets him
on the phone. The man from Mississippi is a "good
ol' boy" named Marcellus Allison and he asks the
DJ if he ever taped Elvis.
"By God, I believe I did!"
THERE ARE LESS
THAN 7,000 LEFT!
At only $19.95 apiece, these albums are truly
a rare bargain. You see, in this case, you're not
just getting a record— you're also getting a piece
of history. However, because these albums are so
rare...