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Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 9th, 2025, 7:54 pm
by NinaFromCanadaEh
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Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 10th, 2025, 7:02 am
by MartyMcFly
Bilbobaggins wrote: September 30th, 2025, 7:24 am Maybe some of you remember the German "Bravo" magazine. It has always been a supplier of many Elvis articles through the years. I have scans of, I think, all the Elvis articles from 1956 up to 1988. If you are interested I will post these scans, year by year.

The first batch is 1956. This year Elvis wasn't commonly known yet in Europe... but that soon would change...


1956-15 Portrait(1)2.jpg

1956-15 Schwarm von Millionen(1)2.jpg[/attachment66]

[attachment=1]1956-19 Dieser Mann ist ein singender Magnet(1)2.jpg

1956-19 Pulverdampf und heisse Lieder(1)2.jpg
These are great, thank you very much! I bought Bravo in my teens in the Eighties, if they had Elvis articles or posters.
The number one teen magazin in Germany.
Please continue sharing those old articles.

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 10th, 2025, 7:24 am
by Bilbobaggins
MartyMcFly wrote: October 10th, 2025, 7:02 am
Bilbobaggins wrote: September 30th, 2025, 7:24 am Maybe some of you remember the German "Bravo" magazine. It has always been a supplier of many Elvis articles through the years. I have scans of, I think, all the Elvis articles from 1956 up to 1988. If you are interested I will post these scans, year by year.

The first batch is 1956. This year Elvis wasn't commonly known yet in Europe... but that soon would change...


1956-15 Portrait(1)2.jpg

1956-15 Schwarm von Millionen(1)2.jpg[/attachment66]

[attachment=1]1956-19 Dieser Mann ist ein singender Magnet(1)2.jpg

1956-19 Pulverdampf und heisse Lieder(1)2.jpg
These are great, thank you very much! I bought Bravo in my teens in the Eighties, if they had Elvis articles or posters.
The number one teen magazin in Germany.
Please continue sharing those old articles.
Don't worry... I will ;)

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 11th, 2025, 2:49 am
by Bilbobaggins
Arriving in 1958...

Issue 1, 1958. Elvis has a new romance...

1958-01 Elvis hatte neue Romanze(1).jpg

Issue 3, 1958. The Kings of Hollywood...

1958-03 Hollywoods Koenige(1).jpg

Issue 4, 1958. Backcover...

1958-04 Backcover(1).jpg

Issue 4 1958. Buttonhunter Elvis... Elvis asks why a teenager is wearing the "I Hate Elvis" button...

1958-04 Knopfjaeger Elvis(1).jpg

Issue 10 1958. The sideburns are gone...

1958-10 Die Koteletten sind tot(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 12th, 2025, 5:52 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 12 1958. A new Elvis?

1958-12 Schluss damit(1).jpg
Issue 14 1958. Who will be the king of hip music?

1958-14 Wer wird Koenig der flotten Musik(1).jpg
Issue 15 1958. Medical examination

1958-15 KV(1).jpg
Issue 23 1958. Backcover

1958-23 Backcover(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 12th, 2025, 11:29 pm
by Colin.Bee
That first spread is awesome!

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 13th, 2025, 1:23 am
by Bilbobaggins
Colin.Bee wrote: October 12th, 2025, 11:29 pm That first spread is awesome!
Indeed. These 50's layout are very nice. They really put their designing skills in those pages. I love the use of colours.

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 18th, 2025, 8:38 am
by Bilbobaggins
Time for issue 26, 1958. Show your decorations Elvis
1958-26 Zeig Deine Orden Elvis(1).png
Issue 27, 1958. King Creole
1958-27 King Creole(1).jpg
Issue 28, 1958. The Elvis Company
1958-28 Die Elvis-Kompanie(1).jpg
Issue 30, 1958. They are shooting real bullets on Elvis!
1958-30 Auf Elvis wird scharf geschossen(1).jpg
Issue 40, 1958. Backcover. Don't forget me...
1958-40 Backcover(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 20th, 2025, 2:14 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 41, 1958, Last kiss in America. Taking off to Germany...

1958-41 Letzter Kuss in Amerika - 1(1).jpg

1958-41 Letzter Kuss in Amerika - 2(1).jpg

Issue 42, 1958. I'm glad to be here. Arriving in Germany...

