DJM1-0835 The Elvis Presley Interview Record An Audio Self-Portrait

Modified: September 10, 2025

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Records DJM1-0835 The Elvis Presley Interview Record An Audio Self-Portrait (LP)
Release Date: 11/1/1984

Side 1

  • Excerpts from a TV Guide Interview 1956
  • Excerpts from a TV Guide Interview 1956
  • Excerpts from a TV Guide Interview 1956
  • Excerpts from a TV Guide Interview 1956
  • Colonel Tom Parker Expert from a TV Guide Interview 1956
  • Colonel Tom Parker Expert from a TV Guide Interview 1956
  • Vernon & Gladys Presley – Tupelo, Mississippi, Sept. 26, 1956
  • Elvis Presley – Tupelo, Mississippi, Sept. 26, 1956

Side 2

  • Image Change Since His Discharge From The Army – By Accident or Design?
  • Elvis Talks About His Mother
  • How Does Elvis View Himself?
  • Does He Enjoy His Work?
  • How Does He Relax?
  • Does He Have Any Time To Read? If So, What Does He Read?
  • Does He Like Himself?
  • Does He Like To Work?
  • If He Were Starting Out Again (In 1961) would He Do Anything Differently? Does He Have Any Specific Goals For The Future?
  • Does He Think He Has Changed Much As A Person? How Does He View The Criticism That Has Been Leveled At Some of The People Surrounding Him?
  • If He Were A Father And Could Only Give His Child One Piece Of Advice, What Would That Be?

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Cover Front: Black and gold with an image of Elvis in gold.1
Cover Back: Black and gold with a listing of other Elvis titles available.

This LP is a Radio Programming Aid. It is not commercially available. DJ copy/Not for Sale. Later issued commercially as RCA 6313-1-R2.

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

Matrix numbers
Side 1: DJM1 DJL1-0835-A-1S A1D JANUARY 8th 1935 / Side 2: DJM1 DJL1-0835-B 2S JANUARY 8th 1935 (Indianapolis pressing)

Maybe I am reading to much into this, but if you look closely at the catalog number of DJM1-0835 and look at the Elvis’ birthday also imprinted in the trail-off area of January 8th 1935 a pattern emerges. “DJ” Disk Jockey. “M1” Month 1 aka. January. “0835” 8th day of the month and the year of 19″35″ Clever..

Inner Sleeve
Generic white.

  1. Date from “www.elvisspecialties.com.” 11 August 2017. ↩
  2. “www.discogs.com.” 11 August 2017. ↩