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51 years old eh!! You’re just a baby lol.AfoolSuchAsI. wrote: August 9th, 2025, 3:35 pm In my times was it better and greater to be an Elvis fan i am to old 51 . When there came a soundboard cd we are so happy that days in the 90 s . Now we going crying by each soundtrack and thats what i now do with cd 3 ,4 ,5 of the Sunset Boulevard release .
CD 1 and CD 2 are not undubt the bass is to much and more instrument s i hear is overdubt .
Hopes does FTD do it on a sessions Today better .
You sound like an old, narcissistic person. Out of touch with the present, unable to accept other peoples' views and tastes.FanFrom'61 wrote: August 9th, 2025, 4:03 pm51 years old eh!! You’re just a baby lol.AfoolSuchAsI. wrote: August 9th, 2025, 3:35 pm In my times was it better and greater to be an Elvis fan i am to old 51 . When there came a soundboard cd we are so happy that days in the 90 s . Now we going crying by each soundtrack and thats what i now do with cd 3 ,4 ,5 of the Sunset Boulevard release .
CD 1 and CD 2 are not undubt the bass is to much and more instrument s i hear is overdubt .
Hopes does FTD do it on a sessions Today better .
In my time and I’ve been buying for over 63 years, we were happy to get two or three singles and a couple of albums per year- and we sat down, listened and enjoyed the music. We didn’t analyse the sound to the nth degree nor having bought the record, wonder what the next release would be the day after buying the latest release, like some do now.
And if we wanted something from another country, we had to work hard at finding a decent penpal who would be willing to buy the record for us whilst we sent over an International Money Order to pay for it, or sometimes we would do swaps. Even in the late 60’s getting hold of a US or Japanese release was mind blowing to have in the collection. These days, it’s almost as easy to get an album from a foreign country as it is getting one frim your own country.
And you clearly misinterpreted my post. I was basically re-enforcing what the previous poster was saying, but adding to it by explaining what it was like for those fans who are even older. I even added an ‘lol’ when I said he was just a baby in years compared to some of us - just a little touch of humour. And in case you did not notice, the OP (AfoolSuchAsI) actually ‘liked’ my post.A. C. van Kuijk wrote: August 10th, 2025, 11:15 amYou sound like an old, narcissistic person. Out of touch with the present, unable to accept other peoples' views and tastes.FanFrom'61 wrote: August 9th, 2025, 4:03 pm51 years old eh!! You’re just a baby lol.AfoolSuchAsI. wrote: August 9th, 2025, 3:35 pm In my times was it better and greater to be an Elvis fan i am to old 51 . When there came a soundboard cd we are so happy that days in the 90 s . Now we going crying by each soundtrack and thats what i now do with cd 3 ,4 ,5 of the Sunset Boulevard release .
CD 1 and CD 2 are not undubt the bass is to much and more instrument s i hear is overdubt .
Hopes does FTD do it on a sessions Today better .
In my time and I’ve been buying for over 63 years, we were happy to get two or three singles and a couple of albums per year- and we sat down, listened and enjoyed the music. We didn’t analyse the sound to the nth degree nor having bought the record, wonder what the next release would be the day after buying the latest release, like some do now.
And if we wanted something from another country, we had to work hard at finding a decent penpal who would be willing to buy the record for us whilst we sent over an International Money Order to pay for it, or sometimes we would do swaps. Even in the late 60’s getting hold of a US or Japanese release was mind blowing to have in the collection. These days, it’s almost as easy to get an album from a foreign country as it is getting one frim your own country.
well... That wasnt sharing exactly
Hello - yes I remember It’s Elvis Time. I think they used to produce a small magazine too. I met Scotty Moore & D J Fontana in Memphis and attended a birthday party for James Burton in Memphis too.AfoolSuchAsI. wrote: August 11th, 2025, 2:10 am Hi fan from '61 ,
Youre right back in the days was hard working to find a bootleg and lp s . No internet only magazine s .
I m come from Holland and in the 90 s i met DJ Fontana and Scotty Moore and i shakes bothe hands and a hand writing on a cassetetape great times the fanclub " Its Elvis Time was very big with fanclub days , today never be so big .
Oh ye fan from '61 haved you visit a Elvis concert in youre live ?
Greetings !
I also feel that the recordings benefit (much) as mono recording instead of binaural/stereo.@KB wrote: August 10th, 2025, 7:52 am I listened to Sunset Boulevard on Spotify a bit, the 1974 rehearsal is running too slow indeed, it is dragging significantly. I checked the old DAE cd then, and it seems that the speed is correct there.
Would Americans buying directly from the UK still get hit with the tariff the same way as if they bought it from an American seller? Or can that be avoided somehow?MysteryTrain wrote: August 10th, 2025, 6:41 am Heads up to any U.S.A. fans buying product from EU countries (most of Europe). For many years imports valued at $800 or less could be imported to the U.S.A. duty free (without payment of the tariffs and other fees). Effective August 29, 2025 Trump has ordered the end to the $800 exemption. The tariff on EU products is currently 15%. Expecting to pay it if your import reaches customs on August 29 and thereafter.
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/07/30/tru ... pping.html
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I believe it is dependant on what the goods are but it could be between 5% and 10%. I doubt there is any way to avoid it as the US customs will decide.elvis-fan wrote: August 11th, 2025, 10:28 amWould Americans buying directly from the UK still get hit with the tariff the same way as if they bought it from an American seller? Or can that be avoided somehow?MysteryTrain wrote: August 10th, 2025, 6:41 am Heads up to any U.S.A. fans buying product from EU countries (most of Europe). For many years imports valued at $800 or less could be imported to the U.S.A. duty free (without payment of the tariffs and other fees). Effective August 29, 2025 Trump has ordered the end to the $800 exemption. The tariff on EU products is currently 15%. Expecting to pay it if your import reaches customs on August 29 and thereafter.
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/07/30/tru ... pping.html
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Following on from last week’s mid-week album chart entry at #18 on Monday rising to #13 by Wednesday, the Sunset album has dropped out of the mid week chart for this week, which means it is likely to drop out of the main chart this coming Friday and suggests that there is little interest in the release outside of the fanbaseFanFrom'61 wrote: August 8th, 2025, 11:48 am Sunset Boulevard has entered the UK main album chart at #69, which is much lower than I thought based on the mid week position. That would indicate that sales from the initial few days have not improved over the last few days. The chart position is better than last year’s Memphis at #83 but not as good as Back in Nashville at #63.
However, sales including the double dipping of the CD set and vinyl, plus downloads and streaming give equivalent unit sales of 2,260 which is the best for a few years. It will be interesting to see if it gets another week on the chart which is the measurement of those outside of the fanbase buying the release on day one.