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Contents:
Editorial -
Célia Carvalho;
"Elvis and the Memphis Mafia" - Alanna Nash (follow up on the
translation of excerpts of the book "Elvis and the Memphis
Mafia", with the opinions of 3 elements of Elvis' entourage
- Marty Lacker, Lamar Fike and Billy Smith - that Alanna interviewed
on several themes):
- "Spiral" (beginning of the chapter that describes the
spiral in which Elvis stepped in and from which he would never come
out, towards it's inevitable ending; mentions the divorce from
Priscilla and his envolvement with Linda Thompson and other women);
- "Meltdown, '73" (as described in the title of this chapter,
that compares what happens in Elvis' life with a nuclear catastrophe,
this really start to crumble from 1973 onwards, even though there
are some positive points in Elvis's professional life, like Aloha
From Hawwaii, and personal life, like Linda Thompson, as several
reports testity);
- "The Turning
Point" (this is the point of no return, in which Elvis didn't
want to do do anything to revert the path that he had taken, both in
his pills consumption and his concerts schedule, that didn't excite
him anymore, or going to the studio to record. He simply viewed
everything as a burden. Also mentions how Elvis tried to get rid of
Colonel Parker, with no success);
Time Machine
- On Tour - November 1971 - July 1972 (follow
up on the translation of excerpts of the book "Elvis Day by
Day"). |