TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS: The Elvis Forum

Here are 3 for starters. The Hayride title isn't even that old, but looks like
it was printed somewhere in Romania, at the beginning of the 1900s! Junk.
Can you people out there add titles to these three? Asian ones are okay to
use, as long as they feature an image of Elvis on the cover. CD covers are
welcome to. Lots of ugly ones to be found on the internet. Use Google.

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

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! : )

A matter of taste, no doubt... but all can be filed under 'junk' in my book.
I just love half of Elvis's arm being amputated on the blue cover!
Freedom of expression among artists, I reckon?

I find this one rather amateurish.
Drawing by you Ger ?

Do you want to keep your teeth in, Jans?!
Hell, no, they aren't mine!

heres my all time fave of atrocious covers - isn't it a beaut , great sound awful cover.

Another uggly cover:

LP Through the years as released in 1985 on Sabam records.


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

I am almost sure.that I have won the 1st ,2nd 3rd prizes for the ugliest covers..all in my Elvis collection of course!!
here they are:

You could be right my friend. Those are special. The only good thing about those covers is they spelled his name right.
Jim

Bloody brilliant alvise, especially the second one. Who on earth thought those up?

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

The first one pictured is a tribute to the Beatles White Album
Numbers 2 and 3 deserve a place in The Music Hall Of Fame...Brilliant!

This one won't beat Bruno's earlier entries!
Still one bad ugly mother!

Maybe not really ugly...but surely WEIRD!
What happened to her pretty little nose...Is it still growing?!

Indeed an ugly cover but with great tracks in good quality for the standard at the time. (Released around aug. 1978). The first LP with a concert from feb. 1972 and the second LP copied from Elvis is alive and well singing in Las Vegas.


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Another bad one.


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I still found this bad one; the real cover is without cuts on the corners.


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And this one beats all; it is a bad cover and a bad LP with fake duets in poor quality. The only thing you can do with this LP is: paint it gold and past it on your wall.


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


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Another poor cover.


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LP Live in Atlanta

Released around 1979 is one of the worst Lp's. It contains portions of the 30-12-76 concert in Atlanta. The sound is taken from Super 8mm home video camera and transferred from cassette to vinyl. Most of the songs are incomplete as is the concert too.


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Another bad one.

The tracks are RCA versions overdubbed with applause / noise recorded at a railway station to give you the impression it is a live version. Fake duets etc.

Another one to paint gold and past on the wall.


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Last track from the A-Side: "Special Interview Of Elvis Presley Age 12 At Tupelo Mississippi" !?