VALUE (up to) Do I Love You - Frank Wilson (original copy) $40,000. It is always important to know precisely where your vinyl was pressed. In fact, SUN 198 Elvis Presley I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine / Good Rockin' Tonight, Ok I can't get ahold of the original owner because my mums had this over 35 years. by MonkeyBoy 07 Aug 2009 17:27, Post Carl Perkins song Blue Suede Shoes was chosen for preservation by the US Library of Congress. Its website sells collectible items as well as compact discs bearing the original 1950s Sun logo. Great post. Recorded January 11, 1954, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tn. Set of all 5 ELVIS PRESLEY SUN 45 RECORDS Originals 1954/1955 - Pushmarks! Right behind them came Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich, Bill Justis, Harold Jenkins (a.k.a. Most albums will have visible inscriptions; they can be stamped or handwritten, found in the records run-off groove area. Little RichardHere's Little Richard(Speciality LP, 1957) Arguably the most important of all the African American progenitors of rock 'n' roll, ahead even of Chuck Berry, Little Richard, starting in 1951, recorded a string of wild, sexually charged, mutant-R&B singles for RCA, Peacock and Speciality. Sun Records released Great Balls Of Fire, by Jerry Lee Lewis. My father-in-law passed away in 2016. Elvis Presley made his first ever recording when he paid $4 at the Memphis Recording Service singing two songs, My Happiness and Thats When Your Heartaches Begin. Many original pressing of a classic record has probably been frequently used. Elvis Presley Sun 45 five record set 1954 1955 records 209 210 215 217 223 NR! 0 bids. However, I can't seem to find anything more than skant info on this. 2.7 Check For Mastering Engineer Initials. Recorded January 8, 1954, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tn. By continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described in our cookie policy unless you have disabled them. 60 mns. The wax on records from the mid 1950s is different from the wax on later records, and most long term collectors can tell if its 50s wax. The research team estimates that Earendel is at least 50 times the mass of our Sun and millions of times as bright, rivaling the most massive stars known. Movie Magg and Turn Around were released on Flip Records, a subsidiary of Sun Records. Goldmine Nov 01 2002: 69. CD, Album. In some cases, a surrogate (substitute image) is available, often in the form of a digital image, a copy print, or . Sun Records is located in Nashville, Tennessee. Elvis Presley started recording what would be his first album at RCAs New York Studios. Rock and Pop Collecting Overview. Roy Orbison died of a heart attack at the age of 52. Sun Records, says Braitman, obviously used the method of aligning the stamper over three pins, which, on the final vinyl result, looks like push mark impressions. In other words, the impression was made while the disc was still warm, transferred from the stamper to the vinyl. Music that has stood the test of time. On original pressings, look at the second photo on the lower left of the front cover. The Sun Sound began when Sam Phillips launched his record company in February of 1952. CD . Those pressings always have the so-called push marks. Joe Hill Louis (vcl/hca/gtr); Willie Nix (dms); Albert Williams (pno). (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By collectors for collectors since 1996 Collectables Features, Collectables Articles, Collecting News, Collecting Price Guides and everything collectable, Pictured: Jerry Lewis Great Balls of Fire Sun Label. The actors are amazing and really do justice to the Rock Gods they are portraying. For instance, many collectors search for Pink Floyds French pressing Animals. Alternatively, some people use the vinyl formulation utilized by the Japanese pressing enterprises. 78 rpm. Thanks, 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. They were pressed in Memphis and Los Angeles. Elvis Presley made his first ever-public appearance in a talent contest at the Mississippi Alabama Dairy Show singing Old Shep, Elvis was 10 years old at the time and came in second place. He began writing it out as a nursey rhyme but settling on boogie rhythm. SUN 182 Dusty Brooks and his Tones The tour kicks off upstairs, where you can view an exhibition full of memorabilia and a reconstructed recording studio. For instance, if a record was released originally on Elektra, but the record shows Sundazed, then you will know that this is not an original, but a reissue. The song topped the US Billboard Country chart and hit No.17 on the Pop charts. Tiger man (king of the jungle) / Save that money (July 1953). Apart from that, Sun 231 by Charlie Feathers, another ultra-rare release from December 1955, also has push marks, as so do most earlier releases, unless they were large hits pressed out of town from the start, mainly for Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins., As an aside, Boija has some advice for those who might ignore Suns 78s, which are easily identified by their small center hole, the rooster logo above it, and the horizontal bar that reads RECORD COMPANY. Sun 45s, he says, were made from the poorest quality vinyl and were pressed with a groove width designed to handle the thicker 78 rpm stylus, as compared to the thinner Microgroove needle that was introduced with the LP format. So, when you play your Elvis 45s on modern equipment, Boija says, the result is whats known as the Sun hiss. Albums: Live at the El Mocambo, They Call Me Big Walter, The Blues Collection 69: Shuffle and Swing, The Soul of Blues Harmonica, Memphis Recordings 1951. RCA Records placed a half page ad in Billboard Magazine claiming that Elvis Presley was the new singing rage.. 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. Recorded March 11, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union Ave, Memphis Tn. Cry! 300 - 349, 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. It could be you have upgraded your copy, or you are trying to create space in your library, and you want to sell the duplicate, or it could be you want to make some money. In 2001, Paul McCartney appeared on a tribute compilation album titled Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records. 