Record Details
| Artist: | Elvis Presley |
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| Title: | Elvis Presley | Bobbie’s original 1956 record |
| Format: | 12" |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Cat No: | LPM-1254 |
| Released: | 23 Mar 1956 |
| Country: |  |
| Genres: | Rock & RollRockabilly |
| Condition | Fair+ |
| Status | Have |
| Added To List | 1st May 2026 |
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No Notes | |
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A Matrix: G2 PP1282-9S |
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B Matrix: G2 PP1283-9S |
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Additional Information
| Comments | Gifted to me by Bobbie Oldfield. Long Play on label. Green logo box at upper right on cover."NEW ORTHOPHONIC" HIGH FIDELITYis centered on label under Nipper. Elvis Presley is his debut studio album, released by RCA Victor on March 23, 1956.The album spent ten weeks at number one on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in 1956, the first rock and roll album ever to make it to the top of the charts, and the first million-selling album of that genre.In 2003 and 2012, it was ranked number 56 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,and at number 332 in a 2020 revised list Elvis Presley was also one of three Presley albums to receive accolades in the reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was certified gold on November 1, 1966, and platinum on August 8, 2011, by the Recording Industry Association of America. |
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