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--Elvis:
Behind The Image
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The
Book :
The book corresponds the
title of the homonymous DVD - but that's the
only commonality you can find here. The producers
chose the same title because the book follows
the same aim as the DVD: |
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Elvis
- Behind The Image
The aim is to show a side of Elvis that fans
have never seen before.
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life of the artist who can show himself in private
moments without being surrounded by press photographers.
Time and place are not prescribed here: At home
in Graceland, in his California houses, in the
car or in the cinema.
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| Elvis
- Behind The Image - the book offers the fan
more than 400 photos on over 120 pages, whereas
most shots are color. A special treat are the
private journal entries of Sandi Miller together
with her personal photos of Elvis and the interior
views of many Elvis-houses in California. Actually
Sand Miller was a Elvis fan but she became,
like in every fan's dream, a good friend of
Elvis. So she was a guest on many private parties,
quite a few times at Elvis's home, on the set
of Elvis' films and also at RCA Studios. She
made at that time precise, private notes in
a kind of diary about the many meetings with
Elvis and has therefore numerous memories to
offer, she has saved in her notes over the years.
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Sandi Miller's diaries |
Sandi
kept a private journal of her numerous encounters
with Elvis, and as a result has MANY volumes
of her memories, so every detail is as fresh
as the day it happened. This adds much more
depth than the typical Elvis photo book, and
compliments the photos very nicely.
Maybe you know some of the pictures, but the
majority has never been published before. In
that and in through the unique reports melting
with the photos to a wonderful ensemble, is
the especialness distinguishing this book from
many others which publish often wrong dates
or play back an event wrong. |
Photos
taken from the book "Elvis: Behind The
Image" |
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book shows Elvis from 1966 and ends 1975, but
focuses the end of the 60's. Elvis is shown
at the several movie shootings, Clambake, Stay
Away Joe, Live A Little Love A Little, Charro,
The Trouble With Girls and Change Of Habit and
by the candids you can have a look behind the
scenes. You see Elvis in extravagant private
clothes visiting shows, meeting fans and especially
his Hollywood years are dealt with dramatically. |
The
California-Homes: Perugia Way, Hillcrest,
Monovale, Ladera Circle |
| "Graceland"
and "Las Vegas" are recurrent words
you bring in connection with Elvis directly
but actually the star spend many years in the
houses in Beverly Hills or Palm Springs. Ultimately
this part of Elvis's life is dealt with detailed
and a long existing black hole is erased. Although
the main focus of the book is on Elvis, there
are unique candids and moments showing Priscilla
or both together.
Please also
read the section "In the mirror of the
press" how the world press nearly overturns
with its reports and experience there in the
reviews more details.
The Realization:
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For
the producers to follow their aspect of price/preformance
ratio at several points they decided for the
only reasonable solution: setting on quality.
Including first a hard cover format. That doesn't
only give you the "right feeling"
of really having a real book in your hands,
but also protects the pages inside of eventual
kinks. Another aspect is the bookbinding itself.
To realize what constitutes bookbinding specific
expert knowledge is necessary. Because you have
to distinguish between the industrial binding
and the more premium hand binding. Again the
producers set a standard here and decided for
the hand binding like it is used for world famous
publications like the "World Book Encyclopedia"
or the "Encyclopedia Brittanica" and
for good reasons: the advantage of this procedure
is that you can open the book flat. |
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the industrial binding the book would still
have a bow because of the production process
which remains after a few times of reading and
would make the book quickly look well-thumbed. |
To
get the best possible printing effect the producers
chose a high quality paper, rendering the colors
very well and keeping the sharpness of the photos.
For Elvis production it is uncommon to rework
the photos but Praytome Publishing considered
the time being worth to spend on erasing scratches
and restoring faded colors during this "cleaning"
process. The layout and design created by Bud
Glass is kept in the style of the 60's and color-coordinated
to the photos. Every page is joy looking at,
reading and exploring. The reasonable compiled
photos make a film run in your mind together
with the text and that's what makes the book
so unique. |
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objective target, to offer the fans the most
high quality book at the lowest possible price
has been achieved being now able to offer you
our hard cover book cheaper than comparable
products offered by other book producers, which
are sold for 50-70 Dollars. Retail price 39
€ plus individual shipping and packing
costs (depending on your residence) For orders
please use our website. |
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Elvis: Behind The Image - The Book
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