ELVIS PRESLEY 1st ALBUM ULTRA-RARE LP TRUE 1st PRESSING

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·       ELVIS PRESLEY – THE SAME-TITLED FIRST ALBUM (“ELVIS PRESLEY”) - ORIGINAL 1956 RCA MONO LP LPM-1254

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       PINK LETTERS ON THE COVER (WE ARE NOT SURE IF THIS IS “PALE” OR “DARK” PINK VERSION – YOU BE THE JUDGE)

·       MONSTRUOUSLY RARE, TRUE FIRST PRESSING WITH SONGWRITING CREDITS FOR THE SONG “JUST BECAUSE” GIVEN AS “P.D.” (PUBLIC DOMAIN). AFTER RCA VICTOR WAS THREATENED WITH A LEGAL ACTION, THIS CREDIT WAS CHANGED TO “SHELTON-SHELTON-ROBIN” ON ALL SUBSEQUENT PRESSINGS.  

·       DEEP GROOVE PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL BLACK “SILVER TOP” RCA VICTOR "DOGGIE" LABEL WITH “LONG PLAY” INSCRIPTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LABEL

·       THIS IS THE RARE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE COVER WITH A ‘BOXED’ RCA LOGO IN UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE FRONT COVER

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-1S/-1S'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Well, here it is: The first Rock'n'Roll/Rockabilly album ever released (well, OK, alright, Johnny Burnette R&R trio and Bill Haley’s Rock Around the Clock may have preceded this one by a few weeks, but it is the moot point; the fact of the matter is that this is the single most important Rock album in history – truly a foundation of virtually EVERYTHING we are listening today). We present it here on ORIGINAL black RCA label in GLORIOUS MONO!!!. Most of the material presented here comes from Elvis' seminal "Sun" sessions, and only a few new RCA recordings have been added. Track listing: Blue suede shoes - I am counting on you - I got a woman - One-sided love affair - I love you because - Just because - Tutti frutti - Trying to get to you - I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you - I'll never let you go - Blue moon - Money Honey.

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Today it all seems so easy — RCA signs up the kid from Memphis, television gets interested at around the same time, and the rest is history. The circumstances surrounding this album were neither simple nor promising, however, nor was there anything in the history of popular music up to that time to hint that Elvis Presley was going to be anything other than "Steve Sholes' folly," which was what rival executives were already whispering. So a lot was unsettled and untried at the first of two groups of sessions that produced the Elvis Presley album — it wasn't even certain that there was any reason for a rock & roll artist to cut an album, because teenagers bought 45s, not LPs. The first of Elvis' RCA sides yielded one song, "Heartbreak Hotel," that seemed a potential single, but which no one thought would sell, and a few tracks that would be good enough for an album, if there were one. But no one involved knew anything for sure about this music. Seventeen days later, "Heartbreak Hotel" was released, and for about a month it did nothing — then it began to move, and then Elvis appeared on television, and had a number one pop single. The album Sholes wanted out of Elvis came from two groups of sessions in January and February, augmented by five previously unissued songs from the Sun library. This was as startling a debut record as any ever made, representing every side of Elvis' musical influences except gospel — rockabilly, blues, R&B, country, and pop were all here in an explosive and seductive combination. Elvis Presley became the first rock & roll album to reach the number one spot on the national charts, and RCA's first million dollar-earning pop album.

(REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          CAUTION! The vinyl is only VERY GOOD- (VG-)  TO GOOD++ (G++) ,with multiple, numerous, small scuffs and scratches which are BOTH visible AND audible. The record plays with light and tolerable BUT AUDIBLE surface noise and occasional pops and clicks. The record plays without skipping throughout. This record WAS play-graded.

(b)          The record has a "deep groove" (an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings).

(c)           Mono pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more  preferable to its FAKE ("electronically rechannelled") stereo counterpart. We estimate that FAKE stereo copies of this album outnumber monos by a ratio of at least 10:1.

(d)          True Stereo copies of this album are NOT known to exist.

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

THE COVER IS ONLY ABOUT GOOD++ (G++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has all three seams (top, bottom and spine) partially split,  as follows:

-         Top seam: between 4 and 6 inches  / 10 to 15 centimeters. This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a piece of transparent scotch tape

-         Bottom seam: less than 1 inch / 2.5 centimeters.

-         Spine: between 8 and 10 inches  / 20 to 22 centimeters.

-         Cover has some visible fraying/tattering on all three seams

-         Cover has some visible ring wear; On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 6.

-         Cover shows some yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-         Back cover has circular tarnish (grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record),  probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.

-         Cover has two corners slightly worn / frayed / bent.

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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