After many many years of searching .....


To be continued ...

Never have heard about this CD, did not know about the existence.
Till I saw it somewhere as a picture in the internet.

While reseaching about this CD nobody has ever heard about it.
Nobody coud give me details where to search and how to find this beauty.

I searched and I've searched and....

No LUCK for many years




To be continued.....

Your keeping us in suspense there Andy mate

I do NOT know how many CDs were pressed.
Or how many exist.
But for sure there are not too many

Here more puzzle pic.

Its a real CD not a fake or something like that .
A very very strange release.






To be continued....... at:

OK, here we go.

an other little hint

I know a song about that

me too mate

more little hints

It was pressed and Made in 1996 and its a real beauty.
Though quite heavy

A real heavy pure GOLD CD

OK friends, here is the result

Title: The Best Of Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never
Cat. Nr.: 74321 41343-2
Made by BMG Ariola Special Projects in 1996.
GOLD CD is incl. in a 2 times foldout Digipack.
And the CD and Digipack are in a 1 times foldout DIN A5 Cardboard deluce Box.
In the Box there is also a DIN A5 certificate

A BMG Ariola Special Projects CD. Made and sold by aurodisc Germany for ~ 800 Euro.
On the playable CD is mounted a PURE GOLD Disc (999.9 - 1 floz.).
Only a handfull of theses special releases exists.
Presented in a long case with numbered certificate

Tracklisting is the same as on the ZOUNDS GOLD CD
The Sound is fantastic.


It's Now Or Never
Such A Night
Suspicious Minds
Return To Sender
In The Ghetto
Jailhouse Rock
Heartbreak Hotel
Hound Dog
Don't Be Cruel
Love Me Tender
One Night
Blueberry Hill
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Love Me
All Shook Up
Stuck On You
Hard Headed Woman
Surrender
Teddy Bear
Blue Moon
Mama
Santa Lucia
True Love
Don't
Good Luck Charm
I Want You, I Need You
I Love You
Gently
Always On My Mind
Can't Help Falling In Love
My Way

Here are the Scans:

A Beauty mate !!! Congrats...never seen that before

Thx mate

I also have never seen this one before.
It looks fantastic in this special DIN A5 presentation Box.
The 2 times foldout Digipack with the very nice pictures is also very cool.
The strange thing is the CD Title part of the Cover and the tracklisting is the same as on the German ZOUNDS Its Now Or Never CD.
The sound is incredible
And with the GOLD plate its quite heavy.
A real special RCA BMG item.

I'm impressed Andy!!
Great stuuf,indeed a holy cd grail!

Thanks friends

Unfortunately I do not know the whole story re: this special pure heavy GOLD CD.
The Tracklisting and the songs are the same with the ZOUNDS GOLD Elvis CD IT's NOW OR NEVER!!
Cat. Nr.: CD 27220017 D
BMG Ariola Special Projects 1996 !!
Made in the EC.
The sound btw is fantastic

Why do they have made this expensive special extra GOLD CD?
That is the question.
And for whom they have made it?
How many were pressed?
I do not know.
There is already a Golden CD. BMG Ariola Special Projects!!

Here is the normal Gold CD for example!

Tracklisting:
It's Now Or Never
Such A Night
Suspicious Minds
Return To Sender
In The Ghetto
Jailhouse Rock
Heartbreak Hotel
Hound Dog
Don't Be Cruel
Love Me Tender
One Night
Blueberry Hill
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Love Me
All Shook Up
Stuck On You
Hard Headed Woman
Surrender
Teddy Bear
Blue Moon
Mama
Santa Lucia
True Love
Don't
Good Luck Charm
I Want You, I Need You
I Love You
Gently
Always On My Mind
Can't Help Falling In Love
My Way

I've never seen this special CD; I think it's gold plated because all the tracks were gold records. When the CD 50 Worldwide Gold hits was released in 1988 it was gold painted like the Moody blue CD was painted blue. I've no idea if RCA did this colours to pressings of other years.


colonel snow

Cool looking CD you have there Andy. Certainly new to my eyes. Cool find !

Never even heard of this cd Andy .... that's a cool item to have there my friend !!

Thanks friends

It seems although BMG Ariola Special Projects have made the ZOUNDS Golden CD they have redone a NEW special high price deluxe PURE GOLD CD.
With NEW Cat. Nr. and deluxe packaging Digipack, DIN A5 presentation Cardboard Box and a special Certificate. + the heavy 24 ct. GOLD PLate with the BMG Ariola Special Projects Logo and text.
For which reason have they made this special CD? And for whom??

The Tracklisting is identical to the ZOUNDS CD!


PS there exist also a SPECIAL TEST Demonstration ACETATE Pressing for the CD Devil in Disguise (Golden CD from ZOUNDS) With a total diff running order!!
Only 1 TEST Demonstration ACETATE Pressing exists worldwide.