Elvis P. 10" boot Memphis Recording Service(pre-Sun label) I’ll Never Stand In~

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Elvis Presley: "I'll Never Stand In Your Way" Side A
                       "It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You" Side B Flexible vinyl, not shellac. Single on each side with large area of deadwax on each side.
This is a copy of recording Elvis made that features his voice and only his acoustic guitar in this studio 1954. The story to follow is from Wikipedia.
Sun Studio is a recording studio opened by rock-and-roll pioneer  at 706 Union Avenue in , on January 3, 1950. It was originally called Memphis Recording Service, sharing the same building with the  label business. Sun Studio is perhaps most famous for its role in the early years of ’s career.
Elvis Presley[]

In August 1953, fresh out of his high school graduation the previous June, the 18½ year old Presley walked into the offices of Sun. He aimed to pay for a few minutes of studio time to record a two-sided : "" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin". He would later claim he intended the record as a gift for his mother, or was merely interested in what he "sounded like", though there was a much cheaper, amateur record-making service at a nearby general store. Biographer  argues that he chose Sun in the hope of being discovered. Asked by receptionist  what kind of singer he was, Presley responded, "I sing all kinds." When she pressed him on whom he sounded like, he repeatedly answered, "I don't sound like nobody." After he recorded, Phillips asked Keisker to note down the young man's name, which she did along with her own commentary: "Good ballad singer. Hold." Presley cut a second acetate in January 1954—"I'll Never Stand In Your Way" and "It Wouldn't Be the Same Without You"