Reply With QuoteElvis' Babe,Originally Posted by Elvis' Babe
Sorry I didn't get back to you when you first posted all those great screen caps...Yes!!! LOL that was enough for me..Thank you soo very much
J.C.
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that was bunch of elvis screen capture elvisbabe, which is cool
Elvis' Babe,
Sorry I didn't get back to you when you first posted all those great screen caps...Yes!!! LOL that was enough for me..Thank you soo very much
J.C.
The B&W photo here appears to be from Las Vegas in either January or August. ... note the taped-on wind sock. This is the mike seen in all photos I've seen from Las Vegas '72. The April '72 images show a similar, but not taped mike and the November tour used a shorter, squared off mike instead.Few more for good measure
Just an observation....
Good observation FrankieRider2...
You?re right about the black & white pic at the BOTTOM RIGHT of the post on 07-16-2004, 10:17 AM, it is from Vegas in Aug/Sep 1972. The windscreen on the RE-15 microphone was taped with white tape during this Vegas season.
The pic at the TOP LEFT of the post on 07-16-2004, 10:15 AM is from Vegas Jan/Feb 1972. The windscreen on the RE-15 microphone was taped with black tape or not at all during this Vegas season. Also dating this picture is John Wilkinson?s Mosrite guitar (in the background) which he played in 1971 and the beginning of 1972. Through the rest of 1972 Wilkinson used a Gibson 335 until November when he switched to a Gibson 355.
In April Elvis used the RE-15 microphone with the windscreen designed for the mic so no tape was required.
At Madison Square Garden in June 1972 he used the RE-15 microphone with the windscreen which was secured with a rubber band.
In June 1972, right after Madison Square Garden, he began using a Shure SM-57 microphone and it?s designed windscreen which actually attaches to the mic itself with set screws. This is what he used in November 1972.
OH MY GOD...THE OWL IS IN MY TOP TEN!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!THANKS ELVISBABE FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL PICS!!!!!!
and I love you so..people ask me how..how I've lived 'till now
What a treat with the pics here! Thank you very much! This has always been one of my favorite jumspuits!!!
IM
This is great so many wonderful photos of the Owl suit! One of my all time fav's!
Thank you all,
Tommy
I dream a world where man no other man
will scorn. Where LOVE will bless the earth
and peace its paths adorn...
During my meeting with Robert "Butch" Polston I finally learned the truth about the mysterious "Purple Fireworks". I always believed there were two versions; the "Royal Blue Fireworks" as we see in On Tour and the "Purple Fireworks" that can be found on display at Graceland. There's actually only one version; the "Royal Blue Fireworks". In 1972 during the November tour Elvis ripped the seat of the pants and the suit got disbanded. It also went to the cleaners where something strange happened. The suit went in blue and came out purple.
What happened? The fabric used for the suits originally is white. If Bill decided to dress Elvis in another colour he had to dye the fabric. Somewhere at the cleaners the substance used to clean caused a reaction with the the paint of the suit and it became purple.
Mystery solved....
The picture you find here was taken at the meeting on October 23rd. An impersonator's showing the replica of the "Royal Blue Fireworks" made by B & K's. This is the original colour.
Thank you Leroy for sharing this story. Dry cleaning can sometimes be a hazard.
Tommy
I dream a world where man no other man
will scorn. Where LOVE will bless the earth
and peace its paths adorn...
If anyone is going to know or find out its Leroy............
Matt
One of the classics in his stage outfits!
i love this suit!
here are 2 more pics...
This is a great Jumpsuit
Matt
awesome jumpsuit!!
For some reason it always cracked me up in the Elvis On Tour 72 documentary, when he says, "For those who cant see, this is a owl."
On the hills of Georgia
Across the plains of Tennessee
I've seen and I've done most everything
That a man can do or see
Royal Blue Fireworks
Supposedly Vegas 72
with Original Belt
1972 xx xx
Wow, this one sure is in my top ten!!!
A wonderful suit...He looked gorgeous in it, the blue color suited him so good!
Thank you all for the GREAT pictures and information
I love this jumpsuit as all the ones he wore On Tour. Thanks everyone for the great pictures.
Diane
Wearing white boots with this suit would have been better. IMO
"When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was a hero in the movie. So every dream that I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times. I learned very early in life that without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend; without a song. So I keep singing a song." - Elvis Presley
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