Elvis CD & Vinyl

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Vinyl - 1977  

WELCOME TO MY WORLD (LP)
(US) RCA APL1 2274
Released: March 1977

Side 1
Welcome To My World
(Live Honolulu International Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 14, 1973)
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Release Me
(Live International Hotel, Las Vegas, February 18, 1970 Midnight Show)
I Really Don't Want To Know
For The Good Times
(Live Madison Square Garden, New York City, June 10, 1972 Evening Show)

Side 2
Make The World Go Away
(Take 3 Overdubbed)
Gentle On My Mind
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
(Live Honolulu International Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 14, 1973)
Your Cheatin' Heart
I Can't Stop Loving You
(Live Madison Square Garden, New York City,
June 10, 1972 2:30pm Show)

Brief History : Welcome to My World was the title of a compilation album by Elvis Presley that was released by RCA Records in early 1977, just months before his death. According to Elvis: The Illustrated Record by Roy Carr and Mick Farren, all but one track on this album had been previously released (one track, "Your Cheatin' Heart", dated back 20 years). The only previously unissued recording is "I Can't Stop Loving You" which was taken from a 1972 performance in New York City that as of 1977 had not yet been released. (It later appeared on CD as An Afternoon in the Garden.) It was certified gold on September 30, 1977 and platinum on January 14, 1983 by the RIAA.

Front Cover : Photo of Elvis. Title on top. Catalogue number top right.
​​Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis. Catalogue number bottom right. Printed in U.S.A. bottom.
Label : Black. Dog near top.
Side A : RCA logo at top.
Side B : ​RCA logo at top.
​Pressing Plant : Indianapolis ?
​​Matrix Number Side 1 : APL1 - 2274 A - 2S C (Hand Etched) A T (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : APL1 - 2274 B - 1S (Hand Etched) A4 T (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* New label variation discovered 3rd September 2017 . 13:50 pm. Ribbed label. Possible unknown pressing plant. "I" for Indianapolis is crossed through and " T " stamped next to it.

   

Label: RCA Victor – PL 12274
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: France

Released: Mar 1977
   

Label: RCA Victor – PL 12274
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: Germany
Released: 1977

First release on RCA Victor O-7 Label

Rights Society: GEMA
Label Code: 0316
Matrix / Runout: Side 1: RCA PL-12274-A PF Manufactured in Germany
Matrix / Runout: Side 2: RCA PL-12274-B PF Manufactured in Germany

   

Label: RCA – PL-12274, RCA Victor – PL 12274
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: Italy
Released: 1977

Manufactured By – RCA S.P.A.
Printed By – Grafiche Boccadoro
Copyright © – RCA Records

Rights Society: SIAE
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): FKAY 31490 1S T1-1B6 2 ▽P
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): FKAY 31491 1S T1-17A 3 ▽P

   

Label: RCA Victor – MILS-4420
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Mexico

Released: Mar 1977
   

Label: RCA Victor – APL1 2274
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Rhodesia
Released: 1977
   

Label: RCA – PL 12274, RCA Victor – PL 12274
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: Scandinavia
Released: 1977

Manufactured By – Grammofon AB Electra
Printed By – SIB-Tryck, Tumba
Published By – Public Performance Clearance

Swedish pressing for the Scandinavian market.

Track B4: Original mono recording
All material previously released except
Track B5: As recorded at Madison Square Garden, the June 10, 1972 Saturday afternoon performance

Rights Society: n©b
Other (Cat. # cassette): PK 12274
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): PL 12274-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): PL 12274-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout [stamped]): PL 12274 A
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout [stamped]): PL 12274 B

Way Down *
Pledging My Love *

(US) RCA PB 10998
Released: June 6, 1977
Recorded: Graceland, Memphis, October 29, 1976

Brief History : Both songs were recorded between October 29th & 30th, 1976 at Graceland, Memphis.

Front Cover : Picture Sleeve.
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve.
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : PB - 10998 - A 1S B1 (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : PB - 10998 - B 1S A6 (Machine Stamped) *NOTE* This was to be the last Elvis Presley release while he was alive. Two months after this release August 16th, 1977 Elvis Presley died at his Graceland Mansion. He was 42 years old. His death was a shock to the world and the music world had lost it's "KING".

