Aha! There you were thinking I’d run out of these! NO WAY! No way. Look. Here’s another cheesy entry coming up now…
ELVIS PRESLEY
50,000,000 Elvis Presley Fans Can’t Be Wrong
(Victor, 1974 — El Salvador pressing)
Fault 1: the Elvises on the sleeve are purple, not gold. Fault 2: the jacket is for Volume Two and the record is for Volume Three. Fault 3: the jacket says El Salvador, the record says Mexico. And, if we’re being pedantic, then yes — 50, 000, 000 Elvis fans CAN be wrong. Witness jazzercize (disco aerobics done to the strains of jazz standards) or a “A Fifth Of Beethoven” (classic music discofied). And mullets. We count 16 Elvises on the front cover alone — and that’s a lot. Even for Elvis. It’s a bi-lingual edition, so now we understand “Hermanita” means “Little Sister” and we find it very comforting to know that “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” translates as “Estas Sola Esta Noche?” The inner sleeve has a very amusing slogan: “Hear the difference—for those who can”. Very quizzical. The back cover is scary: it looks like an Xerox copy before they made xerox copies, he’s managed to have a DA haircut on the top of his head, and something about the way his face is lit makes him look like a child porn star, like he’s eight years old. But for 23 cents, you can’t argue with the value.
Cost 23 cents. Bargain value 10, slip cover 1
