ELVIS PRESLEY - ELVIS PRESLEY LP - ITALIAN IMPORT, RARE

	£		65
	$		86

ELVIS PRESLEY - ELVIS PRESLEY LP

1956 RARE ITALIAN IMPORT (RCA ITALIANA)

LABEL: A12P 0031

MATRIX: Side 1 - 2E6VP-2488

MATRIX: Side 2 - 2E6VP-2489

This is an Italian released LP on the RVA Italiana Label

Elvis Presley is the first album of Elvis Presley. The 33 rpm was published in Italy by the Italian RCA on 13 March 1956 with catalog number A12P 0031, was reissued the following year with a new catalog number (LPM 1254). In Britain the album was released as Rock'n'Roll

Track List:-

Side A:

1. Blue Suede Shoes
2. I'm Counting on You
3. I got a Woman
4. One Sided Love Affair
5. I Love You Because
6. Just Because

Side B:

7. Tutti Frutti
8. Trying to Get to You
9. I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
10. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin)
11. Blue Moon
12. Money Honey

QUALITY

I have rated the quality of this LP as Fairly as possible. See guideline at bottom of this page.

COVER

GOOD - Has the normal obvious signs of wear around all 4 edges and corners. The bottom edge has split and has a strip of celotape accross it. The rear of the cover is all readable (apart from it being in italian). There is a blue pen mark on the top of the rear cover. I have provided photos of both sides of the cover to help.

LABELS

The labels on both sides of the record are very good, no rips or sticky label marks.

All readable with just the normal centre spindle wear marks.

RECORD

GOOD - The record has been played a lot but still plays very well now. Has normal wear and tear surface marks and scratched for its age. There are no really deep scratches to make it unplayable. I have photographed both sides of the vinyl so that you can see for yourself.

There is no Inner paper sleeve.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Album's Grading/Condition

These are the grading guidelines used and are based on Goldmine Grading for Records

MINT (M): Perfect! This record looks like it has just left the manufacturer, with NO flaws what so ever. It looks as though it had never been handled. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains. No stickers address labels, writing on the covers or labels. No tears or seam splits. No wear to the cover or record period! Age of the record has nothing to do with it.

NEAR MINT or NM, M- : this record appears virtually flawless A very minor scuff and very little else can appear on the vinyl. It should play without any noise over the flaw. The flaw is very hard to see. The cover looks as close to perfect with only minor signs of wear and or age. Minor impressions to the cover (due to the outer edge of the vinyl resting inside) may be acceptable, however the artwork is be as close to perfect as can be.

EXCELLENT or EX or VG++ : minor scuffs which are only slightly visible. There may be more than a few scuffs and NO Scratches COVER: Artwork is still as close to perfect as can be. Some impression to the cover (minor outer ring wear) but no ink wear! Some slight creases to the corners, but not wrinkled and obtrusive to the eye. The corners can show white (where the artwork pasted slick was) meaning, slight wear. No seam splits or writing on the cover or taped repairs can make this grade.

VERY GOOD PLUS or VG+ record shows wear, surface scuffs. The vinyl still has a great luster, but the flaws will be noticeable to the naked eye. If the flaws don't cause any surface noise, the vinyl can still make the VG+ grade. COVERS: A virtually clean cover, but may have small writing on it.The artwork looks clean with slightly more aging. The back of the cover usually gives away the age of the cover. Flat white paper will be somewhat yellow yet no stains or mildew from water damage. Some minor wear to the seams or spine, but no tears or holes popping through. The corners will be slightly dog eared yet no crackly bends, defacing the artwork. In essence, a VG+ cover should have no more than 3 flaws mentioned.

VERY GOOD or VG: this record is a record that is good enough. They are not really going to look very good, but it will STILL play very good. there will almost always be some surface noise when they are played. The Dynamics should still be excellent, overpowering the surface noise. A VG record will appear well have been played but still have some luster. VG covers will look worn, used. There may be some seam splitting . There will be some ring wear, where the ink has begun to wear off. Giving the cover a look of snow falling. If the artwork looks snowy all over, it is less than VG condition. There may be some writing on the cover (still, no Large letters in magic marker). It will look aged and more yellowish due to contamination's in the air (sometimes looking like cigarette smoke). Still it should be decent.

GOOD or G A good record will look very well played, dull, grayish and possibly abused. However a Good record should still play. It will have distracting surface noise. Such as crackle that is continuous or some hiss. Will also have some loss of dynamics caused from grooves being worn. It should play without any skips or any obtrusively loud pops or repeated clicks, caused by deep scratches. Good means that it will play with some form of decency, so one can still enjoy the music even though you can still hear noise caused from the wear. A Good cover will have just about everything wrong with it. It will have seam splits (possibly taped repaired, but only with scotch tape. No duct tape or masking tape repairs. These are big turn offs. May have magic marker writing on the cover but still if they are in huge letters, it is a big turn off.In essence, the cover will looked virtually trashed, but some artwork will still be noticed. If the artwork is worn, it is POOR and the cover is worthless.

On a scale from 1 (Poor) to 10 (Perfect) the above gradings are equivalent to:
MINT - 10, Near Mint - 8, Excellent - 7, Very Good Plus - 6 , Very Good - 5 , Good - 2