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SUN LABEL

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Private Collection

#209

THAT'S ALL RIGHT

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BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY

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THE 1st ELVIS PRESLEY HIT!

Summer 1954 At Marion Keisker’s suggestion, Sam Phillips calls Elvis into the studio to try singing a song Sam hopes to put out on record. The song is "Without You" and Elvis does not sing it to Sam’s satisfaction. Sam asks Elvis what he can sing, and Elvis runs through a number of popular tunes. Sam is impressed enough to team Elvis up with local musicians Scotty Moore (guitar) and Bill Black (bass) to see if they, together, can come up with something worthwhile. Nothing really clicks until July 5, when after a tedious session, Elvis and the guys break into a sped-up version of Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All Right." This song, backed with Blue Moon of Kentucky becomes the first of five singles Elvis will release on the Sun label. Elvis, Scotty, and Bill start performing together, with Scotty acting as the group’s manager. Elvis continues to work at Crown Electric as the group starts to play small clubs and other smalltime gigs locally and throughout the South, enjoying moderate success with the records and personal appearances. Elvis’ one appearance on the Grand Ole Opry doesn’t go over particularly well, with one of the Opry officials reportedly suggesting that Elvis go back to driving a truck. The Opry is very important at this time. This is a painful disappointment in Elvis' early career. Elvis, Scotty, and Bill continue to record and to travel. INFORMATION FROM ELVIS PRESLEY HOME PAGE

Over the next few weeks I will be selling original 45's from the 50's belonging to my Husband, his Mother and Sister, including promotional DJ copies and various artist on SUN label. They have been stored in a metal record box in our office closet (we will be listing the box at a later date). We no longer have a record player, so we cannot attest to their playability, but we will make every effort to describe them accurately, including adding photos. As you might expect they have been played, sometimes extensively, although some are in excellent condition especially for their age. Also, some of them have numbers on them from the record box labeling system and most of them have names written across them. It was custom to write your name across the label when you took your records to someone else's home. That way you were guaranteed you would get your record back.

I am not a professional record purveyor, but have attempted to follow the grading system. Up for auction is the jewel of our collection, RARE, #209 ELVIS PRESLEY ON SUN LABEL.

It is a part of Rock ‘n’ Roll history! Some would argue it is the very beginning of Rock 'n' Roll! This is definately the Elvis Presley record to own!

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