Elvis Presley No. 2 - Mega rare original HMV pressing

	£		165
	$		219

THIS ALBUM - IN THIS CONDITION - IS VERY RARE 

ORIGINAL MONO MIX 1957 1ST EMI/HIS MASTER'S VOICE PRESSING OF
THE 2ND UK ELVIS PRESLEY  LP: - "ROCK'N'ROLL No.2"

 EXCELLENT LABELS!  

THE VINYL IS FLAT WITH NO WARPS OR DENTS! 

THIS IS THE VERY EARLIEST PRESSING!

NO OTHER PRESSING EXISTS BEFORE THIS ONE!

ONE OF THE VERY FIRST OFF THE UK PRINT RUN!!!! 

EMI PRESSED HMV CLP 1105.

THE SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD NICK CONSIDERING IT'S NEARLY 60 YEARS OLD!
THERE'S A TWO INCH TRIANGULAR REPAIR HALF WAY UP ON THE RIGHT FRONT BUT
(ON THE RARE OCCASIONS THAT ONE OF THESE ALBUMS TURNS UP)
THERE'S VERY OFTEN NO COVER WITH IT AT ALL!

IN THE PHOTO, THERE LOOKS TO BE A DIRTY MARK ON THE BACK OF THE COVER...
IT'S NOT THERE - IT WAS A MARK ON THE CAMERA LENS!

THE CARD USED WAS WAFER THIN AND VERY DELICATE AND NATURALLY MOST BUYERS WOULD PLAY THIS GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM A LOT, RESULTING IN THE CONSTANT REMOVAL AND RETURNING TO THE COVER OF THE DISC.

THIS ONE HAS A FEW EDGE TEARS BUT NO LAMINATION PEELING, IS CLEAN AND BRIGHT AND NO ONE'S BEEN SCRIBBLING ON IT!

IT'S AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY ELVIS PRESLEY COLLECTION!

JUST TO EXPLAIN, THE UK CONTRACT FOR ELVIS PRESLEY RECORDINGS ONLY LASTED LESS THAN TWO YEARS WITH EMI's H.M.V. LABEL.

THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN EARLY 1957 AND DELETED AFTER ONLY A FEW MONTHS, I REPEAT A FEW MONTHS, NOT EVEN A YEAR LATER!!

IT IS MUCH, MUCH HARDER TO FIND THAN THE FIRST LP, WHICH ACTUALLY SOLD BETTER, PROBABLY DUE TO HAVING BETTER KNOWN SONGS ON IT. THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE OF COURSE IN 2010 BUT BACK IN 1957, ONLY A FEW ELVIS SONGS WERE PLAYED ON THE BBC OR RADIO LUXEMBOURG.

(AND THAT'S THE POINT...ALL THE KIDS HAD THEN WAS A MUSICAL DIET OF PATTI PAGE, LIBERACE, PERRY COMO , RUBY MURRAY, ALMA COGAN AND A LOAD OF NONSENSE SONGS LIKE GILLY-GILLY-OSSENFEFFER-CATSENELLA-BOGEN-BY-THE-SEA...IS IT ANY WONDER WE ALL WENT MAD WHEN PRESLEY ARRIVED OUT OF NOWHERE?)

IT WOULD CHANGE ONLY WHEN RCA TOOK OVER A FEW MONTHS LATER IN MID-1957. 

RCA DECIDED TO SWITCH TO DECCA IN MID 1957, WHO WERE HAPPY TO START UP A SEPARATE RCA LABEL WHICH RESULTED IN THE H.M.V.ISSUES BEING DELETED, LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER RELEASE!

DON'T BE CONFUSED BY THE MANY BOOTLEG RE-ISSUES COPYING THE H.M.V. LABEL-THEY WILL NOT EVER INCREASE MUCH IN VALUE AND ARE MERELY NOVELTY ITEMS!

THIS IS THE GENUINE ARTICLE! 

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN A DREADFUL, UNPLAYABLE CONDITION.

THERE ARE NO NASTY LOUD CLICKS, NO JUMPS, NO STICKS AND THE COVER WILL BE HARD TO BEAT.
ALTOGETHER IT WILL PROVIDE A VERY ENJOYABLE PLAYING EXPERIENCE!

IN 1957 VERY OFTEN THE EQUIPMENT USED WOULD RUIN ANY DELICATE L.P. DISC WITHIN JUST A COUPLE OF PLAYS! VINYL RECORDS WERE NEW AND RECORD PLAYERS HAD TWO TYPES OF NEEDLES.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WOULD FORGET AND USE THE 78 RPM NEEDLE!

