ELVIS PRESLEY Elvis' Golden Records - RARE Taiwan 10-LP Box 50s-70s BEAUTIFUL NM
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This is a very rare Taiwanese only release of a 10-LP retrospective of the "best of" Elvis, using the old Elvis' Golden Records cover for convenience...
...these Taiwanese pressings are very rare and very strange. With no concern for copyright or legality, they pressed their "western" records using US, UK or Japanese LPs to make new masters and from which to copy covers. They were pressed by small companies in Taiwan (or Formosa), in extremely limited numbers (usually between 100 and 500) for the Chinese market, where western music was officially banned, so they were sold on a semi-black market. They had to be pressed outside of China proper to avoid certain legal complications. It was also illegal to export them out of the country, so the only way they got out was from US servicemen who bought them there and then brought them back when they returned from overseas duty. Most of the time the front covers are poor quality copies just doctored from official releases. Many back covers are different or will have the lyrics printed, some with errors and typos. The US record company logo on the cover will be replaced by the Chinese one. They are pressed on poor quality vinyl which plays with some static, even when new and mint.
Anyhow... This set was released some time in the 70s and includes repressings of a number of albums: On Stage, That's the Way it Is, Blue Hawaii, Love Letters from Elvis, Roustabout, Speedway, and a few volumes of the Golden Hits albums.
This copy appears barely played, if ever. I suspect maybe the first disc was played once or twice and the rest has never been touched. All the discs are mint. Bear in mind these are cheap pressings and do not have audiophile sound. They sound great, but there is often some light static, even when new. The box has only light shelfwear and signs of age. All the corners are intact and the spine fully readable. A few light scuffs is all. Just a beautiful copy. Very rare, especially in this incredible condition.
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