Dreary night / Nuthin' but the blues (not issued), SUN 177 Handy Jackson It's worth anywhere from $4,200 to $7,300. Text: Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Recorded January, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union Ave, Memphis Tn. ELVIS LPM 1382 / 1956 PRESSING UNOPENED, SEALED ORIGINAL MINT CONDITION. by Whitneyville 07 Aug 2009 06:03, Post Sam Phillips the founder of Sun Records and studio died of respiratory failure at the age of 80. The first national hits like Bear Cat by Rufus Thomas, Jr. (Sun 181, released March 1953) or Just Walkin In The Rain by the Prisonaires (Sun 186, July 1953) were mainly pressed and distributed in Los Angeles. Most albums will have visible inscriptions; they can be stamped or handwritten, found in the records run-off groove area. The single went on to sell over five million copies worldwide, a No.1 in the UK & No.2 in the US. Surface noise on brand new wax is another common complaint. The original album had a cardboard cover with a paper slick glued on; most of the fakes have the cover art printed directly on posterboard. Sun record producer and engineer Jack Clement discovered and recorded Jerry Lee Lewis while Phillips was away on a trip to Florida in 1956. For example, Fleetwood Macs original pressing of ubiquitous Rumors will be something such as BSK-1-3010 F22. If this is the reading, BSK 3010 represents the catalog number, F is the Neumann lathe, and 1 between BSK and 3010 is the side. To the best of my understanding, says Boija, the push marks stem from the so-called stampers, the metal plates used when manufacturing the records. Does anyone know of a good resource for tips on identifying any/all of the 45s produced by Sun? Cry! Which becomes a top 15 Country hit. Rock and Pop Collecting Overview. Davis, Hank. What can you tell me about fakes and does this fill the format. The rock n roll classic became a US No.2 & UK No.10 hit for Perkins in 1956, and has been covered by many acts including Elvis Presley and John Lennon. But by 1952, his relationship with the Chess brothers was strained and he had disputes with the Bihari brothers at Modern Records. It was followed by rapper Eminems 8 Mile, with Mozarts life story Amadeus next and Ray, starring Jamie Foxx as musician Ray Charles, at number four. The Blue Moon Boys made their live debut appearing of a flatbed truck outside a new drug store in Memphis. Red Hot, written and recorded by Billy The Kid Emerson, was recorded at Sun Records on this day. Love my baby / Mystery train (November 1953). Following these steps will help you immensely to determine whether you have an original pressing or a reissue. And you cannot tell the story of rock and roll without Sam Phillips and Sun Records," noted the George W . Seems like a million years / Baker shop boogie (January 1953, 78 rpm only). Some pressings are more collectible if they are foreign. Where Rock & Roll was born. Because some counterfeits and bootlegs are cleverly packaged to look like the original releases, sometimes the only way to tell if it's the real deal is by the catalogue number. They are a 100% match to the Sun ones, with the exception being the year "1973" pressed into the record next to the label. That's up 51.4 percent from 27.55 million in 2020 and the 16th consecutive year vinyl album sales grew. ELVIS PRESLEY SUN 209 "THAT'S ALL RIGHT" ORIGINAL MINT (M) UNPLAYED 45 From 1954. Elvis Presley was voted the most promising new country & western artist by Billboard magazine. He had an impressively busy schedule at this time, but fortunately spent his last day flying model airplanes with his sons and ate dinner at his mothers home. Memphis Tn. Also, the older original pressings are rarely on the 180-gram vinyl. You can list a specific format by selecting one here, Elvis Presley Set of 5 Original Sun 78's 209, 210, 215, 217 & 223 Rockabilly. Comments or questions? A pristine 78 even beats the CD reissues., I have a Sun, its Bill Strength Senorita, flip side, Guess Id Better Go. If you have one in mint condition it . The King's five original Sun Records 7s are up for sale on eBay in unrivalled condition. He helped form the beginnings of the Sun Sound by infusing Country music with R&B. . remakes. Each has "push" mark on labels-Guaranteed original! Herman