It’s Now Or Never / A Mess Of Blues

Modified: September 13, 2025

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor 447-0628 It's Now Or Never / A Mess Of Blues (45)
Release Date: 2/20/1962

Gold Standard Series
447-0628-1959-side1447-0628-1959-side2

Disc: Black label, dog on top.1

Matrix numbers
L2 WW0100-10S A6 / L2 WW0085-1S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
L2 WW0100-10S A6 / L2 WW0085-2S A6 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)2

447-0628-1965-side1447-0628-1965-side2

Disc: Black label, dog on side.3

Matrix numbers
L2 WW0100-10S A6 / L2 WW0085-1S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
L2 WW0100-18S / L2WW-0085-1S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
L2 WW0100-18S / L2WW-0085-11S A1 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)4

447-0628-1968-side2-mockup447-0628-1968-side1-mockup

Disc: Orange label.5

A good (no bad) copy sold on eBay Dec. 12, 2011 for $66.6

447-0628-1971-side2447-0628-1971-side1

Disc: Red label.

Matrix numbers
L2WW-0100-19S A2 / L2WW-0085-11S A1 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

447-0628-1977-side1447-0628-1977-side2

Disc: Black label, dog near top.

Matrix numbers
L2WW-0100-19S A2 / L2WW-0085-12S A2 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
L2WW-0100-31 A2 / L2WW-0085-12S B1 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
L2WW-0100-34 A1 / L2WW-0085 PB1110B 13S A1 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
L2WW-0100-34S A1 / L2WW-0085 PB1110B 13S A4 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

Originally released by RCA Records on as It’s Now Or Never / A Mess Of Blues.
Re-released by RCA Records on 45 RPM as It’s Now or Never / A Mess of Blues on the Collectors’ Series label.

  1. Images from the collection of Christian (of France) ↩
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France) ↩
  3. Images from the collection of Christian (of France) ↩
  4. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France) ↩
  5. Mockups of existing images ↩
  6. eBay reference 190610475597 (December 12, 2011) ↩