After Bill Lear and his team developed the new Stereo 8 system for his LearJets, he knew the bigger opportunity would be if he could get the word out to Automobile Consumers. Bill had a long association with Ford’s management and his next move was to persuade the management atContinue Reading

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RCA carts: There are two versions of this. One uses a rivet of sorts to keep the top halves of the cart secured. To remove this I like to use a soldering iron to heat up the rivet and pry the cart halves apart. And then once the repairs are doneContinue Reading

I’ve been to just about every major library in Australia digging up material for my Australian discography and the Cadillac book. Unfortunately, a lot of the RCA material is lost but I have collected some bit by bit over many years. It seems RCA Australia stopped producing cartridges by 1977Continue Reading

Photo from Elvis Information Network website Book Review: “Elvis Presley’s GOLD Cadillac Tour of AUSTRALASIA 1968-69” by Nigel Patterson December 2011 Glenn Reimer is working with Bob Hayden on the new Cadillac book and provided details on the photo…” image taken in Australia at Albury, New South Wales. The photographerContinue Reading

Representing Elvis on tape would not be complete without reflecting on sound quality. The closest in sound to the original RCA master tapes, was the 7½ IPS reel-to-reel format. So it’s safe to say that the 7½ IPS reel-to-reel is superior to all tape formats, including the 3¾ IPS reel-to-reelContinue Reading

When I began my A Touch of Gold book (burdened with the cumbersome subtitle The Elvis Presley Record & Memorabilia Price Guide) back in 1988, I was mostly concerned with vinyl records. While the book eventually embraced a broad spectrum of music-related Elvis collectibles, I focused my energies on 78Continue Reading