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AYL1-4332 Elvis for Everyone

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Modified: May 5, 2014

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor AYL1-4332 Elvis for Everyone (LP)
Release Date: 1982

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side A

Your Cheatin’ Heart
Summer Kisses, Winter Tears
Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers
In My Way
Tomorrow Night
Memphis, Tennessee

Side B

For the Millionth and The Last Time
Forget Me Never
Sound Advice
Santa Lucia
I Met Her Today
When It Rains, it Really Pours

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Cover Front: RCA and catalog number upper right corner. Stereo effect reprocessed from monophonic – some selections stereo statement upper left corner. Previously released as LSP-4530 lower left corner.
Cover Back: Previously released as LSP-4530 upper left corner. Catalog number and bar code upper right corner. WORLD WIDE $1,000,000 L.P. ALBUMS in black print. No dollar values above images of records. Available from Your RCA Victor Dealer on bottom. Elvis’ Christmas Album returns to the second row after being removed from AFL1-3450.1

Not only did Elvis’ Christmas Album return to the cover, it is incorrectly identified as ANL1-1951(e). This catalog number was assigned to Floyd Cramer’s We Wish You a Merry Christmas, which was previously released under the LSP-3828 catalog. By the time of the ANL1 catalog series, Elvis’ Christmas Album had already been replaced with Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas with the ANL1-1936 catalog number. The song selection between the two Elvis releases are considerably different.

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Disc: (1977) Black label, dog near top.1

Matrix numbers
Side A: AYL1 4232-A 2 A1C / Side B: AYL1 4232B A1B (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Side A: AYL1 4232-A 2 C1A / Side B: AYL1 4232B A1H (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)3

Inner Sleeves
To identify the inner sleeve that is most appropriate for each release, look at the Inner Sleeves page on this site.

Previously released as AFL1-3450 Elvis for Everyone.

  1. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  2. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩

APL1-2564 Double Trouble

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Modified: December 7, 2023

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor APL1-2564 Double Trouble (LP)
Release Date: 9/1977

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side A

Double Trouble
Baby, If You’ll Give Me All Of Your Love
Could I Fall In Love
Long Legged Girl (With A Short Dress On)
City By Night
Old MacDonald

Side B

I Love Only One Girl
There Is So Much World To See
It Won’t Be Long
Never Ending
Blue River
What Now, What Next, Where To

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Cover Front: RCA and catalog number upper right corner. Formally available as LSP-3787 upper left corner.
Cover Back: RCA and catalog number upper left corner.1

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Disc: (1976) Black label, dog near top. Flat label.

Matrix numbers
Side A: APL1-2564A-2 A3D / Side B: APL1-2564B-2 B1C (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing )

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Disc: (1976) Black label, dog near top. Ribbed label. With RCA export sticker, found in Japan.

Matrix numbers
Side A: APL1-2564A-2 A3 0-1 / Side B: APL1-2564B-2 A2 0-1 (machine stamped) (unknown pressing I S)

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Disc: (1976) Black label, dog near top. Ribbed label.

Matrix numbers
Side A: APL1-2564A-2 A4 / Side B: APL1-2564B-2 A1 (machine stamped) (unknown pressing I T)2

Inner Sleeves
To identify the inner sleeve that is most appropriate for each release, look at the Inner Sleeves page on this site or generic white.

Formally available as LSP-3787 Double Trouble.

  1. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩

Rubberneckin’ (remix) / Ruberneckin’ (original)

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Modified: December 9, 2011

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: BMG 8-28765-61937-0 Rubberneckin' (remix) / Ruberneckin' (original) (45)
Release Date: 2003

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Disc: White label.1
Matrix numbers: 82876-56193-7 A / 82876-56193-7 B U? (unknown pressing)2

Rubberneckin’ is a remix by Paul Oakenfield. The version on side 1 is the radio edit version with a time of 3:38. The original version by Elvis Presley is on the flip side with a time of 2:09. There was no picture sleeve for this single.

  1. Images from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩

You’ll Never Walk Alone / There Goes My Everything

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Modified: August 2, 2012

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA PB-13058 You'll Never Walk Alone / There Goes My Everything (45)
Release Date: 1982

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Cover: picture sleeve front and back.1

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Disc: (1982) Tan label, NOT FOR SALE.
Matrix numbers: PB13058-A-8S NR △ 107597 / PB13058-B-8S NR △ 107597X (hand etched) (unknown pressing)

Disc: (1982). Black label, dog near top.

  1. Images from the collection of Roberto. ↩

8468-1-R Elvis in Nashville

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Modified: December 22, 2011

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor 8468-1-R Elvis in Nashville (LP)
Release Date: 10/1988

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side A

I Got A Woman
A Big Hunk O’ Love
Working On The Building
Judy
Anything That’s Part Of You
Night Rider
Where No One Stands Alone

Side B

Just Call Me Lonesome
Guitar Man
Little Cabin Home On The Hill
It’s Your Baby, You Rock It
Early Mornin’ Rain
It’s Still Here
I, John

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Cover Front: Blue background, picture of Elvis in black in white.1
Cover Back: Track titles on left side. Information to the right. Bar-code on upper right corner.

