Guitar Man / High Heel Sneakers 

Modified: July 15, 2023

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor 47-9425 Guitar Man / High Heel Sneakers (45)
Release Date: 1/3/1968

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Cover: (1/1968) picture sleeve front and back. HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS and COMING SOON

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Cover: (2/1968) picture sleeve front and back. HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS and ASK FOR

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Cover: (2/1968) picture sleeve front and back. HI-HEEL SNEAKERS and COMING SOON (unconfirmed/unlikely exists)1

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Cover: (2/1968) picture sleeve front and back. HI-HEEL SNEAKERS and ASK FOR2

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Disc: Yellow label, NOT FOR SALE.3 On the left, matrix numbers without parentheses above time.
Matrix numbers: UPKM-2765–5S / UPKM-2770–4S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)4

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Disc: Yellow label, NOT FOR SALE. On the left, matrix numbers in parentheses below catalog number. Compressed font.
Matrix numbers: UPKM-2765–9S / UPKM-2770–7S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: Black label, dog on side. On the left, matrix numbers without parentheses and on bottom. BMI on own line. HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS5
Matrix numbers: UPKM-2765–2S / UPKM-2770–2S A4 (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)6

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Disc: Black label, dog on side. On the left, matrix numbers without parentheses and on bottom. BMI on own line. HI-HEEL SNEAKERS
Matrix numbers: UPKM-2765–3S A1 / UPKM-2770–2S D3 (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: Black label, dog on side. On the left, matrix numbers without parentheses and on bottom. BMI on shared line.
Matrix numbers: UPKM-2765–4S A3 / UPKM-2770–4S A2 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: UPKM-2765–4S A3 / UPKM-2770–5S A2 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: UPKM-2765–5S A2 / UPKM-2770–5S A1 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)7
Matrix numbers: UPKM-2765–5S A3 / UPKM-2770–4S A1 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: Black label, dog on side. Compressed font. HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS
Matrix numbers: UPKM-2765–7S / UPKM-2770–7S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)
Matrix numbers: UPKM-2765–9S / UPKM-2770–8S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: Black label, dog on side. Compressed font. HI-HEEL SNEAKERS
Matrix numbers: UPKM-2765–7S / UPKM-2770–8S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)

Re-released by RCA Records on 45 RPM as Guitar Man / Hi-Heel Sneakers on the Gold Standard Series label.

  1. Billboard 1968-01-13, page 2 ↩
  2. Special thanks to and identification by www.elvisrarerecords.com. ↩
  3. eBay reference 320665622323 (March 9, 2011) ↩
  4. eBay reference 222089501866 (June 20, 2016) ↩
  5. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  6. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  7. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