Elvis Presley Jungle Room Furniture

Sixteen complete songs plus one.

Elvis presley jungle room furniture.

Graceland the former home turned museum of elvis presley is an idiosyncratic place in its totality. But the one room that always seems to captivate guests the most is a den like space recording studio that has been dubbed the jungle room. First it was a screened porch then it became an actual room. An intriguing room in graceland.

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. The carved wooden furniture was purchased by elvis at a furniture store in memphis called donald s. The jungle room graceland elvis presley boulevard memphis tennessee and the records recorded live in 1976. Elvis added the area as an extra family room during the 1960s.

Each and every room in elvis presley s famous graceland mansion is intriguing in its own way. Elvis presley never called it the jungle room. The jungle room has to be the most famous room at elvis presley s graceland. 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.

This lamp was in graceland and accented the white ceramic items in the jungle room. The album contains all the songs recorded by elvis in his final two studio recording sessions which took place in the so called jungle room at graceland hence the title on february 2 7 and on october 29 30 1976 which were originally released on the albums from elvis presley boulevard and moody blue. Elvis added his. But perhaps the crowning jewel of graceland s quirk is the jungle room.

For him his breathtakingly garish tiki tinged lair sui generis in the realm of ostentatious kitsch was merely the den constructed in. Very rare piece of elvis graceland furniture. And during the lockdown while the memphis mansion is temporarily closed the director of archives has given fans a. In the middle of graceland s 1971 christmas party far from festive due to elvis and priscilla s angry bickering the waterfall shorted out and started a small fire.

But thanks to its unique exotic décor the room became known as the jungle room after graceland opened to the public. Featured the 1995 butterfield auction and includes an original coa from jimmy velvet. Graceland mansion tour capacity has been greatly reduced.