ELVIS PRESLEY VANCOUVER'S PRESS CONFERENCE FLEX SINGLE

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VANCOUVER’S OFFICIAL

ELVIS PRESLEY PRESS CONFERENCE

CANADA – KELLYS RECORDS STORES FLEX SINGLE

in MINT condition with homemade color cover

Elvis Presley Vancouver, Canada. Empire Stadium August 31, 1957

On August 31, 1957, Elvis, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana and the Jordanaires went to Vancouver by train to perform at Empire Stadium. It was the second stop of a tour of the Northwest that had started the day before in Spokane. By this time Elvis had recorded eight No. 1 singles in two years, had made three movies and was about to release 'Jailhouse Rock' as his latest single. Having performed in Toronto and Ottawa in April, this was only the third time they ever performed outside of the U.S. and for Elvis it would be the last Vancouver's first rock-and-roll show had taken place barely a year before, when Bill Haley and the Comets drew 6,000 people to the Kerrisdale Arena. Now Elvis had drawn a crowd over four times larger.

Vancouver Press Conference August 31, 1957

Interview of Elvis at 22 meeting informally with the press and radio in Empire Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Attendance 26000 August 31st 1957. Canada was the only country outside the United States to experience an Elvis Presley Concert.

20 year old Red Robinson, the DeeJay for CKWX who had emceed the Bill Haley show and emceed Elvis' show said, 'That was the first time there was ever a performer in front of 26,000 people in a rented stadium. Sinatra, Crosby, no one ever rented stadiums before him'. According to records given to Red by the promoter Hugh Pickett shortly before he died, there were 25,898 paid admissions and at ticket prices of $1.50, $2.50 and $3.50, the gross receipts came to $61,099.86 of which Elvis probably earned $21,936.32.

Rex Robinson made this record and they were for sale in the Kelly's record shops in start of the 60's

The project was started as a joke and therefore when the flexes were sold the project stopped

The Vancouver Press Conference in itself is now that rare, but an original flex single of it is an absolute unique piece for the true collector.

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All the proceeds from this auction will help to raise money for a Pure Water Project in Ghana we're involved with, as part of our personal Elvis Presley collection was given to the Foundation to be sold for this purpose.

The present auction offers only original, first print material, in MINT condition and will be offered through eBay only once. Each item is certified authentic, according to description.

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