This is it. Elvis Presley’s very first LP release on RCA records. It was March 1956, when LPM-1254 was released.
Mfg: RCA Victor Records
Catalog: LPM-1254
Title: Elvis Presley
Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: 3/56
Book Value: $500
COVER 1: Front: Black-and white Elvis photo is centered. RCA logo and number at upper right. “Elvis” at left in light pink. Back: Four black-and white Elvis photos. Number at upper right. Box of text at lower right explains “New Orthophonic Recordings,” “Blunted Needles,” and “Gruve/Gard.”
DISC 1: Black label, “Long Play” at bottom.
INNER SLEEVE 1: Generic RCA sleeve. No mention of Elvis or this LP.
Sources
Official Price Guide to Elvis Presley Memorabilia, Second Edition: August 1998, Jerry Osborne
Presleyana V, 2002, Jerry Osborne