V. RARE ROCK N ROLL 7" SINGLE: ELVIS PRESLEY: HEARTBREAK HOTEL: MAUVE/GOLD HMV

£ 122

$ 162

£ 122 Sold For

Jan 1, 2012 Sold Date

Dec 22, 2011 Start Date

£ 70 Start price

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Description

This is the very rare 1956 7" 45rpm single 'HEARTBREAK HOTEL' b/w 'I WAS THE ONE' on the beautiful mauve/gold HMV label, cat# 7M-385. The labels are clean and unblemished with no spindle-marking that I can see. Viewed under a strong light the A-side vinyl has some light 'hairline' marks. The B-side is similar with one heavier mark. These marks do not sound. There is a little crackle in play, but absolutely NO thumps jumps or skips! I think it's fair to say the disc plays Exc.
Please study the scans. Please note that the white 'flecks' visible on the disc are due to the scanning process and are not present on the disc. This disc has been thoroughly play-tested on a CITRONIC PD-1 deck with a lightweight tone-arm. The Rare Record Price Guide lists two versions of this single, one with solid centre valued at £200 (mint), one with 'removable' centre valued at £350 (Mint). As you can see from the photo, this is the latter version.

On 31-Dec-11 at 13:56:04 GMT, seller added the following information:

PLEASE READ: It seems my note re. the type of cenrte for this disc is INCORRECT. The centre on this disc is the PUNCH-OUT type, which I, mistakenly, thought meant 'removeable'. This is apparently not so and I apologise: it was not my intention to mislead.

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