   

Label: RCA Victor – PB-10998
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Country: Canada

Released: 1977

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
Made By – RCA Limited

Similar to Way Down but the labels's layouts/disposition differ.
Not the same publishing credits as this Canadian pressing either : Way Down.

Made in Canada by RCA Limited

   

Label: RCA Victor – PB-0998
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1977

Distributed By – Inelco
Manufactured By – Inelco Nederland B.V.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 32505, Bovema / EMI Studios – 32506
Published By – Ahab Music Co., Inc. Ray Stevens Music. Lion Publishing Company, Inc.
Published By – Dunhill Music, Inc. Wimar Music Corporation

℗ 1977 RCA Records
Manufactured by Inelco Nederland BV, Amsterdam
Distributed by Inelco

Rights Society: STEMRA
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): PB0998 A//HL32505-1-Y
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): PB 0998-B//HL32506-1-Y

   

Label: RCA Victor – PB 0998, RCA Victor – 76.11 925, RCA – PB 0998
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
Country: Sweden
Released: 1977

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
Made By – RCA Schallplatten GmbH
Published By – Ray Stevens Music
Published By – Lion Publishing
Pressed By – Teldec-Press GmbH

Track A published by Ray Stevens Music
Track B published by Lion Publishing
Lion Publishing is (a Division of ABC / Dunhill Music / Wemar Music)

Pressed in Germany for the Scandinavian market.
Label : RCA on sleeve and RCA Victor on the labels.

Runouts etched, except "Manufactured in Gemany" which are stamped.

Label Code: LC 0316
Rights Society: n©b
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A.): PB-0998-A PF Manufactured in Germany RCA
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B.): PB-0998-B PF Manufactured in Germany RCA-0998-B

   

Label: RCA Victor – PB 0998
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Push-out Centre
Country: UK
Released: 1977

Lacquer Cut At – RCA Studios, London
Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Washington, UK
Lacquer Cut By – Dave's

Matrix / Runout (Etched side A): PB - 0998-A-1 E A4 AAAD DAVE'S R.C.A. W1 CA-SIDES
Matrix / Runout (Etched side B): PB - 0998-B-1 E A5 AAJ DAVE'S R.C.A. W1 A

MOODY BLUE (LP)
(US) RCA AFL1 2428
Released: July 1977

Side 1
Unchained Melody ***
If You Love Me (Let Me Know) ****
Little Darlin' ***
He'll Have To Go **
Let Me Be There
(From Live On Stage In Memphis 20/3/74)

Side 2
Way Down
Pledging My Love
Moody Blue
She Thinks I Still Care
It's Easy For You *


* Recorded: Graceland, Memphis, October 29, 1976
** Recorded: Graceland, Memphis, October 31, 1976
*** Recorded: Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 24, 1977
**** Recorded: Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, Michigan, April 26, 1977

Brief History :​​
Moody Blue is the final studio album by Elvis Presley. The album was a mixture of live and studio work, and included the four tracks from Presley's final studio recording sessions in October 1976 and two tracks leftover from the previous Graceland session in February 1976. Moody Blue was a previously published hit song recorded at the earlier Graceland session and held over for this album. Also recorded at the February session was She Thinks I Still Care. Way Down became a hit after Presley's death less than one month after this album's publication.

As described in Elvis: The Illustrated Record, RCA was not able to obtain sufficient new studio material for a complete album, with all but six songs of Presley's studio recordings of 1976 having already been used in the previous album, From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee. The company chose to augment the remaining available works with three live songs recorded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 24 and 26, 1977, including his version of "Unchained Melody" which was the album's third single, released posthumously. RCA and the producer Felton Jarvis had booked a recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee, for January 1977, to record some new tracks for this album. Presley had chosen a few songs to record with the help of Jarvis, most of them were rather country and uptempo. Unfortunately, Presley never showed up at that session, claiming that he was sick and thus staying home (an excuse that Presley used rather frequently during the 1960s to avoid recording poor soundtracks for his motion pictures). Jarvis and RCA had nothing left to do but to fill the album with the live tracks mentioned above. Also included is a live performance of "Let Me Be There" which had already been released three years earlier on his album Elvis: As Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis.

