ELVIS PRESLEY 1956 ROCK N ROLL no.1 HMV LP 1st PRESS
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ELVIS PRESLEY 'ROCK N ROLL no.1' LP
1956 HMV label CLP 1093
GENUINE FIRST PRESSING
VERY EARLY MATRIX NUMBERS:
SIDE 1 = 2 XAV 255-1N (1 @ 9 AND GA @ 3)
SIDE 2 = 2 XAV 255-1N (12 @ 9 AND GM @ 3)
GENUINE FIRST PRESSING OCTOBER 1956 AS EVIDENCED BY:
REAR SLEEVE HAS 'HMV' LOGO TO BOTTOM CENTRE (LATER WERE BOTTOM LEFT) AND 'WRW' IS BOTTOM RIGHT (LATER HAD 'WOOD ROZELAAR').
TRACK 6 SIDE ONE HAS 'MONEY HONEY' (STONE) (WALDEN MUSIC) WHILST LATER PRESSINGS HAVE 'MONEY HONEY' (STONE) (ABERBACH,MCPS,NCB).
THE 54 YEARS OLD VINYL GRADES EASILY AS EX/EX+.
IT HAS THE ODD VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARK BUT THE OVERALL CONDITION IS FINE WITH LOADS OF GLOSS. PLAYBACK IS BRILLIANT!!
YOU WILL SELDOM FIND ONE IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION!
THE LABELS ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITH NO TEARS OR WRITING etc.
THE INNER SLEEVE IS THE ORIGINAL AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. VERY CLEAN AND NO TEARS OR WRITING etc.
THE OUTER SLEEVE IS THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED ONE OF VERY THIN CARDBOARD. IT IS MOST UNUSUAL NOT TO FIND ONE WHICH IS TORN OR INCOMPLETE IN SOME WAY. NO WRITING.
- FRONT OF SLEEVE: SOME INEVITABLE GENERAL CREASING AND RINGWEAR AND BUMPING TO THE CORNERS DUE TO AGE, A LOCALISED SMALL TEAR THROUGH THE SPINE approx. 1/4" long some 2" from the bottom front of the sleeve (rear of sleeve not torn).
- REAR OF SLEEVE: SLIGHT LIFTING OF LAMINATE TO BOTTOM CORNER NEAR SPINE BUT NOT DETACHED IN ANY WAY. SOME LOCALISED MINOR TEARS TO BOTTOM FLIPBACK AROUND THE 'HALF MOON' AND TO EACH END AND SOME VERY SMALL PORTIONS MISSING.
- OPENING EDGE OF SLEEVE: A NARROW STRIP OF OLD SELOTAPE TO MOST OF FRONT EDGE (BUT NOT THAT CONSPICUOUS), SELOTAPE MARK TO REAR EDGE BUT NO SELOTAPE PRESENT.
- SPINE OF SLEEVE: THE WRITING IS INTACT BUT RUBBING HAS AFFECTED THE LEGIBILITY OF 'ROCK N ROLL'.
OVERALL THE 54 YEARS OLD SLEEVE GRADES AS VG+
THIS IS A VERY COLLECTABLE FIRST PRESS OF THIS ICONIC LP IN A WAY ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITION. DON'T MISS OUT. LOW START BID.
ANY GLARE ON PICS IS FROM CAMERA FLASH.
UK POSTAGE COST IS FOR 'RECORDED DELIVERY'.
OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING FOR POSTAGE COSTS.
THANKS FOR LOOKING.
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