Fifties, Elvis Movies and Christmas

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Rare 1957 Colour Candid film -  From filmorvideo
Great quality candid colour film.
Its only silent but fabulous quality - 1957 at Graceland

Tupelo in colour' - From rabaaron
A short clip of Elvis` famous1956 Mississippi/Alabama dairy fair show in colour.
From the archives of Keith Flynn.

Elvis at the airport in Los Angeles 16 August 1956 - From everythingelvis935
Very rare footage of Elvis arriving at LA Airport for his first Hollywood engagement on 16th August 1956.
Sadly this footage comes without sound.

'Hound Dog' LIVE in Gold Lame - From Reneee1975
Elvis live in Tupelo Mississippi 1957, in his Gold Lame Suit.
The sound edited from the Tupelo 1956 concert.
Very clever.
Previous EIN #3 Clip of the Week

Elvis arrives in Portland 1957 - From: anneesvinyl
Poor quality ex VHS but still capturing an amazing point in time.
Some interesting footage.

Elvis In The Army, (picture compilation) From: TCBSonny
Great army photo compilation.
Very clever use of the song  'Living In Paradise (singing the blues)' by Terry Mike Jeffrey & the TCB Band.
Nice to hear something a little different.

'Treat Me Nice' Take 3 outake - From: 76Elvis
The sensational alternate version as set to the Jailhouse Rock colourised video.
Another classic fifties clip, more cool-and-jazzy than the released version.
Elvis laughs deliciously at the end.
First released on the highly recommended  FTD 'Flashback'

Elvis Sails 1958 - From: budeta52
Fabulous army photos from 1958 & 1959, some deliciously rare.
- See Elvis in this underpants!
Set to the Elvis Sails interview. Runs 8 minutes.

'Jailhouse Rock' 57/68/77 - From: budeta52
Combining three Elvis performances with photos of the three eras.
Nice editing work.

Tupelo 1956 colour footage -  From  rabaaron
From Keith Flynn's fabulous site this is some extraordinarily rare footage of Elvis' Mississippi/Alabama fair show in colour.
A perfect taster for the newly announced 'Tupelo's own Elvis Presley' book & DVD.
Click here for the review of this SENSATIONAL Tupelo release.

Elvis, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins & Johnny Cash - From poozhaan
More Elvis and Johnny Cash!
George Klein narrates this rare footage of Elvis, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins & Johnny Cash in 1955.
From the Great Performances video.

Elvis in 1955 "What's Going on?"  -  From  stevids
Clever video of early fifties Elvis to the original song 'What's Going On? This is 1955'
Some fabulous early fifties footage and good to hear a new and original song about Elvis.
Song by Rod & Steve Adams with vocal by Mandy.

Hear & see Elvis' original SUN #209! - From LynchburgSourMash
Wow this is a real oddity, but fun in an obtuse way! 
What would you do if you owned a complete set of Elvis' 5 Sun issues?
Well show them off & play them on YouTube!
The voice in beginning is Elvis' early manager Bob Neal.

** 'Pocketful of Rainbows' (& Juliet Prowse) - From: SoundAndArt2010
From GI Blues, the stereo album version plus Juliet Prowse insert.
Nice work. Crank it up.

** 'Put The Blame On Me' (special edit-stereo) - From: SoundAndArt2010
More good work from EIN's friend in Japan.
The stereo album version edited to the Tickle Me vision

** 'Stop, Look And Listen' (edit) - From: SoundAndArt2010
Fun movie stuff from Spinout.
Short & sweet

** 'Let Yourself Go' (New Edit) From ElvisDinnerShow
Combining the Speedway film footage along with the '68 vocal & vision.
Nice idea, & great quality.

'Little Egypt' (new edit) - From DJETHAN244
More fascinating reworking adding a little extra to the original.
Great song, nice rework.

'Please Don't Stop Loving Me'- From; lacurrry
The highlight of 'Frankie & Johnny.'
Some nice photos from the film.
Go here for EIN's FTD review

'I Love Only One Girl' (picture compilation) - From TCBSonny
An extremely silly 2 minutes.
Just right for this time of year!

'Spinout' (Remix) - From: Dannyhandes
A fun funky reversion of a pretty lame original.
Still good to see some rump-a-shakin'
"Give Mike a girl and he's one happy fella!"

‘Let Yourself Go’ the Speedway original - From: trainiride
As requested a selection of Elvis performing this great song.
First the movie original, - very grooovy baby!

'Jailhouse Rock' colourised - From: exit9999
We recently announced the import DVD release of the colourised film Jailhouse Rock.
If you haven't seen it recently, or ever, here is the classic title song in colour.