The song Moody Blue was released as a single in December 1976 and it reached number one on the Billboard Country Singles Chart, and #31 on the pop chart. "Way Down" was released as the album's next single during the early summer of 1977. It did not go very far up the chart, but it soared to #18 after Presley's death in August (jumping to number one in the U.K.) It was a bigger hit on the country charts, and it had risen to number one in the same week of the death of Presley. This album reached number three on the Billboard album charts after his death, although it had already entered the top 40 before he died. This was the last album by Presley to reach the TOP 40. Moody Blue was also a number one album on the Country Albums chart. Moody Blue was published on July 19, 1977, and it peaked on the album chart in August 1977.

RCA pressed the album on blue vinyl, to match the title track. Since colored vinyl pressings were relatively rare, and they almost never occurred in a wide release, this has led to collectors mistakenly assuming that blue-vinyl albums of Moody Blue are collectors' items, when in fact the true collectables are pressings from immediately before Presley's death on standard black vinyl. (Immediately following his death, the production of Moody Blue was shifted back to blue vinyl. However, in some later years the album was produced using standard black vinyl).

Following Presley's death, "Unchained Melody" was also released as a single, and it peaked at #6 on the country music charts.

The original CD issue had the standard songs of the original. The CD reissue of the year 2000 revised the cover art including a different concert photo of Elvis, omitted the track "Let Me Be There", due to its presence on Elvis: As Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis, and it added the complete album From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee as tracks 10-19 - in effect compiling the Graceland sessions rather than reissuing the album. It was certified Gold and Platinum on 9/12/1977 and 2x Platinum on 3/27/1992 by the RIAA.

Front Cover : Photo of Elvis. Title on top. Catalogue number top right.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis. Catalogue number bottom right. Printed in U.S.A. bottom.
Label : Black. Dog near top.
Side A : RCA logo at top.
Side B : RCA logo at top.
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : AFL1 - 2428 - A 1S masterfonics gam (Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side 2 : APL1 - 2428 - B 30 A1 (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* 2 Hype stickers attached . "The Blu Album" & "Contains The Hits". This issue released on blue vinyl. Flat label flexible vinyl.

   

Front Cover : Photo of Elvis. Title on top. Catalogue number top right.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis. Catalogue number bottom right. Printed in U.S.A. bottom.
Label : Black. Dog near top.
Side A : RCA logo at top.
Side B : RCA logo at top.
Pressing Plant : Unknown
Matrix Number Side 1 : AFL1 - 2428 - A 2S W JMKLES (Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side 2 : APL1 - 2428 - B 2S W JMKLES (Hand Etched)

*NOTE* This issue released on blue vinyl. Rigid label but flexible vinyl.
   

Front Cover : Photo of Elvis. Title on top. Catalogue number top right.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis. Catalogue number bottom right. Printed in U.S.A. bottom.
Label : Black. Dog near top. Non flexible vinyl.
Side A : RCA logo at top.
Side B : RCA logo at top.
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : AFL1 - 2428 - A 1S A4W MASTERFONICS GAM (Hand Etched) A4 (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : APL1 - 2428 - B 2S B1J MASTERFONICS GAM (Hand Etched) B1 (Machine Stamped)

*NOTE* New label variation discovered 3rd September 2017. This issue released on black vinyl.
   

Label: RCA Victor – PL 12428
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: Germany
Released: 1977

Made By – RCA Schallplatten GmbH
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
Lacquer Cut At – Tonstudio Pfanz

On labels: Made in Germany
On cover: Printed in Germany

Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA
Label Code: LC 0316
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Runout Side 1): RCA PL-12428-A PF
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Runout Side 2): RCA PL-12428-B PF
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Side A - etched): RCA PL-12428-A PF II (stamped) Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Side B - etched): RCA PL-12428-B PF (stamped) Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, Side A - etched): RCA PL-12428-A PF (stamped) Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, Side B - etched): RCA PL-12428-B PF (stamped) Made in Germany

   

Label: RCA – RVP-6224
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Japan
Released: 25 Sept 1977

Manufactured By – RVC Corporation
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records

   

Label: First Record – FL-2891
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Unofficial Release, Stereo
Country: Taiwan

Released: 1977
   

Label: RCA – FRM-2428, Sony Music Commercial Music Group – FRM-2428, Friday Music – FRM-2428, RCA Victor – FRM-2428
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Blue Translucent, 180 Gram
Country: US
Released: 2013

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
Copyright © – RCA Records
Manufactured By – Sony Music Entertainment
Mastered At – Friday Music Studios
Recorded At – Graceland, Memphis
Pressed By – R.T.I.

