ELVIS PRESLEY 1st ALBUM MEGA-RARE SEALED ORIG RCA VICTOR LP ROCKABILLY MILESTONE

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·       ELVIS PRESLEY – THE SAME-TITLED FIRST ALBUM (“ELVIS PRESLEY”) - ORIGINAL (?) RCA "STEREO" LP LSP-1254(e) (

·       ORIGINAL (?) U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED LP BELIEVED TO BE THE ORIGINAL FIRST STEREO PRESSING , BUT  WITH THE SECOND VERSION OF THE COVER, SHOWING CATALOG NUMBER AS LSP-1254(E)  (SORRY, WE ARE NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN AND CANNOT GUARANTEE*** ***

·       BELIEVED TO BE PRESSED ON THE ORIGINAL BLACK RCA VICTOR STEREO LABEL WITH "SILVER TOP" [RCA VICTOR’S NAME IS IN SILVER LETTERS], ‘DOGGIE' LOGO ON TOP CENTER OF THE LABEL, "STEREO" BANNER IN STAGGERED SILVER LETTERS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LABEL AND "ELECTRONICALLY REPROCESSED" INSCRIPTION IN SMALLER LETTERS UNDER THE "STEREO" BANNER

·       NOTE: EVEN THOUGH THIS IS TECHNICALLY AN ELECTRONICALLY RECHANNELLED PRESSING,  THIS TITLE IS EXTREMELY COVETED BY THE ELVIS COLLECTORS WORLDWIDE, BEING THE ONLY STEREO FORMAT THIS GROUNDBREAKING TITLE WAS EVER RELEASED IN;  ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT, WHILE THE ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1956, THE STEREO VERSION DID NOT APPEAR UNTIL ROUGHLY 1962.

·       THIS IS THE RARE FIRST VERSION OF THE COVER WITH A ‘BOXED’ RCA LOGO IN UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE FRONT COVER AND CATALOG NUMBER IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER

·       TWO “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

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

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       NEITHER TRUE STEREO NOR ELECTRONIC STEREO version of this album have EVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format.

 (►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 STEREO!. 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.  Finding a still sealed original copy?!?! Forget it – not even a HOPE!!! This may be the last one you will ever see.

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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)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID)

(b)          The record is believed to come in its original stock inner sleeve.

(c)             The record is  apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)          True stereo pressings of this title do not exist.

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

·       COVER

COVER IS STONE MINT, STILL SEALED AND NOTHING SHORT OF ABSOLUTE PERFECTION, WITHOUT EVEN A HINT OF A FLAW OR DEFECT; A KIND OF BEAUTY YOU ONLY GET TO SEE ONCE IN A LIFETIME.

NO SIGNIFICANT IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No wrinkles or creases

-        No yellowing from aging

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        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 glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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