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Disc: Black label, dog near top.1

Matrix numbers
Side A: 8468-1-R-A CMFTCB4UE 1-1 “SRC” logo / Side B: 8468-1-R-B 1-1 “SRC” logo (hand etched) (A Specialty Records Corporation pressing)3

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Disc: Red label.1

Matrix numbers
Side A: 9468-1-R-A CMFTCB4UE 1-1 “SRC”logo / Side B: 8468-1-R-B 1-1 “SRC”logo (hand etched) (A Specialty Records Corporation pressing)3

Specialty Records Corporation (“SRC”) of Olyphant, Pennsylvania was a contract manufacturer to manufacturers including RCA, whom ceased pressing vinyl in the mid-1980’s.6

  1. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  2. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  4. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  5. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  6. Information provided by G. Jamieson. ↩

Blue Moon of Kentucky / Goodbye Old Pal

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Modified: December 1, 2011

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Disc: Maroon label, gold print.
Matrix numbers: CCO 4607 A B I- / C 4358 A 7A

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The September 20, 1947 issue of Billboard Magazine lists Blue Moon of Kentucky and Goodbye, Old Pal by the Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys on Columbia 37888 under Advance Record Releases for Folk music. The image below is a combination of pages 41 and 42 of that issue.billboard-1947-0927-p29

The picture to the right is from the September 27, 1947 issue of Billboard Magazine.

A review of this release is on page 112 of the November 15, 1947 issue of Billboard Magazine. Here it is complete with original spelling errors. “The top tenoring of Bill Monroe, his pipes husky with the grass country flavoring, makes it a nostlagic nicety for his Blue Moon of Kentucky waltz. The mandolin, fiddle and guitar of his Blue Grass Boys capture the spirit of his singing in their playing. For the flip, Monroe takes it at a lively clip and adds a lick of yodeling to his old-time singing of his sentimental Old Pal ballad. For those favoring the old-time singing and playing.”

Blue Moon of Kentucky was recorded by Elvis Presley for his first single, SUN 209, in 1954.

AYL1-3734 Harum Scarum

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Modified: October 19, 2015

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor AYL1-3734 Harum Scarum (LP)
Release Date: 9/1980

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side A

Harem Holiday
My Desert Serenade
Go East, Young Man
Mirage
Kismet
Shake That Tambourine

Side B

Hey Little Girl
Golden Coins
So Close, Yet So Far (From Paradise)
Animal Instinct
Wisdom Of The Ages

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Cover Front: RCA and catalog number top right corner. Previously released as AFL1-2558 lower right corner. Best Buy Series stamped upper left corner.
Cover Back: Catalog number upper right corner. Previously released as AFL1-2558 lower left corner.1

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Disc: Black label, dog near top.1

Matrix numbers
Side A: APL1-2558A-2 F (machine stamped) AYL1-3734A (hand etched) A6 (machine stamped) L (hand etched)
Side B: APL1-2558B-2 F (machine stamped) AYL1-3734B (hand etched) A2 (machine stamped) Q (hand etched) (Indianapolis pressing)3

Side A: APL1-2558A-2 F (machine stamped) AYL1-3734A (hand etched) A6 (machine stamped) O (hand etched)
Side B: APL1-2558B-2 F (machine stamped) AYL1-3734B (hand etched) A2 (machine stamped) L (hand etched) (Indianapolis pressing)

Inner Sleeves
Generic white. To identify the inner sleeve that is most appropriate for each release, look at the Inner Sleeves page on this site.

Previously released as APL1-2558 Harum Scarum.

  1. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  2. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩

I Was The One

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Modified: November 30, 2011

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA EP-0157 I Was The One (12 inch Single)
Release Date: 6/1983

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Disc: (6/1983) Black label. RCA. NOT FOR SALE.1
Matrix numbers: EP-0517-A / EP-0517-B2

This is a 12″ single, 33 1/3 RPM promotional single for RCA AHL1-4678 I Was The One (LP). It came in a white, generic jacket.

  1. Images from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩

PRO 12 WOHO Featuring RCA Victor

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Modified: December 20, 2022

Artist: Various Artists
Release: RCA Victor PRO 12 PRO 12 WOHO Featuring RCA Victor (EP)
Release Date: 12/1956

Side 1: Old Shep (Elvis Presley) / I’m Moving On (Hank Snow)
Side 2: Cattle Call (Eddy Arnold) / Four Walls (Jim Reeves)

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Cover: WOHO Featuring RCA Victor with reddish background. Six WOHO characters. RCA copyright lower right corner. Song titles upper right corner.1 Blank back.2

Located in Toledo, Ohio, WOHO AM 1470 kHz originally went on the air in 1954.3 Approximately 1000 copies of PRO 12 was produced for WOHO radio as a custom pressing [in 1956].4 The character featured six times on the cover of PRO 12 and the one to the right of the picture sleeve above5 are registered trademarks of WOHO AM.