Executive-Producer – Elvis Presley
Producer [Associate Producer] – Felton Jarvis
Remastered By [Mastered By] – Joe Reagoso
Remastered By [Mastered With] – Kevin Gray

• Limited Edition
• 180g Audiophile Vinyl
• Blue Vinyl
• Mastered by Joe Reagoso with Kevin Gray at Friday Music Studios
• First time gatefold cover
• Pressed at RTI

Barcode: 829421242802
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (Side A scribed): 88725459531-A Long Live The King 20911.1(3)
Matrix / Runout (Side B scribed): 88725459531-B His Last Masteriece 20911.2(3)

   

Label: RCA Victor – AFL1-2428, Follow That Dream Records – 506020-975083, Sony Music – 506020-975083
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Clear Vinyl
Country: Europe
Released: 2015

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Follow That Dream Records
Copyright © – Follow That Dream Records
Licensed From – Sony Music Entertainment
Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
Art Direction – Roger Semon

Bass – Duke Bardwell (tracks: C5), Jerry Scheff (tracks: A1 to C4, C6 to D5), Norbert Putnam (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6, D3 to D5)
Bass [Overdubbed Later] – Jerry Scheff (tracks: A1 to B4, C1 to C4, D1 to D5), Norbert Putnam (tracks: A1, A2, D1, D2, D5)
Bells [Overdubbed Later] – Farrell Morris (tracks: A1, A2, D1, D2, D5)
Compiled By – Jean-Marc Juilland
Compiled By [Vinyl Edition] – Roger Semon
Design, Artwork By – Paul Bevoir
Drums – Ronnie Tutt*
Drums [Overdubbed Later] – Randy Cullers (tracks: A1, A2, D1, D2, D5), Ronnie Tutt* (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6, D3 to D5)
Electric Piano – Bobby Ogdin (tracks: A1, A2, D1, D2, D5), David Briggs (2) (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6, D3 to D5)
Electric Piano [Overdubbed Later] – David Briggs (2) (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6)
Executive-Producer – Elvis Presley
Guitar – Billy Sanford (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6, D3 to D5), Charlie Hodge (tracks: B5, C5, C6), Chip Young (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6, D3 to D5), James Burton, John Wilkinson
Guitar [Overdubbed Later] – Alan Rush (tracks: A1, A2, D1, D2, D5), Chip Young, Dennis Linde (tracks: A1, A2, D1, D2, D5), James Burton (tracks: A3 to B5, C1 to C6, D3 to D5), John Wilkinson (tracks: A3 to B5, C1 to C6, D3 to D5)
Mastered By – Jean-Marc Juilland, Vic Anesini
Mixed By [RE-mixes] – Vic Anesini
Organ [Overdubbed Later] – Tony Brown (4) (tracks: A1, A2, D1, D2, D5)
Percussion [Overdubbed Later] – Farrell Morris (tracks: A1, A2, D1, D2, D5), Randy Cullers (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6)
Piano – Bobby Emmons (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6, D3 to D5), Elvis Presley (tracks: A1, D1), Glen Hardin (tracks: B5, C5, C6), Tony Brown (4) (tracks: A1 to B4, C1 to C4, D1 to D5)
Piano [Overdubbed Later] – Bobby Ogdin (tracks: A1, A2, D1, D2, D5), Tony Brown (4) (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6)

Producer [Associate] – Felton Jarvis
Producer [Vinyl Edition] – Roger Semon
Steel Guitar [Moog/ Overdubbed Later] – Shane Keister
Steel Guitar [Overdubbed Later] – Weldon Myrick
Vocals – Charlie Hodge (tracks: B5, C5, C6)
Vocals [Accompaniment] – J.D. Sumner & The Stamps, Joe Guercio And His Orchestra* (tracks: A1, A2, B5, C5 to D2, D5), Kathy Westmoreland, Myrna Smith (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6, D3 to D5), Sherill Nielsen* (tracks: A1 to C4, C6 to D5), The Sweet Inspirations (tracks: A1, A2, B5, C5, C6, D1, D2, D5)
Vocals [Overdubbed Later/Accompaniment] – Alan Rush (tracks: A1, A2, D1, D2, D5), Dennis Linde, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps (tracks: A1, A2, D1, D2, D5), Myrna Smith (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6, D3 to D5), Sherill Nielsen* (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6, D3 to D5), The Stamps* (tracks: A3 to B4, C1 to C4, C6, D3 to D5)
Voice – Joe Guercio & His Orchestra (tracks: C5)

