The Elvis Encyclopedia (hardcover)

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>The Elvis Encyclopedia (Hardcover)

by Adam Victor

(October 2, 2008)

Price: $45.50 </span>


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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. This obsessively detailed and completely entertaining chronicle by Victor (The Marilyn Encyclopedia) of every possible aspect of Elvis Presley's life is mesmerizing and deserves a wide audience. Elvis fans will delight in the many famous and rare photos illustrating entries on the King's every song, album and movie as well as his complete last will and testament. But nonfans will marvel at such meticulously researched entries as Religion (a vision of Stalin and Jesus in a high bank of cloud made Elvis consider joining a monastery), as well as a comprehensive state-by-state list of Hotels Where Elvis Stayed. (Oct.)
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Review
'Remarkably handsome volume ... As a visual compendium of Elvis and his times the work is outstanding, and students of rock'n'roll history have a valuable resource of quotes, pictures and facts ... Victor notes that his encyclopedia is "longer than the Old Testament"; certainly to fundamentalist Elvis nerds it will be as valuable as the Bible' The Times. 'There's no denying that Victor has done his research ... The 608 meticulously cross-referenced pages deal with every aspect of Elvis's life and work. Happily, there are plenty of entertaining anecdotes in among the exhaustive detail' Q magazine. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details
Hardcover: 608 pages
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover (October 2, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1585675989
ISBN-13: 978-1585675982
Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 8.9 x 1.7 inches

Pressestimmen“


The book is lavishly and lovingly illustrated with candid photos, movie stills, posters, and assorted oddities . . . and in a nice touch the book throws in relevant quotations after many entries, by Elvis or about him.” –New York Times Book Review

“The Elvis Encyclopedia explores all things Elvis Presley-related — entries on every song, album and movie ever released by the King."–Wall Street Journal

“What every Presley fan has been waiting for: Elvis from A (as in Agnew, with an entry of Elvis meeting with the vice president in Palm Springs, Calif., in late 1970) to Z (as in David Zenoff, with a mention of the Nevada Supreme Court judge who married Elvis and Priscilla in Las Vegas in May 1968)…Victor deftly embeds each compact entry in this 598-page tome with the most essential, often myth-busting nuggets. The more than 500 knockout photos are worth the crazy price alone.” – Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Everything Elvis! From facts on Jean and Julian Aberbach, the Austrian-born brothers whose music publishing company represented Elvis Presley for 22 years, to David Zenoff, the Nevada Supreme Court judge who presided over his marriage to Priscilla in Las Vegas, The Elvis Encyclopedia covers the King from A-Z. Author Adam Victor spent six years sifting through nearly everything ever written or filmed about Elvis to compile the coffee-table book. In addition to 500 color and black-and-white photographs, it also includes several never-before-seen images of the Memphis man who became an American music icon.” – Southern Living

“No fan of the King would “Return to Sender” this 598-page volume.” – New York Post

“With its abundant photos and memorabilia, one could pore over its pages for days on end.” –San Francisco Chronicle

“Three decades after his death, the public continues to be fascinated by the King of Rock 'n' Roll, and Mr. Victor honors that obsession with this almost crazily detailed encyclopedia. The Elvis Encyclopedia is as knowingly written as it is complete."– Dallas Morning News

“The King lives on (and on) in The Elvis Encyclopedia by Adam Victor, perhaps the most comprehensive Elvis tome ever. With lavish color photos and information organized into a reader friendly format, this book covers the hip-shakin’ rocker from A to Z.” – Los Angeles Confidential

“With more than 500 photos and an A-to-Z format, The Elvis Encyclopedia not only makes a mesmerizing coffee table book, it's also a great gift for your hunka hunka burnin' love {and others) this holiday season.” – Vegas Magazine“For fans who obsess over the King, it's a certainty: can't help falling in love with The Elvis Encyclopedia.” –Chicago Sun-Times"Improbably rich, admirably thorough, Victor's compendium lends weight to the thought that the Elvis phenomenon reached nearly every corner of the world." – Kirkus Reviews

“This book may well swell the number of well-informed fans. With 598 pages resulting from six years of research in libraries, film and audio archives and private collections, there's a good chance.”- Newsday

“A valuable one-stop source of all things informational about The King...Victor has certainly cast his net widely in search of rarely seen pictures, and on that nostalgic note alone his is a regal book—fit for a king.” – BookPage

