Could this book to be the definitive study about the Elvis June 1973 tour? That’s it! Steve Reno and Bob Rush, who already wrote the unbelievable “Teenager Hero” book in 2008, are the authors of this great new book. “Elvis, June 1973” is full of unreleased pictures mostly in great quality from one of the greatest Elvis live tour ever! The sixteen live shows are here described under every minimal aspect and reading page after page I got the feel to be here among the fans seeing Elvis live. A lot of new and unreleased stories are loaded here and another thing that has stoned me out are the newspaper article about every show. This is very important to me as you can really understand what the musical critics though about Elvis in those days. Most of the articles are enthusiastic about the Elvis’ performances and this confirm that he was really venerated and respected at that time. That was a very important moment for the Elvis’ career: he had made the world famous ”Aloha From Hawaii” in January and the Colonel had promised him that after that historical show he would have done a world tour….the “Aloha” show was made for that reason….to show Elvis worldwide before a world tour, but unfortunately for him (and us) it never happened. At this point Elvis was very frustrated about that and this tour maybe it has been the last high level tour. Another strong point of this book is that the authors talk about the 1973 musical contest in the USA and they try to compare the Elvis musical situation with the new artists like David Bowie, Elton John and so on. Reading this I learned  a very interesting thing: most of the 1973 albums in the top ten charts came from UK artists! In 1973 the only USA album that sold like them (more or less) was the Elvis double LP “Aloha From Hawaii”! Often the Elvis books that we can find all around are “only” Elvis’ pictures book without any info or worse with wrong info about the concert dates or locations. Believe me, I read a lot of time “Teenagers Hero” and at this time I’m not able to find a wrong date or location in that book and we’re talking about the January , 1956 and June 30, 1956!!! A mistake is almost impossible with the Steve and Bob books as, I know,  they have spent al lot of time to get the right info about the tour and all the shows. All the pictures are loaded with the 100% right facts! This is a definitive book about this great Elvis 1973 June tour and I can guarantee you that reading and seeing it you’ll be stunned about how Elvis was in great shape at that time. Great shows, unbelievable voice, unbelievable jump suites. Really a must for every serious Elvis’ expert. Are you ready to go on Tour with the king??? Here is it the book for you!

Da domani Elvis, june 1973 tour

di Andrea Grieco

A tiratura limitata, un libro poliedrico su The King firmato da Steve Rino

Dopo lunga attesa da parte di fan ed estimatori del Re del Rock'n Roll è finalmente disponibile, l'opera seconda di Steve Rino, alias Stefano Rinaldi, già artefice del monumentale e capitale Teenagers'Hero, divenuto col tempo oggetto di culto tra gli estimatori e che, con questo suo nuovo lavoro, si conferma tra i massimi conoscitori della vita, dell'arte e della storia di una delle icone incontrastate della cultura e dell'immaginario post-moderno. Come nel suo stile, e come recita il sottotitolo del libro, A Unique visual view of Elvis'live performing in 1973, Rinaldi sceglie di ripercorrere nel dettaglio un momento determinante tra i tanti che costellano la lunga e sfavillante carriera del cantante, e lo fa servendosi di un apparato fotografico che dire sterminato risulta riduttivo. Sfogliare le pagine di questo volume equivale a farsi scorrere davanti agli occhi un filmato caleidoscopico che documenta fin nei minimi dettagli le performances di concerti destinati a restare mitici: le gemme delle sfolgoranti vesti, le movenze spettacolari, la grinta, il fascino delle espressioni suadenti di Elvis, tutte vengono immortalate dagli infiniti punti di vista offerti dagli scatti che colgono e riproducono un evento ed una dimensione in tutta la sua energetica essenza.

