ELVIS PRESLEY"HEARTBREAK HOTEL"/"ALL SHOOK UP"1958 RCA

	£		51
	$		68

ATTENTION SERIOUS RARE 78RPM RECORD and ELVIS PRESLEY COLLECTORS BUT ONLY IF IN THE UK AS I WILL NOT POST THIS RARE ITEM OUTSIDE THE UK!

A RARELY SEEN SHORT LIVED EIDTION FROM 1958!

"HEARTBREAK HOTEL"

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"ALL SHOOK UP"

RCA-1088 

THE ORIGINAL RECORDINGS BUT NOT THE COMMON HMV EDITIONS!

UP TO MID 1957,ALL ELVIS PRESLEY RELEASES CAME OUT IN THE UK ON THE HIS MASTERS VOICE LABEL ALTHOUGH IN THE USA THEY WERE ON RCA VICTOR.IN THE SUMMER OF 1957 RCA APPROACHED UK DECCA TO PRESS UP THEIR RECORDINGS ON THE CONDITION THAT THEY WOULD USE THE RCA LOGO AND PROVIDE A SEPERATE NUMBERING SYSTEM UNLIKE THE HMV ARRANGEMENT WHERE A VARIETY OF AMERICAN LABELS WOULD BE ON HMV ALONGSIDE BRITISH ARTISTS SUCH AS ALMA COGAN AND MAX BYGRAVES!!!

ONCE RCA GOT STARTED IN THE UK,ALL HMV ELVIS RECORDS WERE DELETED AND REISSUED ON DIFFERENT LPs AND EPs. JUST A COUPLE OF SINGLES REPACKAGED FOUR EARLIER HITS FOR THE SINGLES MARKET.A COUPLING OF BLUE SUEDE SHOES WITH HOUND DOG WAS ISSUED IN 1958 ALONGSIDE THIS PAIRING OF HEARTBREAK HOTEL,THE FIRST UK ELVIS SINGLE AND THE #1 OF JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THIS REISSUE,ALL SHOOK UP.

IT DIDN'T SELL VERY WELL AS THERE WAS A LOT OF NEW PRODUCT AROUND,DESPITE ELVIS BEING IN THE USA ARMY IN 1958,COLONEL TOM PARKER PLANNED A STOCKPILE OF RECORDINGS WHICH CAME OUT IN REGULAR INTERVALS, LEAVING THIS REISSUE GENERALLY IGNORED.

OF COURSE MOST FANS ALREADY HAD THE HMV EDITIONS OF THESE SINGLES AND THEY WERE OFTEN STILL IN THE SHOPS.

WHAT IS EVEN MORE EXCITING IS THAT THIS IS THE 78RPM VERSION WHICH BY 1958 WAS FAST BECOMING AN OUTDATED FORMAT.

78s WERE BY 1958 ONLY BEING PRESSED UP FOR THE MORE POPULAR ARTISTS AS THE DEMAND FOR 45s WAS FAR GREATER SO A POOR SELLER ON 45 WAS AN EVEN BIGGER FLOP ON DINOSAUR BRITTLE 10" 78!!!!

BY 1959 MANY 78 EDITIONS WERE NOT GENERALLY STOCKED BY SHOPS WITH SPECIAL ORDERS FOR THOSE FOLK IN AREAS WITHOUT MAINLAND ELECTRICITY SUCH AS THE HEBRIDES,THE ISLE OF MAN AND REMOTE TINY VILLAGES ALONGSIDE THOSE COFFEE BAR OWNERS WITH JUKEBOXES THAT ONLY PLAYED 78s(YES!! THEY COULD STILL BE FOUND WELL INTO THE EARLY 1960s IN SOME COFFEE BARS).

ADD TO THAT THE VERY NATURE OF THESE FRAGILE DISCS AND THE HEAVY CLUMSY ROCK CRUSHING PICK UPS OR EVEN WIND UP GRAMOPHONES THAT WOULD GRIND ANY 78 INTO A WHITER SHADE OF PALE WITHIN A FEW PLAYS+THE SHEER EASY RISK OF BREAKAGE, IT IS NO WONDER A 78RPM SUCH AS THIS FROM TOWARD THE END OF THE ERA,WHICH BARELY SOLD MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED COPIES TURNS UP AT ALL!

SINCE THE MID 1980s AS A DEALER I HAVE HANDLED HUNDREDS OF ELVIS 78s BUT I CAN ONLY RECALL A COUPLE OF COPIES OF THIS ISSUE COMING MY WAY AND THEY WERE BOTH AT LEAST 10 YEARS AGO!

THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION ONE OF THE HARDEST OF ALL THE UK ROCK AND ROLL/ELVIS PRESLEY 78s!

IT BARELY SOLD AND GOT LITTLE EXPOSURE RESULTING IN ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE UK RCA LABEL PRESSINGS OF TWO GREAT ELVIS PRESLEY FORMER HITS! 

HOW MANY SURVIVE OVER 50 YEARS LATER ??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

MOST COPIES HAVE NOW ENDED UP IN LONG TERM COLLECTORS COLLECTIONS AND ARE GETTING LESS FREQUENT ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE IN 2009!!!

NOT A DODGY REPRO AS MAY EXIST

THIS IS A GENUINE UK 78!!

 HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL LOCAL DEALERS CARDBOARD COVER!!!!

HENRY JARVIS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DEPARTMENT STORES IN NORWICH,CLOSING IN THE MID 1970s.

THE ORIGINAL BROWN PAPER COVER ALSO SUPPLIED.

THIS 78 HAS SOME SURFACE MARKS  AND LIGHT SCUFFS BUT NO DEEP SCRATCHES,JUMPS,STICKS OR CRACKS!!