Parker (vcl); Floyd Murphy (gtr); Thanks. You may have seen a copy of some record sell for only a few dollars and seemingly an identical copy of the same sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars. Pictured: Jerry Lewis Great Balls of Fire Sun Label. Cant find any info on this. Goldmine Nov 01 2002: 69. The Paramount Elvis Suns had the push marks. Recorded December 7, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee. Jerry Lee's philandering catches up with him, and Johnny starts his own band. One of Perkins TV appearances with Cash was on the popular country series Hee Haw. The original Sun Records logo was designed by John Gale Parker Jr., a resident of Memphis and high school classmate of Phillips. In most cases, reissue or newer pressings will have a crisp, clean sleeve with vibrant artwork. [16], For the jazz rock label established by Frank Wright, see. That is because most of the engineers have loyal fans that are willing to pay for their hand-etched cuts. But the following list is what Sun Records acknowledges to exist in its vaults as both released and unreleased Orion . Revenue of $5.92M (-99.9% Y/Y) misses by $4 . Its website sells collectible items as well as compact discs bearing the original 1950s Sun logo. In a short while Sun gained the reputation throughout Memphis as a label that treated local artists with respect and honesty. Essentially, it is this field that is known as the dead wax. And under ELVIS PRESLEY there are two variations. :shock: That's actually fascinating about the Moody Blues. Sam Phillips was part of the first group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Elvis Presley Sun 45 Misprint 209 That's All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky. Keep reading below to learn how to tell if a record is an original pressing so you can make a better decision when buying or selling a record. Great Savings & Free Delivery / Collection on many items . Elvis Presley made his TV debut when he appeared on the weekend show Louisiana Hayride on KWKH TV. Thank you. Sun Records released I Forgot To Remember To Forget by Elvis Presley which failed to make the pop chart but became a US country No.1. SUN 179 Willie Nix - the Memphis Blues Boy SUN 186 Prisonaires Juan Luis wrote: There are over 37 label variations on Sun!!! The US Postal Service honors music visionary Johnny Cash by using his photograph on a limited edition stamp. He spoke frequently of his 78 rpm Elvis on Sun but his wife cannot find it. 250 - 299, Elvis Presley Vinyl LP Records. Yesterday and Today - The Beatles (the butcher album) $125,000. The company remains in business today as Sun Entertainment Corporation, which currently licenses its brand and classic hit recordings (many of which have appeared in CD boxed sets and other compilations) to independent reissue labels. Well, the scarcity of the majority of the pre-Elvis Sun 45s makes it difficult to verify, but my theory, based on some of Sam Phillipss correspondence with the companies that made the stampers, is that the releases that were anticipated to only have limited commercial success were done in small quantitiesoften in increments of 500locally in Memphis. The Sun Sessions 1978-1983. Red Bird Records is home of smash hits such as The Dixie Cups Chapel of Love and The Ad Libs Boy from New York City. The Sun Sound began when Sam Phillips launched his record company in February of 1952. Once again, Sun was able to break new ground recording music of unparalleled diversity in an incubator of creativity. Movie Magg and Turn Around were released on Flip Records, a subsidiary of Sun Records. $4.50. Memphis, West Coast, East Coast. The first press interview with 19-year-old Elvis Presley was published in the Memphis Press- Scimitar. Music that has stood the test of time. The demand for this hit record, was so strong that out of town pressing "Sun Records" is based, loosely, on the musical "Million Dollar Quartet," which tells the story of the real-life, mostly impromptu jam session between Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee . Many original pressing of a classic record has probably been frequently used. It was Sun record producer and engineer, Jack Clement, who discovered and recorded Jerry Lee Lewis, while owner Sam Phillips was away on a