ELVIS ROCK AND ROLL LP HMV LABEL CLP 1093 - PLASTIC SLEEVE (NO ORIG) G++ OR VG-
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THIS IS ELVIS PRESLEY WITH 'ROCK AND ROLL' (ALSO KNOWN AS ROCK AND ROLL No. 1). IT IS ON THE HMV LABEL No. CLP 1093. NO ORIGINAL OUTER SLEEVE. I BELIEVE THIS WAS HIS FIRST STUDIO LP AND IT DATES FROM AROUND 1956. THE MATRIX Nos. ON THIS COPY ARE 2XAV 255 1N-1-GR AND 2XAV 256 1N-1-H. THE EMBOSSED TAX CODE IS RT.
RIGHT OH....BAD POINTS.... FIRST OFF...... THERE IS NO OUTER SLEEVE, BUT A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC JACKET IS WITH IT. SECOND..........IT IS REALLY MARKED ALL OVER BOTH SIDES WITH LIGHT SURFACE SCUFFS AND RUBS. ONE OF THE PICS GIVES THE GENERAL IDEA..THOUGH IT'S HARD TO CONVEY THE OVERALL PICTURE. IF YOU THINK 'MARKED ALL OVER', THAT'S BEST. THIRD..............THE LABELS ARE FAINTER IN THE MIDDLE BIT THAN THE PICS INDICATE....THE FLASH HAS IMPROVED THEM A BIT.
NOW GOOD POINTS....... FIRSTLY IT PLAYS UNBELIEVABLY WELL FOR IT'S AGE, ALSO GIVEN THE SURFACE SCUFFING. THERE IS JUST A LIGHT BACKGROUND WHICH IS HIDDEN IN MOST OF THE MUSIC. SECOND......THERE IS ONLY ONE SOUNDING MARK THAT I COULD DETECT - THERE IS A FAULT JUST INTO TRACK 5 ON SIDE 2. IT HAS TICKS FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS OR SO......BUT IT PLAYS STRAIGHT THROUGH THIS WITH NO SKIPS OR JUMPS. THIRD THE SOUND IS REALLY GOOD, WITH NO PARTICULAR WEAR THAT I COULD DETECT. THAT'S PLAYED ON MY HIGH END SYSTEM.
CONCLUSION.....THIS IS A SOUGHT-AFTER RECORD THAT LOOKS FAR WORSE THAN IT SOUNDS. I WOULD GRADE THIS LP GOOD++ (IT MIGHT QUALIFY AS VG- BUT LETS BE SAFE.
AS SOMEONE ELSE HAS POINTED OUT 'I GOTTA WOMAN' ON SIDE 1 IS TITLED AS 'I GOTTA SWEETIE' .....
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