Love Letters / Come What May

Modified: December 28, 2020

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor 47-8870 Love Letters / Come What May (45)
Release Date: 6/8/1966

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Cover: (6/1966) picture sleeve front and back. Coming Soon! on cover.

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Cover: (7/1966) picture sleeve front and back. Ask For on cover.

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Disc: (6/1966) White label, NOT FOR SALE.1
Matrix numbers: TPKM-0914–1S / TPKM-0924–1S (machine stamped) (unknown pressing)2

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Disc: (6/1966) White label, NOT FOR SALE. Tight font. No “with The Jordanaires” on Come What May side.3
Matrix numbers: TPKM-0914–3S A1 / TPKM-0924–3S A2 (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)4
Matrix numbers: TPKM-0914–3S A2 / TPKM-0924–3S A2 (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)5

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Disc: (6/1966) Black label, dog on side. Text under dog on three lines. On side 2, The “w” in with The Jordanaires is not capitalized.
Matrix numbers: TPKM-0914–2S A2 / TPKM-0924–2S A2 (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)
Matrix numbers: TPKM-0914–3S A1 / TPKM-0924–2S A2 (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: (6/1966) Black label, dog on side. Text under dog on three lines. On side 2, The “W” in with The Jordanaires is capitalized.6
Matrix numbers: TPKM–0914–4S A1 / TPKM–0924–5S A2 A (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: TPKM–0914–4S B1 / TPKM–0924–5S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)7

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Disc: (6/1966) Black label, dog on side. Text under dog on four lines. On side 2, The “W” in With The Jordanaires is capitalized.
Matrix numbers: TPKM-0914–7S / TPKM-0924–8S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)
Matrix numbers: TPKM-0914–9S / TPKM-0924–8S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)

Re-released by RCA Records on 45 RPM as Love Letters / Come What May on the Gold Standard Series label.

  1. Images from a collection of Internet images that date back to 1998. ↩
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of DarylR. ↩
  3. eBay reference 371655873219 (June 20, 2016) ↩
  4. eBay reference 371655873219 (June 20, 2016) ↩
  5. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  6. Image and discovery of Side 2 from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  7. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