“There's something for everyone here — for musicologists, fans, historians, idolaters, skeptics, and newcomers and, most of all, for a posterity that, clearly, will never diminish in its fascination with the man who derived from humble origins in Tupelo, Mississippi…Adam Victor, the editor/author of this volume..[has] outdone himself — and most competitors, past, present, or potential — with The Elvis Encyclopedia."– Memphis Flyer

“Topping out at 600 dense pages, this lavishly illustrated celebration of Elvis is both comprehensive and fascinating to read. Highly recommended for its unrivaled breadth and illustration. The volume is sure to circulate heavily among fans and the merely curious.” – Library Journal


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Kurzbeschreibung
More than thirty years after his death, Elvis Presley remains indelibly etched into the American psyche. As the Elvis of myth--an embodiment of the American Dream in the flesh--has become synonymous with Elvis the man, the subject of countless books, articles and songs, it has become increasingly hard to discern who Elvis really was. By combining obsessive research with absorbing writing, Adam Victor, author of the bestselling The Marilyn Encyclopedia, sifts through the competing versions of events throughout Elvis's life and traces a young man's path to immortality. The Elvis Encyclopedia, the product of years of research, was created to help bring order to the massive amount of material written about Elvis Presley. In doing so, it stands as the most comprehensive book about his extraordinary life and legacy ever published.

The Elvis Encyclopedia is also a visual compendium of Elvis's life, offering hundreds of photographs, ranging from never-beforeseen unposed moments to the extraordinary iconic images the world has come to love.

With this definitive one-stop resource, fans and scholars finally have easy access to all of the information on Elvis's life and times, testing what is real against legend. The facts are represented in full--a childhood mired in poverty, his unstoppable rise to the top with over 150 gold, platinum, or multi-platinum albums, 31 feature films, and 14 Grammy awards, his marriage to Priscilla, his early death. Entries cover every significant aspect of Elvis and his world from family members, lovers, benefactors, mentors, agents, directors, co-stars, and coaches.

Complete with cross-referencing and a comprehensive bibliography, The Elvis Encyclopedia surpasses everything that has come before it. It is a true testament to the legend that is Elvis Presley.

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Sieht gut aus. Hat das jemand? Ich hab erst gestern davon erfahren...

Es ist nicht diese.... <a href=' www.elvisclub.de/forum/index.php?showtop...5201&hl=Encyclopedia ' target='_top'> www.elvisclub.de/forum/index.php?sh...hl=Encyclopedia

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Danke für den Tipp VInce

Hat das jemand?

Ja, hab's mir neulich im Virgin Megastore in Hollywood gekauft, da stand es rum, im Angebot, von 65 Dollar auf 45 Dollar runtergesetzt. Wenn ich hier jetzt sehe, dass das der reguläre Preis ist, fasse ich mir natürlich an den Kopf.

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Was den Inhalt anbetrifft, weiß ich nicht, was ich davon halten soll. Es ist sehr, sehr umfangreich, man findet so ziemlich jedes Stichwort, jede Person, jede Platte und jeden Song. Da wurde unglaublich viel an Informationen zusammengetragen. Was die musikalischen Dinge anbetrifft, habe ich beim Querlesen etliche Fehler entdeckt. Bei den restlichen Sachen kann ich dazu nichts sagen, habe ich noch nichts genaueres zu gelesen, da kenne ich mich auch nicht so aus. Was ich ein wenig abstoßend finde, ist ein ellenlager Artikel über Elvis' Sexualleben bzw. seine Vorlieben. Mal ganz ehrlich: Abgesehen davon, dass das seine Privatangelegenheit war und keine Sau was angeht,gibt es hierzu auch nur "Informationen" aus zweiter und dritter Hand.

Danke erstmal. Kannst Du ein paar besonders schöne Fotoseiten mal uploaden? Wie sind die Fotos allgemein?

Kannst Du ein paar besonders schöne Fotoseiten mal uploaden?

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Bei dem Thema bin ich leider der falsche Ansprechpartner, dazu kann ich keine qualifizierte Meinung abgeben.

zumindest schauen die Fotos extrem geil aus.

Bei 45 Dollar - also quasi 30 Euro - kann man auch nix dagegen sagen, da sollte man zugreifen.