Absolutely Awful Bootleg Covers!

Alexander · **Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:56 pm

Hasil wrote:

This is a Spanish one from the late 70s. I think "Who Ate All the Pies" would have been a better title.

I bought this one several years ago in Antwerpen. Did not know the guy with the Tall Hair was behind it, but wondered why the bootlegger used this pic. It is not à very fiattering one...

Ger Rijff · **Joined:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 5753

Alexander wrote:

Hasil wrote:

This is a Spanish one from the late 70s. I think "Who Ate All the Pies" would have been a better title.

I bought this one several years ago in Antwerpen. Did not know the guy with the Tall Hair was behind it, but wondered why the bootlegger used this pic. It is not à very fiattering one...

No, not flattering. But at the time, this black & white photo from a newspaper file, was never
before published. He looked like a human being, and not the glamour guy in dreadful gypsy
jumpsuits, who was trying to hide his stomach behind oversized Santa belts. That's why I
picked it for the cover. In comparising to many of the later years photos, he looks good. With
or without too many Pies in his stomach.

John · **Posted:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:39 am

Colonel Snow wrote:

Here is Paul Lichter on cover from LP Forever young forever beautiful.

colonel snow

I remember buying this from my dealer and then taking it back because I thought it was awful. First Elvis disc I ever returned.

Mike · **Joined:** Mon May 21, 2012 6:26 pm **Posts:** 69

A few more 'works of art':

Ger Rijff · **Joined:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 5753

Mike wrote:

A few more 'works of art':

Looks like 'Chicago Beat' ( posted here in this section a while ago) , and 'Adios'
will forever follow me as the Rijffster stinkers... Now you gonna add a 3rd one: 'Dallas,
Uncensored'?! Nothing wrong with the cover...Don't blame me Elvis looked 'strange'
in this photo. :shock:

Colonel Snow · **Posted:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:30 pm

Another bad one.

colonel snow

Ger Rijff · **Joined:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 5753

Colonel Snow wrote:

Another bad one.

colonel snow

the design stinks, my cartoon is excellent, godverdomme!
I had nothing to do with this title... they just borrowed my cartoon from
a book... a yearbook from the UK fanclub, I believe?

Mike · **Joined:** Mon May 21, 2012 6:26 pm **Posts:** 69

Quote:

Don't blame me Elvis looked 'strange'
in this photo.

Didn't know you were behind this. The photo would have been nice for the "Elvis, What Happened" cover. There were no others to choose from? Nothing wrong with the rest of the cover, I agree...

Adios :wink:

,
Mike

Mike · **Joined:** Mon May 21, 2012 6:26 pm **Posts:** 69

Just a few more...

There's an Elvis porn parody circulating on the net. The "Rockin' with Elvis April Fool's day" cover, would be a good cover for this parody as well...

And what about StaSera Resta Con Me: a '56 pic for a '72 concert...

Uissued Elvis: Elvis as Japanese love doll!

Ger Rijff · **Joined:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 5753

The In My Way cd was the very first boot cd ever done on Elvis.
Made in Italy, or Germany...Im not sure? A little while later The Hollywood Sessions
made it on to the scene. The first 'made in Holland' Elvis title...

The amount of vinyl boots that have shown up in this section must make up quite
a big chunk of what is to be found in the upcoming Bootleg Elvis book?!

Painful seeing so much trash made by people in the Elvis world thru the years!
I bet, the vinyl boots made by Dylan, Beatles and Springsteen collectors, is on
a much higher quality level, design wise!?

USMALE · **Joined:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:56 am **Posts:** 156

Ger Rijff wrote:

The In My Way cd was the very first boot cd ever done on Elvis.
Made in Italy, or Germany...Im not sure? A little while later The Hollywood Sessions
made it on to the scene. The first 'made in Holland' Elvis title...

The amount of vinyl boots that have shown up in this section must make up quite
a big chunk of what is to be found in the upcoming Bootleg Elvis book?!

Painful seeing so much trash made by people in the Elvis world thru the years!
I bet, the vinyl boots made by Dylan, Beatles and Springsteen collectors, is on
a much higher quality level, design wise!?

Dylan, Beatles and Springsteen collectors, is on
a much higher quality level, design wise!?[/quote]

Hardly Ger....I've seen thousands of these releases, and theres plenty of sh.t . In fact, in the good old days of the 1980s and 1990s, Elvis' boot releases were much better ( think about the Theres Always Me releases or the Cafe Europa Sessions). Perhaps its time for a new topic about the BEST Elvis boot designs??

Ger Rijff · **Joined:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 5753

USMALE wrote:

Ger Rijff wrote:

The In My Way cd was the very first boot cd ever done on Elvis.
Made in Italy, or Germany...Im not sure? A little while later The Hollywood Sessions
made it on to the scene. The first 'made in Holland' Elvis title...

The amount of vinyl boots that have shown up in this section must make up quite
a big chunk of what is to be found in the upcoming Bootleg Elvis book?!