trip to Florida. RCA Records placed a half page ad in Billboard Magazine claiming that Elvis Presley was the new singing rage.. Juan Luis, "Original SUN Records - How Can I Tell?" 3 Dec. 2005. Log In Hubble also holds the cosmic distance record for a galaxy. Buy Sun Records Vinyl Records and get the best deals at the lowest prices on eBay! While that's a fraction of the world's estimated $16 billion recording-industry revenue (most from cheap digital downloads . (baritone vcl/gtr); Marcell Sanders (bass vcl); Ed Thurman (tenor vcl); Joe Hill Louis (electric gtr U-75), SUN 187 Little Junior's Blue Flames [Herman 'Junior' Parker] I have Sun Record #209 & mine says ELVIS PRESLEY & underneath that it says WITH & underneath that it says SCOTTY & BILL.the ones you show above do not have the word WITHWhich one is real???? $7.99 shipping. 1968 Jeannie C. Riley Riley is nominated for 2 Grammys, Record of the Year, Best New Artist, and wins Best Female Country Vocal performance for Harper Valley PTA. She was also is nominated for two CMA Awards, Album of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year, and wins Single of the Year also for Harper Valley PTA.. 2.2 Check For The Edition. Sometimes the catalog number is on the left side of the label instead of at the bottom. Bear Cat (the answer to 'Hound Dog') / Walkin' in the rain (March 1953). He died of a stroke on 28th March 1974, aged 69. Johnny came to Sun in 1955 with a sound that he neither altered nor bettered. 300 - 349, Rock groups got to "D" labels! SUN 193 Doctor Ross Reply. 3 in the US and No. VERY RARE ! Come back baby / Chicago breakdown (December 1953), SUN 194 'Little' Milton [James Milton Campbell] On original pressings, look at the second photo on the lower left of the front cover. Sam launched the radio station WHER radio station which would be the first all female radio station in the United States. Ending Wednesday at 1:49PM PST 19h 42m. (June 1953). steps to determine whether you need to fill out a call slip in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room to view the original item(s). Presley's first singles, in 45 and 78 RPM formats, were released by Sun Records. Excellent condition. You can then get, 2nd, 3rd and 4th pressings, etc . They were recorded at Sun Studios but Sam Phillips did not want to release it on Sun Records because he did not want two Sun artists targeting the same audience (Perkins and Presley). Prior to that, Sun had concentrated mainly on African-American musicians because Phillips loved rhythm and blues and wanted to bring it to a white audience. The lyrics, Well, its one for the money Two for the show Three to get ready Now go, man, go! were sung and Perkins wrote the rest of the song on a brown paper potato sack titling is as Blue Swade. Perkins completed the song on December 17, 1955 and recorded it on December 19, 1955 for Sun Records. I've done a bit of research online to learn how to ID them (press marks, codes in the dead wax, etc.) Singleton merged his operations into Sun International Corporation, which re-released and re-packaged compilations of Sun's early artists in the early 1970s. If the record seems to be flashier than a standard album, then you have one right there. Thanks, One of the terms that kept popping up in the descriptions written about the Kings 45 rpm singles was push marks. I could see them beneath the label (look for the circular indentations to the left of the word Thats in the photo above-left, and to the right of the word Kentucky in the photo above-right), but it took a while to find an authoritative source to explain how they got there. As they are the first records to be pressed, many consider these to be the definitive edition and best sounding records. On one of their recordings, you can hear a postman pounding on the door of the tiny house where the guy with a two-track mono recorder and three mikes and blankets covering the walls, had his "studio". Knowing exactly how a record is printed and distributed makes a huge difference between paying hundreds of dollars for a second or third pressing of the record. Hunt [Daniel Augusta Hunt] Lonesome old jail / Greyhound blues (June 1953) Recorded March 11, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union Ave, Memphis Tn. Perkins recorded the