26th July 1954, Monday
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silverwings
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Re: 26th July 1954, Monday
- Elvis signed a formal contract with Sun Records,
which must be countersigned once again by his parents.
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Re: 26th July 1954, Monday
Looks like Elvis didn't sign it...
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Re: 26th July 1954, Monday
Dont think he could Colin, I think he had to have his parents sign on his behalf totally, even having to acknowledge and sign that Elvis had an understanding of what he was entering into, not just that he was agreeing to the terms.
I always was under the impression, probably due to UK more than the US, that his parents countersigned along side of Elvis' signature, but maybe not.
I'm sure Elvis signed the RCA contract though, didn't he?
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Re: 26th July 1954, Monday
Thank you for your reply, I've noticed myself the missing signature, I even thought it is a fake contract...
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Re: 26th July 1954, Monday
Well, there's a place on the form for his signature & it's blank !
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Re: 26th July 1954, Monday
Well I'm out of suggestions.
As a tweak to what I said above maybe it was optional because it had no legal status.
You could sign or not sign just so long as your parents sign. Maybe Elvis wasn't there when his parents signed but when the contract was drawn up they didn't know he wasn't going to be there.
When it came to the RCA contract maybe they just preferred their acts to sign whether or not they didn't legally have to.
The only other thing I thought if was other Sun recording acts - what do their contracts look like? I'm asking to see if the y differ enough that this could just be a fan made forgery.
Other than that maybe we'll never know.
(Why did Phillips draw a contract up after he'd had the record pressed? What if Elvis, or Vernon and Gladys, had said "No"?)
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