ELVIS PRESLEY SUN 'THAT'S ALL RIGHT' ORIGINAL 78 RPM
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ELVIS PRESLEY ORIGINAL SUN 209 'THAT'S ALL RIGHT'/ 'BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY' 1954.
RON LIPE AKA 'UNCLE BUCK LITE' IS WELL KNOWN TO ROCKABILLY FANS FOR HIS FAMED 'MR DUCTAIL' ON RON-MAR WHICH WAS RELEASED IN 1958. DURING 1954 HE WAS WORKING AS A DISC JOCKEY AT WIBV RADIO IN BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS. HIS BROTHER,DAVE LIPE, WAS ATTENDING KEEGAN'S MUSIC SCHOOL IN MEMPHIS AND PLAYING DRUMS IN A BAND AT THE FIVE GABLES ON HIGHWAY 61 WHEN HE MET ELVIS. ELVIS WAS STILL WORKING FOR CROWN ELECTRIC AT THE TIME AND HE USE TO DROP BY AND SING WITH THE BAND. ELVIS APPEARED ONE NIGHT AND HANDED THIS VERY RECORD THAT I AM SELLING TO DAVE AND ASKED HIM TO GIVE IT TO HIS DJ BROTHER TO PLAY ON AIR.
DAVE LIPE DROVE FROM MEMPHIS AFTER RECIEVING THE RECORD THAT VERY NIGHT AND PERSONALLY GAVE IT TO RON TO PLAY ON HIS SHOW CALLED 'UNCLE BUCK' NEEDLESS TO SAY THE PHONE LINES LIT UP. YEARS LATER SAM PHILLIPS PROCLAIMED THAT RON/UNCLE BUCK HAD BROKEN ELVIS' SONG IN ST LOUIS, THE HARDEST MARKET IN THE USA TO GET A RECORD PLAYED BY ANY ARTIST. IT WAS QUITE A COMPLIMENT.
RON LIPE AND SAM PHILLIPS BECAME GOOD FRIENDS AND SAM AND SCOTTY MOORE WOULD DO ALL THE MASTERING THAT WERE RELEASED ON RON'S LABELS (RON-MAR,MARLOW,CANNON)
THE 78 HAS NO MAJOR FAULTS AT ALL AND IS A VERY CLEAN COPY THAT STILL RETAINS MUCH OF ITS ORIGINAL GLOSS. 'THAT'S ALL RIGHT' SIDE PLAYS WELL WITH VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND NOISE WHICH YOU CAN ONLY REALLY HEAR FOR THE FIRST 30 SECONDS AND HAS SOME SCUFFS AND MARKS AS YOU WOULD EXPECT BUT NO DEEP SCRATCHES. HAS TWO SMALL SCUFFS AND A TINY PEN MARK ON THE LABEL.
THE 'BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY' IS SUPERB AND HARD TO FAULT AND HAS A NEAR MINT LABEL.
BOTH SIDES PLAY LOUD AND CLEAR WITH A NICE SOUND WITH NO SPINDLE WEAR. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO CHIPS, WARPS, EDGE FLAKES OR CRACKS AT ALL. I USE RECORD COLLECTOR MAGAZINE GRADING SYSTEM AND THIS 78 IS GRADED AS A VG- FOR THE A SIDE AND A VG+ FOR THE FLIP SIDE.
COMES WITH A TYPED, SIGNED LETTER FROM 'UNCLE BUCKS' ESTATE CONFIRMING ALL OF THE ABOVE AND A PHOTO OF UNCLE BUCK WITH ELVIS (SHOWN) AND ANOTHER PICTURE SHOWING UNCLE BUCKS WIFE WITH SAM PHILLIPS. A RECORD THAT'S NOT TO EASY TO FIND IN GOOD CONDITION AND THIS ONE IS CERTAINLY BETTER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER ELVIS SUN 78s I HAVE SEEN ON EBAY RECENTLY. NOT MINT BUT A DECENT EXAMPLE WITH UNBEATBLE PROVENANCE.
YOU CAN EXPECT TO PAY £1,500 + FOR A MINT 78 COPY OF THIS RARITY SO I HAVE PLACED A MODEST RESERVE ON THE ITEM. RECORD WILL BE PACKED BULLET PROOF SO NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT PACKING. IF THE ITEM FAILS TO SELL I WILL LISTEN TO A SENSIBLE OFFER. PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER INFO. THANKS.
IF YOU CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO FART AROUND WITH EMAILS, FEEL FREE TO CALL ME ON 0787 9853910