Track B3/C4 Written By is credit to Ferdinand Robinson instead of Ferdinand Washington

Barcode (Scanned): 5060209750835
Barcode (Printed): 5 060209 750835
Matrix / Runout (etching runout A): 506020-975083 A-1
Matrix / Runout (etching runout B): 506020-975083 B-1
Matrix / Runout (etching runout C): 506020-975083 C-1
Matrix / Runout (etching runout D): 506020-975083 D-1
Rights Society: NⒸB

   

Label: RCA Victor – 506020-975182, Follow That Dream Records – 506020-975182, Sony Music – 506020-975182
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Gold Sparkle
Country:
Released: 2024

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Follow That Dream Records
Copyright © – Follow That Dream Records
Licensed From – Sony Music Entertainment

Limited edition on gold sparkle vinyl
4000 numbered copies

Barcode (Scanned): 5060209751825
Barcode (Printed): 5 060209 751825
Matrix / Runout (etching runout A): 506020-975083 A-1
Matrix / Runout (etching runout B): 506020-975083 B-1
Matrix / Runout (etching runout C): 506020-975083 C-1
Matrix / Runout (etching runout D): 506020-975083 D-1
Rights Society: NⒸB

ELVIS IN CONCERT (LP)
(US) RCA APL2 2587
Released: October 3, 1977

Side 1
Elvis Fans Comments / Opening Riff / Also Sprach Zarathustra **
See See Rider **
That's All Right **
Are You Lonesome Tonight **
Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel *
Elvis Fans Comments
You Gave Me A Mountain **
Jailhouse Rock **


Side 2
Elvis Fans Comments
How Great Thou Art *
Elvis Fans Comments
I Really Don't Want To Know **
Elvis Introduces His Father **
Hurt **
Hound Dog **
My Way **
Can't Help Falling In Love *
Closing Riff *
Special Message From Elvis' Father

Side 3
I Got A Woman / Amen **
Elvis Talks **
Love Me **
If You Love Me (Let Me Know) **
It's Now Or Never **
Trying To Get To You **

Side 4
Hawaiian Wedding Song **
Fairytale *
Little Sister *
Early Mornin' Rain **
What'd I Say **
Johnny B Goode **
And I Love You So *


* Recorded: Civic Auditorium Arena, Omaha, Nebraska, June 19, 1977
** Recorded: Rushmore Civic Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, June 21, 1977

Brief History : Elvis in Concert is the title of the soundtrack album released in conjunction with the television special of the same name which featured some of the final performances of Elvis Presley. Videotaped and recorded in June 1977, both the special and album were broadcast and released on October 3, 1977, (the single "My Way"/"America the Beautiful" was also released that day too) two months after Presley's death. The album peaked to #5 on the Billboard chart in the fall of 1977. It was certified Gold and Platinum on 10/14/1977 and 3x Platinum on 8/1/2002 by the RIAA.

The show was recorded over two days at concerts in Omaha on June 19 and Rapid City, South Dakota on the 21st. Longtime RCA/Elvis producer Felton Jarvis produced the recordings, which were done to 4-track multitrack. According to Elvis: The Illustrated Record by Roy Carr and Mick Farren, the shows were taped with the intent of producing a television special, but Presley's deteriorating physical condition put the project on hold. After his death, they write, it was decided to go ahead with the special as a tribute. Although both the June 19th and 21st concerts are the last official live professional one's ever recorded of Presley alive,

Vernon Presley, Elvis' father, recorded a message that was broadcast at the end of the special and included on the soundtrack album, in which he erroneously states that the performance featured was his son's last appearance; in fact Elvis made five more concert appearances after the filming of the special. Elvis' last concert was in fact on Sunday, June 26, 1977 at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana. No professional recording of this last performance has ever been issued, but bootlegs of amateur recordings have.

During the special, Presley performs a selection of his hits, along with songs not normally associated with him. Although it was a regular part of his repertoire for years, Presley requires a lyric sheet when he performs Paul Anka's "My Way" (noted for its opening lyric, "And now the end is near/And so I face the final curtain"). He also loses his train of thought during "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", although Darrin Memmer's book "Elvis Presley - The 1977 CBS Television Special," published in 2001 by Morris Publishing, makes a strong case that Elvis regularly played around with the words during the spoken portion of the song when performing it on stage, rather than it being a case of poor memory.