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Disc: White label. NOT FOR SALE.6
Matrix numbers: J70H-2287-1 A1 / J70H-2287-1 A1 (Rockaway pressing)

  1. eBay reference 192645382865 (September 2, 2018) ↩
  2. Image mockup of eBay reference 120814002765 (November 30, 2011) ↩
  3. “WLQR (AM).” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 30 November 2011. ↩
  4. Jerry Osborne, Presleyana VI (Port Townsend: Osborne Enterprises, 2007), p. 83. ↩
  5. “WOHO 1470 Toledo Survey 08/05/63“, 30 November 2011 ↩
  6. Image of Side 1 from a collection of Internet images that date back to 1998. ↩

Don’t / Wear My Ring Around Your Neck

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Modified: November 27, 2011

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor SP 45-76 Don't / Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (45)
Release Date: 1/1960

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Cover: (1/1960) picture sleeve front and back. On one side, Catalog number top right corner. Extra! Extra! Special to DJ’s U.S.A. 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong. Two complete selections from Elvis’s new album now available on a special 45 record designed for Singles Record Programming. (c) RCA Printed in U.S.A. lower right corner. The other side pictures 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 2 with yellow border wrapping the black and white image.1

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Disc: Black label, dog on top. NOT FOR SALE.1
Matrix numbers: H2 PW5529-1S / J2 WW0181-1S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)3

  1. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  2. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩

Lovin’ Arms / You Asked Me To

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Modified: April 3, 2017

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA PB-12205 Lovin' Arms / You Asked Me To (45)
Release Date: 3/1981

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Cover: (3/1981) picture sleeve front and back.1

A controversial sleeve! “This is the first standard catalog Elvis release since 1956 not issued with [a] picture sleeve. Any sleeve for this single is a bootleg.”2 “[I]t was learned that a full-color picture sleeve for this RCA single was being produced [as a bootleg].”3 The picture sleeve was deleted by Joan Deary likely because Elvis is posing with a cigar. The original printed artwork for the deleted cover comes from Joan Deary’s personal collection.4 Apparently some original picture sleeves depicting Elvis with a cigar survived a recall and deletion by a court order. No replacement picture sleeve was issued in it’s place.5

Disc: (3/1981) Yellow label, NOT FOR SALE. Green vinyl.

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Disc: (3/1981) Tan label, NOT FOR SALE.6
Matrix numbers: PB-12205-A-4S RR R 7007 / PB-12205 B-4S R 7008 (hand etched) (unknown pressing)7

The RR in the matrix number means Randy’s Roost.8 Randy Kling was owner and operator of the record mastering facility known as Randy’s Roost in Nashville, TN. The name remained the same until March 1, 1983.9

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Disc: (3/1981) Black label, dog near top. With Chandas Music Corp on the Lovin’ Arms side. (dark reddish vinyl.)1
Matrix numbers: PB-12205 A-2S / PB – 12205 B – 2S11
Matrix numbers: PB-12205 A-2S A2 (machine stamped) RANDYS ROOST. (hand etched) / PB – 12205 B – 2S A2 (machine stamped) R.R. (hand etched) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: PB-12205 A-2S A3 (machine stamped) RANDYS ROOST. (hand etched) / PB – 12205 B – 2S A3 (machine stamped) R.R. (hand etched) (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (3/1981) Black label, dog near top. Without Chandas Music Corp on the Lovin’ Arms side.
Matrix numbers: PB-12205 A-2S A3 (machine stamped) RANDYS ROOST. (hand etched) / PB – 12205 B – 2S A3 (machine stamped) R.R. (hand etched) (Indianapolis pressing)

  1. Images from the collection of Mahalo. ↩
  2. Jerry Osborne, Presleyana VI (Port Townsend: Osborne Enterprises, 2007), p. 55. ↩
  3. Cotton, L., & DeWitt, H. A. (1983). Jailhouse Rock. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Pierian Press, p. 161. ↩
  4. “Elvis online shop, FTD, CD, records, dvd, tcb.” Elvis Unlimited. 28 November 2011. ↩
  5. Information provided by Mahalo. ↩
  6. eBay reference 150707624265 (November 27, 2011) ↩
  7. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  8. Detail provided by Christian (of France). ↩
  9. Change Of Name For Randy’s Roost. Billboard Music Week. February 26, 1983, p. 29 ↩
  10. Images from the collection of Mahalo. ↩
  11. Matrix numbers from the collection of Mahalo. ↩

