Elvis Presley JAPAN 45 ALL SHOOK UP (VICTOR) 1957 VERY RARE

	£		58
	$		77

DESCRIPTION & CONDITION Here's a rare one! I think this was released in late 1957 and is a typical Japanese 45 release from the time with just a flimsy paper insert - which is in very nice condition with just a very small tear on the left hand side. On the reverse of this insert are the lyrics to both songs - in English and Japanese (if you're feeling adventurous). I should note that the B side isn't Elvis at all; it's a singer called Julius La Rosa and he's singing a version of a decent pop-rocker called Mama Guitar. It's not the worst version you'll ever hear... He also starred in the 1958 Rock 'n' Roll flick, Let's Rock - which didn't rock very much at all, as it turns out. The best bit in the whole film is Wink Martindale singing All Love Broke Loose. The entire film, in very good quality, is on youtube, if you fancy boring yourself to death one night.  The record looks and plays beautifully - some minor crackles but this is a super copy of an extremely rare record. I've put the vinyl into an Elvis repro sleeve just because I bought some years ago and have never used them. I think they're based on the German releases but I'm probably wrong about that... Anyway, I thought it was appropriate and looks cool. I've seen this listed for any between £150 and $600! I'm starting the bidding low but this is a really cool record and I expect a lot of interest in it. Good luck if you're going to bid - you won't see this come up for sale very often!  
A major benefit here is I have cleaned this 45 on a Moth Vacuum record cleaner and therefore all the years of dirt have been cleaned away. 
The 45 has a polythene cover inside the sleeve to protect the record from paper scuffs. It also has a polythene cover to protect the repro sleeve! 
POSTAGE DETAILS I will stick to the postage details as described via eBay as it's mandatory to select one in order to get the record listed - so it's listed as 2nd class postage and described as a small package. However... If a record sells for a decent price, I will send it out first class, registered, and up to the value you paid for it. I will pay the extra postage, I hope that's fair. So you'll only pay what's listed as the price. We both have to know it's been sent out with the utmost protection so we get compensated (in a fair and just world) should anything go wrong...
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GENERAL INFO I've been collecting 1950's Rock 'n' Roll/Rockabilly and related records since I was a teenager in the 1980's. As all collectors will know, there's times when you end up with multiple copies of the same record and you never quite understand how that happened! So I've decided to sell off these duplicates and also some of my US records that I've acquired over the years as my passion is really UK 45's/EP's/LP's and anything by Eddie Cochran.
I much prefer to buy and therefore my eBay account is important to me. I'm not a record dealer and so these auctions will stop at some point in the near future as I will run out of records to sell!! I've only recently decided to sell on eBay and have only gone through a small part of my collection and already found loads of records that are surplice to my requirements, so please feel free to save me in your favourite sellers because if you're into Rock 'n' Roll/Rockabilly, I'm sure I'll be listing something of interest in the near future.
I'm quite agreeable to replying to messages if time allows but I travel a great deal and sometimes can't reply straight away. Please bare with me. I will try and be as fair as possible with my descriptions and you may find that some of these records play better than described. I certainly hope that's the case. I will definitely listen to all 45s and EPs that get listed and MOST LPs. I don't want anything leaving here that skips or sticks without being described with these problems. But if that is to happen, contact me immediately and I'll arrange return postage at my cost and a full refund, if need be. I'd suggest keeping the cardboard mailer the record came with for this purpose, as I've found that covering the mailer with white paper to hide previous address and postage details (stamps, etc) is a handy way of saving a few bob if records need to be returned. I will only post within the UK for the time being.   
PAYMENT DETAILS UK BIDDERS ONLY. PAYPAL ONLY PLEASE - NO OTHER FORMS OF PAYMENT ACCEPTED, SORRY! I will endeavour to post within 2 days of receiving money but as I travel a great deal there may be times this is impossible for me. If that happens, I will contact you but I expect that to be a rare occurrence!
My grading: MINT - UNPLAYED. EXCELLENT - LIGHT PLAY, LOW SURFACE NOISE IF ANY. VERY GOOD - OBVIOUSLY WELL PLAYED BUT STILL A LOVELY COPY, WILL HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF SURFACE NOISE IN PLACES AND MAYBE A TOUCH OF DISTORTION AT CERTAIN POINTS IN THE PLAYBACK. GOOD - PROBABLY STILL WORTH HAVING BUT A VERY WELL-PLAYED RECORD THAT PLAYS THROUGH WITH LOTS OF SURFACE NOISE BUT WITH NO SKIPS/STICKS. POOR - ONLY OF WORTH TO A COLLECTOR BECAUSE OF IT'S RARITY BUT WILL PLAY WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SURFACE NOISE AND MAY WELL SKIP/STICK. If I feel a record deserves a + sign next to it's grading, consider that a slightly better player than the grading describes.