Janis and Elvis

one of the rarest and most sought-after record releases from the last half-century of elvis presley collectibles, south africa's 10" lp 'janis and elvis' was issued in 1958 through teal records, the company who had the local license to issue rca records in south africa at the time. featuring just four songs apiece from the two artists featured, the elvis selection was inexplicably drawn entirely from his sun recordings with scotty moore and bill black - specifically from his third and fourth sun singles from 1955 - while janis martin's tracks were gleaned from her second and fourth rca singles from 1956. amazingly, although it had formed half of her third release, janis's now famous early tribute to the hillbilly cat - 'my boy elvis' - was not even considered for inclusion on the lp....