Elvis Presley Rock and Roll No. 2 Mega rare LP
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ORIGINAL MONO MIX 1957 1ST EMI/HIS MASTER'S VOICE PRESSING OF THE 2ND UK ELVIS PRESLEY LP: "ROCK'N'ROLL No.2"
THIS IS THE VERY EARLIEST PRESSING
NO OTHER PRESSING EXISTS BEFORE THIS ONE
ONE OF THE VERY FIRST OFF THE UK PRINT RUN!!!!
EMI PRESSED HMV CLP 1105.
REALLY NICE LABELS AND NO SPINDLE WEAR
I’VE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER OF THIS WONDERFUL RECORD SINCE THE FIFTIES AND I’VE TAKEN CARE OF IT.
(THE STRANGE MARKS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RECORD ARE JUST MY REFLECTION AS I TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH.)
THERE ARE SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND A FEW MINOR SCRATCHES (NOT DEEP) WITH A FEW TINY, SHORT LIVED CLICKS BUT GENERALLY THE SOUND IS TERRIFIC AND THE ACTUAL SURFACE NOISE IS MINIMAL TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE AGE.
MOST OTHER COPIES THAT HAVE SURVIVED ARE UNPLAYABLE.
THE VINYL IS FLAT WITH NO WARPS OR DENTS
THE SLEEVE IS COMPLETE (MOST HAVE CHUNKS MISSING)
THE CARD THEY USED WAS WAFER THIN AND ALTHOUGH THE BOTTOM FOLDOVER HAS SOME DAMAGE IT’S BEEN GLUED BACK INTO POSITION. THIS IS REMARKABLY LITTLE DAMAGE FOR A RECORD THAT’S NEARLY 60 YEARS OLD AND PROVES THAT THE COVER DID WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO – IT PROTECTED THE RECORD!
THE RECORD IS ALSO PROTECTED BY THE ORIGINAL TRANSPARENT PLASTIC SLEEVE
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A VERY RARE ELVIS LP -THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!
THIS WAS AN EARLY AND VERY LIMITED 1ST EDITION AND NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH LATER ISSUES – THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HMV LABEL. THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THESE AROUND NOW AND I DOUBT THERE ARE ANY IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION.
IT’S AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY ELVIS PRESLEY COLLECTION!
SOME HISTORY: - THE UK CONTRACT FOR ELVIS PRESLEY RECORDINGS LASTED LESS THAN TWO YEARS WITH EMI's H.M.V. LABEL.
THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN EARLY 1957 AND DELETED ONLY A FEW MONTHS, I REPEAT A FEW MONTHS, NOT EVEN A YEAR LATER!!!!!
IT IS MUCH, MUCH HARDER TO FIND THAN THE FIRST LP, WHICH ACTUALLY SOLD BETTER, PROBABLY DUE TO HAVING "BETTER KNOWN" SONGS ON IT, WHICH OF COURSE IS HARD TO BELIEVE IN 2010, BUT BACK IN 1957, ONLY A FEW ELVIS SONGS WERE PLAYED ON THE BBC OR RADIO LUXEMBOURG!
IT WOULD CHANGE ONLY WHEN RCA TOOK OVER A FEW MONTHS LATER IN MID-1957.
RCA DECIDED TO SWITCH TO DECCA IN MID 1957, WHO WERE HAPPY TO START UP A SEPARATE RCA LABEL RESULTING IN THE H.M.V. ISSUES TO BE DELETED LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER RELEASE!
DON'T BE CONFUSED BY THE MANY "BOOTLEG" REISSUES COPYING THE H.M.V. LABEL. THEY WON’T EVER INCREASE MUCH IN VALUE AND ARE MERELY NOVELTY ITEMS!
THIS IS THE GENUINE ARTICLE!
MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN A DREADFUL AND UNPLAYABLE CONDITION.
IN 1957, SO OFTEN THE EQUIPMENT USED WOULD RUIN ANY DELICATE L.P. DISC WITHIN JUST A COUPLE OF PLAYS!
EVEN 78 RPM NEEDLES WERE SOMETIMES USED!
YOU CANNOT BEAT SEEING THAT GREAT ‘HIS MASTER'S VOICE’ LABEL SPINNING ON YOUR RECORD DECK!
THIS IS THE THICK PRESSING – SO DIFFERENT FROM THE THINNER REISSUE PRESSINGS OF A FEW YEARS LATER ON THE RCA LABEL. THIS LP WAS PRESSED WITHIN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF ISSUE IN 1957 WHEN ELVIS WAS JUST STARTING TO GO TOTALLY GLOBAL IN POPULARITY!
THIS IS A RARE CHANCE TO ACQUIRE THIS COLLECTOR’S ITEM
I'LL POST IT OFF TO YOU (UK ONLY) THE SAME DAY YOUR PAYMENT GOES INTO MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT.
I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BIDDING
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