Modified: September 9, 2025
Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: 1st Records Nr 161 Please Release Me (LP)
Release Date: 1970
Side 1
- Fame and Fortune
- Stuck on You
- Teddy Bear
- Got A Lot of Livin’ To Do
- Treat Me Nice
- Jailhouse Rock
- Cane and a High Starched Collar
Side 2
- The Lady Loves Me
- C’mon Everybody
- Dominique
- Baby What You Want Me To Do
- Tribute Programme
Cover Front: Black on white background. Drawing of Elvis.
Cover Back: Titles on top. Liner notes bottom.
Disc: Yellow label.
Matrix numbers
Side 1: 1501A/I/B/I (machine stamped) (Holland, 1970) / Side 2: 1501A/I/B/I (hand etched) (USA, 1979)1
Side 1: 1501A/I/B/I (machine stamped) (Holland, 1970) / Side 2: 1501A/I/B/I (hand etched) (USA, 1979)1
Produced in Holland in 1970 on 1st Records, this the the very first Elvis Presley bootleg album ever. A counterfeit was pressed in the USA in 1979.2 A notable cover difference is the thickness of the cardboard, much like the typical USA releases of that era.3
In The News
The November 1970 edition of the, 22-page UK newspaper music magazine, Record Mirror features a cover stroy about this Please Release Me bootleg.4
- Felix Gubeli, Bootleg Elvis (2012), pp. 441. ↩
- Felix Gubeli, Bootleg Elvis (2012), pp. 440-441. ↩
- Boyes, Ernie. “Ernie’s Import LP Corner.” Elvis Collectors. January 8, 2013. ↩
- “Elvis Presley Record Mirror – November 1970 UK Magazine MAGAZINE Record Mirror – November 1970 Elvis Presley 991 493366. ” 991. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Jan. 2013. ↩