ELVIS TELL ME PRETTY BABY-FIRST 1954 RECORD OR TRIBUTE?

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UNIQUE RECORD - ADVERTISED AS ELVIS PRESLEY'S FIRST PROFESSIONAL RECORDING IN 1954 (ELVIS CLASSIC EC-5478).  COMES IN SLEEVE WITH NEAT GRAPHICS OF ELVIS' FACE AND NARRATIVE THAT INDICATE A LIMITED EDITION.

THE BACK OF THE RECORD SLEEVE SHOWS VARIOUS LETTERS AND DOCUMENTATION THAT CLAIM TO AUTHENTICATE THAT THE VOICE ON THE RECORD IS ELVIS PRESLEY.  ONE OF THE SEVERAL LETTERS IS SIGNED BY PETE FALCO, A ONE-TIME FRIEND OF ELVIS.   IT READS:

"THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT I, PETE FALCO, WAS WORKING WITH A MUSICAL GROUP CALLED THE RED-DOTS IN 1954.  WE WERE RECORDING AT AUDIO RECORDERS OF ARIZONA AND NEEDED SOMEONE TO SING A SONG ENTITLED "TELL ME WHY PRETTY BABY."  A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF ELVIS PRESLEY CAME INTO THE STUDIO AND I PAID HIM THE SUM OF $15.00 TO SING ON TAPE FOR US."

WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS REALLY ELVIS IS NOT WHAT IS NOW MAKING THIS RECORD A COLLECTOR'S ITEM.  IT IS THE NOVELTY AND MYSTERY ASPECTS OF THE RECORD THAT HAS NOW MADE IT DESIREABLE TO COMPLETE AN ELVIS COLLECTION THAT INCLUDES ELVIS TRIBUTES AND NOVELTY RECORDS.  THE MYSTERY OF WHETHER OR NOT IT REALLY IS ELVIS PRESLEY'S VOICE ONLY PEAKS ONE'S CURIOSITY.

THE ACTUAL RECORD WAS RELEASED IN 1978 BY ANDREW LEE JACKSON AS A TWO-SIDED 45 SINGLE.  GRAPHICS ARE NEAT.

THIS IS NOT THE ONLY COPY OF THIS UNIQUE RECORD ON EBAY, BUT IT IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE AUCTION FOR THE RECORD CURRENTLY RUNNING.  SINCE IT WAS DISTRIBUTED IN ONLY A LIMITED QUANTITY, IT WILL GRADALLY BECOME AN INCREASINGLY VALUED ADDITION TO ELVIS RECORD COLLECTORS. 

IF YOU ARE GOING TO OWN A NEVER-PLAYED EXCELLENT COPY OF THE RECORD, THIS IS THE CHANCE TO SAVE MONEY IN THE PROCESS.  JUST LIKE THE SECOND GENERATION SUN RECORDS, THIS LIMITED EDITION WILL ONLY INCREASE IN VALUE OVER THE YEARS.

International bidders please email me for additional shipping information before bidding.  If we can use a less expensive method of shipping, we will try an do so.  I have attempted to keep the auction price low to help International Bidders offset their shipping cost.

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