Elvis Presley Rare Third Man RSD 10" 78 RPM My Happiness Record Store Day

Sold Date: July 18, 2015
Start Date: June 18, 2015
Final Price: $39.99 (USD)
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This listing is for the Elvis Presley 10" 78 RPM vinyl of "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin," Elvis's first recordings ever. There are only 500 copies in existence of this limited Record Store Day release from Jack White's record label, Third Man Records.

Jack White had recently purchased the original copy of this record at auction for $300,000, but decided to reproduce a limited number of exact replicas for Record Store Day so others could experience what is considered by many to be the holy grail of rock and roll.

Here's some history behind the original record from USA Today:
( http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/01/08/presleys-1st-record-my-happiness-auctions-for-300000/21482857/ )

"Presley recorded the song in 1953 at Sun Records, the Memphis studio operated by Sam Phillips. Presley, then 18, paid $4 for the recording. As the story goes, Presley left Sun and went to the home of friend Ed Leek to listen to it. Because his family did not have a record player, Presley left the record with Leek.

Leek kept the record in a safe for six decades. After he and his wife died, their niece Lorisa Hilburn inherited it. Hilburn, of Rockledge, Florida, contacted Graceland, and it was offered for auction."