Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old") LSP- 4460 / w Bonus Photo and Shrink Sticker - Near Mint

Record - Orange label, Rigid vinyl. It is believed that this lP was the last of the rigid vinyl records made.

Cover - Colorized Elvis photo at age two. RCA logo and number in upper left. Victor "stereo" at upper. Back: Black and white Elvis photo from a 1070 Las vegas concert

Insert - Colorized  5X 7 Elvis photo at age two, same as on the front cover of the LP. Back : Black and white Elvis Photo

Inner Sleeve - Black and white, pictures Elvis LP catalog, # 21-112-1 pt54

Shrink Sticker - Announces the inclusion of the bonus photo

The Cover, bonus photo, inner sleeve, shrink sticker are all Near Mint, the record is Very Good + (see condition below)

This auction is for Elvis Presley  Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old") LSP- 4460. This is original 1971 release. The bulk of the album came from five days of recording sessions in June 1970 which yielded 35 usable tracks. Presley performed every track "live", recording his vocal part in the same take as the band as was standard practice for him. During the sessions, Presley and producer Felton Jarvis realized they had several country songs in hand, and decided to record several more to create a full album of country material. Needing two more satisfactory tracks, Elvis returned to the same studio in September where he recorded "Snowbird" and a manic, one-take version of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On."

 Along with his second LP, Elvis' Christmas Album, Elvis Is Back!, and From Elvis in Memphis, "Elvis Country" stands as one of Presley's cohesive musical works - the closest he came to concept albums, a mere handful from his large catalogue.

Nearly every style of country music is represented; bluegrass, honky tonk, Western swing, rockabilly, countrypolitan, and even the then-nascent "outlaw" movement. Snippets of the song "I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago" act as a bridge between each track to enhance the sense of continuity.

After this album, Presley would return to his usual practice of recording a seemingly random batch of songs on each trip to the recording studio, letting his producer assemble them into albums.

Songs:

Side 1

Snowbird Gene

Tomorrow Never Comes

Little Cabin on the Hill

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

Funny How Time Slips Away

I Really Don't Want to Know

Side 2

There Goes My Everything

It's Your Baby You Rock It  

The Fool

Faded Love

I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water

 Make the World Go Away

Condition:

Record - VERY GOOD + condition with lots of gloss and shine no cuts or scuff marks, has 2 small  scratches. on side 1, first song (snowbird) Visual only.

Cover is  in NEAR MINT condition with no rips, cuts or binding separation. Bright colors. Still has shrink wrap.

Inner sleeve is in NEAR MINT condition, clean and bright  with no  rips, cuts or binding separation. Slight Wrinkle at bottom corner.

 Insert is in  NEAR MINT condition with bright colors, no folds, rips or cuts.

Shrink Sticker is in NEAR MINT Condition with no cunts, rips, bright easy to read, shrink wrip still on cover (see photo)

This package is valued as follows by Osborne:

Record                                                             $50.00

Cover                                                               $20.00

Insert                                                               $25.00

Shrink Sticker                                                 $30.00

Total value in MINT condition                     $ 125.00 (Mint)

Grading System

Records are graded using the Jerry Osborne grading system.

MINT - Absolutely perfect

NEAR MINT – May   have one or 2 minor flaws that do not distract from record playability or overall cover appearance.

VERY GOOD  - Have a minimum of visual or audible imperfections

GOOD  - The record over cover is good enough to fill your collection until something better comes along.

Notes:

As records become harder to find and Near Mint pieces cannot be found, Very Good may be the best available. (For full information regarding grading please see “Presleyana VI, Osborne, Osborne Enterprises, 2007)