Ad van Kuijk

Publisher Gregor Retkowski and Ad van Kuijk (nephew of Colonel Parker) present the latest Praytome Publishing book "My Years With Elvis And The Colonel" by author Charles Stone

The book "My Years with Elvis & The Colonel" premiers during ElvisMatters Event in Breda

The weekend to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Colonel's birthday is over. This event took place in Breda / The Netherlands, the hometown of Elvis Presley's manager. More than 11.000 visitors attended the event which was organized by Elvis Matters. (For more information about the event check www.colonelparker.info)

Members of the Praytome Publishing Team from Germany were invited to present the latest project, the book My Years With Elvis & The Colonel by author Charles Stone. This is definitively the very first book about "Elvis & The Colonel" that is written by a guy who was there. The storyline is based on Charles' memories, unlike previous Colonel books that were based on false assumptions and fabricated stories told by a third party.

We felt very honored when we were able to present the book to Ad van Kuijk, the nephew of Colonel Parker (see picture). A lot of people came to the booth of "Praytome Publishing" to have conversations with the members of the team and there were a lot of questions about upcoming projects, especially about the next product which is going to be the Multimedia Box Set "Dixieland Delight" by Bud Glass.

ElvisMatters also had invited author Sue McCasland from Las Vegas to talk about her Elvis' experiences. Sue attended more than 200 Elvis shows in the 1970's and also has been to the engagements at Lake Tahoe. Sue's second book entitled Elvis Presley live at Del Webb's Sahara Tahoe - World's Best Kept Secret was released in 2008 by Praytome Publishing. A lot of people kept her busy by asking and interviewing her about Elvis and of course people wanted to have her book signed. The book signing and the presentation of the new book by author Charles Stone were 2 out of 22 different activities during this 4day event.

June 29, 2009: Back in Germany, the packaging and mailing of the pre-orders startet. The team is looking forward to receive the first reactions and reviews which later will be made available online for you to read. In the same time we are also preparing the website for the new book so the information and content pages should be available soon.

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"Del Webb's Sahara Tahoe" will close its doors forever

The 'Sahara' in Lake Tahoe in 1976

The 'Sahara' in Lake Tahoe in 1976

The 'Horizon' in Lake Tahoe in 2009

The 'Horizon' in Lake Tahoe in 2009

Soon, another part of the Elvis History will be gone.

After the demolition of so many historic places like the 'American Sound Studio', the 'Aladdin' Hotel or lately the New Frontier Hotel, the former Del Webb's Sahara Tahoe now called the 'Horizon' will close its doors forever on June 5, 2009.

At this time there is no specific date for a re-opening or a demolition.

There were rumours for a while that it was planned to close the hotel in 2010 but we just got the sad news from Sue McCasland that they already started to remove the gambling tables and slots.

Sue McCasland & Joseph A. Krein wrote a critically acclaimed, definitive book about the Lake Tahoe engagements of Elvis Presley.

This release does not only feature the Elvis concerts but also gives you a lot of information about the 'Lake Tahoe' and the complete history of the Hotel itself.

It is really sad to hear that this famous building in the Elvis History will soon be no longer there.

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Elvis' own record label teams up with Bud Glass Productions & Praytome Publishing

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Newsletter FTD

Newsletter FTD

Dixieland Delight

In January 2009 we were able to present you the Teaser-Trailer for "Dixieland Delight". Today we proudly can disclose another secret that goes along with this mamooth project:

After his second engagement in Las Vegas - January 26th through February 23, 1970 - and a record six-performance exclusive engagement at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas - February 27th through March 1, 1970 - Elvis returned to Las Vegas for his third engagement - August 10th through September 7, 1970. This engagement is best known for the filming of the MGM documentary, That's The Way It Is.

Elvis' first concert tour since his comeback to live performing in 1969 began on September 9, 1970, in Phoenix, Arizona. From that time, until his final performance in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 26, 1977, Huntsville, Alabama was the only time that he ever performed so many consecutive shows in a single stop on any tour. For this reason, we feel that Hunstville is an important part of Elvis History that is unique in Elvis' career.

Once you see the documentary portion of of this multi-media boxset release, you will see other very important reasons why this unique series of performances was so essential in other important ways to Elvis personally, happening at a key point in Elvis' personal life.