Indeed a concert recording of Presley similarly joking around during the monologue section of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" dating from 1969 has been issued by RCA on numerous occasions (dubbed the "Laughing Version", it even made the UK charts after Presley's death), and he also poked fun at the song during his 1968 Comeback Special.

The soundtrack album was issued as a 2-LP package, including a second disc of performances that were not included in the TV special. It was also released on 8-track. On May 22, 1992, the special saw its first release on a single-disc CD. Unfortunately the CD barely improved on the somewhat muffled sound quality of the original album.

Front Cover : Photo of Elvis Title top. Catalogue number top right.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis. Catalogue bottom left. Printed in USA bottom right.
Label : Blue.
Side A : Elvis at top.
Side B : Elvis at top.
Side C : Elvis at top.
Side D : Elvis at top.
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side A : APL2 - 2587 - A - 8S AC (Machine Stamped) T (Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side B : APL2 - 2587 - B - 8S A5 (Machine Stamped) G (Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side C : APL2 - 2587 - C - 15S A4 (Machine Stamped) G (Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side D : APL2 - 2587 - D - 16S A1 (Machine Stamped) N (Hand Etched)

*NOTE* 4 Page Boxcar insert advertising the LP catalogue of Elvis Presley. This was inside this sealed copy.

   

Label: RCA – APL2-2587
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country: Belgium
Released: 1977

Manufactured By – Inelco Belgium S.A.

Released in a gatefold cover. Original Soundtrack Recording From The CBS-TV Special Plus Additional Songs Recorded On Tour June, 1977.

Rights Society: SABAM
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 1): ZPRS-237+A/1
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 2): ZPRS-238+B/1
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 3): ZPRS-239+C/1
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 4): ZPRS-240+D/1

   
Label: RCA – APL2-2587
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Rhodesia

Released: 1977
   

Label: New Jen Sheng – JS-5233
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Unofficial Release
Country: Taiwan
Released:Oct 1977

Cited in the back cover the catalog number APS2-2587 for Stereo 8 and APK2-2587 for cassette but nowhere the official APL2-2587

   

Label: RCA – PL 82587 (2)
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 1985

Released in a gatefold cover.
Original Soundtrack Recording From The CBS-TV Special Plus Additional Songs Recorded On Tour June, 1977.
GEMA BIEM

Barcode (Printed on Sleeve): 0 035628 258717
Barcode (Scanned): 035628258717
Price Code (D:): DX
Price Code (F:): RC 250
Rights Society: BIEM GEMA
Label Code: LC 0316

Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 1): RCA PL-12587-A 020 E0404/A-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 2): RCA 020 E-0404 B-1 PL--12857-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 3): DM E-0405 A-2/84 S 1 II
Matrix / Runout: DM E-0405 B-2/85 S II

   

Label: RCA – APL2-2587
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Red Vinyl
Country: Europe
Released: 2003

Re-issue 180 gram red vinyl pressing with gatefold sleeve and blue RCA labels.
Limited run.

Matrix / Runout (Side A - Etched): R
Matrix / Runout (Side B - Etched): PP
Matrix / Runout (Side C - Etched): KK
Matrix / Runout (Side D - Etched): E

My Way (From Elvis In Concert 21/6/77)
America The Beautiful *

(US) RCA PB 11165
Released: October 28, 1977
* Recorded: Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas,
December 13, 1975 Midnight Show

Brief History : My Way was recorded either June 19th or June 21st, 1977 at either Omaha or Rapid City live. America has a possible recording date in Las Vegas either December 1975 or 1976 live.

Front Cover : Picture Sleeve.
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve.
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Unknown
Matrix Number Side 1 : PB - 11165 - A 13S A3 (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : PB - 11165 - B 12S A9 (Machine Stamped)

   
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve.
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve.
Label : Unknown Sealed
Pressing Plant : Unknown Sealed
Matrix Number Side 1 : Unknown Sealed
Matrix Number Side 2 : Unknown Sealed *Note* Sealed copy. This is the "America The Beautiful" release & sleeve.
   