 A rendere ancor più ambito il libro è la tiratura limitata e numerata, e i più fortunati potranno anche farsi autografare dall'autore in occasione della prima presentazione ufficiale del volume, ………

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ELVIS JUNE TOUR 1973
A Unique visual view of Elvis' live performing in 1973
A Review By Lee Dawson

I was shocked to realise that it's been 3 years since we got our first book offering from Steve Rino in the form of 'Teenager's Hero', a 413 page  book that focused on the first 6 months of 1956. I really enjoyed this book and have been waiting for the promised 2nd volume.
But 3 years it has been and now we get the 2nd offering from Steve in the form of 'Elvis June Tour 1973' co-written this time with Bob Rush, so what's thisnew book like? Well it's not worth beating around the bush, if your thing is Elvis in the 70's then this is a MUST HAVE addition to your library.'Elvis June Tour 1973' is a hardback release with more than 170 pages that focuses on Elvis' 17 concerts which he performed in June/July 1973 startingon June 20th 1973 in Mobile, Alabama at the Municipal Auditorium and ending in Atlanta, Georgia on July 03rd 1973 for his 8:30pm concert at the Omni Coliseum.The books forward is written by Sandi Pichon (author of 'Raised on Elvis! Elvis! Elvis!' and 'Elvis OnTour 1975') and some of the amazing photos included come from the collections of people like Bob Rush;Sean Shaver; Keith Alverson; Erik Lorentzen and several others.There are so many fantastic pictures included in this book that you cannot get bored of looking through thisone. Add to these the information about the songs performed at each venue along with the crowdattendance and suit worn with which belt...and if that’s not enough there are the newspaper reports from thetime and of course the photo’s from the particular show....I LOVE IT!
Anyway, back to the beginning and after the forward and introduction there’s the wonderful memoir’s of a then 10 year old Brad Stalnaker who shares his memory of seeing Elvis in concert in Pittsburgh on June 25th 1973 giving us the full experience from learning that his parents were to get tickets to see Elvis, arriving at the venue (including a picture of him outside the venue), finding out about Rocky Barra’s
‘Strictly Elvis’ magazine, sitting through the warm up acts in anticipation of hearing that spine tingling music of Elvis’ impending entrance and then a full run through of the concert performance he experienced. We are then given an extract from ‘The King Of Las Vegas’ written by Erik Lorentzen about how he and four fellow fans from Norway got the opportunity to meet with and present awards to Elvis prior to his show on June 24th 1973 and we are given a selection of photos sharing the moment these 5 lucky fans met with Elvis Presley. A different touch is the 1973 Music Timeline which the authors have included to show how Elvis’ music was in comparison with the other music that was hitting the big time that year. For example, Elvis’ album ‘Raised On Rock / For Ol Time Sake’ was released on October 01st while other releases in October ’73 included ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ by Elton John, ‘Selling England By The Pound’ by
Genesis, ‘Quadrophenia’ by the Who and ‘Pin Ups’ by David Bowie. The Beatles released the massive ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ compilation albums earning 15x and 16x Platinum awards. Elvis was being left behind in the contemporary music field, but his live concert performances were still rocking the nation and selling out venues for every show. ‘Elvis June Tour 1973’ then reaches it’s first concert on the tour, June 20th for the 8:30pm show at the Municipal Auditorium in Mobile, Alabama. Elvis wears the ‘American Eagle Suit’ famous for it’s appearance on the ‘Aloha From Hawaii’ show at the start of the year. We get plenty of photos from the concert as well as a newspaper article about the show with the headline, “Elvis Attracts Young And Old” and another report which announces, “Elvis Sends 10,000 Women In Auditorium Performance”. The rest of the book follows this format giving us a look at each concert performance on that tour and an abundance of outstanding photo’s all in the right order. ‘Elvis June Tour 1973’ features more than 250 photographs of Elvis wearing 8 different jumpsuits throughout the tour which saw Elvis perform for a total of 250,620 fans. There are more facts and figures included at the end of the book including the number of songs performed during the tour (31) complete with a list of all those performed as well as the names of all those who backed Elvis up along with information on how and why Elvis stopped using the capes at the end of each show. I cannot stress enough how much this book impresses me...in fact I am pretty sure I may have mentioned that "I LOVE IT". In all honesty I’d be dumb-struck to hear that anyone did not enjoy this book and encourage you to go out and grab yourself a copy.Oh and there is great news that the long awaited volume 2 of the excellent ‘Teenagers Hero’ is coming laterthis year and I can tell you that I will be looking forward to that one for sure.

