ELVIS PRESLEY HAVING FUN INSANELY RARE ORIG '74 COLONEL PARKER BOXCAR PRIVATE LP

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·      ELVIS PRESLEY – HAVING FUN ON STAGE – INSANELY RARE 1974 COLONEL PARKER'S PRIVATE PRESSING (TO MAKE A LITTLE DOUGH OF HIS OWN ON ELVIS'S FAMOUS NAME  ON HIS  OWN SHORT-LIVED PROPRIETARY 'BOXCAR' LABEL,  SOLD AT ELVIS' CONCERT PERFORMANCES ONLY) -  ORIGINAL BOXCAR STEREO LP (NO NUMBER -- THIS WAS LATER  REISSUED AS RCA LP CPM-1-818)

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·      UNIVERSALLY HAILED AS THE WORST, MOST ATTROCIOUS AND CRINGE-INDUCING "ROCK" ALBUM OF ALL TIME.

·      ORIGINAL WHITE BOXCAR LABEL WITH RED AND BLUE 'TRAIN WAGON' LOGO

·      THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·      ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·      CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·      THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·      MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

·      As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format (thank you Jesus!).

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Having Fun with Elvis on Stage is a 1974 spoken word concert album by Elvis Presley. The album consists entirely of byplay and banter by Presley from between songs during a live concert—primarily jokes, with the songs themselves removed from the recording. The album was created as a ploy by Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, to self-release an Elvis Presley album through his own label, Boxcar Records, that would not consist of content that contractually belonged to RCA Records. Having Fun with Elvis on Stage was first distributed at Elvis Presley concerts, but RCA would later package and distribute it.

Having Fun with Elvis on Stage has been considered to be Presley's worst album; critics felt that the compilation of banter was incoherent, and lacked context due to the removal of the songs that his remarks related to. In their 1991 book, Jimmy Guterman and Owen O'Donnell named Having Fun with Elvis on Stage the worst rock and roll album of all time, duly noting its lack of actual "rock and roll".

Presley himself disapproved of the album, and it was withdrawn at his request. Despite this, Having Fun with Elvis on Stage reached number 130 on the Billboard 200, peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country LPs, and spawned bootleg copies along with a fan-made sequel.

The album is unique among Elvis Presley's recordings as it does not contain any actual songs; it consists entirely of on-stage banter recorded between numbers. Presley is frequently heard humming or singing "Well ...", which during the actual performances led into songs that have been edited out of the recording.Much of the album consists of him making jokes, although the recording is devoid of any context. Despite the randomness of the audio, from 8:01–11:55 on side A, Presley is captured speaking autobiographically about his early life and his career aspirations before becoming a singer, and his early appearance on The Steve Allen Show.

The album was the idea of Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's manager. Parker wished to release an Elvis Presley album through Boxcar Records—a company that he formed to manage Presley's commercial rights, so that he could profit directly from it. However, since Presley was signed to RCA Records, any recordings made would legally belong to RCA. To circumvent this restriction, Parker compiled audio of Presley talking—material over which RCA could not claim rights.

Initially, the record was only sold at Presley's concerts. However, the album was later packaged and marketed by RCA as a legitimate concert album, with the only warning for the buyer being the subtitle "A Talking Album Only" on the back cover. Presley is credited on the back sleeve as the album's executive producer.

Having Fun with Elvis on Stage has been described as the worst album of Elvis Presley's career. Critics felt that the album's material was spliced in a manner lacking any continuity and nearly devoid of comprehensibility, let alone humor. Mark Deming of AllMusic states that "some have called Having Fun with Elvis on Stage thoroughly unlistenable, but actually it's worse than that; hearing it is like witnessing an auto wreck that somehow plowed into a carnival freak show, leaving onlookers at once too horrified and too baffled to turn away." Nick Greene, a writer for Mental Floss, felt that the material presented on the record is "so incoherent, you don't really get an idea of his stage presence, despite the fact that all the audio comes from his shows." Rock critics Jimmy Guterman and Owen O'Donnell, writing in their 1991 book The Worst Rock and Roll Records of All Time, named it the worst rock album ever, although one could easily note the lack of "rock and roll" in the record.

The album peaked at number 130 on the main Billboard album chart, and peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country LPs chart. At the request of Presley, the album was eventually discontinued. However, bootlegs of the album are popular, and an anonymous person created a Having Fun With Elvis on Stage, Part Two record that has been circulated. The original album remains unavailable on CD, but it has been reissued as a series of three 10" records in the United Kingdom.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW IN WIKIPEDIA.ORG)

Between his movie soundtracks, his many live records, and the numerous overdubbed (or un-overdubbed) sessions that were released after his death, Elvis Presley's catalog is crammed with really strange albums, but none of them hold a candle to this little item for sheer perversity. In 1974, Col. Tom Parker wanted to add a new item to the T-shirts, programs, and other collectibles hawked to fans at Elvis Presley's concerts -- Parker wanted an album, but one that he would own outright. Presley's contract with RCA Victor made it inescapably clear that they owned the rights to all his music (and that the Colonel would have to pay to use it), but Parker discovered a loophole -- there was nothing to stop him from selling an album of Elvis simply talking. So some nameless soul took 37 minutes of between-song patter from a number of Presley's live shows, spliced them together, and the results were packaged as Having Fun With Elvis on Stage. Under ideal circumstances, an Elvis spoken word album might have been interesting, and there are a few brief moments where Elvis talks about his early career and his rise to fame that are fascinating and even moving (if not especially close to the truth). However, the vast majority of this consists of jokes that aren't all that funny (and don't make much sense out of context -- why is Elvis saying "I'm the NBC peacock," anyway?), asides to his band or the audience that are simply baffling, or Presley repeatedly mumbling "Welllll..." like a second-rate Elvis impersonator. And the material has been tossed together without anything resembling rhyme or reason; if one had any reason at all to believe that Col. Parker put more than an afternoon into assembling this album, one might suspect he was aiming for a purposefully dada-esque approach, but apathy and ineptitude seems to be the only realistic explanations for this record's haphazard structure. Some have called Having Fun With Elvis on Stage thoroughly unlistenable, but actually it's worse than that; hearing it is like witnessing an auto wreck that somehow plowed into a carnival freak show, leaving onlookers at once too horrified and too baffled to turn away. Significantly, Having Fun With Elvis on Stage is one of the very few Elvis Presley albums to go out of print, though there's not only a bootleg CD version circulating, but a bogus Having Fun With Elvis on Stage, Part Two available from some hapless pirate.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY MARK DEMING, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·                          CONDITION:

·                          THE RECORD

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(a)         WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)         The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

(c)         Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                          THE COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-       Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 3 (front side) and 4 (back side)

-       Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging (nothing significant)

-       Cover has a partially split top seam (between 1 and 2 inches  / 2.5 to 5 centimeters); This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a piece of transparent scotch tape

-       Minor shelf wear noted on the opening side (nothing significant)

-       Cover has one corner slightly worn / frayed / bent (just a beginning of the split seam)

-       Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine and the top seam (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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