Way Down / Pledging My Love 

Modified: June 19, 2016

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA PB-10998 Way Down / Pledging My Love (45)
Release Date: 6/6/1977

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Cover: (6/1977) picture sleeve front and back.

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Disc: (6/1977) White label. NOT FOR SALE.1
Matrix numbers: PB-10998-A 1S / PB-10998-B 1S2

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Disc: (6/1977) White label. NOT FOR SALE. Side B: Missing three lines. Missing reference to Stereo, JB and PB catalog numbers. End: Cold rather than End: Fade. The “A” in RCA is incorrect and doesn’t match the “A” in RCA on side A.3
Matrix numbers: PB-10998-A 1S A9 / PB-10998-B 1S A3(?) (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)3

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Disc: (6/1977) Tan label. NOT FOR SALE.
Matrix numbers: PB-10998-A 1S A1 / PB-10998-B 1S A1 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (6/1977) Black label. Dog near top.
Matrix numbers: PB-10998-A 1S A2 / PB-10998-B 1S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: PB-10998-A 1S A5 / PB-10998-B 1S A5 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: PB-10998-A 1S A6 / PB-10998-B 1S A6 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: PB-10998-A 1S A9 / PB-10998-B 1S A8 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: PB-10998-A 1S A10 / PB-10998-B 1S A9 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)5
Matrix numbers: PB-10998-A 1S B1 / PB-10998-B 2S A2 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: PB-10998-A 2S A1 / PB-10998-B 1S A6 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

  1. Images from a collection of Internet images that date back to 1998. ↩
  2. Jerry Osborne, Presleyana VI (Port Townsend: Osborne Enterprises, 2007), p. 65. ↩
  3. eBay reference 222144352344 (June 19, 2016) ↩
  4. eBay reference 222144352344 (June 19, 2016) ↩
  5. Matrix numbers from the collection of PIOTRULA (of Poland) ↩