Re: Elvis vinyl related discussion

[JohanD]

Got this boxset a few years now.
The entries on Discogs are a mess and it looks like the box i have is mixed with others. (wich is not true, i bought it new).
It's the German pressing, but since there are two (from the same year), it's mixed.
My copy has the English 63 pages (small) booklet (and not in German like mentioned) from the first pressing.
It has plain white innersleeves, not the ones with Readers Digest on it, as with the second pressing.
Somebody mentioned in the comments that the songs on the first vinyls are in stereo (that's also mentioned on the labels), but that's not true.
The 50's songs are crispy mono.
The rest sound very good too on all the tracks, maybe due too the Direct metal mastering (DMM).
These are 8 fantastic good sounding albums in a nice box with a pretty cool (tiny, in size, not in pages) booklet.
It may be not that rare, but if you can find this at a decent price, it's well worth the investment.
https://www.discogs.com/master/473577-E ... d-Lives-On

[Alexander72]

Just had a chance to read through the whole thread and loving it. The Quad Mix video was very cool.

Just curious, Alexander, what is your take on the Quad 8 mix of Elvis Country?

I know that mix is available on Apple Music but it has never been released previously. Not on 8Track nor on any other format. So I did not include it in my video nor did I hear it (have no subscription to Apple Music). So I couldn't tell. What's your opinion?

Thanks for reminding me -- I had forgotten that. I have Apple Music and listened to it but I don't have the setup you need to hear it properly.

I have been working like a dog for the last few weeks and now I have a few minutes to post. Here is one I know you are still on the hunt for which I was very lucky to acquire a few years. The very rare second pressing of the Double Trouble LP on rigid orange along with the "Trouble Double" cover.

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Stunning copy indeed and still need that one for my collection. Impossible to find. You are looking for this one? Also very hard to find and don't have a spare copy unfortunately.

Yesterday a box with over 40 records from the US came in with 2 records I hoped to be extremely rare Orange Rigids (1968-1970). And the gamble paid off this time.

[AfoolSuchAsI.]

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I was so suprised that i didnt know i has this original in my collection.

Nice copy. I have been looking for one of those to complete my White Top LP collection. How did you acquire it?

Speaking of White Top monaural LPs, anybody have a copy of "Pot Luck" that they are looking to sell?

Hi Mice C.
Long time ago i thought from a Elvis fanclub stand .
My goal is more to find this ones all original slowly but surely

[AfoolSuchAsI.]

Hi Alexander,
What a great founds . On E bay they say that PayPal only creditcard or bank cart and on internet reviews they say its to risk on PayPal for scammers. Is that true Alexander ?
Thats a lot of lp s

[Alexander72]

1759397665521289830808658907639.jpg
I was so suprised that i didnt know i has this original in my collection.

Nice copy. I have been looking for one of those to complete my White Top LP collection. How did you acquire it?

Speaking of White Top monaural LPs, anybody have a copy of "Pot Luck" that they are looking to sell?

Hi Mice C.
Long time ago i thought from a Elvis fanclub stand .
My goal is more to find this ones all original slowly but surely

Ah just rereading the thread and saw you were looking for the Pot Luck Monaural. My bad. There are quite a few Monaurals I am looking for myself. Do have the His Hand In Mine Monaural though.

Hi Alexander,
What a great founds . On E bay they say that PayPal only creditcard or bank cart and on internet reviews they say its to risk on PayPal for scammers. Is that true Alexander ?
Thats a lot of lp s

Yeah, I collect all the records I buy in the United States and send them in combined shipments to The Netherlands to avoid high shipping rates and duties. I use Paypal on a daily basis and although it is not my favorite payment methode I never had a problem.

[Mike C]

1759397665521289830808658907639.jpg
I was so suprised that i didnt know i has this original in my collection.

Nice copy. I have been looking for one of those to complete my White Top LP collection. How did you acquire it?

Speaking of White Top monaural LPs, anybody have a copy of "Pot Luck" that they are looking to sell?

Hi Mice C.
Long time ago i thought from a Elvis fanclub stand .
My goal is more to find this ones all original slowly but surely

Ah just rereading the thread and saw you were looking for the Pot Luck Monaural. My bad. There are quite a few Monaurals I am looking for myself. Do have the His Hand In Mine Monaural though.