With the cooperation of Elvis' own record label (FTD) in a new release of a two-CD Set, which covers several of the Huntsville performances, Bud Glass Productions and Praytome Publishing are making history. In covering this aspect of Elvis' life and career, the Dixieland Delight release will be the most in-depth and documented series of performances in Elvis History.

Follow That Dream, the FTD Label, has released more than eighty CD's to date; and this, in itself, is a record for any major star. Elvis has his own collector's label! FTD's goal has been to provide the fans with products which cover all the major events of Elvis' career. Ernst Jørgensen and Roger Semon strive to make available recordings of every type of event in which Elvis participated, including live tour concerts, Las Vegas Concerts, Lake Tahoe Engagements, studio rehearsals and recording sessions and even home recordings. There have been countless boxsets, such as the "Platinum" - Boxset, the "Today, Tomorrow and Forever" - Boxset and the critically-acclaimed "Complete 50's Masters" Boxset for which they received a Grammy nomination. The Seven-inch Soundtrack and the Classic Re-release Series are some of the most beloved Elvis products they have produced. FTD has now made the decision to make select Elvis releases available on vinyl, and fans are looking forward to that with great anticipation. Ernst Jørgensen''s book publications, like "Elvis - Day By Day" and "A Life in Music - The Complete Recording Sessions" are essential to every Elvis collection.

We are pleased and very honored to be able to work in conjunction with the FTD staff. We look at that cooperation as recognition of the high quality releases by Bud Glass Productions and Praytome Publishing, such as the Elvis - Behind The Image Book - series which focuses mainly on candid photography showing the private life of the greatest entertainer the world has ever known. The famous Elvis On Tour book series has set new standards for live photography, focusing on Elvis' concert appearances in the '70's. Elvis -The Paternity Suit Uncovered is one of the most revealing releases we have published. Our most recent publication, Sue McCasland's World's Best Kept Secret - Elvis Live At Del Webb's Sahara Tahoe sheds light on what was once a 'black hole' in Elvis History.

Praytome Publishing's DVD releases, such as the "Behind The Image" series by Bud Glass features first-hand accounts by Elvis friends, musicians and celebrities from the Elvis World. The 8mm footage - digitally transferred from the original 8mm reels for the first time - provides exceptional quality which is without equal - not just in the Elvis World, but in the entire world. The critically-acclaimed "Elvis - Adrenaline" series focused mainly on Elvis' Las Vegas Engagements and featured full-length documentaries about the specific year topic. Like the "Behind the Image Series," The "Adrenaline" DVD productions are famous for their exclusive footage highlighting the only known existing footage of the '69 Las Vegas Engagement.

With their latest release, the FTD Record Label recognizes these famous concerts in Huntsville for their importance in Elvis History. Please note that this will be a separate release by the FTD Label and not part of the multi-media boxset which will soon be released by Praytome Publishing. We highly recommend the upcoming FTD release, "Dixieland Delight" and suggest that you go now to your FTD dealer to pre-order this fantastic production. When you receive your Praytome Publishing boxset, you will find a space to store the FTD CD.

Over the next several weeks, we recommend that you visit our Praytome Publishing web site often for updated news with details regarding our upcoming boxset release of "Dixieland Delight - A Memorial-Day Weekend With The King." We will soon advise you of the release date of this unique production.

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Happy Easter 2009 + DVD Easteregg on "Elvis - Paternity Suit"

Praytome Publishing Pressrelease
To all the Elvis Fans world-wide: "Happy Easter 2009".

Well, Elvis already found the easter eggs, but what about you ? Did you find the Easter-Egg on the release "Elvis - Paternity Suit" ? Oh, you didn't know that there is one ? Well there is one, now you know, you just have to search and find it to take part in our little give-away celebration.

If you drop us an email and tell us how to find the hidden video and what content it has, then you automatically will enter our 5 prizes (products by Bud Glass Productions / Praytome Publishing) give away "Easter 2009" - celebration. What are you waiting for ?

Please click here to run the trailer for "Elvis - Paternity Suit"

Please click here to read more about the release "Elvis - Paternity Suit"
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