Elvis Rare Tupelo 45 promo/ sleeve, 1 of only 7500
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One of the rarest 45 rpm Elvis promos was distributed by the late RCA Executive Producer Joan Deary during Elvis week, Aug. 1982, in Tupelo, MS, ONLY!
Joan was Executive in charge of the Elvis catalog of recordings for RCA records. Joan joined RCA in 1954 and it was her job to handle all of the Elvis material. She produced many Elvis albums for RCA, including the Elvis Aron Presley 25th Anniversary Album Set. Joan worked out of the RCA building in Hollywood until her retirement in 1987. Her duties were taken over by Greg Geller. Joan was in Tupelo MS at Elvis' birthplace during Elvis Week, 1982. If you visited the birthplace for a dollar, Joan would pass out this gem after your tour of the small shot-gun house.
The promo has a gold label; songs by Elvis are "An American Trilogy" and "The Impossible Dream". This RCA promo is probably the leased amount of pressings in history, only 7500 pressed to pass out in Tupelo in 1982 by Joan. She cared deeply about the fans of Elvis and about Elvis and about the birthplace of Elvis. Joan was a great Elvis fan and wanted to do this for the fans. I received most of what I have directly from Joan during that week. She autographed a couple for me and I still have them. Joan passed away in 2001. She was a wonderful person with a great heart, very rare these days for an RCA/BMG Executive to be normal.
While passing out the records in Tupelo, Joan noticed that some of the sleeves had fronts and no backs. Joan said "We can't have that". The blank back sleeves were removed from the box. The white sleeve (with printing on both sides) explains the dedication to Elvis and both record & sleeve are in mint shape.
The picture of Joan Deary and myself was taken in 1985 at the Memphis State University Awards Banquet. Joan holds the award she was presented with for "Fan Appreciation Award".
NOTE: Picture of gold label (An American Trilogy) does not do justice to actual record, it is absolute mint. The other photos of Joan is at the old Howard Johnson's Fan Festival. (The Howard Johnson's on Elvis Presley Blvd. was the sight of the first Elvis auction and Elvis convention in Memphis after Elvis' death in 1977). The Howard Johnson's fell on hard times over the years and became Graceland Inn. We had the longest running Elvis Festival of 28 years at the same location. The Graceland Inn was torn down during 2008. We now have the Festival at the Airport Inn on Brooks Road. Just around the corner from the old Howard Johnson's on EP Blvd.
The other photos of Joan is with me and some of the Elvis Fan Club Members from Norway and Denmark...The other photo is inside the conference room at the old Howard Johnsons Motel which shows Joan giving a promotional talk about upcoming RCA Elvis items during the year.
Also note: Most of the other Tupelo 45s listed on ebay came from my collection, some sellers even using my picture and description. This rare 45 promo has sold for much more than listed on ebay in the past. Up to $150 or more. I originally had about 200 of these beauties. If I hadn't had as many as I did at one time, the price would be unaffordable to most of the Elvis fans that should have them. Joan wanted the fans to have these and this is my way of doing just that at a reasonable price.
I was in Tupelo a few days during the week helping and buying them from some people that did not care about the record. Even some kids came in a bus and were using these Tupelo promos as frisbees. Needless to say, I rescued what I could from all the kids, through a monetary exchange.
DO NOT PASS THIS OPPORTUNITY UP. Paypal and check accepted (check must clear bank). International rate is $9.00 for first class shipping. US pays $4.00 S&H. Insurance is optional.
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