Hi Alexander,
What a great founds . On E bay they say that PayPal only creditcard or bank cart and on internet reviews they say its to risk on PayPal for scammers. Is that true Alexander ?
Thats a lot of lp s

Yeah, I collect all the records I buy in the United States and send them in combined shipments to The Netherlands to avoid high shipping rates and duties. I use Paypal on a daily basis and although it is not my favorite payment methode I never had a problem.

Yes, it is the monaural copy of Pot Luck I am looking for. I also have a White Top Monaural copy of it but it is only VG condition, so I'd like to upgrade it. Thanks for sharing your other ones. I have a solid copy of the White Top Stereo version of Pot Luck, too.

Locating White Top copies of Girls, Girls, Girls was a bit of a challenge. But managed to find those.

Which monaurals are you looking for? Thanks for the kind words on Double Trouble -- that was a needle in a haystack.

[Alexander72]

1759397665521289830808658907639.jpg
I was so suprised that i didnt know i has this original in my collection.

Nice copy. I have been looking for one of those to complete my White Top LP collection. How did you acquire it?

Speaking of White Top monaural LPs, anybody have a copy of "Pot Luck" that they are looking to sell?

Hi Mice C.
Long time ago i thought from a Elvis fanclub stand .
My goal is more to find this ones all original slowly but surely

Ah just rereading the thread and saw you were looking for the Pot Luck Monaural. My bad. There are quite a few Monaurals I am looking for myself. Do have the His Hand In Mine Monaural though.

Hi Alexander,
What a great founds . On E bay they say that PayPal only creditcard or bank cart and on internet reviews they say its to risk on PayPal for scammers. Is that true Alexander ?
Thats a lot of lp s

Yeah, I collect all the records I buy in the United States and send them in combined shipments to The Netherlands to avoid high shipping rates and duties. I use Paypal on a daily basis and although it is not my favorite payment methode I never had a problem.

Yes, it is the monaural copy of Pot Luck I am looking for. I also have a White Top Monaural copy of it but it is only VG condition, so I'd like to upgrade it. Thanks for sharing your other ones. I have a solid copy of the White Top Stereo version of Pot Luck, too.

Locating White Top copies of Girls, Girls, Girls was a bit of a challenge. But managed to find those.

Which monaurals are you looking for? Thanks for the kind words on Double Trouble -- that was a needle in a haystack.

As the monaurals were phased out in 1964 onwards these are especially hard to find. I am still looking for:

- Something For Everybody (LPM)
- Pot Luck (LPM)
- Girls Girls Girls (LPM)
- It Happened At The Worlds Fair (LSP)

All other LPM/ LSPs on Black Label White Top are covered although some may deserve an upgrade.

[JohnnyByeBye]

Got this boxset a few years now.
The entries on Discogs are a mess and it looks like the box i have is mixed with others. (wich is not true, i bought it new).

https://www.discogs.com/master/473577-E ... d-Lives-On

Thank you JohanD for your post. That set is really nice,I have never seen the booklet, pretty cool!

And to stay within the topic of that box set, I need to make an addition regarding to the complete Finnish lp discography that I wrote earlier in this topic.

Legenda elää (8 lp box set, Finland, 1987)

https://www.discogs.com/release/3603903 ... 3%A4%C3%A4

The "Legend Lives On" -box set was also released specifically for Finland! The name of the box is "Legenda Elää", which is a loose translation of the name in English.

The Finnish version does not contain any booklet, and it looks like it is pretty much a direct copy of the re-issues that you mentioned in your text. As it reads on the label,it was manufactured in Germany as well. It has the nice inner sleeves with text in "gold-color" letters. The same great sound quality, and you can sometimes find this for an affordable price too.

There was also a C-cassette version of this that can be found in Discogs.

[JohnnyByeBye]

The label of the Finnish version.

[JohanD]

Got this boxset a few years now.
The entries on Discogs are a mess and it looks like the box i have is mixed with others. (wich is not true, i bought it new).

https://www.discogs.com/master/473577-E ... d-Lives-On

Thank you JohanD for your post. That set is really nice,I have never seen the booklet, pretty cool!

And to stay within the topic of that box set, I need to make an addition regarding to the complete Finnish lp discography that I wrote earlier in this topic.

Legenda elää (8 lp box set, Finland, 1987)

https://www.discogs.com/release/3603903 ... 3%A4%C3%A4

The "Legend Lives On" -box set was also released specifically for Finland! The name of the box is "Legenda Elää", which is a loose translation of the name in English.

