Lot 1250: Elvis Presley "Elvis" Gold Record

A Gold Record "floater" presented to a longtime industry executive commemorating the sale of 500,000 copies of Elvis' RCA Victor album, cassette and CD entitled "Elvis", which was only the second album released by the king. Side one of "Elivs" features "Rip it Up", "Love Me", "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again", "Long Tall Sally", "First in Line", and "Paralyzed", and side two features "So Glad You're Mine", "Old Shep", "Ready Teddy", "Anyplace is Paradise", "How's the World Treating You?" and "How Do You Think I Feel". The album shot to the top of the Billboard pop charts in 1956 and stayed there for four weeks. NRMT.