ELVIS PRESLEY DECCA 1962 ACETATE"RETURN TO SENDER"

	£		165
	$		219

  ATTENTION ELVIS PRESLEY AND ACETATE COLLECTORS!!

A RARE 1962 1 SIDED UK ACETATE!

ELVIS PRESLEY

"RETURN TO SENDER" 

A FASCINATING ITEM POSSIBLY THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS SURVIVED!

DECCA GROUP LABEL

ADVANCE TEST RECORDING

ISSUED ON THE RCA LABEL ABOUT A MONTH LATER

RCA 1320 REF.NUMBER ON THE LABEL IN PEN+ 23RD NOV.

(HAND WRITTEN) 

LABEL STATES

ARTIST AND TITLE TYPED.

THIS INFORMATION ADDED TO THE PRINTED DECCA WORDINGS. 

AN AMAZINGLY RARE ITEM FOR ANY ELVIS PRESLEY/EARLY 1960s COLLECTOR!

A UK #1 HIT SONG + #2 IN THE U.S.A.

 THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE RAREST ELVIS ITEMS TO BE ON EBAY FOR A LONG TIME AND IS UNLIKELY TO BE AVAILABLE FOR AUCTION ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE EVER AGAIN!

STRICTLY GRADED VG+++++++++ CONDITION.

I WAS TEMPTED TO DESCRIBE AS NEAR EXCELLENT AS THERE ARE JUST MINOR SURFACE MARKS AND THE SURFACE NOISE IS MINIMAL ESPECIALLY FOR AN ACETATE WHICH IS USUALLY POOR BUT I WANT THE WINNER TO BE PLEASED WITH THE STRICT GRADING!! 

ACETATES RARELY TURN UP AND ALTHOUGH NOT IN IMMACULATE CONDITION(THEY VERY RARELY ARE)THIS ONE IS BETTER THAN MOST WITH CLEAR SOUND AND ONLY A FEW "POPS" AND GENERAL SURFACE NOISE.

LET ME EXPLAIN ABOUT WHY AN ACETATE IS SO SPECIAL! BEFORE THE DAYS OF INSTANT CASSETTES AND CDs FOR ARTISTS OR BAND MEMBERS TO TAKE AWAY OR FOR RECORD PLUGGERS AND EXECUTIVES,VERY SELECTIVE DJs OR TV PRODUCERS WHO DESERVED UP FRONT ATTENTION, METAL BASED ACETATES WERE CUT DIRECTLY IN THE STUDIO FROM MASTER TAPES WITH USUALLY NO MORE THAN 5 OR 6 COPIES MADE-MOST WORE OUT QUICKLY DUE TO THE VERY FINE GROOVES AND MOST WERE DAMAGED/THROWN OUT/LOST OR DESTROYED!

SOMETIMES THEY WERE MADE JUST FOR THE CUTTING ENGINEER AT THE DECCA STUDIOS TO CHECK THE QUALITY AND GROOVE SPACING POSSIBILITIES BEFORE EVEN THE EARLIEST VINYL DEMOS WOULD BE CUT AND MADE-THIS IS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE UK PRESSING OF THIS TRACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

THEY WOULD RARELY PLAY AT ALL AFTER ABOUT A DOZEN PLAYS ON THE OFTEN HEAVY PICKUPS AROUND AT THE TIME BUT THIS WAS GIVEN TO AN IMPORTANT TV SOUND ENGINEER/PRODUCER WHO KEPT THEM SAFELY AFTER A FEW PLAYS WITH SOME SURFACE MARKS BUT NO MAJOR DAMAGE.

SINCE 1962, THIS DISC HAS REMAINED WITHIN THE FAMILY OF THIS TV SOUND ENGINEER SAFELY IN A CUPBOARD AWAY FROM LIGHT AND HEAT WITHIN IT'S MANILLA PAPER COVER-MOST ACETATES TURN UP WITHOUT A COVER!!

