Up for auction is a 1954 Rock & Roll / Rockabilly 78 RPM record by Elvis Presley (Scotty & Bill) on Sun 209.

 

The sides are Arthur Big Boy Crudup's That's All Right & Bill Monroe's Blue Moon Of Kentucky.

From wikipedia...

Sam Phillips (owner of Sun Records) was always on the lookout for someone who could bring to a broader audience the sound of the black musicians on whom Sun focused. As Keisker reported, "Over and over I remember Sam saying, 'If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars.'" In June, he acquired a demo recording of a ballad, "Without You", that he thought might suit the teenage singer. Presley came by the studio, but was unable to do it justice. Despite this, Phillips asked Presley to sing as many numbers as he knew. He was sufficiently affected by what he heard to invite two local musicians, guitarist Winfield "Scotty" Moore and upright bass player Bill Black, to work something up with Presley for a recording session. 

The session, held the evening of July 5, 1954, proved entirely unfruitful until late in the night. As they were about to give up and go home, Presley took his guitar and launched into a 1946 blues number, Arthur Crudup's "That's All Right". Moore recalled, "All of a sudden, Elvis just started singing this song, jumping around and acting the fool, and then Bill picked up his bass, and he started acting the fool, too, and I started playing with them. Sam, I think, had the door to the control booth open ... he stuck his head out and said, 'What are you doing?' And we said, 'We don't know.' 'Well, back up,' he said, 'try to find a place to start, and do it again.'" Phillips quickly began taping; this was the sound he had been looking for. Three days later, popular Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips played "That's All Right" on his Red, Hot, and Blue show. Listeners began phoning in, eager to find out who the singer was. The interest was such that Phillips played the record repeatedly during the last two hours of his show. Interviewing Presley on-air, Phillips asked him what high school he attended in order to clarify his color for the many callers who had assumed he was black. During the next few days, the trio recorded a bluegrass number, Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky", again in a distinctive style and employing a jury-rigged echo effect that Sam Phillips dubbed "slapback". A single was pressed with "That's All Right" on the A side and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" on the reverse.

Track samples recorded with NO filtering or noise reduction can be heard . 

They can be heard WITH sound filtering .

 

78 RPM Grading System:

NM = near new condition

E = barely played, extremely close to near new condition

VG = played, but not abused condition, should play very well, may have light scratches, scuffs

G = well played, but should play pretty well, will have deeper scratches, scuff; may have some background noise, scratches, scuffs, wear

P = well used, pretty bad condition, lots of background noise ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
45 RPM Grading System:
SS (New Still Sealed) = New store stock or otherwise unopened, factory fresh product NM = Essentially new or near new with only one or two small insignificant visual anomalies E = Still a very nice record with all or nearly all of its original gloss but may have a few more light surface marks, hairlines, needle tracks or the like which won't materially effect play VG+ = A really nice specimen, but used record that may have a series of light scuffs or scratches.  It may play with a few pops, but has no serious problems. Still glossy with a lot of life left in it VG = An acceptable, well-played record that still should sound good, but may have moderate surface noise, pops, etc. G = Not actually good at all but probably will play through but with much in a way of surface noise, pops, crackles, etc. Still, will have no cracks, chips or the like

This record grades G with some shine remaining, marks and scratches. Kentucky label has multiple pin sized (bouncing needle?) bumps. Please listen to audio for better discernment.

Record will be very securely packaged for shipment. Please let me know if you would like them insured.

 

I try my best to describe and grade these as accurately as possible...I will gladly accept returns if you are not satisfied.

 

Good luck!