AQL1-3279 Our Memories of Elvis

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Modified: August 15, 2012

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor AQL1-3279 Our Memories of Elvis (LP)
Release Date: 2/1979

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side A

Are You Sincere
It’s Midnight
My Boy
Girl Of Mine
Take Good Care Of Her
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again

Side B

Your Love’s Been A Long Time Coming
Spanish Eyes
Never Again
She Thinks I Still Care
Solitaire

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Cover Front: Peach background with picture of Elvis’ father and the Colonel with Graceland backdrop. May have one of two stickers. The first sticker is a brown circle and reads “Contains the hit Single “ARE YOU SINCERE” AQL1-3279″.1. The second sticker is black rectangle with rounded corners and an inset of Elvis and reads “featuring THE HIT SINGLE ARE YOU SINCERE AQL1-3279-2”.2
Cover Back: RCA and copyright lower left corner. Song titles right side.

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Disc: Black label, dog near top. Flat label.3

Matrix numbers
Side A: AQL1-3279A-1S A0A / Side B: AQL1-3279B-1S A5C (Indianapolis pressing)4
Side A: AQL1-3279A-1S A1G / Side B: AQL1-3279B-1S A1D (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: Black label, dog near top. Ribbed label.

Matrix numbers
Side A: AQL1-3279-A-3S / Side B: AQL1-3279-B-3S (unknown pressing)

Inner Sleeve
Generic white or none.

  1. Original image from eBay reference 160654108052 (September 25, 2011) ↩
  2. Original image from eBay reference 250886069129 (September 10, 2011) ↩
  3. Images from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  4. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩

Gold Record Award Album, Volume 2

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Modified: November 7, 2011

Artist: Various Artists
Release: Crown CST-114 Gold Record Award Album, Volume 2 (LP)
Release Date: 11/1958

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side 1

Twilight Time
All I Have to do is Dream
Tumbling Tubmleweeds
For Your Love
The Little Blue Man
Billy

Side 2

Kewpie Doll
Witch Doctor
Looking Back
Johnny B. Goode
Don’t You Just Know It
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck

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Cover Front: Red background with gold disc.
Cover Back: White background with text advertising additional releases to the left and details of stereo.

This is a various artists album that was released in 11/1958 containing 12 Top Hits performed studio artists, not by the original artists. There is no reference to any of the vocals on this album. The reason that this is included here is that it includes, Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, which sounds as if it were being passed off as the original. This is a tough album to find.

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Disc: (1958) Stereo. Black label. Red vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: CST #114A DSS STEREO #70758 / Side 2: CST #114B DSS STEREO #2707585

Inner Sleeves
Likely a generic white sleeve. Unknown.

DVM1-0704 Elvis

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Modified: March 21, 2012

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Special Products DVM1-0704 Elvis (LP)
Release Date: 1985

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side A

Trouble
Guitar Man
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Baby, What You Want Me To Do
Dialogue
Heartbreak Hotel
Hound Dog
All Shook Up
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Jailhouse Rock
Love Me Tender

Side B

Where Could I Go But To The Lord
Up Above My Head
Saved
Dialogue
Blue Christmas
One Night
Memories
Nothingville
Dialogue
Big Boss Man
Guitar Man
Little Egypt
Trouble
Guitar Man
If I Can Dream

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Cover Front: Elvis in pink lettering with gold background. Pictures Elvis in black leather suit. HBO lower right corner.
Cover Back: Elvis in pink lettering with gold background. Song titles on left. Elvis 50th Anniversary and HBO lower right corner.

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Sticker: 2″ x 2″ sticker that reads INCLUDES SONGS FEATURED IN THE HBO SPECIAL ELVIS One Night With You.

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Disc: Black label, gold print.

Matrix numbers
Side A: PVM1-0704A 1 A12 / Side B: PVM1-0704B 1 A1A (Indianapolis pressing)
Side A: PVM1-0704A 1 A1A / Side B: PVM1-0704B 1 A1E (Indianapolis pressing)

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Insert: Poster of Elvis. DVM1-0704. Previously released as AFM1-4088. Illustration: Paul Jasmin. © Home Box Office, Inc. All rights reserved. ® Registered service mark of Home Box Office. Inc. lower left corner. HBO logo lower right corner. Measures 24″ x 18 3/4″.

It is interesting to note that this release states that this was previously released as AFM1-4088, overlooking AYM1-3984 released in 1981.

Previously released as AFM1-4088.

AFM1-5486 Elvis’ Christmas Album

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Modified: January 25, 2013

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA AFM1-5486 Elvis' Christmas Album (LP)
Release Date: 1985

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side A

Santa Claus Is Back In Town
White Christmas
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Blue Christmas
Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)

Side B

Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem
Silent Night
(There’ll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)
I Believe
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)

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Cover Front: RCA Victor logo and number at upper right. May or may not have sticker.
Cover Back: Color picture of Elvis with contents on either side. Barcode on upper right corner. Previously Released as LPM-1951 lower right corner.