Label: RCA Victor – 103024
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Country: Australia
Released: 1977

Published By – Leeds
Published By – Copyright Control
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Corporation
Manufactured By – RCA Limited, Australia

Side A : From the "Elvis In Concert" Album APL2-2587

Publishers:
Side A: Leeds
Side B: Control

Rights Society: BIEM
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): PB-11165A
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): PB-11165B

   

Label: RCA – PB-11165
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Stereo
Country: Chile
Released: 1977

Manufactured By – Industria De Radio y Televisión, S.A.

Hecho de Masters de RCA Records

   

Label: RCA – PB 1165, RCA Victor – PB 1165
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo, Stereo
Country: Italy
Released: Nov 1977

Pressed By – RCA Records Factory, Italy
Printed By – Stabilimento Tipolitografico U. Pinto
Manufactured By – RCA S.p.A.

Campione non Commerciabile.
U. Pinto - Roma 11/77.

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): GKAS 31946 1S T2 1A 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): GKAS 31947 3S DT 1A 2
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): GKAS 31946
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): GKAS 31947
Rights Society: SIAE

   

Label: RCA Victor – SP 4890
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Country: Mexico
Released: 1977

Unique picture sleeve. Titles in English and Spanish

   

Label: RCA Victor – PB-1165, RCA – PB-1165
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo, Mono
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1977

Manufactured By – Inelco Nederland B.V.
Published By – Spanka Music Corp. Elvis Music, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 34075
Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 34076
Pressed By – CBS, Haarlem – 08-10272
Lacquer Cut By – HN

Track B is titled "America" on the sleeve, and "America The Beautiful" on the center label.
Side B is mono.

Matrix/runouts first part VR-number is stamped; this number identifies pressing plant, following part starting with PB is etched and includes lacquer cutting numbers plus also initials cutting engineer.

Rights Society: STEMRA
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): VR 08-10272-1A-1 PB 1165-A-34075-1-Y HN
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): VR 08-10272-1B-1 PB 1165-B-34076-1-Y HN

   
Label: RCA – PB 11165
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Country: Peru
Released: 1977

Manufactured By – FTA
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records

Stamped by the manufacturer on labels "DISCO PROMOCIONAL / PROHIBIDA SU VENTA"

   

Label: RCA Victor – PB 1165
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Paper Labels
Country: UK
Released: 1977

Manufactured By – RCA Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
Published By – Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
Published By – Carlin Music Corp.

Side B is mono.

Publishers
Side A: Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
Side B: Carlin Music Corp.

Matrix / Runout (Side A): PB1165-A4
Matrix / Runout (Side B): PB1165 B4

   

Label: RCA – 101.4087
Format: Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: Brazil
Released: 1978

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records

Brazilian Edition.

Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): 101.4087-A
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): 101.4087-B
Matrix / Runout (Etched Side A): 1014087 A
Matrix / Runout (Etched Side B): 1014087 B

15 Golden Records - 30 Golden Hits

Label: RCA – PP-11301
Series: RCA Collectors' Series
Format: 15 x Vinyl, 7", Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono
Box Set, Compilation, Limited Edition
Country: US
Released: 1977 / See also July 1978 Release

Collectors' Series Limited Edition Box Set
15 Golden Records 30 Golden Hits
Individually Packed In Full Color Photo Sleeves

Box: Black box, yellowish golden letters. The dimensions is a square 7 1/4" and 1 3/8" wide. Each side features a list of the contents contained inside the box. On the top and bottom flap is PP-11301. Inside each flap is 21-107-15 PT1. A sealed example exists that contains a PROMO-COPY NOT FOR SALE sticker affixed to the box.

Box contains 15 individually packaged records each in a full color picture sleeve.

Brief History : This was a 15 x 45 set of singles released in a box set. It is a "Collectors' Series" Limited Edition. They were all released with picture sleeves. Each record was pressed on black vinyl with the dog near the top. They were all released previous on the "Gold Standard Series".

Of the 15 records in this set, 10 of them were also issued in a 10 record set called RCA PP-11340 20 Golden Hits in Full Color Sleeves. All records in this COLLECTORS’ SERIES LIMITED EDITION are issued in the GOLD STANDARD SERIES. Corresponding reference numbers for each title are listed above. These titles are listed individually as some may have access to only one title of this set.

