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Original Elvis 45rpm EP Record & Sleeve, Love Me Tender, RCA #EPA-4006, 1956
Sold Date:
June 7, 2021
Start Date:
November 28, 2020
Final Price:
$16.00
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Early 1st pressing, Rockaway plant. Record and sleeve are both VG+ with only one hairline scratch and barley anything else. A VERY NICE Example. Sleeve has no splits, shelf wear on edges, name on front cover bottom and address label on side 2. See photos.
Sound tested VG++/EX with some surface noise but it is minimal. Play tested using a Shure V15 Type IV mounted to a Technics SL-1200 MK5 tracking at 1.25 grams.
Country: Released: Genre: , Style: , , Tracklist A1Love Me TenderA2Let MeB1Poor BoyB2We're Gonna Move Companies, etc. Pressed By – Credits Written-By – , Notes "Love Me Tender" is based on the Civil War ballad "Aura Lee", with new lyrics by "Ken Darby". Darby, in fact, wrote all of the soundtrack songs, but credited them to his wife, "Vera Matson", while the Colonel cut his publishing company, Hill & Range, in on the royalties by further crediting the writing to Presley as well. This was a somewhat common practice in the 1950s
(Source Wikipedia)
Version with horizontal line on label
Catalog no. is hyphenated
Side indicators displayed on the right side Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): G2WH-7523 Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): G2WH-7524 Matrix / Runout (A Side Stamped): G2 WH7523-2S A * RCA (machine stamped) R M (Rockaway pressing) Matrix / Runout (B Side Stamped): G2 WH7524--2S A RCA1 (machine stamped) R F (Rockaway pressing)
