JERRY LEE LEWIS Crazy Arms SUN 259 Original 45 Near Mint Gem Archive Copy
$
125
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Important! Original Memphis pressing. Released December 1, 1956, this was Jerry Lee’s first record.
What sets this copy apart is the exceptional state of preservation. Near flawless glossy vinyl and clean labels—for some reason this 45 almost always has writing or stickers on the labels. Appears almost new! Highest grade copy I have seen.
Includes the original Sun issued plain paper sleeve. An official Sun company sleeve was not produced until 1958.
The distinctive etching you see in the runout is almost certainly the work of Jack Clement.
The Memphis Handwriting: Jack Clement
While Sam Phillips founded Sun, by the time Jerry Lee Lewis arrived in late 1956, Sam was often focused on the business side or traveling. Jack Clement was the engineer who actually auditioned Jerry Lee and recorded "Crazy Arms" while Sam was on vacation in Florida.
• The Connection: Because Clement was the primary engineer and producer for these specific sessions, he was the one responsible for "scribing" the identification numbers into the dead wax before the record went to the plating plant.
The fact that the matrix is hand-etched (specifically 45-U-229) confirms it is a first pressing. Later reissues or pressings from other plants (like those in California or the later 1970s Shelby Singleton reissues) often used stamped matrix numbers or different handwriting styles that lacked that "Memphis scratch."
“Crazy Arms" was Jerry Lee's very first single. When Sam Phillips finally returned from vacation and heard the recording Clement had made, he famously said, "I can sell that," launching the career of "The Killer."
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