There are several significant differences in the artwork for the front cover of this release versus that of the original LOC-1035. From the original cover, the title Elvis’ Christmas Album is below the gold box with green ribbon on the left side, where this release the title extends above the gold box with green ribbon. The word “new” was removed from the “plus an album of new full color photos” statement and right justified. There are also differences in wrapping paper and bows used throughout.

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Stickers: Red background with white text sticker affixed to shrink-wrap. Reads Restored to original mono. Digitally remastered. Pressed on Green vinyl. A Collectible. AFM1-5486.

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Disc: Gold label, Elvis 50th Anniversary. Green vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side A: AFM1-5486A-1 A2 / Side B: AFM1-5486B-1 A2 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: Gold label, Elvis 50th Anniversary. Black vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side A: AFM1-5486A-1 A4N / Side B: AFM1-5486B-2 A1E (Indianapolis pressing)1
Side A: AFM1-5486A-1 A4O / Side B: AFM1-5486B-2 A1I (Indianapolis pressing)

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Gatefold: Pages 1 and 2, Merry Christmas Elvis, and song titles.

A significant difference from the original album on page 1 is that the background image is stretched where all packages are incomplete from around the edge. Page 2 differs in that the Sides are listed as Side A and Side B, whereas the original is Side 1 and Side 2. The copyright information on the bottom is © 1957, RCA Records, New York. N.Y. Printed in U.S.A. and not © by Radio Corporation of America, 1957.

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Gatefold: Pages 3 and 4. Elvis on fence, and pics from Jailhouse Rock.

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Gatefold: Pages 5 and 6

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Gatefold: Pages 7 and 8

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Gatefold: Pages 9 and 10

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Gatefold: Pages 11 and 12

Page 12 illustrates the Elvis 50th Anniversary Releases, where the original listed releases of that era.

Inner Sleeve
Generic white.

It is interesting to note that this release states that this was previously released as LPM-1951. While this is a true statement for the audio content, it overlooks that the cover is based on LOC-1035.

Previously released as LPM-1951 Elvis' Christmas Album in 1959.

  1. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩

SPD-19 The Sound of Leadership

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Modified: September 7, 2021

Artist: Various Artists
Release: RCA Victor SPD-19 The Sound of Leadership (EP)
Release Date: 6/1956

599-9113 Side 01: Vesti la gibber (Enrico Caruso) / O sole mio (Enrico Caruso)
599-9114 Side 02: Ramona (Gene Austin) / Marie (Tommy Dorsey)
599-9115 Side 03: Boogie Woogie (Tommy Dorsey) / Jalousie (Boston Pops Orchestra)
599-9116 Side 04: Beer Barrel Polka (Will Glahe’) / Begin the Beguine (Artie Shaw)
599-9117 Side 05: In the Mood (Glenn Miller) / Sunrise Serenade (Glenn Miller)
599-9118 Side 06: Blue Danube Waltz (Leopold Stokowski) / Tuxedo Junction (Glenn Miller)
599-9119 Side 07: Star Dust (Artie Shaw) / Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto (Freddy Martin)
599-9120 Side 08: Chattanooga Choo Choo (Glenn Miller) / Racing with the Moon (Vaughn Monroe)
599-9120 Side 09: Prisoner of Love (Perry Como) / Ballerina (Vaughn Monroe)
599-9119 Side 10: Add to dictionary Song (Robert Merrill) / Bouquet of Roses (Eddy Arnold)
599-9118 Side 11: Be My Love (Mario Lanza) / Anytime (Eddie Fisher)
599-9117 Side 12: The Loveliest Night of the Year (Mario Lanza) / Slow Poke (Pee Wee King)
599-9116 Side 13: Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes (Perry Como) / You You You (The Ames Brothers)
599-9115 Side 14: I Need You Now (Eddie Fisher) / Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (Parez Prado)
599-9114 Side 15: Naughty Lady from Shady Lane (Ames Brothers) / Rock and Roll Waltz (Kay Starr)
599-9113 Side 16: Hot Diggity (Perry Como) / Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)

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Cover Front: White background with gold border, gold dog. The Sound of Leadership on top. SPD-19 upper right corner. Souvenir of the Miami Meeting June, 1956 on bottom. Copyright information lower right corner.1
Cover Back: Blank.

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Disc: Grey label, dog on top.1 An image of the set.3 An image of the record inserts.3
Matrix numbers: G2NH-3710-1S / G2NH-3725-1S

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Insert: A four-page brochure folded in half. Almost perfect mockup of the original as demonstrated here Record Mockups.

