The Vaping Friar

Album Title : How Great Thou Art
Catalogue Number : LPM - 3758
Year Release : 08th March 1967

Front Cover : Photo of Elvis. Title top right. DYNAGROOVE RECORDING top right. Catalogue number bottom left.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis. Catalogue number top right Mono LPM 3758 / Stereo LSP 3758. Printed in U.S.A. bottom left.
Label : Black with silver lettering & dog on top. RCA Victor Logo in white.
Side 1 : Right side has "Side 1". MONO DYNAGROOVE at bottom.
Side 2 : Right side has "Side 2". MONO DYNAGROOVE at bottom.
Pressing Plant : Hollywood
Matrix Number Side 1 : TPRM - 1893 - 4S (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : TPRM - 1894 - 3S (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* Side 1 & 2 Title above spindle hole with "as sung by" in small letter.

Side 1 song 3 correctly credits Lange, Heath & Burke. Side 1 song 4 on 2 lines. Side 1 bottom has "with the Jordanaires" on 2 lines. Side 2 song 2 on 2 lines. Side 2 bottom "1,2,3,4,5,6 with the Jordanaires".

*NOTE* Side 1 & 2 Title above spindle hole with "as sung by" in capital letters. Side 1 song 3 incorrectly credits Johnny Lane. Side 1 song 4 on 1 line. Side 1 bottom has "with the Jordanaires" on 2 lines. Side 2 song 2 on 1 line. Side 2 bottom "1-6 with the Jordanaires". This label has 2 grooves.

Full title: How Great Thou Art as sung by - Elvis. All artists are uncredited.

Tracks titles as shown on label with the following exceptions:
• Track A4 listed as "Farter Along"
• Track B4 listed as "If The Lord Wasn't Walking By Myside
• Track B6 listed as "Where On One Stands Alone"

Other Chung Hwa releases are pictured on the back of the sleeve. Packaging is typical of Chung Hwa Records in this era with a light paper sleeve bounded in plastic.

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, hand-etched): CH-3019-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, hand-etched): CH-3019-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped): TPRS-1895--6S
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped): TPRS-1896--5S
Matrix / Runout (Side A matrix from label): CH-3019-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B matrix from label): CH-3019-B

Phonographic Copyright – Follow That Dream Records
Copyright – Follow That Dream Records
Recorded At – RCA Victor Studios, Nashville
Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios

Special limited 2-LP Edition. Includes original album and many outtakes. 180 Gram Heavyweight Vinyl. DMM Copper Mastering.

Barcode: 5060209750163
Matrix / Runout (Etching Runout A): 506020-975016 A-1
Matrix / Runout (Etching Runout B): 506020-975016 B-1
Matrix / Runout (Etching Runout C): 506020-975016 C-1
Matrix / Runout (Etching Runout D): 506020-975016 D-1
Rights Society: NⒸB

Manufactured By – The Decca Record Company Limited
Published By – Carlin Music
Printed By – MacNeill Press
Copyright – Radio Corporation Of America

Cat number RCX-7187 on front and rear of sleeve. EPA-4387 on rear of sleeve, and RCX 7187 on labels.

Matrix / Runout (Side A Label Printed): T2PH.9320
Matrix / Runout (Side B Label Printed): T2PH.9321
Matrix / Runout (Side A Stamped): T2PH - 9320 - IK (9230 is erased)
Matrix / Runout (Side B Stamped): T2PH - 9321 - 1K (9231 is erased)
Rights Society (Boxed): BIEM
Rights Society: GEMA

Made By – AREA (2)
Printed By – A.C.E.M.

1ere (P) 1967

All tracks from the Paramount picture "Easy Come Easy Go" a Hal Wallis production. Printers code lower right of rear artwork.

Price Code: Medium
Rights Society (Boxed): BIEM
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): UPKB 3.811
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): UPKB 3.812
Other (Printers code): 9-68

Manufactured By – Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.

Released in gatefold sleeve.

Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A - stamped): SPY 628 111
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B - stamped): SPY 629 111

Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On) *
That's Someone You Never Forget
(US) RCA 47-9115
Released: April 25, 1967
* Recorded: MGM Sound Studios, Culver City, June 29, 1966

Side UPKM 3937 : Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On)
Side M2WW 0858 : That's Someone You Never Forget
Brief History : Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On) was recorded June 26th, 1966 at MGM Sound Studios, Culver City & That's Someone You Never Forget was recorded June 25th, 1961 at RCA Studios, Nashville.

Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black with silver lettering & dog on side
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : UP - KM 3937 - 3S A2 (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : M2 - WW 0858 - 2S A1 (Machine Stamped)

*NOTE* Coming soon! "Double Trouble" LP album sleeve.

Made By – RCA Victor Company, Ltd.

Pressed By – RCA Records Factory, Italy
Printed By – Corporazione Arti Grafiche
Manufactured By – RCA Italiana S.p.A.

Matrix / Runout (Label side A): SKAW 13642
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): SKAW 13643
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): SKAW 13642 1S - 1B 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): SKAW 13643 1S - 1B 2
Rights Society: BIEM

The cat number 47-9115 is the US cat number and is shown in brackets under the UK : RCA-1616 cat number.

Side A from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture "Double Trouble".

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Printed): UPKM.3937
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Printed): M2WW.0858
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): UPKM-3937-IC
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): M2WW-0858-IC

* Recorded: RCA Studio B, Nashville, May 27, 1963
** Recorded: Radio Recorders, Hollywood, June 28, 1966
*** Recorded: Radio Recorders, Hollywood, June 29, 1966
**** Recorded: Radio Recorders, Hollywood, June 30, 1966

Brief History : Double Trouble is the twenty-ninth album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3787, in June 1967. Recording sessions took place at Radio Recorders and at MGM Studios in Hollywood, California, on June 28, 29, and 30, 1966. It peaked at #47 on the Billboard 200.

Presley had usually insisted on working in the comfortable environment of a regular recording studio, and had avoided the large movie studio soundstages, but MGM executives with an eye on budgets insisted on moving the soundtrack recordings after the first night to just such a soundstage. A frustrated Elvis dutifully went along, but the final straw was having to sing "Old MacDonald," Presley storming out of the session in a huff after finishing a very short master of "Long Legged Girl (with the Short Dress On)."That song would be issued as a single in late April, prior to the film premiere, and would peak at an anemic #63 on the Billboard Hot 100.

After his enthusiasm for the well-crafted, modern-sounding gospel recordings made just the previous month in Nashville, the rushed and pedestrian soundtrack returned Presley to the depressing grind of churning out forgettable records for forgettable movies. Even the chosen release date for Double Trouble would prove unfortunate — the same day as The Beatles' era-encapsulating landmark album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Nine songs were recorded for the film, coming in at a brief 17:11 and far too short for a normal LP. To bring up the running time, three tracks recorded at the "lost album" sessions of May, 1963, were added to push the album over the twenty-minute mark. Two had already been issued as b-sides to singles, "Never Ending" the flipside to a four year-old album track "Such A Night," and "Blue River" on the back of an eight year-old vault track, "Tell Me Why.".

Front Cover : 2 Photos of Elvis. Title mid centre. Catalogue number botton left. Printed in U.S.A. bottom right.
Rear Cover : 2 Photos of Elvis. No Catalogue number. Printed in U.S.A. bottom right.
Label : Black with silver lettering & dog on top. RCA Victor Logo in white.
Side 1 : MONAURAL at bottom.
Side 2 : MONAURAL at bottom.
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : UPRM - 3943 - 4S A2 (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : UPRM - 3944 - 4S A2 (Machine Stamped)

*NOTE* Photo announcement on front cover. A 9 X 7 inch photo was given away free for a period during this release. It was enclosed inside the album.

*NOTE* A 9 X 7 inch photo was given away free for a period during this release. It was enclosed inside the album.

*NOTE* Double Trouble , Trouble Double sleeve.