1958-42 Ich freue mich hier zu sein - 1(1).jpg

1958-42 Ich freue mich hier zu sein - 2(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 23rd, 2025, 8:48 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 43, 1958, Frontcover

1958-43 cover (1).jpg

Issue 43, 1958. It's all about Elvis

1958-43 Alles dreht sich um Elvis - 1(1).jpg
1958-43 Alles dreht sich um Elvis - 2(1).jpg
Issue 44, 1958, Elvis becomes German

1958-44 Elvis wird Deutscher - 1(1).jpg
1958-44 Elvis wird Deutscher - 2(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 23rd, 2025, 8:55 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 47, 1958, It's over with Rock and Roll Commando's

1958-47 Schluss mit Rock and Roll Kommandos - 1(1).jpg
1958-47 Schluss mit Rock and Roll Kommandos - 2(1).jpg

Issue 48, 1958, Cover
1958-48 cover (1).jpg

Issue 51, 1958, Elvis cleans his shoes
1958-51 Elvis putzt Schuhe(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 24th, 2025, 9:04 am
by Bilbobaggins
Arrived in 1959...

Issue 3, 1959. An Army-truck weekly for Elvis's fanmail.

1959-03 Lastwagen fuer Elvis Presley Post(1).jpg

A new car

1959-03 Neues Auto(1).jpg

Issue 7, 1959. Elvis donates blood

1959-07 Elvis spendet Blut(1).jpg

Issue 12, 1959. Rendezvous in Munich

1959-12 Rendezvous in Muenchen(1).jpg

Issue 16, 1959. Gossip story...

1959-16 Pfui Teufel Kitty Dolan(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 25th, 2025, 3:36 am
by Bilbobaggins
Again... I forgot to add a frontcover in the last post...

Here it is, issue 16 frontcover, a nice one:

1959-16(1) Cover.jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 25th, 2025, 3:56 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 34, 1959. Who will be the next lifesize poster of? (Bravo had several series of parts of a poster in their magazine. Once put together, they formed a big lifesize poster)

1959-34 Wer soll der naechste Starschnitt sein(1).jpg
Issue 42, 1959. Frontcover. No article inside.

1959-42_3(1) cover.jpg
Issue 47, 1959. The most popular stars of 1959... in random order.

1959-47 Schlagerstars 1959(1).jpg

Issue 48, 1959. Announcing a series of interviews called "My day will come". They state: Even though the Presley management strongly forbids interviews, photo's or any visits with Elvis... Elvis did agree to a series of exclusive meetings and interviews with Bravo! The series will start next issue...

1959-48 Mein Tag wird Kommen - Vorschau(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 25th, 2025, 4:08 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 49, 1959. The first part of the exclusive Bravo interview. Cover (again a nice one!) and the article.

Elvis talks freely about how he feels about Germany, girls and the future.

1959-49_3(1) cover.jpg


1959-49 Mein Tag wird kommen - 1(1).jpg


1959-49 Mein Tag wird kommen - 2(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 28th, 2025, 4:04 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 50, 1959. My day will come, part 1

1959-50 Mein Tag wird kommen - 1(1).jpg


1959-50 Mein Tag wird kommen - 2(1).jpg


1959-50 Mein Tag wird kommen - 3(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 28th, 2025, 4:08 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 51, 1959. My day will come part 2

1959-51 Mein Tag wird kommen - 1(1).jpg


1959-51 Mein Tag wird kommen - 2(1).jpg

Issue 52, 1959. My day will come part 3

1959-52 Mein Tag wird kommen - 1(1).jpg


1959-52 Mein Tag wird kommen - 2(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 29th, 2025, 8:18 am
by Bilbobaggins
Entering the 60's...

Issue 1, 1960. My day will come, part 1



1960-01 Mein Tag wird kommen - 1(1).jpg


1960-01 Mein Tag wird kommen - 2(1).jpg


1960-01 Mein Tag wird kommen - 3(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 29th, 2025, 8:20 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 2, 1960. My day will come, part 2.



1960-02 Mein Tag wird kommen - 1(1).jpg


1960-02 Mein Tag wird kommen - 2(1).jpg


1960-02 Mein Tag wird kommen - 3(1).jpg

Re: The German "Bravo" magazine

Posted: October 30th, 2025, 8:34 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 3, 1960. My day will come, part 3.

1960-03 Mein Tag wird kommen - 1(1).jpg


1960-03 Mein Tag wird kommen - 2(1).jpg


1960-03 Mein Tag wird kommen - 3(1).jpg