Venus was a perfect label with some truly new material!
It's a shame they're not doing anything anymore.
I miss them every day.

There have been many great bootleg labels over the last three decades, and Venus is probably my favorite
because of all the unreleased 1970s studio outtake releases ...

For the Dutch fans among us:

https://elvisnederland.nl/

Founded by Rob de Kooter and Michel Pathuis.

The next series, Welcome To The Jungle, was released by Venus in 2010 and 2011. The artwork and booklet are top notch! And there are quite a few unreleased takes on these five volumes...


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Officially unreleased:


Bitter they are, harder they fall #2 fs ...

The very first time I saw an Elvis film was on TV on a German channel, I think it was NDR or ZDF, and it was Fun in Acapulco.
I think I was about 8 years old. And it blew me away!


I hope for you that it wasn't dubbed in the German language, like they do with all movies. 😅. It looks and sounds ...

The very first time I saw an Elvis film was on TV on a German channel, I think it was NDR or ZDF, and it was Fun in Acapulco.
I think I was about 8 years old. And it blew me away!

For me, it's got to be Essential Elvis 5: Rhythm and Country. When this came out the Stax sessions had not really been covered by bootlegs much and the material was all unheard to me. The sound was very good and the cuts included were strong. It was a worthy follow-up to Essential 4; it just ...

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COMING SOON! ESSENTIAL FOR EVERY ELVIS FAN! REELTRAX is back with a very strong 2-CD set! This time we are focused on Elvis´ legendary rehearsal for the “Summer Festival” engagement in 1974. Yes, it has been released before, BUT…. You won´t believe your ears when you hear the sound ...

All Famous Groove CDs are in our collection.
I sometimes even take them out just to have a look, just like you do, great stuff!!
And yes... we also bought bootlegs in the '80s and '90s.
Golden years!

For me:

Michael St. Gerard as a young Elvis, the perfect look!
Austin Butler he nailed it perfect with the '68 footage!

Michel.

Very nice from Ger.
We also have it in our collection.
Buy it original from a friend from Ger.
Love those old bootlegs!


In the Raii Amsterdam i spoke Gerr Rijff back in the days a great guy man a really nice man . About 25 years ago ?
I haved two books with his handwriting from Andylon L ...

Very nice from Ger.
We also have it in our collection.
Buy it original from a friend from Ger.
Love those old bootlegs!

FROM ELVIS INFORMATION NETWORK by Piers Beagley
As we head towards the premiere of Baz Luhrmann's 'EPiC' here's a treat for EIN readers

'Elvis Presley Whole Lotta Shakin' 1970-1971' New Documentary: From super-fan Dennis Laverty, a new in-depth documentary looking at Elvis' key years of 1970-1971 ...

Thanks for doing this Brian and JR!!

Michel.