Elvis Presley - Elvis Golden Records Vol. 4 LSP 3921 - Near Mint

Year 1968

Record: black label, RCA logo in white at top and “Stereo” at bottom

Cover: RCA logo Number at upper right and number at upper left, has color photo of Elvis in front of gold record. Back: Pictures 5 other Elvis LP’s

Inner Sleeve: Blue, black and white featuring Elvis LP catalog

About Elvis Gold Records Colume 4:

This auction is for Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4  which is the thirty-first album by Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3921, in January 1968, with recording sessions taking place over an eight-year span at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, and at RCA Studios and Radio Recorders in Hollywood. It is a compilation of hit singles released between 1961 and 1967, peaking at #33 on the Billboard 200.

Gold Records Vol. 4 comprises five Top 40 A-sides along with seven b-sides, five of which also made the Top 40. Three songs had not been written expressly for Presley: "Love Letters" came from the 1945 film of the same name; "Witchcraft" had been a 1956 hit record for The Spiders; and "What'd I Say" was the Ray Charles classic from 1959. Three b-sides, "Lonely Man," "A Mess of Blues," and "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" were old enough to have been included on Golden Records Volume 3, and another b-side, "Ain't That Loving You Baby," came from RCA's furlough session of June 10, 1958, set up to augment their stock of Presley product while their star was in the army.

Songs Include:

Love Letters

Witchcraft

It Hurts Me

What'd I Say

Please Don't Drag That String Around

Indescribably Blue

Devil In Disguise

Lonely Man

Mess Of Blues

Ask Me

Ain't That Loving You Baby

Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello

This auction is for Elvis Presley” Elvis Golden Records Vol. 4”  This is original 1968 release, which is over 42 years old.

This package is valued as follows by Jerry Osborne (Presleyana VI):

                                                                                                                                       Record                    $25.00

                                                                                                                                       Cover                       $25.00   

                                                                                                                                       Total Value             $50.00 (Mint)

Condition:

Record, Cover and Inner sleeve are all in NEAR MINT CONDITION

The record is in near mint condition, has lots of gloss and shine, no cuts or scratches. Visual only.

Cover is near mint with no rips, cuts or binding separation. Bright colors.

The Inner sleeve is near mint with very little fading, bright, with no rips or cuts. All binding intact except for a 1 inch binding separation on right middle binding or inner sleeve.

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 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)