Painful seeing so much trash made by people in the Elvis world thru the years!
I bet, the vinyl boots made by Dylan, Beatles and Springsteen collectors, is on
a much higher quality level, design wise!?

Hardly Ger....I've seen thousands of these releases, and theres plenty of sh.t . In fact, in the good old days of the 1980s and 1990s, Elvis' boot releases were much better ( think about the Theres Always Me releases or the Cafe Europa Sessions). Perhaps its time for a new topic about the BEST Elvis boot designs??

Go for it! Colonel Snow will jump in quickly to help out! :wink:

Colonel Snow · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:20 am

Ger Rijff wrote:

Colonel Snow wrote:

Another bad one.

colonel snow

the design stinks, my cartoon is excellent, godverdomme!
I had nothing to do with this title... they just borrowed my cartoon from
a book... a yearbook from the UK fanclub, I believe?

It is not the cartoon but the cover and the tracks on the LP.

colonel snow

Colonel Snow · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:22 am

Copied from LP Unreleased tracks and released with the title "Susie-Q".

colonel snow

Colonel Snow · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:28 am

Filled with poor audience recordings.

colonel snow

Alexander · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:33 am

Ger Rijff wrote:

Alexander wrote:

Hasil wrote:

This is a Spanish one from the late 70s. I think "Who Ate All the Pies" would have been a better title.

I bought this one several years ago in Antwerpen. Did not know the guy with the Tall Hair was behind it, but wondered why the bootlegger used this pic. It is not à very fiattering one...

No, not flattering. But at the time, this black & white photo from a newspaper file, was never
before published. He looked like a human being, and not the glamour guy in dreadful gypsy
jumpsuits, who was trying to hide his stomach behind oversized Santa belts. That's why I
picked it for the cover. In comparising to many of the later years photos, he looks good. With
or without too many Pies in his stomach.

Nice to read why you chose this, Ger.

Mike · **Joined:** Mon May 21, 2012 6:26 pm **Posts:** 69

Quote:

Painful seeing so much trash made by people in the Elvis world thru the years!
I bet, the vinyl boots made by Dylan, Beatles and Springsteen collectors, is on
a much higher quality level, design wise!?

Don't know about Dylan, Beatles and Springsteen, but I definitely know that the very best boots are coming (almost daily) from Prince collectors: rehearsals, after shows (I have - besides many others - the after show in Het Paard Van Troje in The Hague '86 - excellent stereo sound), dvd's, concerts, soundboards, try-outs, never before released songs, Worldwide TV-peformances, interviews, etc., etc. Two days after his performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2011 there already circulated a stunning boot of this concert on the internet: "for study purposes only!" (Yeah, right).

Please, have a look at:

http://main.thedigitalgarden.org/

Mike

Colonel Snow · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:02 pm

In the previous post a scan of CD Stasera resta con me was shown. However the CD is wrong dated. The right dateis 16 aug. 1972 dinner. (Also released on Top act in Vegas vol. 3).

colonel snow

Mike · **Joined:** Mon May 21, 2012 6:26 pm **Posts:** 69

Quote:

The right dateis 16 aug. 1972 dinner

Thanks for the info, Colonel

Mike C · **Posted:** Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:23 am

Ger Rijff wrote:

Mike C wrote:

Ger Rijff wrote:

HA!HA!...Good one, Hasil! In fact it was made in Amsterdam, in the 80s,
by a well known guy with weird tall hair...
What's the excuse for making this one, you might ask? Simple: it contained
rare audience live recordings at the time, and this guy with weird tall hair
needed the money to buy soundboards... True story! : )

Just curious, how much did a soundboard tape cost back in the day? Would you get a chance to listen to it before buying?

Curious, alright... 2.500-3000 dollars a piece. That's when the $ still had value!
Sometimes a sample was offered. Not always though.

Wow, that was a sizable investment back then. Thanks for answering my question. Is there one that you negotiated over but could never get the seller to close? Thanks!

Ger Rijff · **Joined:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:55 am **Posts:** 5753

Mike C wrote:

Ger Rijff wrote:

Mike C wrote:

Ger Rijff wrote:

HA!HA!...Good one, Hasil! In fact it was made in Amsterdam, in the 80s,
by a well known guy with weird tall hair...
What's the excuse for making this one, you might ask? Simple: it contained
rare audience live recordings at the time, and this guy with weird tall hair
needed the money to buy soundboards... True story! : )

Just curious, how much did a soundboard tape cost back in the day? Would you get a chance to listen to it before buying?

Curious, alright... 2.500-3000 dollars a piece. That's when the $ still had value!
Sometimes a sample was offered. Not always though.

Wow, that was a sizable investment back then. Thanks for answering my question. Is there one that you negotiated over but could never get the seller to close? Thanks!

Only a couple o'times. But the tapes, in the end, would find a release on the Madison cds.

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