ELVIS PRESLEY -1st RECORD ALBUM- MONO -LPM-1254- BORDERED LOGO BOX -VINTAGE 50's

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60

Item specifics

GREAT FOR THE ELVIS COLLECTOR LOOKING FOR AN ITEM THAT WILL ONLY INCREASE IN VALUE OVER THE YEARS.  AT TODAY'S INTEREST RATES, VINTAGE ELVIS ALBUMS FROM THE 50's & 60's ARE BETTER THAN MONEY IN THE BANK.

OF COURSE, THIS A COPY OF ELVIS PRESLEY'S FIRST EVER LP AND SELF-TITLED, "ELVIS PRESLEY" - LPM-1254.  IT IS DEFINITELY A VINTAGE ISSUE THAT HAS THE WORD, "MONO" IN BIG SILVER TYPE ON THE VINYL LABELS.  DEFINITELY A 1950's OR VERY EARLY 1960's ALBUM.  THE BACK OF THE ALBUM HAS THE COPYRIGHT DATE OF 1956.

THE ALBUM SLEEVE ALSO HAS THE RCA VICTOR LOGO UP IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER WITH A WHITE BORDER AROUND IT AND THE WORDS, "A NEW ORTHOPHONIC" HIGH FIDELITY RECORDING - SEE PHOTOS.

THE RECORD AND SLEEVE ARE NOT TO BE CONSIDERED MINT, BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, ARE STILL IN QUITE COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. 

THE RECORD ALBUM SLEEVE HAS NO MAJOR DAMAGE.  IT DOES HAVE A SMALL 3-INCH SEAM SPLIT AT THE VERY EDGE OF THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.  THERE IS ALSO SOME SEE-THROUGH TAPE USED ON THE BOTTOM SEAM.  YOU HAVE TO LOOK CLOSELY TO SEE IT IN THE PHOTOS. - SEE PHOTOS.  THERE IS SOME AGE WEAR ON THE BACK COVER, BUT, AS YOU CAN SEE, NOTHING MAJOR FOR A RECORD SLEEVE THAT SAYS 1956 ON THE SAME BOTTOM COVER.

AN INTERESTING FACT THAT MOST COLLECTORS PROBABLY DON'T NOTICE IS THE SMALL PRINT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BACK COVER.  IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE BOTTOM LINE WHERE IT GIVES PHOTO CREDIT, IT HAS THE WORD "POPSIE" IN QUOTES.  IT IS RIGHT ACROSS THE SAME PRINTED LINE THAT LISTS THE COPYRIGHT AS 1956.  THIS IS A BIT OF "TRIVIA" THAT I BET MOST ELVIS FANS COULD NOT ANSWER.

THE VINYL RECORD HAS WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER VERY CLEAN LABELS (AS YOU CAN JUDGE BY LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS).  YOU CAN SEE THE RCA-VICTOR DOG LOGO AT THE TOP AND THE HUGE "MONO" PRINTED IN SILVER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LABELS.  YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS THE GREAT CONDITION OF THE TWO LABELS.  ACTUALLY, AS I LOOK AT THE ENLARGED PHOTOS OF THE LABELS, IT ACTUALLY MAKES THE SMALL & RATHER INSIGNIFICANT FLAWS LOOK WORSE THAN THEY REALLY ARE.

THE VINYL STILL HAS MOST OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHINE (AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS), BUT DOES HAVE LIGHT SCRATCHING ON BOTH SIDES. FOR THE MOST PART, THE SCRATCHING LOOKS LIKE LIGHT SURFACE ISSUES.  HOWEVER, IF ANYBODY IS LOOKING FOR A MINT COPY WITH NO SCRATCHES, THIS IS NOT THE COPY FOR YOU.

HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SELF-TITLED "ELVIS PRESLEY" FROM THE MID 1900's, THIS HISTORIC & VINTAGE ISSUE IS STILL VERY COLLECTIBLE.  EVERY ELVIS COLLECTOR LOOKS FOR DIFFERENT CRITERIA DEPENDING ON PREFERENCES AND BUDGETS.  EITHER WAY, I AM NOT LISTING THE ALBUM FOR A "MINT" PRICE.

THIS ALBUM WAS OBTAINED LIKE THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY ELVIS ITEMS - FROM A HUGE ESTATE SALE HELD AFTER THE PASSING OF A EXTREMELY DEVOTED FAN IN DENVER, COLORADO.

THE HISTORIC LP ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE AND SHIPPED IN A PROFESSIONAL RECORD BOX ESPECIALLY DESIGNED TO TRANSPORT THESE PRECIOUS MUSICAL MEMORIES OF A BEAUTIFUL ERA GONE BY.  I, FOR ONE, MISS THOSE "GOOD OLD DAYS."

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