The Finnish version does not contain any booklet, and it looks like it is pretty much a direct copy of the re-issues that you mentioned in your text. As it reads on the label,it was manufactured in Germany as well. It has the nice inner sleeves with text in "gold-color" letters. The same great sound quality, and you can sometimes find this for an affordable price too.

There was also a C-cassette version of this that can be found in Discogs.

Now that's pretty cool!
I guess the Finnish version was printed (coverwise/design) in lesser quantities, since it's a smaller market.
Either way, it's indeed a great good sounding set!

[Alexander72]

Got this boxset a few years now.
The entries on Discogs are a mess and it looks like the box i have is mixed with others. (wich is not true, i bought it new).

https://www.discogs.com/master/473577-E ... d-Lives-On

Thank you JohanD for your post. That set is really nice,I have never seen the booklet, pretty cool!

And to stay within the topic of that box set, I need to make an addition regarding to the complete Finnish lp discography that I wrote earlier in this topic.

Legenda elää (8 lp box set, Finland, 1987)

https://www.discogs.com/release/3603903 ... 3%A4%C3%A4

The "Legend Lives On" -box set was also released specifically for Finland! The name of the box is "Legenda Elää", which is a loose translation of the name in English.

The Finnish version does not contain any booklet, and it looks like it is pretty much a direct copy of the re-issues that you mentioned in your text. As it reads on the label,it was manufactured in Germany as well. It has the nice inner sleeves with text in "gold-color" letters. The same great sound quality, and you can sometimes find this for an affordable price too.

There was also a C-cassette version of this that can be found in Discogs.

Now that's pretty cool!
I guess the Finnish version was printed (coverwise/design) in lesser quantities, since it's a smaller market.
Either way, it's indeed a great good sounding set!

You might be right, but it doesn't have to be of inferior quality if Readers Digest purchased the raw materials needed to produce the box in high volumes. I suspect the Finnish box set has the same basic quality as the British, French, or German ones. Either way, it's a beautiful box set, of course, and the Finnish version is incredibly unique.

[JohnnyByeBye]

Now that's pretty cool!
I guess the Finnish version was printed (coverwise/design) in lesser quantities, since it's a smaller market.
Either way, it's indeed a great good sounding set!

Agreed,it sounds good! Probably pressed using the same masters as the ones for Germany.

By the way, isn't that funny that the "Last Hits" side - as pictured in the label image above - contains "The Girl of My Best Friend"... it doesn't really fit in with the rest of the songs on that side

[JohanD]

Now that's pretty cool!
I guess the Finnish version was printed (coverwise/design) in lesser quantities, since it's a smaller market.
Either way, it's indeed a great good sounding set!

Agreed,it sounds good! Probably pressed using the same masters as the ones for Germany.

By the way, isn't that funny that the "Last Hits" side - as pictured in the label image above - contains "The Girl of My Best Friend"... it doesn't really fit in with the rest of the songs on that side

I do believe that "The girl of my best friend" was released as an A side for single in 1976, and is therefore at it's place (even if it is a 1960 recording and it sounds weird in between the other songs).
The single was produced in the UK,Germany and even in Belgium.

[JohnnyByeBye]

I do believe that "The girl of my best friend" was released as an A side for single in 1976, and is therefore at it's place (even if it is a 1960 recording and it sounds weird in between the other songs).
The single was produced in the UK,Germany and even in Belgium.

Yep, I knew that. And I agree that theoretically it was one of his last "a-sides" in a way. But I personally would not have put that re-released song in the middle of those other 70's singles, purely from artistic point of view...it does not fit in there at all. But obviously the producers of that set were looking at it from statistical point just having a list of singles released in country X during the 70's and working from there.

[JohnnyByeBye]

I thought long and hard where to put this post to. Whether ai should create a new thread for it, or if it is even Elvis-related. But I finally decided it is, I hope that no-is aggravated that this off-topic

I think the majority of us here are vinyl collectors of some kind. That's why I thought it would be interesting to know how do you repair or maintain the vinyls and their sleeves that you buy and what is your "policy'" for doing it is... some people are determined to not doing any fixing after they buy records.

As for me, I try to fix the old vinyls and especially their sleeves and inner sleeves that I buy to a degree. If they are broken or dirty, I try to do what is possible.