Phonographic Copyright – RCA Records

Rights Society: SACEM SACD SDRM SGDL
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): UPRS 3.945
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): UPRS 3.946

Manufactured By – RCA Limited, Australia
Record Company – RCA Corporation
Published By – Belinda

Matrix / Runout (Label side A): UPRS-3945
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): UPRS-3946

Full laminated sleeve!

Rights Society: GEMA
Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): PL 12 564 (UPRS 3945)
Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): PL 12 564 (UPRS 3946)
Matrix / Runout (Side A Runouts): Je HI UPRS-3945 Manufactured In Germany
Matrix / Runout (Side B Runouts): HI UPRS-3946 Manufactured In Germany
Label Code: LC 0316

Label: RCA Pure Gold – VNL1-7337
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Australia
Released: 1981

Pretty much identical to the '77 reissue but there's an RCA Pure Gold sticker in the top right hand corner of the sleeve.

RCA Records launched its "Pure Gold" album series in the United States in 1975 under the supervision of longtime RCA producer Ethel Gabriel. This highly successful series consisted of mid-priced reissues of some classic and best-selling RCA Victor albums as well as new "Pure Gold" compilations by many popular RCA Victor artists.

LPs issued in the U.S. in this series carried an ANL1 prefix; beginning around 1981, many "Pure Gold" series albums were reissued in the RCA "Best Buy" series; these reissues carried an AYL1 prefix and some (not all) had a "Best Buy" logo printed on the album covers.

A typical "Pure Gold" series label was of the same style as regular RCA Victor labels issued between 1968-76, but was bright yellow (rather than orange-yellow or tan) and without "Victor" to the right of the spindle hole. This label was not redesigned when the standard RCA Victor label reverted to the long traditional black color and restoration of the "His Master's Voice" trademark in mid 1976.

Beginning about 1981 when the "Pure Gold" series became part of the RCA "Best Buy" series, the label was changed slightly, with the catalog , matrix numbers and Side A and B information moved from the top of the label to the right of the spindle hole.

NOTE: Not all reissues carried these label changes; Some reissues did feature "Victor" to the right of the spindle hole. Some reissues late in the LP era had the large vertical "RCA" logo moved from the left side of the label to a horizontal position across the top of the label. Reissues new to the "Best Buy" series around 1981 carried the black RCA Victor label with the "His Master's Voice" trademark.

A few older "Pure Gold" series albums with the typical yellow RCA labels were reissued in the "Best Buy" series with black RCA Victor/"His Master's Voice" labels.

There's Always Me
Judy
(US) RCA 47-9287
Released: August 8, 1967

Front Cover : Picture Sleeve.
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve.
Label : Black with silver lettering & dog on side.
Pressing Plant : Hollywood
Matrix Number Side 1 : M2 - WW 0577 - 5S (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : M2 - WW 0574 - 6S (Machine Stamped)

*NOTE* Summer Vacation Special Sleeve by Popular Demand sleeve.

*NOTE* "Not For Sale" copy.

Made By – RCA Victor Company, Ltd.

Made By – AREA
Printed By – A.C.E.M.

Other (Printing date): 9-67
Rights Society: BIEM
Matrix / Runout: M2WW 0.574
Matrix / Runout: M2WW 0.577
Matrix / Runout: M2WW 0574 P2
Matrix / Runout: M2WW 0577 P2

Made By – The Decca Record Company Limited
Published By – Carlin Music

The US cat number 47-9287 is shown in brackets above the Publishers details.

Differs from Elvis Presley - There's Always Me / Judy in that GEMA is below BIEM box at 7:30 on labels

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Printed Label): M2WW.0574
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Printed Label): M2WW.0577
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): M2WW-0574-IC
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): M2WW-0577-IC
Rights Society: BIEM
Rights Society: GEMA

Big Boss Man *
You Don't Know Me **
(US) RCA 47-9341
Released: September 26, 1967
* Recorded: RCA Studio B, Nashville, September 10, 1967
** Recorded: RCA Studio B, Nashville, September 11, 1967

Front Cover : Picture Sleeve.
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black with silver lettering & dog on side.
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis

Matrix Number Side 1 : UP - KM 2766 - 7S A3 (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : UP - KM 2771 - 8S A3 (Machine Stamped)

*NOTE* Coming Soon "Clambake" Sleeve Soundtrack Album At Your favorite Dealer.

