SPD-23 Elvis Presley 

Modified: August 27, 2012

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor SPD-23 Elvis Presley (EP)
Release Date: 10/1956

Side 1: Blue Suede Shoes / I’m Counting on You
Side 2: I Got a Woman / One-Sided Love Affair
Side 3: I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry / I’ll Never Let You Go
Side 4: Tutti Frutti / Tryin’ to Get to You
Side 5: Don’t Be Cruel / I Want you, I Need You, I Love You
Side 6: Hound Dog / My Baby Left Me

Sides 1 through 4 are identical to SPD-22.

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Cover Front: Titles at top in black print on white back. Catalog number upper right corner.1
Cover Back: Elvis Presley in bold top center. SPD-23 upper right corner and lower left corner. Printed in U.S.A. lower right corner.

Cover Gatefold: Blank interior.

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Disc: Black label, dog on top, with horizontal line.2

Matrix numbers3
Side 1: G2WH-1850-8S A1 / Side 6: G2WH-6137-2S A2
Side 2: G2WH-1851-9S A1 / Side 5: G2WH-6136-2S B1
Side 3: G2WH-1853-8S A2 / Side 4: G2WH-1852-9S A2 (Rockaway pressing)

Matrix numbers
Side 1: G2WH-1850-8S B? / Side 6: G2WH-6137-2S
Side 2: G2WH-1851-9S A1 / Side 5: G2WH-6136-2S A1
Side 3: G2WH-1853-8S A2 / Side 4: G2WH-1852-8S A3 (Rockaway pressing)

Matrix numbers4
Side 1: G2WH-1850-8S B2 / Side 6: G2WH-6137-2S A2
Side 2: G2WH-1851-9S A1 / Side 5: G2WH-6136-2S ??
Side 3: G2WH-1853-8S A2 / Side 4: G2WH-1852-8S A1 (Rockaway pressing)

  1. Images are from a collection of Internet images that date back to 1998. ↩
  2. Images are from a collection of Internet images that date back to 1998. ↩
  3. eBay reference 300610427399 (October 15, 2011) ↩
  4. eBay reference 261033864229 (May 29, 2012) ↩