When I get sleeves which are dirty or broken in some way (as those old Elvis vinyls often are) I do the following:

- if the sleeve has some dirt that I consider removable, I use the paper towel with a bit of water and wipe the sleeve. This usually works pretty well to get rid of superficial stains or dirt,and it doesn't add any unwanted chemicals.
- If the dirt in the sleeve is more sticky kind,such as residues of old stickers,etc. I use a combination of Zippo lighter fluel with paper towel,and wipe away the dirty spots. I might repeat this many times depending on how sticky the dirt is. Just be careful not to rub with too much force since that could affect the color of the sleeve.
- zippo fuel is really a God-send. It dries up pretty soon and doesn't leave the sleeve wet or does not leave any color of its own
- zippo fuel works very well also with unwanted stickers. For removing those, I need a laboratory kind of knife,the kind if small and very sharp ones that they do surgeries with. I will apply fuel on the sticker,leave it for 15 second or so and then try to peel of the sticker from the side of the sticker with a knife. Sometimes I need to apply the fuel multiple times in order for the sticker to get fully soaked. This method always works,you just have to have patience. And there is no trace of the the sticker or the glue in the end.
- if the inner sleeves are torn,I might use invisible archival tape to fix them. The tape won't get "greasy" or yellow after some years like normal Scotch tape does.

If the sleeve is torn on the side,I usually fix them. I have a method that I thought I would share with you here. It has worked pretty well, although it takes some practice to get it done well.

Fixing the torn edges of sleeves

I have this wonderful old US gatefold pressing of Date With Elvis. I had just a plain white inner sleeve in it,but I just got the original inner from a fellow collector for which I am forever grateful to him. Now the record is complete after many decades!:) The sleeve is made of very thick cardboard,which is torn on the side from maybe half of the length of the side. You can see this type of torn happening with US pressings, and it cannot be fixed with just applying glue. Now that the record is complete with correct inner, I wanted to fix the torn side to make it complete from that pint of view.

I have pieces of thin cardboard of different colors thst I've bought from a hobby store.The idea is to match the color of the inner cardboard surface of the sleeve,which can be white,brownish or grayish,depending in the age of the sleeve.

I just cut a piece long enough to fix the torn area, and I fold the thing in half. I apply glue from glue stick on the other side of that piece. Then I just put the piece inside the sleeve to just hold the edges of the sleeve together. I press the repaired edge for some minutes. If you can apply some object or have some tool to keep the edge together and the glue to stick,that works fine. I just like to use my fingers so that I press only where the glue is.

I'm pretty happy with how fixing of this sleeve was. I'm attaching some pics of the sleeve before and after the fix. Actually the "after" state looks better in real life than the photo! Hope this is of any use to anyone

Ps. I know that there are those cardboard slips with glue ready applied that you can buy online. If anyone is using them,please share your experiences

[Bilbobaggins]

Thank you very much JohnnyByeBye! These are some great tips and I will surely make use of them. If you have more tips... they're welcome!

[LesterB]

Got this boxset a few years now.
The entries on Discogs are a mess and it looks like the box i have is mixed with others. (wich is not true, i bought it new).
It's the German pressing, but since there are two (from the same year), it's mixed.
My copy has the English 63 pages (small) booklet (and not in German like mentioned) from the first pressing.
It has plain white innersleeves, not the ones with Readers Digest on it, as with the second pressing.
Somebody mentioned in the comments that the songs on the first vinyls are in stereo (that's also mentioned on the labels), but that's not true.
The 50's songs are crispy mono.
The rest sound very good too on all the tracks, maybe due too the Direct metal mastering (DMM).
These are 8 fantastic good sounding albums in a nice box with a pretty cool (tiny, in size, not in pages) booklet.
It may be not that rare, but if you can find this at a decent price, it's well worth the investment.
https://www.discogs.com/master/473577-E ... d-Lives-On

thanks Johan - seen this so many times but thought it was a load of rubbish becuase of the stereo 50S tracks.
Have you got the boppin bob 3 LP boxset? Does it sound as good as that?

[Mike C]

As the monaurals were phased out in 1964 onwards these are especially hard to find. I am still looking for:

- Something For Everybody (LPM)
- Pot Luck (LPM)
- Girls Girls Girls (LPM)
- It Happened At The Worlds Fair (LSP)

All other LPM/ LSPs on Black Label White Top are covered although some may deserve an upgrade.