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. Studio boss Sam Phillips asked Presley to leave his phone number. That's up 51.4 percent from 27.55 million in 2020 and the 16th consecutive year vinyl album sales grew. This is the explanation for why genuine Sun releases from the 1950s can be originals both with and without push marks, but in the case of Elvis, push marks have become synonymous with being the real dealit takes both skill and experience to identify the genuine non-push marked originals. "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 . Harper Valley PTA, written by Tom T. Hall is released and immediately goes to top both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Song charts, marking Rileys success as an overnight sensation Sam Phillips received a Grammy Trustees Award for lifetime achievement. Editorial Reviews. The dead wax will reveal any secret you want to know about your record. If the record seems to be flashier than a standard album, then you have one right there. Recorded October 8 and 2, 1952, SUN studio, 706 Union Ave, Memphis Tn. The U-49 and U-50 matrix numbers and the vinyl trail-off etchings, Elvis Presley made his first recordings for RCA Records at The Methodist television, radio & TV Studios in Nashville. One of Perkins TV appearances with Cash was on the popular country series Hee Haw. I recently started collecting 45s produced by the Sun label (Memphis). Suns account number at Paramount was 72so if you see a 72 in the deadwax it came from Paramount. 2.1 Check The Appearance. Riley becomes first female vocalist to have her own major network variety special, Harper Valley U.S.A. Shelby Singleton acquired the Red Bird and Blue Cat labels in October of 1969. Chances are the sleeve of an original pressing, possibly from the late '70s will not be in the best condition. There were thousands of the Sun records there, plus unused labels and all the stampers (except the Elvis ones which RCA got when they got Elvis). The Moody Blues started on a "D" label in England. Check out for anything that looks abnormal about the record, including etched side, holographic labels, and die-cut sleeve, or colored sleeve. Got my application, baby / Trouble (will bring you down) (January 1953, 78 rpm only). Listed among his contemporaries and lab mates were Johnny Cash, the inimitable Jerry Lee Lewis, and the Rockin Guitar Man, Carl Perkins. Elvis Presley 1966 ' I'LL BE BACK ' ONE SIDED PROMO 45! Braitman, who gave us a fascinating interview about the British Invasion last summer, pointed me to a site called WorldLingo and this description of record manufacturing: Each stamper [the negative used in a hydraulic press to make the actual vinyl disc] was next centre punched; methods used included aligning the final locked groove over three pins or tapping the edge while rotating under the punch until the grooves could be seen (through a microscope) to move constantly towards the centre.. 78 rpm. 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). of "B" labels for every type of music you can imagine. [16], For the jazz rock label established by Frank Wright, see. Billy Lee Riley recorded Trouble Bound for Jack Clement and Slim Wallace. Recorded January, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union Ave, Memphis Tn. Davis, Hank. Part I: number 174 - 199, Press here for number: Make room in the life boat for me / Jesus means all to me The so-called Million Dollar Quartet impromptu jam session took place at Sun Studios in Memphis with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins. Jesse Knight (bs); Willie Sims (dms); Ike Turner (pno); C W Tate (tnr sax). Perkins wrote Movie Magg at the age of thirteen and was inspired from going to the movies on the weekends with his girlfriend, Maggie. Can post some pics. Sun record producer and engineer Jack Clement discovered and recorded Jerry Lee Lewis while Phillips was away on a trip to Florida in 1956. Jimmy DeBerry (gtr, B-side vocals); Walter Horton (hca, A-side); Houston Stokes (dms). "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 the originals, the last two digits are approximately inch from the . Current records, however, can have some of these things. The King's five original Sun Records 7s are up for sale on eBay in unrivalled condition. Sun Entertainment also includes SSS International Records, Plantation Records, Amazon Records, Red Bird Records, Blue Cat Records among other labels the company acquired over the years. He told the Daily Record: "We are still very angry about the awful conditions . 17 Feb. 2015. of his first (and only) SUN release. In the course of writing about Elvis Presley memorabilia the other day, I found myself spending a lot of time looking at Elvis Presley records, particularly the 45s and78s he cut at Sun Records for Sam Phillips. "Overlooked Sun Records Female Artists Finally Get their Day in the Sun." Elvis Presley made his second visit to the Memphis recording service and cut two songs onto a 10 acetate, Casual Love Affair and Ill Never Stand In Your Way. Elvis Presley signed a management contract with Colonel Tom Parker. Cash had plans of becoming a Memphis appliance salesman, he instead formed a band with Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant, and was signed to Sun Records a year later. Playing time approx. RCA Records purchased Elvis Presleys recording contract from Sam Phillips at Sun Records for an unprecedented sum of $35,000. Sadly, there are many that I will not own but I have repros of the ones that are extremely rare and if they come up the repros will be replaced by the originals. Other records after the second or third pressing have two letters and five number combinations, such as XY-12345. In a short while Sun gained the reputation throughout Memphis as a label that treated local artists with respect and honesty. Call me anything, but call me / Baby, no, no! Another valuable record from the Fab Four is a very special version of their White Album. The demand for this hit record, was so strong that out of town pressing 2.8 thou for standard 78s, 1939 to early 60s 04/1955 baby lets play house / im left, youre right, shes gone sun 217 / usa. remakes. Although it was not the first pressing, it must have been released early in the production of the album. 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