Manufactured By – RCA Victor Company, Ltd.
Lacquer Cut At – RCA Victor Studios, Montreal

Canadien Rca red label

Incorrect writing credit for side A : Big Boss Man which is credited to Reed. The known writing credits are Al Smith and Luther Dixon.

Matrix / Runout (Side A label ): UPKM-2766
Matrix / Runout (Side B label ): UPKM-2771
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout ): UPKM-2766 G M
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout ): UPKM-2771 G M

Printed By – Stabilimento Tipolitografico U. Pinto
Cat number shown as. N1534 on the artwork and as 45N-1534 on the labels.

Rights Society: BIEM
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): SKAW13894
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): SKAW13895

Manufactured By – Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
Liner Notes – 星加ルミ子*

Matrix / Runout (Runout A-Side [stamped]): UPKM 2771 111
Matrix / Runout (Runout B-Side [stamped]): UPKM 2766 111

Manufactured By – Fonogram, S.A.
Record Company – RCA Española, S.A.

Gold sticker on record label that says: "DISCO OBSEQUIO. Prohibida su venta"

Record Company – Radio Corporation Of America

Red label reissue

* Recorded: RCA Studio B, Nashville, February 21 & 22, 1967
** Recorded: RCA Studio B, Nashville, February 23, 1967 & March 6, 1967
*** Recorded: RCA Studio B, Nashville, September 10, 1967
**** Recorded: RCA Studio B, Nashville, September 11, 1967
***** Recorded: RCA Studio B, Nashville, September 12, 1967

Brief History : Clambake is the thirtieth album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3893, in October 1967. As Presley began the last decade of his life, he entered RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee on February 21, 1967 for Recording sessions for his twenty fifth film. Supplemental material sessions took place on September 10 and 11, 1967. It peaked at #40 on the Billboard 200.

By the end of 1966, Presley no longer commanded the same level of sales or artistic respect as he had during the first ten years of his career. But Elvis had little enthusiasm at this juncture for more soundtrack sessions, the project already in jeopardy before it started. The sessions turned out a fiasco; of the eight songs recorded, two had been edited out of the film, and even with "How Can You Lose What You Never Had" restored to the soundtrack, that left an album of merely seven songs.

The album would prove to be a turning point in Presley's career. After many years of churning out forgettable songs for forgettable films, he was clearly past his prime. All realms of popular music had totally bypassed him during the 1960s while he had been 'lost in Hollywood'. So Presley decided to begin recording music written by accomplished songwriters. A session to record additional material in Hollywood was cancelled in August, rescheduled at RCA Studio B in September. Disregarding publishing control, Presley picked songs that appealed to him personally, including Eddy Arnold's country and western hit of 1956 "You Don't Know Me" and Jimmy Reed's 1960 rhythm and blues hit, "Big Boss Man." Both selections were issued as a single at the end of September before being added to the album, the A-side just barely making the Top 40. Presley also requested a song he had heard on the radio in Los Angeles by Jerry Reed, inviting Reed himself to duplicate the distinctive acoustic guitar part. They rousted Reed from a fishing-trip, who arrived to play on Presley's version of his own composition, "Guitar Man." After it was recorded, Reed refused to turn over the usual publishing percentages to Freddy Bienstock, another assault on the soundtrack formula that had been in place throughout the decade. Five songs were selected from this session to bring the album up to a total of twelve tracks.

Including this LP, of his fifteen albums since Pot Luck with Elvis in 1962, only three had not been film soundtracks: one was a compilation of hit singles, one a compilation of leftovers from a ten-year span of recording sessions, and only one a bona fide studio album, the gospel How Great Thou Art. Even with the five recent non-movie songs, including a hit single, Clambake sold less than 200,000 copies, faring worse than its predecessor Double Trouble which had been his lowest-charting album so far.