You can buy ‘Elvis June Tour 1973’ direct from Teenagers Hero Publishing (inclusive of postage) and all
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Elvis June Tour 1973 book will be available the first week of April.

Hardcover Book: 192 pages +250 photos

Book Size: 29,7x21 cm

Elvis June Tour 1973 carefully documents every single concert of the June 1973 tour, each one of the 17 concerts has been documented with newspapers clips, photos, edited and unedited audio and video available, memorabilia and memories of people who attended  the shows.

We are glad to offer you a PREVIEW by flip book of 40 pages of the book .

ELVIS JUNE 73 TOUR:STEVE RINO&BOB RUSH 

Forward written by Sandy Pinoch author of two great books like Raised on Elvis! And Elvis on Tour 1975, but overall She attended on all five Elvis’ performance in Atlanta.The Book focus is Elvis 17 concerts in June 1973 surely the best moment of Elvis in the 1973.We are talking of Hardcover full colour book with 186 pages and with more of 240 rare photos of Elvis on stage. As the first previous Rino’ work the book will be full of details, beyond the images the are the facts, reviews all a kind of information useful to give a more complete reading. The Teenagers’hero publishing on the website  www.teenagershero.com  has decided  to give  the complete preview  of the book  as an online Flash 'Flip Book'. This amazing technology lets you view the book page by page in the same fashion as if you had it in your hands. In this way everybody can make an own judgement about the work done.Our aim with the book was to convey this to the reader through picture and at the same time provide as much information as we could find to give life to each still, as if it was that moment in time once more.

Dear Steve: Just when I thought I had seen all the Elvis books worth seeing-- YOUR BOOK ARRIVES! What a treat it was to open up Teenagers' Hero at my dull office today and find the atmosphere suddenly exploding with the drama and magic of days gone by. To my utter delight, I was amazingly suprised and thrilled as I looked through the pages .And yes, you did get the PRESLEY PINK color right on the front cover (that is really important to the very cool)! I loved your selections of photos especially and how you also dispersed photos of the fans and audiences with the Elvis concert photos and news clippings--it made all the magic come alive again! You certainly captured the 1956 ELVIS MOMENT! I'm so happy that I was right there in all its wonder and fun never to be forgotten. Thanks for "etching it in stone" for all generations. Every Elvis fan must have a copy of your book! Love ya, Kay Wheeler

The Teenagershero  Publishing  is happy  and  proud to  present  The Book, TEENAGERS'HERO. This is  the definitive book-documentary  of  Elvis’ live performances in early 1956. At More than 400 pages, 30x21 sized  and  featuring 445  photos  mostly  unpublished  and  never  put  in  the right context. The book is a high quality design (soft cover 300g, cloth binding, and 150 glossy papers) The book, the first volume, has as its focus Elvis’ live activity in the first six  months  of 1956. The author  Steve Rino  spent  two years of research to give life to a day by day photo journal where together with a scientific approach of the day, has been put together a professional layout with relative photos taken from newspapers, magazines and his personal collection. In trying  to  bring to the reader a feel  for  the time through images,  newspaper & magazines  clip we  give life  we  hope to something unique and new in the landscape of  Elvis' books. We are  proud of  the continued   research  of  every detail  of every 180 days listed, trying to put in the right  order all  information, news, photo and tales coming from this  difficult  research. Inside the  web-site  you can  have access through the links to a lot a more details about the book contents, quality and price. The book will be available we hope in December, you can make a pre-order using the web shop section of this website or by the usually dealer.

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