Elvis Presley 24 Vinyl LP Lot: 2 Still Factory Sealed + 22 More w/Tested Today

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103

This is my fifth auction of vintage Elvis Presley albums.  This lot includes 24 titles and 26 albums plus an extra square record.  There are two still factory sealed albums included.  But please note that the original factory plastics for 21 more titles are also included.  All but the Elvis Speaks to You title has the plastic still attached.  Of course for the 22 open albums, the plastic has been cut open on the side to get to the records.  You know what I mean.  Also note that all the original sleeves are present for each of the opened titles (as well as whatever sleeves are inside the sealed titles).  There are two double albums - Elvis Speaks to You and Double Dynamite.  In fact, the Elvis Speaks to You title also includes a curious, two sided, flimsy square Elvis Live 1961 Press Conference record labeled as 33 1/3 RPM Monaural.  This little additional record has instructions like "place coin here if sound sheet slips".  : - )  So in this auction there are, I suppose, 26/27 records under the 24 titles.
I fully tested the Today album both sides and it sounded great - no skips at all.  Elvis Presley had amazing talent and a voice unparalleled - although I must say that this particular album was rather melancholy.  Nevertheless, that genre certainly fits my mood when I'm digging back into the past with this collection.  All of the albums in my Elvis Presley lots were purchased before 1980 (unless it's a collection item made later than 1980).  And please note that these items remained in my family and in the same house all these years.  Yes, some were purchased back in the 1950's and 1960's as well.  Please refer to the album numbers to be able to look up release dates.  Here is a list of the items included:
Still Factory Sealed 1. CAL-2428 Elvis' Christmas Album (Camden Mono version)  2. ANL1-0971(e) Pure Gold
Opened Originals 3. LSP-2011(e) A Date with Elvis 4. LSP-3450 Elvis for Everyone 5. LSP-1884(e) King Creole 6. LSP-1515(e) Loving You 7. LSP-3989 Speedway  8. APL1-0873 Promised Land 9. APM1 0818 Having Fun with Elvis on Stage 10. CAS-2304 Elvis Sings Flaming Star 11. CAS-2533 I Got Lucky 12. LSP-4155 From Elvis in Memphis 13. LSP-2523 Pot Luck 14. APL1-2565 Clambake 15. LSP-2894 Kissin' Cousins 16. APL1-1039 Today with T-R-O-U-B-L-E Hype sticker 17. CAS-2408 Let's Be Friends 18. AAL1-3917 Guitar Man 19. ACL-7007 Frankie and Johnny (Pickwick Records of Canada) 20. CAS-2595 Burning Love and Hits From His Movies, Volume 2 21. DL2-5001 Double Dynamite - 2 records 22. CAS-2472 You'll Never Walk Alone 23. GV 2001 Exclusive Live Press Conference Memphis, Tennessee February 1961 24. GV 2003 Elvis Speaks to You -  2 Record Treasury
I took pictures of the two still factory sealed albums fronts and backs as well as you'll see them propped up against each other standing vertically when I focused in on the Elvis Speaks two record treasury.  When I was taking photos, I noticed that on Side A of the album Let's Be Friends - the first song has a stain or anomaly across a part of it.  I tested this album on my pathetic record player - and it successfully plays without skipping.  But there is a sketchy sound it makes when the needle hits this smudge/stain mark on a few passes.  The last picture in the auction is a combination of two photos which show the stain line as the album is playing.  On the left side of the picture you can see the stain mark visible on the bottom of the record.  On the right side of the picture you can see the stain mark near the upper left corner as the album was spinning.  I just wanted you to be aware of this problem.  The other records looked fine to me.  But I didn't test them all.  So please let me know if you want me to test any specific album in particular.
Included are the LPs for Loving You and King Creole.  These movies always remind me the young actress named Dolores Hart who later became Mother Delores Hart, a Catholic cloistered nun leading a monastic life in the Abbey of Regina Laudis.  She eventually did a documentary entitled God is the Bigger Elvis.  : - )
I plan to ship via USPS Media Mail using a 14x14x6 inch box that will weigh about 15 pounds and likely cost $12.01 to ship.  I'm asking for $6.99 from the auction winner to help with the shipping expense.  Shipping via media mail will take longer to deliver than Priority Mail.  So please be patient.  When I receive eBay notification of the auction winner's payment, I will ship either the same day or the next day - if the Post Office is still open.
The 24 albums in this auction were collected by my mom who graduated high school in 1957.  She was an Elvis fan from the beginning.  Almost all of the albums my mom purchased were bought before Elvis Presley died in 1977.  In fact, Elvis died on my mom's birthday August 16th.  Yep, my mom was a big fan and he died on her actual birthday.  I was 9 years old at the time and remember it clearly.  After his death my mom went on a little collection shopping spree to make sure she owned every one of his albums.  She already had virtually all of them.  But off we went to a bunch of stores to make sure we had the complete collection.  She bought a book that was a discography which listed all of Elvis records - I think it was entitled All American Elvis.  Indeed she successfully purchased at least one version of every album Elvis released in the United States of America.  I recall that there were two of his albums that we had a hard time finding.  They were Elvis: Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (with Graceland on the cover) and the album entitled Elvis (from 1973) which contains the song named Fool.  But we eventually found these two hard to find albums.  Not sure if those albums are hard to find anymore.  But back in 1977 and in Pennsylvania they were hard for us to find going store to store in person via our old school collecting technique.  : - )
My mom also collected over 600 Elvis items including probably all or most of his cassettes, 8-tracks, VHS movies (more than 1 copy) and books, magazines, fan club prints, posters, etc.  Oh and none of these items including the albums in the auction have never left our family's house.  I moved back into the house after most of my family died including my mom, dad, and wife - God rest their beautiful souls.  Here's a brief summary of the collection that I will likely auction off in groups over the months ahead.  Please feel free to ask questions about what I have in the collection.  I would certainly try to prioritize whatever interests you.
- 145+ vinyl albums, 37 of these are still in the factory sealed plastic.  The collection includes at least one copy of every album he released in the USA. - 90+ vinyl singles in two carrying cases (70 unique singles with 20 duplicates). - 135 8-tracks in four carrying cases. - 84 cassettes in two carrying cases. - 105 VHS videos, 30 of them are still unopened sealed VHS videos.  There is at least one copy of each of his 33 movies. - Large number of other items including books, posters, pictures, puzzles, magazines, fan club memorabilia, and trading cards, etc.
I am not a business; I'm just a private owner whose family has been in possession of these items since they came out (or thereabouts).  I'm simply trying to make people happy before I go to judgment.  When all of the items of interest are auctioned off, my online garage sale will end.  Oh and just for your information - I never use a reserve price in my auctions.  Please remember that these items are sold as are, no returns.  Thank you.