Front Cover : Photo of Elvis. Catalogue bottom left. "Special Bonus" advert for free colour photo inside album.
Rear Cover : 4 Photos of Elvis. Catalogue number top right Mono LPM 3893 / Stereo LSP 3893. Printed in U.S.A. bottom centre.
Label : Black with silver lettering & dog on top. RCA Victor Logo in white.
Side 1 : MONAURAL at bottom.
Side 2 : MONAURAL at bottom.
Pressing Plant : Rockaway
Matrix Number Side 1 : UPRM - 8439 - 3S (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : UPRM - 8440 - 3S (Machine Stamped)

*NOTE* A 11 X 11 inch photo was given away free for a period during this release. It was enclosed inside the album. A rare & hard to find a copy of this original without the photo sold on Ebay for $128.59. (24th February 2013)

Catalogue Number : LSP - 3893

Front Cover : Photo of Elvis. Catalogue number top left. "Special Bonus" advert for free colour photo inside album.
​​Rear Cover : 4 Photos of Elvis. Catalogue number top right Mono LPM 3893 / Stereo LSP 3893. Printed in U.S.A. bottom centre.

Label : Black with silver lettering & dog on top. RCA Victor Logo in white.
Side 1 : Right side has "Side 1". STEREO at bottom.
Side 2 : ​Right side has "Side 2". STEREO at bottom.
​Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
​​Matrix Number Side 1 : UPRS - 8441 - 1S A3 (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : UPRS - 8442 - 1S A4 (Machine Stamped)

*NOTE* A 11 X 11 inch photo was given away free for a period during this release. It was enclosed inside the album.

Manufactured By – Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
Liner Notes – 木崎義二

Laminated cover with English lyrics, track timings and Japanese liner notes on the reverse. No track timing given for B5.

Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A - Stamped): UPRS 8441 111
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B - Stamped): UPRS 8442 111

Manufactured By – RCA Ltd.
Published By – Valley Music
Published By – Carlin Music
Published By – Jewel Music

UK RCA Victor Orange label reissue.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
Printed By – A.R.E.A.C.E.M.
Lacquer Cut At – Decca Studios, Paris
Lacquer Cut By – P*

Front : Stéréo utilisable en Mono
including "big boss man" (on red rectangle)

Back: RCA 6, Rond-Point des Champs Elysées - Paris
B 461 021
Made in France
Imp. A.R.E.A.C.E.M. - C-2

Label side B (Face 2) :
"Just Call Me Lonesome" is misspelled with "Just Call Me Lonescome"

Rights Society: SACEM SACD SDRM SGDL
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): UPRS 8441 P1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): UPRS 8442 P1

Manufactured By – RCA Limited, Australia
Published By – Belinda
Published By – Leeds
Published By – Copyright Control
Published By – Albert
Published By – Jewel
Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By – DB*

A Levy-Gardner-Laven Production.

Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout stamped (DB hand etched)): UPRS 8441 A1 A6 DB
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout stamped (DB hand etched)): UPRS 8441 A1 A5 DB
Other (Release date code on back cover): A178F

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment
Copyright – Sony Music Entertainment
Licensed To – Music On Vinyl
Published By – Vector Music; Valley Music Ltd.; Sixteen Stars Music; Vector Music Corporation; Elvis Presley Music; Williamson Music Co.; Anne-Rachel Music Corp.; Conrad Music; EMI Unart Catalog Inc.; Sony/ATV Songs LLC; R&H Music; Hill & Range Songs

Original release ℗ & © 1967 RCA
This release ℗ & © 2010 Sony Music Entertainment

Barcode (Scanned): 8713748980160
Barcode (Text): 8 713748 980160
Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Rights Society (A1, B4 to B6): BMI
Rights Society (A2 to A6, B1 to B3): ASCAP
Label Code: LC00316