Sold Date:
April 22, 2019
Start Date:
April 15, 2019
Final Price:
$431.99
(USD)
Bid Count:
48
Seller Feedback:
4796
Buyer Feedback:
242
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 .