DTF0-2006 Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite 

Modified: December 30, 2023

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA DTF0-2006 Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite (EP)
Release Date: 5/1973

Side 1: Something / You Gave Me a Mountain / I Can’t Stop Loving You
Side 2: My Way / What Now My Love / I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

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Cover Front: Elvis Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite upper right corner. RCA DTF0-2006 lower right corner. Same cover as VPSX-6089. Front slic wraps around to back.
Cover Back: White back, blank back. Back slick pasted over the front slic.

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Cover Front: Elvis Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite upper right corner. RCA DTF0-2006 lower right corner. Same cover as VPSX-6089. The front slick pasted over the back slic.
Cover Back: White back, blank back. The second image is an example with the jukebox strips in place. The back slic wraps around to the front.

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Disc: Yellowish label. LP spindle hole. Stereo.
Matrix numbers: DTF0-2006-A 1 A1 / DTF0-2006-B 1 A1 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Insert: Jukebox strips. A variation that has not been documented until now exists with the jukebox strips. The jukebox strip from the left contains a dark bar on top and one on the bottom. There is no arrow or Sterling Title Strip, Co., Inc. information on top in white background. There is a date 1968 on bottom and in top dark bar.1 The jukebox strips from the right contain no top or bottom bar, no date of 1968, and have added arrows on top with Sterling Title Strip Co., Inc.

In 1973, Bernie Y. Distributors produced 2,500 units intended for jukebox use only. However, 2,000 copies were sold to Paul Lichter’s Elvis Unique Record Club with an initial offering of $5.00 to new club members.2

  1. eBid reference 39318062 (September 1, 2011)
  2. Lichter, Paul. “Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite” Paul Lichter’s Elvis Unique Record Club at ElvisUnique.com. 2 March 2011.