Third Man Records, in conjunction with Sony Music Entertainment and the Sun Label Group, have announced their 59th Vault package as Elvis Presley at 706 Union Ave: The Sun Singles 1954-55. Celebrating the seventieth anniversary of these recordings, this collection includes all five of Presley’s original 7-inch 45rpm singles on Sun in reproduced form, pressed in yellow and black marble colored vinyl.

Additionally, a bonus 7-inch EP of four Elvis songs recorded at Sun which didn’t see release until later are collected in a picture sleeve and pressed on yellow and black “sun ray” splattered vinyl. 

To ass to the set, Third Man has included two linen-style postcards in the box, one depicting the classic facade of the Sun storefront and the other showing sound absorbing acoustic tile. Also added here is a name-tag styled patch inspired by Presley’s truck-driving job at Crown Electric, showing the titular hook of Elvis’ first A-side. Lastly, there’s a milled nickel 45 adaptor, featuring the iconic rooster of Sun Records which appeared on all those early singles.

Third Man have also announced that one lucky customer will receive a package that contains original 1950s pressings of ALL FIVE Elvis Presley singles on Sun. You can order now through January 31st at www.thirdmanrecords.com/vault. Packages begin shipping in April.

The songs recorded by Elvis Presley at Sun Studio survive as a the inspirational beginning of Rock and Roll and its antecedents as a cultural phenomenon. From “That’s All Right” from July 1954 through “Mystery Train” of just one year later, the five singles were produced by Sam Phillips with Scotty Moore and Bill Black on guitar and bass.

Peter Guralnick writes:

If Elvis Presley had never made another record after his last Sun session in the fall of 1955, there seems little question that his music would have achieved much the same mythic status as Robert Johnson’s blues. The body of his work at Sun is so transcendent, so fresh, and so original that even today you can scarcely listen to it in relation to anything but itself. Like all great art its sources may be obvious, but its overall impact defies explanation.

ELVIS PRESLEY AT 706 UNION AVE:

THE SUN SINGLES 1954-55

TRACK LIST:

Disc one:

That’s All Right b/w Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Disc two:

I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine b/w Good Rockin’ Tonight

Disc three:

Milkcow Blues Boogie b/w You’re A Heartbreaker

Disc four: 

I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone b/w Baby, Let’s Play House

Disc five: 

Mystery Train b/w I Forgot To Remember To Forget

Bonus EP:

Blue Moon – Just Because b/w Trying To Get To You – When It Rains, It Really Pours