song, Blue Suede Shoes for Sun Records. ELVIS PRESLEY SUN 209 MISPRINT ! Then in 1954 Sam found Elvis Presley, an artist who could perform with the excitement, unpredictability and energy of a blues artist but could reach across regional, musical and racial barriers. Jerry Lee recorded some demos that Phillips would hear when he returned. Sun Records, located at 706 Union Ave., was a record label based in Memphis, Tennessee starting operations on March 27 1952. Any of these things can show that the record is a limited edition. Elvis Presley scored his first US No.1 single and album when Heartbreak Hotel went to the top of the charts. For Elvis CD Collectors. 04/1955 baby lets play house / im left, youre right, shes gone sun 217 / usa. Johnny Bragg (lead tenor vcl); John Drue (tenor vcl); William Stewart (baritone vcl/gtr); How do I identify a Sun 45 as an original pressing. For instance, the original pressing ofMazzy Starsmost recent album Still EP does not include a download card. Easy / Before long (March 1953). I recently started collecting 45s produced by the Sun label (Memphis). Whole Lotta Shakin Going On was released, hitting No. SUN 185 Jimmy DeBerry Carl Perkins song Blue Suede Shoes was chosen for preservation by the US Library of Congress. Set of all 5 ELVIS PRESLEY SUN 45 RECORDS Originals 1954/1955 - Pushmarks! The hit song, Chapel of Love airs in the movie Father of the Bride. Initially, Phillips didn't want to create a record label. He was also the first non-performer inducted. "Primary Wave buys legendary Sun Records in $30m deal, including masters for Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis", "Sun Records Studio: 18 Musical Milestones", "Ike Turner, Musician and Songwriter in Duo With Tina Turner, Dies at 76", "Sun Records Licensing | Sun Record Company", "Julie Roberts First Artist To Sign With Sun Records in 40 years | New Country Music, Listen to Songs & Video", "Sun Records Celebrates 70th Anniversary With Specially Curated Album Compilation", "Mystery Train: The Unpredictable 70-Year Saga of Sun Records", Chronology, session files, discography (19501959), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sun_Records&oldid=1137001934, This page was last edited on 2 February 2023, at 07:01. On checking they have all info on label and run off in dead wax but no push marks. Rufus Thomas (vcl); Floyd Murphy (gtr); Elvis Presley Memorabilia Sun Records released Great Balls Of Fire, by Jerry Lee Lewis. Recorded May 16, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee. Hi, I have 2 Elvis Sun records that I am still confused as to Real or Fake. Probably recorded January 4, 1954, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tn. Sam rented a small space at 706 Union Avenue for his own all-purpose studio. Though Sun Records was never a ratings king, it found a lot of positive reception with old school country and rock fans. However there are still some Orion recordings from Sun that are not listed, unless they are listed under a different title. This is one of the tricks that many record sellers use on gullible buyers looking for original pressings. Only 80 of these records are thought to have been pressed, which makes it extremely valuable. The song topped the US Billboard Country chart and hit No.17 on the Pop charts. Wolf call boogie / Harmonica jam (February 1954). These four soon became known as the Million Dollar Quartet. Home of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Sam Phillips and more! Sun was the first label to record Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.Prior to that, Sun had concentrated mainly on African-American musicians because Phillips loved rhythm and blues and wanted to bring it to a . Lot 9, Elvis Presley Sun 210 1954 Original Good Rockin' Tonight MISPRINT GEM, Elvis Presley Signed Something For Everybody Album Cover W/ Vinyl JSA #Z25647, ELVIS SUN 1954 U-129 That's All Right /Blue Moon 209 HOLY GRAIL MISPRINT , ELVIS PRESLEY SUN 209 "THAT'S ALL RIGHT" ORIGINAL MINT (M) UNPLAYED 45 From 1954. On January 28, 2021, Sun Records was acquired by Primary Wave for $30 million. - EVERY ORIGINAL Elvis Presley Sun 45 Record 209 210 215 217 223, Elvis Presley ORIGINAL set of Sun Records plus ORIGINAL CR -15 ! 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