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Johnny Cash Signs His First Record For His Brother-In-Law
One of the rarest, most unusual and historical items we’ve ever come across in 40 years of Cash collecting. We are proud to offer an original 1955 issue Sun 221 45 RPM with “Cry! Cry! Cry!” and “Hey Porter”. What makes this likely the most unique one in the world is that the young Johnny Cash, experiencing stardom for the very first time, gave his promotional copy of the record to Ray Liberto, brother of Cash’s wife Vivian and inscribed it “To Ray (scribble) Love, Johnny”. This 45 is actually one of a handful given to Cash by Sam Phillips when the record was first released. No other surviving copies owned by Johnny Cash are known to exist and the connection here is very, very special. Ray Liberto, who recently passed away, was a Texas-based musician himself who remained friendly with Johnny after the split with Vivian. The two men admired each other greatly and this was one of Ray’s prized possessions. A true museum- quality treasure. Accompanied by our Certificate of Authenticity.
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$7,500.00
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