Sold Date: August 5, 2023
Start Date: July 26, 2023
Final Price: $19.99 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
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NO VINYL-------SLEEVE ONLY--------NO RECORD-------SLEEVE ONLY---
A few years ago I set out to create authentic-looking picture sleeves for every Elvis release that did not originally include one. Eventually I also decided to do a few new versions of some of the old sleeves. I've done professional layout and graphics design work and have also had paintings in oils and acrylics shown and sold in galleries in New Orleans and on commission. I didn't want to use photos of Elvis that we've all seen, so I digitally created new images of Elvis. You will not find the pictures on this release ANYWHERE except on this picture sleeve. I wanted them to look authentically 1950s, but I also wanted them to be in color and fully original. (A few of my created photos have circulated around online--which is to be expected. But I am the origin.)
Like many of Elvis' 45s from 1956, RCA did not issue this one with a picture sleeve. If I had been lucky enough to be working for the art department at RCA in the 50s, this is the sleeve the record would have come in. The sleeve is professionally printed on thick 325gsm cardstock, with matte and gloss finish, similar to most of Elvis' 7" EP releases. It is in a protective ultra-clear poly sleeve. Unless it was purchased here and from me, chances are the Elvis fan in your life doesn't have this. If you have this 45 in the original RCA company sleeve, this is made to hold and protect that. Thru eBay, my sleeves are in Elvis collections in Australia, Japan, Germany, England, Canada and all over the USA!  I have never ordered more than 20 of any sleeve from the printer. So these are always going to be a very limited edition--but these especially are the last of what I had left. SIGNED, DATED & NUMBERED - When I started doing this I was signing and numbering the sleeves. And I sorta made a mess of it. The printer would sometimes send overruns and other times when ordering a new print, I'd reorder an old one just to make the order seem worth the price they charge me for shipping. The quantities still remain very small, but I lost the spreadsheet I had tried to track it with.  So I have done a full inventory of everything left and I am starting everything as 2023 Print #1 (of 9, in this case. But although everything I list to start will be 2023 Print #1, the quantities will vary a lot). 

   I go thru eBay's international shipping center to ship anywhere. BUT that means I have no control over what they charge for shipping. I send it to an eBay shipping center in Kentucky using the $5 I charge, after that they handle the overseas shipping and charging. I have been told it is expensive, so be aware. Thanks for looking! I'm posting more Elvis items soon!!!!!!!!!