Elvis Movies 2 - From: mikevideo
Do not miss this compile of total sixties movies fluff.
This is a hilarious 10 minute romp through some of the best & very worst.
Features 'Do The Clam', 'Spring Fever', 'He's Your Uncle, Not Your Dad' and other greats!

'The King meets the King' - From  trevormeech
Very poor quality footage but interesting for showing Elvis meeting the King & Queen of Thailand
Available as part of the 'Inside G.I Blues' book. See our review here.

"Holy Cow, I forgot the Bull"- From  nuclearhythmics
Less than 2 minutes of delightful silliness from 'Stay Away Joe'.
Trying to escape his movie contracts, you know that even Elvis would laugh!
Luckily for Elvis (and us) the Comeback Special was only 7 months away.

'Charro' (cool edit) -   From  iamgman1
Fabulous clip edited to the title song. Makes a great promo for the film.
Check out how cool Elvis looks with beard & turned up collar.
Go here for EIN's fascinating spotlight on the film 'Charro!'

'Charro' - From  GSCC
An underrated song combined with a great selection of film stills from 1968.

EIN's favourite Christmas videos. Merry Christmas - and remember what Elvis sang, 
Give thanks for all you've been blessed with
And hold your loved ones tight
For you know the Lord's been good to you
On a snowy Christmas night

Ten more Christmas favourites

Blue Christmas with Elvis -  From: kisses4elvis
More Blue Christmas but this time with a marvellous selection of photos.
Love those pictures of Elvis in the snow.

TTWII rehearsal - 'Santa Claus Is Back In Town' - From: Javicentrico
Laid back and with a fine blues groove.
Marvellous stuff from the TTWII Special Edition..

Gladys & Vernon at Graceland 1958 - From:  thepresleyclan [Xmas 2007 REMOVED]
Great footage of happier early times with Graceland in the snow.
Short but well-worth seeing especially if you were there in the 100 degree heat this August.

'Hound Dog' (djf edit)- From smithersjones [Xmas 2007 REMOVED]
While in a fifties mood this a great idea combining the Milton Berle TV footage to the classic single.
While it doesn't have the controversial bump-&-grind ending the slow-mo hip action is sensational.

'Don't' (djf edit) From smithersjones [Xmas 2007 REMOVED]
A fabulous selection of late 1950's photos of Elvis.
Nicely edited to Elvis great 1957 #1 ballad 'Don't'

Elvis in the army - From Sonny TCB [Xmas 2007 REMOVED]
A fabulous selection of Army photos, some wonderfully rare.
Set to the sublime 'Soldier Boy' from the sensational 'Elvis Is Back!' LP.

'That's All Right' Live 1950s - (edited djf)  - From  smithersjones [Xmas 2007 REMOVED]
Sensational fifties edit of Elvis live on stage to the 'That's All Right' single.
The birth of 'Rock'n'Roll' - Elvis onstage doing what he does best!

'Blue Suede Shoes' colour 1956 - From  smithersjones [Xmas 2007 REMOVED]
The Hal Wallis movie try-out with lip-synced audio.
Great to see Elvis' natural colour hair. A classic. 

'Paralyzed' (edit djf)  - From  smithersjones  [Xmas 2007 REMOVED]
One of my favourite 50s songs.
Fabulous photos and some great rare footage.

'Return to Sender' (Edit djf) - From  smithersjones  [Xmas 2007 REMOVED]
Using great slow-mo to accentuate Elvis' cool shoulder & body action.
A cool variation on the 'Girls, Girls, Girls' film clip. 
Once again from the DVD 'Elvis -1st, 2nd & 4ever' (see EIN review). 

'Wear My Ring Around Your Neck' (edited djf) - From  smithersjones [Xmas 2007 REMOVED]
Great 1950's rare home footage of Elvis water-skiing, the Biloxi fishing trip, & playing with friends.
Another clip from the great DVD '1st, 2nd & 4ever' (see EIN review).

I'm A Roustabout - edited djf. [Xmas 2007 REMOVED]
Features some colourized Jailhouse Rock footage.
See EIN's review of the excellent 2005 DVD '1st, 2nd & 4ever' which first featured this clip.

'King Of The Whole Wide World' (DJF edit) - From: smithersjones [Xmas 2007 REMOVED]
Great edit of various Elvis sixties movie fluff.
And don't forget the great Boots Randolph on sax.

'What's She Really Like' (djf edit) - From  smithersjones [Xmas 2007 REMOVED]
A personal favourite from GI Blues but with added footage. 
I was always annoyed that the song was cut short in the film itself.

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