Where Did They Go, Lord / Rags To Riches 

Modified: February 2, 2023

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor 47-9980 Where Did They Go, Lord / Rags To Riches (45)
Release Date: 2/23/1971

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Cover: picture sleeve front and back.

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Disc: Yellow label. NOT FOR SALE. On the WHERE DID THEY GO, LORD side, title on one line. On top, Vocal accompaniment: The Imperials on one line and Quartet & The Jordanaires on another line. Not For Sale in small font and capitalized.1
Matrix numbers: ZPKM-1798-4S / ZPKM-1800-4S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)2

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Disc: Yellow label. NOT FOR SALE. On the WHERE DID THEY GO, LORD side, title on two lines where LORD on own line. On top, Vocal accompaniment: on one line. The Imperials on one line and Quartet & The Jordanaires on another line. NOT FOR SALE in large font and all caps.3
Matrix numbers: ZPKM-1798-5S / ZPKM-1800-5S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)4

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Disc: Orange label. On the WHERE DID THEY GO, LORD side, title on two lines where LORD on own line. On top, Vocal accompaniment: on one line. The Imperials on one line and Quartet & The Jordanaires on another line.
Matrix numbers: ZPKM-1798-1S-B1A / ZPKM-1800-1S-A4A (hand etched) (Rockaway pressing)
Matrix numbers: ZPKM-1798-1S B1A / ZPKM-1800-2S A2C (Rockaway pressing)5
Matrix numbers: ZPKM-1798-2S A4 / ZPKM-1800-2S A2F (hand etched) (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: Orange label. On the WHERE DID THEY GO, LORD side, title on one line. On top, Vocal accompaniment: The Imperials on one line and Quartet & The Jordanaires on another line.
Matrix numbers: ZPKM-1798-3S-A1 / ZPKM-1800-4S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: ZPKM-1798-3S-A4 / ZPKM-1800-3S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: Orange label. On the WHERE DID THEY GO, LORD side, title on two lines where LORD on own line. The “F” in the name Frazier is offset. On top, Vocal accompaniment: on one line. The Imperials on one line and Quartet & The Jordanaires on another line.
Matrix numbers: ZPKM-1798-5S / ZPKM-1800-5S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)

Re-released by RCA Records on 45 RPM as Where Did They Go, Lord / Rags To Riches on the Gold Standard Series label.

  1. Images from the collection of Mahalo. ↩
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of Mahalo. ↩
  3. Images from the collection of DarylR. ↩
  4. Matrix numbers from the collection of DarylR. ↩
  5. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