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Portable Phonograph Player
…… The tiny phonograph you have here [i]s a very unusual souvenir; It needs no electric power to play, It was invented last year by RCA. READY TO PLAY. 5,7, AND 10 INCH 78 R.P.M. RECORDS. MADE OF HIGH IMPACT PLASTIC. SOUVENIR OF MIAMI BEACH MEETING JUNE 1956 … FROM RCA VICTOR, RADIO AND “VICTROLA” DIVISION. Form 6P33693

The story behind this portable player is the following as it was provided on eBay3. Elvis Presley (and others) – The Sound Of Leadership: Souvenir Of The Miami Meeting June, 1956 – RCA Victor SPD-19 … eight (8) 7-inch 4-song EP’s limited promotional-only souvenir boxed set from 1956 with … boxed RCA plastic “Victrola” PHONOGRAPH kit for assembly and hand play, with rare 78-rpm 7-inch record entitled “A New Sensation In Sales” (RCA GS-NS-5403). This historic recording discusses how this portable, light, hand-played Victrola phonograph [that] was designed to be donated to the State Department to be sent to poor “communist” countries so that they could assemble them in secret and experience and share western media! It is made of hard black plastic with a clear red translucent plastic sound diaphragm and a finger crank to be played by hand… [T]he phonograph is one of the rarest collectible Victor machines, as they were never made available commercially and the State Department did not follow up on the offer. These promotional packages were prepared as souvenirs for company distributors attending the June 1956 Miami meeting (RCA sales convention). The records contain the 32 top selling RCA songs for the previous 50 years (1906 – 1956). The records were originally un-sleeved with RCA advertisement paper separators which are included [(the white sleeves were added for protection)] It is estimated that approximately 75 sets of the EP box were distributed at the convention, and about ten (10) of the tiny assemble-able phonograph kits at a side-meeting for new RCA products. Only about a dozen of the RCA SPD-19 box sets have surfaced over the last several years and we’ve NEVER seen the special phonograph for sale anywhere.

This complete package, phonograph, demonstration record, box set with inserts and records in very impressive condition sold on eBay on April 19, 2014 for just over $600.

  1. Images courtesy of Boija, John. “First pressings of US Elvis Presley EPs.” John Boija’s Home Page. 8 September 2011. ↩
  2. Images courtesy of Boija, John. “First pressings of US Elvis Presley EPs.” John Boija’s Home Page. 8 September 2011. ↩
  3. eBay reference 310928622743 (April 19, 2014) ↩
  4. eBay reference 310928622743 (April 19, 2014) ↩
  5. eBay reference 310928622743 (April 19, 2014) ↩
  6. eBay reference 310928622743 (April 19, 2014) ↩

SPD-15 Country & Western Jukebox Promotion Kit

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Modified: July 26, 2022

Artist: Various Artists
Release: RCA Victor SPD-15 Country & Western Jukebox Promotion Kit (EP)
Release Date: 12/1955

599-9083 Side 01: I Don’t Hurt Anymore / Yellow Roses (Hank Snow, Singing Ranger)
599-9084 Side 02: Country Gentlemen / San Antonio Rose (Chet Atkins & Guitar)
599-9085 Side 03: In The Jailhouse Now No. 2 / Peach Picking Time Down In Georgia (Jimmie Rodgers)
599-9086 Side 04: The Ballad of Davy Crockett / The Three of Us (Sons of the Pioneers)
599-9087 Side 05: I Get So Lonely / Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight (Johnnie & Jack)
599-9088 Side 06: A Satisfied mind / Company’s Coming (Porter Wagoner)
599-9089 Side 07: That’s All Right / Baby Let’s Play House (Elvis Presley)
599-9090 Side 08: The Ballad of Davy Crew-Cut / Yaller Rose of Texas, You-All (Homer & Jethro)
599-9091 Side 09: Yonder Comes a Sucker / I’m Hurting Inside (Jim Reeves)
599-9092 Side 10: The Cattle Call / Just Call Me Lonesome (Eddie Arnold)1
599-9092 Side 11: Bouquet of Roses / Anytime Eddie Arnold)1
599-9091 Side 12: Jimbo Jenkins / I’ve Lived a Lot in My Time (Jim Reeves)
599-9090 Side 13: Sifting, Whimpering Sands / The Hound Dog in the Window (Homer & Jethro)
599-9089 Side 14: I Forgot To Remember To Forget / Mystery Train (Elvis Presley)
599-9088 Side 15: Eat, Drink, and be Merry / Let’s Squiggle (Porter Wagoner)
599-9087 Side 16: No One Dear But You / Poison Love (Johnnie & Jack)
599-9086 Side 17: Tumbling Tumbleweeds / Cool Water (Sons of the Pioneers)
599-9085 Side 18: Mule Skinner Blues / Mother, The Queen of My Heart (Jimmie Rodgers)
599-9084 Side 19: Downhill Drag / Mister Sandman (Chet Atkins & Guitar)
599-9083 Side 20: I’m Moving On / The Golden Rocket (Hank Snow, Singing Ranger)

Fake alert! On January 10, 2014, the world was introduced to an undocumented SPD-15 box, custom SPD-15 sleeves and five of the ten records. This lot recorded a sale of $2,3433. Two more boxes surface relatively soon thereafter. One sells for $5904 in April 2016 and a third, March 20175. All three of these offerings were sold as original and likely distributed in November or December of 1955. The box is a fake! The Jukebox pictured on the box as a Rock-Ola 1493 Princess which was not produced until 1962/1963. In hindsight, if you look closely at the image, you can see the beginning of STEREOPHONIC. Which was not available in 1955. This can call into question the legitimacy of the record separators and one or more of the jukebox label sets. Purchase at your own risk.

