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[ElvisCollectorIn...]

Hi Everyone. I am quite new to this board and the reason I joined was because I saw part of this forum devoted to Elvis lps. I am am long time collector of Elvis vinyl and even though I have numerous Elvis cds, my passion is collecting vinyl, particularly boxed sets. So I thought a thread showcasing some boxed sets would be fun. There was actually a thread about this but I thought I would start another. I am also new to uploading images to message boards so if my pictures go through I will provide some info about the boxed set pictured. Cheers,

Elvis Collector in Canada

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[ElvisCollectorIn...]

China produced a number of Elvis vinyl boxed sets back in the 70's and here are the first of two sets that I am going to present tonight.

The first set is titled: "Elvis' Golden Records" which is a 10 lp. This set includes the lps: (1) On Stage February 1970; (2) That's The Way It Is; (3) Love Letters; (4) TV Special; (5) Elvis' Golden Records; (6)50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong- Elvis' Golden Records, Volume 2; (7) Elvis' Golden Records, Volume 3; (8) Blue Hawaii; (9) Roustabout; and (10) Speedway.

Interestingly,, about a month after I picked up this sets I came across a woman who was selling her husband's record collection. That collection included several of these 10lp sets from China. None of the sets were of Elvis but of artistis like Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix and Charley Pride. And I think there was the Beatles "Let It Be" box in there also. Anyways, I contacted her and we exchanged information and she told me that when her husband served in the United States Navy back in the late 60's - early 70's he purchased the boxed record sets while on tour in the Orient (East Asia). I found that quite interesting and a bit of a verification on what I had already known about the sets as I vaguely remeber reading in a book a long time ago that these Elvis sets were produced in the 1970's.

So after this whole sequence of events I tried really hard to obtain any information that I could on Elvis records from China and more generally any Asian countries. Unfortunately, I just couldn't find anything. So if any of your vinyl collectors know anything it would be great to hear what you know. Also, I have seen other Elvis 10 lp sets from China over the years so there is even more out there. Nice!

Elvis Collector in Canada

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