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For the last 35 years, Graham Knight has had in his possession the masters for Elvis's first ever record and for his last record at Sun Studios. In November 1998, Knight found out that a record he bought in Memphis in 1968 is actually the original master of Elvis Presley's first ever record. "That's All Right Mama". It was recorded on July 5th 1954 by Sam C. Phillips at the Sun Studios, 706 Union Avenue, Memphis and was originally released as Sun 209 on July 19th 1954.

"Some American fans have been giving me a lot of hassle about keeping them for so long," Knight said. "So I have put them up for sale by auction! For years I have been hoping to swap them both for a single master by Jerry Lee Lewis but none have turned up."

The Elvis master will be part of the Jimi Hendrix – Rock Legends auction in London on February 20, 2003, at the Cooper Owen Auction Gallery. http://tinyurl.com/5if0

Meanwhile, another interesting Elvis item is up for auction on eBay. Elvis Presley's "Milk Cow Blues Boogie" RCA 45 Acetate was created around 1955 at the time that Elvis Presley was moving from Sun to RCA. Forever Vinyl's president Scott Neuman said it's an acetate cut from the original Sun tapes for RCA, made by an RCA engineer. The eBay auction ends today, February 9.

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