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Box Front: Orange background with various artists names on right side. RCA Victor and catalog number upper right corner. Image featuring a jukebox on black background.3
Box Back: Black, blank.3

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Box Interior: White.3

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Cover: Each individual release is accompanied by it’s own unique sleeve with Sample Records Enclosed Dated Matter on top, featuring the title strips for each EP with artists names on three sides, RCA Victor SPD-15 upper right corner, and address on bottom.3

Variation Alert: Check out these two inserts. Subtle but big differences. Note that upper right corner SPD-15 is centered under RCA Victor. On the one on the left printed in black upper left corner. Note that the ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED is on one and not the other. Also note that the Programmed Strip is missing on one and not the other. Interesting variation for an already rare find.34.

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Disc: Grey label, dog on top.313

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Disc: Grey label, dog on top.14

Matrix numbers:
Side 7: G2WH1073-1S A / Side 14: G2 WH1074-1S A (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)15

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Disc: Black label, dog on top.14

Matrix numbers:
Side 7: G2WH1073-1S A / Side 14: G2 WH1074-1S A (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)15

Jukebox Strips
There are two known jukebox strips.

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This strip, produced by Inkweed Studios Inc., is made of a plastic-like material and is very glossy. The size is 77 x 288 mm. It came with the black label.14

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This strip, produced by Sterling Title Strip Co., is made of light cardboard and measures 76 x 293 mm. It came with the grey label.14 There is a difference between these two Sterling Title Strips. One has the address, the other does not, also note a slight shift on the top and bottom so that the black text is clear of by Sterling.3

  1. “Eddie Arnold: Complete Discography” November 12, 2011. ↩
  2. “Eddie Arnold: Complete Discography” November 12, 2011. ↩
  3. eBay reference 121252201232 (January 17, 2014) ↩
  4. eBay reference 121948842400 (June 9, 2016) ↩
  5. eBay reference 122405478705 (March 26, 2017) ↩
  6. eBay reference 121252201232 (January 17, 2014) ↩
  7. eBay reference 121252201232 (January 17, 2014) ↩
  8. eBay reference 121252201232 (January 17, 2014) ↩
  9. eBay reference 121252201232 (January 17, 2014) ↩
  10. eBay reference 121252201232 (January 17, 2014) ↩
  11. eBay reference 121948842400 (June 9, 2016) ↩
  12. eBay reference 121252201232 (January 17, 2014) ↩
  13. Images (sides 4,8,9,11,12,13,17,20) from the collection of Ken P. ↩
  14. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  15. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  16. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  17. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  18. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  19. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  20. eBay reference 121252201232 (January 17, 2014) ↩

RCA-1207 It’s Now or Never / Make Me Know It

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Modified: June 15, 2012

Release: RCA 1207 It’s Now or Never / Make Me Know It (78)(UK)
Value: $4,198.32 (Aug 22, 2011 12:49:46 PDT)

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This auction created a lot of interest with 36 bids up to $4,198.32, and I have read that serious collectors were ready and willing to pay upwards of $9000. A thread in an Elvis forum, FECC, covered this auction until it prematurely ended. The seller, twotenmedia, is no longer an eBay registered user. This is a record that has been suggested to exist, however never confirmed. Please note that the record labels are from the eBay auction, they have been reformatted slightly to display better, that is the reason for the identical background for the record sleeve. Concerns have been raised over the legitamacy of this record.

It has been reported by several Elvis collectors that the labels are inconsistant to the labels of other known 78 RPM record releases for both Great Britain and South African releases. According to one collector1 with an extensive collection of UK singles purchased when new:

It looks like the seller has simply copied the format of the RCA 45’s issued by Decca in those years but has omitted a few items: i) The US Catalogue number which Decca always put in small print on their RCA singles, ii) the matrix number is nowhere to be found (all of my UK 45’s have the matrix number on the label), iii) the notation “Recording first published 1960” is nowhere to be found (this notation was standard on all UK singles of the era).

In addition to the missing items on the lablel, I believe that the last Elvis single issued on 78 by Decca on the RCA label in the UK was “A Mess of Blues” backed with “The Girl of My Best Friend”. The release of “It’s Now or Never” in the UK was delayed by copyright issues, so Decca released “A Mess of Blues” as an A-side and took the above-mentioned song off the Elvis is Back album and put it on the B-Side. When the copyright issues were resolved, Decca released “It’s Now or Never” on 45-RCA-1207 with another song from the “Elvis is Back” album: viz. “Make Me Know It”.

