ELVIS PRESLEY RARE ORIGINAL SUN 78 RPM SHELLAC RECORD MYSTERY TRAIN MINT LABELS

Sold Date: April 22, 2019
Start Date: April 15, 2019
Final Price: $431.99 (USD)
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ELVIS PRESLEY--Here we have a very rare record. Original SUN record from the 50's. "Mystery Train" & "I Forgot to Remember to FORGET" THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SHELLAC RECORD, NOT A VINYL REPRO. MATRIX NUMBERS> U-157  20   U-156 20. LABELS ARE BRILLIANT AND PERFECT. ORIGINAL BROWN BAGGY SLEEVE INCLUDED.  NORMAL WEAR WITH FEATHER SCRATCHES. NO CHIPS, CRACKS, STICKERS OR WRITING. BEING THIS RECORD IS EASILY BREAKABLE, I AM SHIPPING IT WITH PRIORITY MAIL, INSURED AND SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IN THE USA ONLY. I SHIP WORLD WIDE.
"Mystery Train" is now considered to be an "enduring classic". It was the first recording to make Elvis Presley a nationally known country music star. Black, who had success with the Bill Black Combo, once said to a visitor to his house in Memphis, as he pointed to a framed 78rpm Sun Record of "Mystery Train" on the wall, "Now there was a record." Presley's version was ranked the third most acclaimed song of 1955, by . It also appeared in 's 1989 independent film .