Blue Moon / Just Because 

Modified: July 30, 2023

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor 47-6640 Blue Moon / Just Because (45)
Release Date: 8/31/1956

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Cover: (1968) Bootleg.

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Cover: (1978) Bootleg.1

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Disc: (8/1956)2. Black label, dog on top without horizontal line.
Matrix numbers: F2WW-8117-2S A4 / F2WW-8118-2S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: F2WW-8117-2S A4 / F2WW-8118-2S A3 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (9/1956). Black label, dog on top with horizontal line.
Matrix numbers: F2WW-8117-3S B1A / F2WW-8118-3S A1 (Rockaway pressing)
Matrix numbers: F2WW-8117-3S B3A / F2WW-8118-3S A1 (Rockaway pressing)3
Matrix numbers: F2WW-8117-5S RCA1 B / F2WW-8118-5S RCA D (unknown pressing)
Matrix numbers: F2WW-8117-5S RCA D / F2WW-8118-5S RCA A (unknown pressing)

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Disc: Black label, dog on top without horizontal line. 45 R.P.M. on right side.
Matrix numbers: F2WW-8117-4S A1 / F2WW-8118-4S A1 (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: Black label, dog on top. All print on label in silver.4
Matrix numbers: 45-F2-WW-8117-XV B Manufactured in Germany / 45-F2-WW8118-X B Manufactured in Germany (machine stamped)1. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France).]

Additional detail about this release can be found at the The Elvis Presley Manufactured in Germany Discography page

Released in 1956 by RCA Records on 78 RPM as Blue Moon / Just Because.
Re-released by RCA Records on 45 RPM as Blue Moon / Just Because on the Gold Standard Series label.

  1. Images from a collection of Internet images that date back to 1998. ↩
  2. Date from Elvis Presley Taking Care Of Business. “BiogrDiscography.” 4 February 2011. ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  4. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