The Jungle Room Elvis

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The jungle room elvis.

It was agreed that the recording equipment would be set up in the now famous jungle room at graceland and elvis would record. Elvis added his. But perhaps the crowning jewel of graceland s quirk is the jungle room. Graceland the former home turned museum of elvis presley is an idiosyncratic place in its totality.

Graceland is a mansion on a 13 8 acre 5 6 ha estate in memphis tennessee united states once owned by singer and actor elvis presley his daughter lisa marie presley has been the owner of graceland since his death in 1977 graceland is located at 3764 elvis presley boulevard in the vast whitehaven community about 9 miles 14 km from downtown and less than 4 miles 6 4 km north of the. Elvis presley never called it the jungle room. Way down in the jungle room is a compilation album by american singer elvis presley it was released on august 5 2016 by rca records and legacy recordings the album features master recordings and outtakes from two recording sessions on february 2 8 1976 and october 28 30 1976 in the jungle room a recording studio set up by elvis in the den of graceland in memphis tennessee. For him his breathtakingly garish tiki tinged lair sui generis in the realm of ostentatious kitsch was merely the den constructed in.

So if elvis would not go to the mountain then the mountain must come to elvis. Elvis bought the furniture on a whim in 1974 supposedly to rile his father vernon had said it was the ugliest furniture he d ever laid eyes on. For him his breathtakingly garish tiki tinged lair sui generis in the realm of ostentatious kitsch was merely the den. The jungle room was loaded with exotic plants animal prints and floor to ceiling shag carpet in what can only be described as an african motif.

Elvis presley never called it the jungle room. The producer was felton jarvis who worked on a lot of elvis later material.