Crying In The Chapel / I Believe In The Man In The Sky 

Modified: December 27, 2020

         Release: RCA Victor 447-0643 Crying In The Chapel / I Believe In The Man In The Sky (45)
              Artist: Elvis Presley
Release Date: 4/6/1965

Gold Standard Series

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Cover: 4/1965. Gold Standard picture sleeve.

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Disc: 4/1965. Gold Standard. White label, NOT FOR SALE.1
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0385--1S A2 / L2WW-0375--3S A3 (Rockaway pressing)2

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Disc: 4/1965. Gold Standard. Black label, dog on side. Small font for credits. On the Crying in the Chapel side, song credits above spindle hole. On the I Believe in the Man in the Sky side, title on one line, song credits above spindle hole.
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0385--1S A1 / L2WW-0375--3S A3 (Rockaway pressing)
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0385--5S / L2WW-0375--3S (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: 4/1965. Gold Standard. Black label, dog on side. Large font for credits. On the Crying in the Chapel side, song credits below spindle hole. On the I Believe in the Man in the Sky side, title on one line, song credits below spindle hole.
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0385--3S / L2WW-0375--1S (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0385--3S A1 / L2WW-0375--1S K B1 (Indianapolis pressing)2
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0385--3S B2 / L2WW-0375--1S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)4

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Disc: 4/1965. Gold Standard. Black label, dog on side. Large font for credits. On the Crying in the Chapel side, song credits above spindle hole. On the I Believe in the Man in the Sky side, title on two lines, song credits above spindle hole.
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0385--4S / L2WW-0375--4S (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: 1970. Gold Standard. Red label.
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0385--6S / L2WW-0375--6S (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0385--9S / L2WW-0375--9S (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: 1977. Gold Standard. Black label, dog near top.
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0385--9S C1 (machine stamped) / L2WW 0375 (hand etched) 9S A8 (hand etched) A8 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

Re-released by RCA Records on 45 RPM as Crying in the Chapel / I Believe in the Man in the Sky on the Collectors' Series label.

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