RECORDMECCA, a Web site for high-end collectible records and music memorabilia, is selling Elvis Presley's first-ever agency contract for $40,000. The previously unknown contract is one of the rarest Presley documents ever to come on the market. The contract is dated January 31, 1956
the day after he recorded "Blue Suede Shoes," and 3 days after his first national television appearance. It was so early in Presley's career that the agency's typist mis-spelled his first name, which had to be corrected.
Other rarities offered in RECORDMECCA'S new "One of a Kind" section include Jimi Hendrix's own love-beads, a copy of the Beatles first record (recording as Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers), a program from Bob Dylan's 1961 first-ever concert and a guitar owned by blues legend Howlin' Wolf.
Prices on the site range from $125 for a Jimi Hendrix concert poster to $40,000 for the Presley contract. RECORDMECCA, based in Venice, Califirnia, is operated by former Warner Bros. Records Executive Vice President /General Manager, Jeff Gold, a longtime collector and appraiser on VH1's "Rock Collectors" show. http://www.recordmecca.com
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