If you are looking for an LSP of It Happened At The World's Fair, they are definitely out here at decent prices. According to Elvisrecords.com, there was never a monaural reissue of this soundtrack LP since it was a poor seller.

Of the other three LPMs you are looking for, I'd say Something for Everybody is the easiest to locate. Seen several copies the last few months.

Good point about the phasing out of the monaurals after 1964.

[Mike C]

I thought long and hard where to put this post to. Whether ai should create a new thread for it, or if it is even Elvis-related. But I finally decided it is, I hope that no-is aggravated that this off-topic

I think the majority of us here are vinyl collectors of some kind. That's why I thought it would be interesting to know how do you repair or maintain the vinyls and their sleeves that you buy and what is your "policy'" for doing it is... some people are determined to not doing any fixing after they buy records.

As for me, I try to fix the old vinyls and especially their sleeves and inner sleeves that I buy to a degree. If they are broken or dirty, I try to do what is possible.

When I get sleeves which are dirty or broken in some way (as those old Elvis vinyls often are) I do the following:

- if the sleeve has some dirt that I consider removable, I use the paper towel with a bit of water and wipe the sleeve. This usually works pretty well to get rid of superficial stains or dirt,and it doesn't add any unwanted chemicals.
- If the dirt in the sleeve is more sticky kind,such as residues of old stickers,etc. I use a combination of Zippo lighter fluel with paper towel,and wipe away the dirty spots. I might repeat this many times depending on how sticky the dirt is. Just be careful not to rub with too much force since that could affect the color of the sleeve.
- zippo fuel is really a God-send. It dries up pretty soon and doesn't leave the sleeve wet or does not leave any color of its own
- zippo fuel works very well also with unwanted stickers. For removing those, I need a laboratory kind of knife,the kind if small and very sharp ones that they do surgeries with. I will apply fuel on the sticker,leave it for 15 second or so and then try to peel of the sticker from the side of the sticker with a knife. Sometimes I need to apply the fuel multiple times in order for the sticker to get fully soaked. This method always works,you just have to have patience. And there is no trace of the the sticker or the glue in the end.
- if the inner sleeves are torn,I might use invisible archival tape to fix them. The tape won't get "greasy" or yellow after some years like normal Scotch tape does.

If the sleeve is torn on the side,I usually fix them. I have a method that I thought I would share with you here. It has worked pretty well, although it takes some practice to get it done well.

Fixing the torn edges of sleeves

I have this wonderful old US gatefold pressing of Date With Elvis. I had just a plain white inner sleeve in it,but I just got the original inner from a fellow collector for which I am forever grateful to him. Now the record is complete after many decades!:) The sleeve is made of very thick cardboard,which is torn on the side from maybe half of the length of the side. You can see this type of torn happening with US pressings, and it cannot be fixed with just applying glue. Now that the record is complete with correct inner, I wanted to fix the torn side to make it complete from that pint of view.

I have pieces of thin cardboard of different colors thst I've bought from a hobby store.The idea is to match the color of the inner cardboard surface of the sleeve,which can be white,brownish or grayish,depending in the age of the sleeve.

I just cut a piece long enough to fix the torn area, and I fold the thing in half. I apply glue from glue stick on the other side of that piece. Then I just put the piece inside the sleeve to just hold the edges of the sleeve together. I press the repaired edge for some minutes. If you can apply some object or have some tool to keep the edge together and the glue to stick,that works fine. I just like to use my fingers so that I press only where the glue is.

I'm pretty happy with how fixing of this sleeve was. I'm attaching some pics of the sleeve before and after the fix. Actually the "after" state looks better in real life than the photo! Hope this is of any use to anyone

Ps. I know that there are those cardboard slips with glue ready applied that you can buy online. If anyone is using them,please share your experiences

For repair to split LP jackets, the Seamzeazy strips are really nice and east to use. Here's a video showing a repair with one.

[JohnnyByeBye]

For repair to split LP jackets, the Seamzeazy strips are really nice and east to use. Here's a video showing a repair with one.

Thanks Mike! I'll have to see if I can find them somewhere in Europe where I am located

EDIT: Apparently those are available worldwide (from Memphis,TN of all places!) https://sleevecityusa.com/

I would love to have them in various colors. Some vintage sleeves have turned almost dark brown inside and white strips can stand out from them a bit.