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Saturday 17 July 1999 23:02 BST
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Elvis Presley cut his first record on 6 July 1954. On guitar that day, and on the King's other early hits, was Scotty Moore. Now Gibson has designed a guitar in his honour, which the 67-year-old legend promoted last week with a visit to George Martin's Air Studio in London

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