TO FIND ANY ACETATE FROM OVER 45 YEARS AGO IS INTERESTING JUST AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE RECORD BUSINESS OPERATED THEN- BUT TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT, IN DEMAND ARTIST SUCH AS ELVIS IS A MAJOR BONUS!

MOST COLLECTORS CAN ONLY DREAM OF OWNING SUCH A FANTASTIC ITEM!

YOU COULD MAKE THAT DREAM COME TRUE WITH KEEN BIDDING!

IT IS PART OF A MAJOR COLLECTION OF DOZENS OF ACETATES COVERING ALL MUSICAL STYLES FROM THE EARLY 1960s WHICH I SHALL BE LISTING FOR AUCTION ON EBAY OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

KEEP WATCHING FOR ALL SORTS OF REALLY INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ONE OF THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF ACETATES FROM OVER 45 YEARS AGO POSSIBLY NEVER TO BE REPEATED! 

EACH ONE WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY DESCRIBED VISUALLY AND AFTER TWO CONCENTRATED LISTENS ON MY GOLDRING LENCO DECK WITH A SHURE CARTRIDGE AND STYLI TRACKING AT 2 GRAMMES.

BACK TO THIS ITEM>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

CLEAN , BRIGHT , SHARP LABEL WITH ONLY A COUPLE OF SPOT STAINS AND A SMALL OWNERS NAME AT THE TOP.

THE"BLANK"B SIDE HAS NO LABEL AND NO GROOVES HAVE BEEN CUT.

THE SURFACE HAS SOME SLIGHT FINGERPRINTS AND LIGHT SCUFFS WHICH MAY CLEAN OFF WITH CARE BUT ACETATES DO NOT USUALLY SOUND BETTER IF WASHED-INFACT MOST DEALERS SUGGEST YOU LEAVE THEM AS THEY ARE DUE TO THE DELICATE "UNFINISHED SURFACE".THE DISC PLAYS VERY WELL WITH DECENT CRISP SOUND DESPITE THE MINOR VISUAL PATCHES AND MINOR SURFACE MARKS.

THERE IS SOME  SURFACE NOISE BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SOUNDING ACETATES I HAVE EVER HAD.

NO NASTY CLICKS/JUMPS/STICKS ETC ETC.  

Please see my listening policy below. 

I test ALL THE WAY THROUGH TWICE on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!

Realistic STARTING price with no annoying reserve.

NO BUY IT NOW OFFERS-THIS IS STRICTLY AN AUCTION AND ANYONE WHO DOES NOT PAY WITHIN 7 DAYS WILL BE DEALT WITH-I HAVE TO BE STRICT ABOUT THIS AS SOME ARE STILL TIMEWASTERS AND SPOIL IT FOR THE MAJORITY.

I WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE £5 UK SPECIAL DELIVERY FOR SAFE INSURANCE COVER AND FAST DELIVERY. 

IF NOT standard Postage is £2 recorded delivery UK-SOLID PACKING-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK FOR PROOF! YOU WILL GET IT IN FINE SHAPE!!!!!!!!! Outside UK extra depending on destination. 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 DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.Paypal or cheque within 7 days please.

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 WELL OVER 8000 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.

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings by prior email  arrangement.

 Thanks for looking and good luck.

 NEARLY 7 YEARS ON EBAY BUT MANY YEARS BEFORE AS A DEALER AND COLLECTOR ELSEWHERE.

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

MORE GOODIES TO FOLLOW ON EBAY EACH AND EVERY WEEK WITH ITEMS RARELY SEEN ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE!

MORE 1960s ACETATES AND DEMO 45s END FROM ME ON THE SAME EVENING AS THIS ONE ENDS!

DON'T FORGET MY FRIDAY IS MY USUAL NIGHT FOR INTERESTING AND DESIRABLE 45s and EPs!

THIS COULD BE THE ONLY COPY LEFT IN THE WORLD OF THIS DISC AS AN ACETATE!

GOOD LUCK!