ELVIS PRESLEY LP 'ACUFF-ROSE PRESENTS' ORIGINAL ITEM NO BOOTLEG
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IN 1986 ACUFF-ROSE PUBLICATIONS ENGLAND, HAD THE IDEA OF COMPILING AN ELVIS LP ESPECIALLY FOR THE RADIO STATIONS ONLY, ON WHICH ELVIS SANG TUNES ONLY FROM THEIR ACUFF-ROSE CATALOGUE. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME RCA GAVE PERMISSION FOR AN LP TO BE RELEASED BY ANOTHER COMPANY. AND NO MATTER WHICH SONG THE DJ WOULD PLAY, THE COPYRIGHT MONEY WOULD GO TO ACUFF-ROSE !! ONLY 300 COPIES WERE PRESSED, BUT WHEN ELVIS FANS FOUND OUT THIS LP WAS RELEASED THEY BEGAN WRITING TO ACUFF-ROSE AND ASKING FOR A COPY. THE ACUFF-ROSE EXECUTIVE WAS ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO THE USA AT THAT TIME AND WHEN HE CAME BACK AND FOUND OUT HIS SECRETARY HAD BEEN SENDING COPYS TO ELVIS FANS, SHE WAS SACKED AND THE REMAINING PILE OF ALBUMS WAS DESTROYED.
THE ALBUM WAS LATER ON BOOTLEGGED, BECAUSE IT WAS (AND STILL IS) VERY RARE TO ELVIS PRESLEY FANS AND VERY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN.
VERY FEW COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL ALBUM SURVIVED. HERE IS A CHANCE TO GET YOUR HANDS ON ONE! THIS ONE IS AN ORIGINAL COPY !! THE QUALITY OF THE SLEEVE AND THE RECORD ARE BOTH MINT- NEVER BEEN PLAYED AT ALL !
THERE IS A DISTINCTIVE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BOOTLEG AND THE ORIGINAL ISSUE. THE BOOTLEG ISSUE IS LAMINATED, THE ORIGINAL IS NOT!! BUT THE BEST WAY TO NOTICE IF YOU HAVE AN ORIGINAL COPY IS TO LOOK AT THE DEAD WAX OF SIDE 1 WHERE IT IS WRITTEN: "BOPPIN' BOB" WHICH REFERS TO A BRITISH GUY NAMED BOB WHO HAD A HELPING HAND IN THE COMPILATION OF THIS ALBUM.
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