ELVIS PRESLEY: THE BEST OF ELVIS 1957 HMV 10" LP 33 RPM EX+ 1st PRESS UK DLP1159

	£		76
	$		101

WELCOME AGAIN TO MY CONTINUING RECORD COLLECTION CLEAROUT.

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE VISUALLY GRADED AND THESE COME WITH A FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY JUST LET ME KNOW.

POSTAGE WILL BE £7.25 SPECIAL DELIVERY FOR THIS LP WITH DISCOUNTS FOR LARGER ORDERS.

THIS IS ONE OF A HUGE COLLECTION OF ELVIS PRESLEY STUFF I WILL BE LISTING. THERE ARE 45s, 78s, EPs & LPs TO GET THROUGH INCLUDING MANY ORIGINAL AND RARE ISSUES (GOLD HMV, TRI RCA, MINT CONDITION 78s, BLACK LABEL LPs ETC). 

MOST OF THE INFO IS IN THE LISTING TITLE AND PHOTO SO I WILL KEEP OTHER INFO BRIEF IN ORDER THAT I CAN LIST QUICKER. 

ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK.

HAPPY BIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

TITLE:  THE BEST OF ELVIS

YEAR:  1957

CAT NO:  DLP 1159

CONDITION (A/B SIDE):  EX(+)/EX+

LABEL MARKS:  NONE

OTHER INFO:  THE LAST ELVIS LP ON THE HMV LABEL AFTER HE MOVED TO RCA IN THE U.K. THIS IS A LOVELY COPY THAT WOULD GRACE ANY ELVIS COLLECTION AND SOUNDS FABULOUS.

THE SLEEVE IS THE ORIGINAL LAMINATED ONE MANUFACTURED BY W & W AND FEATURES THE TWIN HALF MOON FLIPBACKS. THERE IS A PIECE OF LAMINATE MISSING IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER ON THE FRONT AND A SMALL TEAR ON THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER WHICH HAS BEEN TAPED AND IS NOT GLARINGLY OBVIOUS. BARELY ANY RUBBING TO THE EDGES WITH NO SPLITS. THE SPINE IS UNDAMAGED AND NOT COMPRESSED AND IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AGAIN WITH NO SPLITS. THE BACK IS VERY CLEAN WITH JUST THE ODD TINY EDGE CREASE AND A FADED PRICE WRITTEN IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER. TINY BIT OF LAMINATE 'CHIPPING' TO THE OPENING EDGE AND VERY LIGHT FEATHERING.

THE RECORD ITSELF IS AN ABSOLUTELY LOVELY COPY THAT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS AS THESE LPs WERE USUALLY BOUGHT BY TEENAGERS AND PLAYED TO DEATH ON OLD INFERIOR EQUIPMENT AND, AS SUCH, SOUND AWFUL. THIS COPY HAS ONLY HAD VERY LIGHT USE AND THE PLAYBACK IS EXCELLENT. SIDE ONE HAS ONE LIGHT SURFACE LINE AND A COUPLE OF TINY SURFACE MARKS, NONE OF WHICH INTERFERE WITH THE PLAYBACK AT ALL. TO BE 100% HONEST THERE IS ONE ABSOLUTELY TINY NEEDLE MARK RIGHT AT THE VERY START OF THE ALBUM WHICH CAUSES A VERY QUIET TICK FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 4 OR 5 REVOLUTIONS BUT IT REALLY IS VERY MINOR AND I NEEDED A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO SEE IT. OTHERWISE THE ENTIRE SIDE PLAYS THROUGH WITHOUT FAULT. THERE IS BARELY ANY SURFACE NOISE AT ALL ON THE RUN IN OR BETWEEN TRACKS AND THE PLAYBACK IS LOUD AND CLEAR. NO REPETITIVE CLICKS OR POPS AND NO DISTORTION, JUST REALLY NICE SOUND. SIDE TWO HASN'T GOT ANY OBVIOUS MARKS AT ALL UNLESS YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSELY AND YOU WILL SEE JUST A COUPLE OF ULTRA FAINT SURFACE TRACES AND NOTHING ELSE. NO SCRATCHES OR NEEDLE MARKS AT ALL, JUST NICE SHINY VINYL. PLAYBACK IS SUPERB WITH BARELY ANY SURFACE NOISE AT ALL AND STRONG SOUND THROUGHOUT.

THIS RECORD SEEMS TO HAVE HAD VERY LIGHT USE ONLY AND IS A VERY RARE SURVIVOR FROM THE LATE 1950s. THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE ORIGINAL MONO VERSION SO ELVIS' VOICE COMES ACROSS LOUD AND CLEAR AND DOESN'T HAVE THAT HORRIBLE COMPRESSED ECHO EFFECT THAT THE LATER 'ELECTRONICALLY REPROCESSED STEREO' PRESSINGS HAD. THIS IS ELVIS HOW HE WAS MEANT TO SOUND.

WITH JUST A LITTLE LIGHT SLEEVE DAMAGE AND AN EX TO EX+ RECORD I THINK YOU WOULD STRUGGLE TO FIND A MUCH BETTER COPY THAN THIS. POSTAGE WILL BE SPECIAL DELIVERY TO PROVIDE 1 DAY TURNAROUND AND ADEQUATE INSURANCE.

GRADING INFORMATION:

MINT: NEW/SEALED

NEAR MINT: NO OBVIOUS MARKS. TINY SLEEVE REMOVAL LINES IN STRONG LIGHT

EXCELLENT PLUS: ONE OR TWO BARELY VISIBLE SURFACE LINES/MARKS ONLY

EXCELLENT: LIGHT SURFACE MARKS ONLY. NO SCRATCHES. NO AUDIBLE MARKS.

EXCELLENT MINUS: A FEW SURFACE MARKS AND POSSIBLY THE ODD ULTRA LIGHT HAIRLINE SCRATCH. NO AUDIBLE FLAWS.

VERY GOOD PLUS: LIGHT MARKS AND SOME VERY LIGHT HAIRLINE SCRATCHES ALTHOUGH NOTHING THAT WILL HAVE ANY MAJOR AUDIO IMPACT.

VERY GOOD: LIGHT MARKS AND SCRATCHES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A BIT OF SURFACE/BACKGROUND NOISE. USED BUT WITH NO MAJOR DEFECTS. WILL PLAY THROUGH FINE.

VERY GOOD MINUS: AUDIBLE SCRATCHES/MARKS BUT WILL PLAY THROUGH WITHOUT MAJOR ISSUE.

GOOD: WELL USED BUT PLAYABLE

FAIR: HEAVY MARKS. WILL PLAY BUT MAY STICK/JUMP.