I was 16 when I wrote this article back in 1992 for The Elvis Beat #1, the first issue of my official Elvis Presley Fan Club newsletter.

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The King of Rock and Roll is the tentative name of a 5-CD set to be released for the fifteenth anniversary of Elvis’ death. This will be a “definitive 50s” set, according to Ernst Jorgensen of BMG International who is a co-producer of the set.

Along with “pristine” versions of the standard fifties songs, the set will also feature unreleased material obtained by Graceland from Colonel Parker in their recent multi-million dollar purchase of his Elvis memorabilia. Parts of his collection will be displayed in a new museum under construction across the street from Graceland.

The King of Rock and Roll should be a good companion piece to 1991’s 3-CD set Collectors Gold, which contained unreleased songs from the sixties (including a disc devoted to his 1969 Las Vegas concerts).