YOU MIGHT ALREADY HAVE A COPY BUT IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY NOT AS GOOD AS THIS ONE!

THIS COULD BE AN IDEAL MIX AND MATCH OPPORTUNITY!

MINT COPIES TEND TO FETCH AROUND £700 SO A £175 START FOR A VERY STRONG VERY GOOD CONDITION COPY IS WELL WORTH GOING FOR!

DON'T FORGET THE SOUND OF THIS RECORD IS A VERY STRONG.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST COPY ON EBAY IN MANY MONTHS  JUST COMPARE WITH OTHER COPIES ADVERTISED WITH TOTALLY WRECKED COVERS,AND EVEN STATEMENTS ADMITTING MAJOR JUMPS AND NASTY DEEP CLICKS-SUCH COPIES ARE OF NO INTEREST TO SERIOUS COLLECTORS AND ACT AS MERE 'BETTER THAN  NOTHING' GAP FILLERS!

MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS A MARVELOUS EXAMPLE, BEARING IN MIND IT'S AGE AND SCARCITY.

AN ORIGINAL MONO 1ST EDITION FROM 1957 OF THE WONDERFUL 2ND ALBUM ISSUED ON THE UK EMI PRESSED H.M.V. GOLD PRINT LABELS .               

THIS WAS A THICK PRESSING - DIFFERENT TO THE THINNER RE-ISSUE PRESSINGS FROM A FEW YEARS LATER ON THE RCA LABEL.
THIS ESSENTIAL  LP WAS PRESSED WITHIN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF ISSUE FROM 1957 WHEN ELVIS WAS STARTING TO GO TOTALLY GLOBAL IN POPULARITY!

SONGS THAT WOULD INFLUENCE MILLIONS OF OTHER MUSICIANS.

THE TRACKS ARE (AS IF YOU REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW!!)

RIP IT UP

LOVE ME

WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN

LONG TALL SALLY

FIRST IN LINE 

PARALYSED

SO GLAD YOU'RE MINE

OLD SHEP

READY TEDDY

ANY PLACE IS PARADISE

HOW'S THE WORLD TREATING YOU

HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL? 

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AN INCREDIBLE LP THAT STILL SOUNDS EXCITING 53 YEARS ON! 

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR CONDITION. THIS ONE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT A LONG TIME TO FIND ANOTHER ONE ANYWHERE NEAR AS GOOD (AND PAY A LOT MORE FOR IT).

COPIES OF THIS ALBUM WERE SOLD IN HUGE QUANTITIES BUT HOW MANY SURVIVE  IN PLAYABLE CONDITION?!

MOST THAT TURN UP ARE TOTALLY WRECKED AND HAVE NO COVERS AT ALL. 

THIS ONE COULD WELL BE IN THE VERY FIRST FEW WEEKS OF ISSUE! 

LOOK ELSEWHERE ON EBAY AND YOU'LL FIND RECORDS WHICH ARE IN A VERY BAD STATE AND WHICH ARE BEING SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BOTHERED TO PLAY THEM TO SEE IF THE SOUND IS OK. PLEASE DON'T CONFUSE THIS RECORD WITH ONE OF THOSE.

AN OUTER PVC COVER WILL BE SUPPLIED.

THE LP ITSELF AS USUAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM IT'S COVER BEFORE SENDING!   

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY. A GREAT INVESTMENT! 

POSTAGE IN UK IS FREE AND I USE RECORDED DELIVERY TO THE UK. YOU'LL GET IT IN FINE SHAPE!!

OUTSIDE UK EXTRA £7. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SEVERAL ITEMS OVERSEAS BEING  'LOST', IF THE OPTION TO SEND INSURED IS REFUSED THEN I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST ITEMS. I ACCEPT PAYPAL PAYMENTS ONLY.

DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU INTEND TO PAY. I ALWAYS LEAVE FEEDBACK SO BEWARE! NON PAYERS AND TIMEWASTERS WILL BE DEALT WITH AND REPORTED TO EBAY.

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY!

A VITAL PART OF ANY ELVIS PRESLEY COLLECTION!

IT COULD BE THE LAST COPY I WILL FIND FOR A LONG TIME!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

GOOD LUCK!!

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A VERY FIRST PRESSING OF THE 2ND ELVIS PRESLEY  LP ON H.M.V.!