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Re: The German "Bravo" magazine
Posted: October 9th, 2025, 7:54 pm
by NinaFromCanadaEh
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...
Issue 3, 1958. The Kings of Hollywood...
Issue 4, 1958. Backcover...
Issue 4 1958. Buttonhunter Elvis... Elvis asks why a teenager is wearing the "I Hate Elvis" button...
Issue 10 1958. The sideburns are gone...
Re: The German "Bravo" magazine
Posted: October 12th, 2025, 5:52 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 12 1958. A new Elvis?
Issue 14 1958. Who will be the king of hip music?
Issue 15 1958. Medical examination
Issue 23 1958. Backcover
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
Issue 27, 1958. King Creole
Issue 28, 1958. The Elvis Company
Issue 30, 1958. They are shooting real bullets on Elvis!
Issue 40, 1958. Backcover. Don't forget me...
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...
Issue 42, 1958. I'm glad to be here. Arriving in Germany...
Re: The German "Bravo" magazine
Posted: October 23rd, 2025, 8:48 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 43, 1958, Frontcover
Issue 43, 1958. It's all about Elvis
Issue 44, 1958, Elvis becomes German
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
Issue 48, 1958, Cover
Issue 51, 1958, Elvis cleans his shoes
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.
A new car
Issue 7, 1959. Elvis donates blood
Issue 12, 1959. Rendezvous in Munich
Issue 16, 1959. Gossip story...
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:
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)
Issue 42, 1959. Frontcover. No article inside.
Issue 47, 1959. The most popular stars of 1959... in random order.
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...
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.
Re: The German "Bravo" magazine
Posted: October 28th, 2025, 4:04 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 50, 1959. My day will come, part 1
Re: The German "Bravo" magazine
Posted: October 28th, 2025, 4:08 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 51, 1959. My day will come part 2
Issue 52, 1959. My day will come part 3
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
Re: The German "Bravo" magazine
Posted: October 29th, 2025, 8:20 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 2, 1960. My day will come, part 2.
Re: The German "Bravo" magazine
Posted: October 30th, 2025, 8:34 am
by Bilbobaggins
Issue 3, 1960. My day will come, part 3.