Now for the copyright issue that held up the UK release of “It’s Now or Never”. Since “O Sole Mio” was not in the public domain under UK copyright law, the original composer, Eduardo di Capua, had to be listed on the label. When the record was finally released in late 1960, Mr. di Capua’s name was listed. It is doubtful that the reference to O Sole Mio shown on the label would have satisfied the copyright issue.

Attempts to confirm the authenticity of this eBay listing have come wihout fruition.

The original eBay description

Elvis: IT’S NOW OR NEVER / MAKE ME KNOW IT RCA 1207 Old 78rpm record. UK 78 in Capitol sleeve. Record is on the RCA label. I don’t have a 78 player but it looks to be in pretty good condition – the record is still shiny and there are a few light marks but no scratches. I am sure it will play well. I also have listed a HMV “Hound Dog” 78. I understand how fragile 78’s are, so this will be very well packaged. POSTAGE 4.00 UK / 6.00 elsewhere. PAYPAL preffered but will also accept UK Cheque. Any questions, please ask!!

  1. Information provided by B. O’Leary ↩

CPL2-4031 This Is Elvis

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Modified: September 19, 2016

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor CPL2-4031 This Is Elvis (LP)
Release Date: 3/1981

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side A1

His Latest Flame
Moody Blue
That’s All Right
Shake Rattle and Roll / Flip Flop Fly *
Heartbreak Hotel **
Hound Dog ***
Excerpt from Hy Gardiner Interview ****

* Recorded: Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey TV Show, CBS Studios, New York City,
February 11, 1956
** Recorded: Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey TV Show, CBS Studios, New York City,
March 17, 1956
*** Recorded: Milton Bearle TV Show, NBC Studios, Hollywood, California,
June 5, 1956
**** Television Interview, July 1, 1956

Side B

Merry Christmas Baby *****
Mean Woman Blues **
Don’t Be Cruel *
Teddy Bear
Jailhouse Rock
Army Swearing In ***
GI Blues
Excerpt from ‘Departure For Germany Press Conference’ (Elvis Sails)
Excerpts from ‘Home From Germany Press Conference’ ****

* Recorded: Ed Sullivan’s Toast Of The Town TV Show, CBS Studios, New York City,
January 6, 1957
** Recorded: Radio Recorders, Hollywood, February, 1957
*** Recorded: Memphis, Tennessee, March 24, 1958
**** Recorded: Graceland, Memphis, March 8, 1960
***** Recorded: RCA Studio B, Nashville, May 15,1971

Side C

Too Much Monkey Business *
Love Me Tender
I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby
I Need Your Love Tonight
Blue Suede Shoes **
Viva Las Vegas
Suspicious Minds ***
JC’s Award To Elvis As One Of The Outstanding Men Of The Year ****
Promised Land

* Recorded: RCA Studio B, Nashville, January 15,1968
** Recorded: NBC Studios, Burbank, California, June 27,1968
*** Recorded: Possibly Virginia-Texas section of April 1972 tour
**** Recorded: Memphis, Tennessee, January 9, 1971

Side D

Excerpt from Madison Square Garden Press Conference ***
Always On My Mind *
Are You Lonesome Tonight
My Way
American Trilogy **
Memories

* Recorded: RCA Studio C, Hollywood, March 29, 1972
** Recorded: Possibly Virginia-Texas section of April 1972 tour
*** Recorded: New York City, June 8,1972

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Cover Front: Catalog number lower right corner. Selections From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack in white letters above This Is Elvis.
Cover Back: UPC code upper right corner. RCA and catalog number lower right corner. Copyright bottom center.

Most covers found are of the heavy greyish cardboard stock, some copies may be found with the thinner white cardboard stock.

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Gatefold: Black background wrapped with photos from the Warner Bros. Motion Picture “This Is Elvis.”

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Disc: Black label, dog near top.

Matrix numbers
Side A: CPL2-4031-1-A-2S A1C / Side B: CPL2-4031-1-B-2S A1F (Indianapolis pressing) / Side C: CPL2-4031-1-C-1S ACI / Side D: CPL2-4031-1D 11 C1E (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: Black label, dog near top. Ribbed vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side A: CPL2-4031-1-A-2S IMPT-1 A1 / Side B: CPL2-4031-1-B-2S IMPT-1 A1 (Indianapolis pressing) / Side C: CPL2-4031-1-C-1S IMPT-1 AC / Side D: CPL2-4031-D A1 (Indianapolis pressing)

Inner Sleeves

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Inner Sleeve 1: CPL2-4031-1 / Inner Sleeve 2: CPL2-4031-2

  1. Track listing detail from Elvis Presley Discography. July 29, 2011. ↩