ON THE RIM EDGE THERE IS A TINY CHIP THAT IS RIGHT ON THE VERY EDGE OF ONE SIDE BEFORE THE RUN IN GROOVE STARTS-IT IS SO TINY,MOST DEALERS WOULD NOT MENTION IT

BOTH SIDES PLAY FINE AND IN EXCELLENT SOUND QUALITY. NO DISTORTION-THE GROOVE WEAR IS MINIMAL UNLIKE MOST OF THE ERA! 

JUST A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE AS TYPICAL OF SHELLAC!

(MORE DETAILS BELOW)!!!

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A VERY NICE 78 OF ELVIS TO TREASURE OR MAYBE FRAME UP-THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!

AN ELVIS 78 IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY ELVIS COLLECTION!

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN DREADFUL CONDITION.

A 100% FLAT DISC!!! NO WARPS!

CLEAN LABELS!!

IN THE MANY YEARS I HAVE BEEN A DEALER AND COLLECTOR,I HAVE ONLY EVER LOCATED A COUPLE OF COPIES BEFORE,BOTH WERE NOT AS GOOD CONDITION!

THIS ONE WOULD LOOK GREAT FRAMED UP!

JUST LOOK AT MY PHOTOS!

A TOP LABEL TO ENJOY FOR HOURS WITH IT'S SILVER PRINT!  

AN ELITE ITEM FOR ANY RARE 78s COLLECTOR!

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD EXPERTS/DEALERS.  

TIME FOR A LITTLE ABOUT ME! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED DEALER,  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE!! 

DECCA PRESSED 1958 ORIGINAL 

RCA 1088.

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR CONDITION-THIS ONE IS IN STRICTLY GRADED NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH A SOME FINE SURFACE MARKS/LIGHT SCUFFS IN STRONG LIGHT AND A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE AT HIGH VOLUME.

THESE 1950s TRACKS WERE CUT LOUD WITH PLENTY OF BASS! 

NO CLICKS/NO STICKS!/NO JUMPS!  

THESE 78s WERE USUALLY PLAYED A LOT AT PARTIES ON AUTOCHANGERS/HEAVY PICKUPS WITH DAMAGED STYLI SO OFTEN LEFT OUT OF THE COVER,BADLY TREATED OR EVEN THROWN OUT,BROKEN AFTER USE!

IN 1958,HARDLY ANY BUYERS THOUGHT LONG TERM INVESTMENT OR WANTED 78s!!!!

The Mono mixes are brilliant and full of bass.

Many say SHELLAC is still the best way to hear 1950s ELVIS!  

A FANTASTIC ITEM AND ULTRA RARE IN 2009!

GREAT INVESTMENT FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING RECORD EXPERTS! 

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

I HAVE PLAYED IT TWICE TO CHECK FOR ANY FAULTS.

There is NO spindle wear.  

THE PRINT IS STILL CLEAR TO READ.

Look elsewhere on ebay and MIGHT see another copy-Look closer and you will find they are often FAKES,reissues or lower grade copies with all manner of faults.

USUALLY COPIES AVAILABLE AS HIGH PRICED BUY IT NOW DEALS! 

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

This is A POSSIBLE UPGRADER COPY-EXAMINE YOURS AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!

AT WORSE AND IN THE STRICTNESS OF POTENTIAL BUYERS, THE DISC IS IN A VERY STRONG,NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION. FAR BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLES USE OF THE "EXCELLENT"GRADING BUT IT IS DOWN TO MY STRICT GRADING POLICY.   

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTOS! 

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!

Realistic  £50 STARTING price with no annoying reserve. BUY IT NOW OFFERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED! 

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF 78 RPM HISTORY. A GREAT INVESTMENT! 

Postage is £4 SPECIAL DELIVERY 1ST CLASSS AND BOXED- SOLID PACKING WITH PLENTY OF PACKING AND SOME ADDITIONAL RECORDS TO PROTECT-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK FOR PROOF! YOU WILL GET IT IN FINE SHAPE!!

DUE TO ONE OF THE MANY INSANE AND ANNOYING EBAY TERMS AND CONDITIONS, I CANNOT CHARGE MORE THAN £4 FOR SPECIAL DELIVERY BUT BASED ON MY PACKING IT WILL BE NEARER TO £7 SO BEAR THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU BID-YOU WON'T GET A TINY PACKET OR SMALL BOX JUST TO KEEP THE COST DOWN-I HAVE A LARGE BOX CRAMMED WITH STURDY PACKING MATERIAL READY THAT IS BIG ENOUGH TO HOUSE A BABY!!! 

CHEQUE WILL NEED TIME TO CLEAR BEFORE DELIVERY.

PLEASE NOTE I WILL NOT POST THIS ITEM OUTSIDE THE UK AS IT IS TOO RISKY AND I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OR NEED THE STESS OR THE POTENTIAL LIES OF ARRIVING BROKEN. 

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DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU INTEND TO PAY.Feedback always left. BE AWARE!!!! NON PAYERS AND TIMEWASTERS WILL BE DEALT WITH AND REPORTED TO EBAY AS WELL AS CIRCULATED VERBALLY AND BY EMAIL TO MY MANY DEALER AND COLLECTOR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

Checkout my power seller status and my own feedback of OVER 9000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BUY with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my  ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.

I HAVE BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 WITH OVER 7 YEARS ON EBAY.

I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GLOWING STATEMENTS! 

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings  by prior email arrangement. over 7 YEARS ON EBAY and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY!

A VITAL PART OF ANY ELVIS COLLECTION!

I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.

MANY MORE TOP ITEMS TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS!

KEEP WATCHING IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!!!!!!