RCA PB-11099 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0608)
RCA PB-11100 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0671)
RCA PB-11101 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0619)
RCA PB-11102 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0635)
RCA PB-11103 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0673)
RCA PB-11104 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0629)
RCA PB-11105 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0605)
RCA PB-11106 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0618)
RCA PB-11107 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0609)
RCA PB-11108 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0616)
RCA PB-11109 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0620)
RCA PB-11110 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0628)
RCA PB-11111 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0638)
RCA PB-11112 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0624)
RCA PB-11113 released on Gold Standard label as RCA 447-0643)

   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : Hound Dog
Side B : Don't Be Cruel
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : J2 - PW 5695 - 10S A1 PB - 11099 - A (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : J2 - PW 5696 - 9S A2 PB - 11099 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11099
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : In The Ghetto
Side B : Any Day Now
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : XP - KM 1154 - 35 A2 PB - 11100 - A (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : XP - KM 1274 - 35S A1 PB - 11100 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11100
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : Jailhouse Rock
Side B : Treat Me Nice
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : H2 - WW 6779 - 19S (Machine Stamped) A14 PB - 11101 - A (Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side 2 : H2 - WW 6778 - 18S A3 PB - 11101 - B 1D (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11101
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : Can't Help Falling Love
Side B : Rock - A - Hula Baby
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : M2 - PW 2988 - 11S A3 PB - 11102 - A (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : M2 - PW 2989 - 10 A4 PB - 11102 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11102
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : Suspicious Minds
Side B : You'll Think Of Me
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : XP - KM 1227 - 31S A7 PB - 11103 - A (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : XP - KM 1146 - 32 A4 PB - 11103 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11103
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : Are You Lonesome Tonight
Side B : I Gotta Know
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : L2 - WW 0106 - 14 A4 PB - 11104 - A (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : L2 - WW 0104 - 10S A4 PB - 11104 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11104
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : Heartbreak Hotel
Side B : I Was The One
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : J2 - PW 5691 - 9S A2 PB - 11105 - A (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : J2 - PW 5692 - 5S B1 PB - 11105 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11105
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : All Shook Up
Side B : That's When Your Heartaches Begin
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : J2 - PW 6015 - 6S A1 PB - 11106 - A (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : J2 - PW 6016 - 7S A3 PB - 11106 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11106
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : Blue Suede Shoes
Side B : Tutti Frutti
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : J2 - PW 5697 - 5S AC (Machine Stamped) PB - 11107 - A (Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side 2 : J2 - PW 5698 - 6S A1 PB - 11107 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11107
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : Any Way You Want Me (That's How I'll Be)
Side B : Love Me Tender
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : J2 - PW 6011 - 7S B2 PB - 11108 - A (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : J2 - PW 6012 - 7 A5 PB - 11108 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11108
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : Loving You
Side B : (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : H2 - WW 0418 - 16 A6 PB - 11109 - A (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : H2 - WW 2193 - 14 A5 PB - 11109 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11109
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : It's Now Or Never
Side B : A Mess Of Blues
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : L2 - WW 0100 - 32S A1 PB - 11110 - A (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : L2 - WW 0085 - 13S A2 PB - 11110 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11110
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : Return To Sender
Side B : Where Do You Come From
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : N2 - PW 3279 - 10S A4 PB - 11111 - A (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : N2 - PW 3274 - 10S A4 PB - 11111 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11111
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : I Got Stung
Side B : One Night
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : J2 - WW 3257 - 13S AC A (Machine Stamped) PB - 11112 - A (Hand Etched)
Matrix Number Side 2 : H2 - WW 0415 - 13S A2 PB - 11112 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11112
   

Details : Reissue with new catalogue number
Side A : Crying In The Chapel
Side B : I Believe In The Man In The Sky
Front Cover : Picture Sleeve
Rear Cover : Picture Sleeve
Label : Black
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side 1 : L2 - WW 0385 - 11S A1 PB - 11113 - A (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side 2 : L2 - WW 0375 - 11S A2 PB - 11113 - B (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* PB - 11113

His Songs of Inspiration (LP)
(US) RCA DML1 - 0264
Released: 1977


Side 1
Crying in the Chapel
Put Your Hand in the Hand
I Believe
How Great Thou Art
If I Can Dream

Side 2
(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)
Amazing Grace
American Trilogy
Follow That Dream
You'll Never Walk Alone

Brief History : RCA Special Products.

​​This LP was only available through "Direct Mail" Order and "Magazine Ads". It was only available for a short time and then deleted.

Front Cover : Photo of Elvis. Title to the right. Catalogue number bottom right.
​​Rear Cover : No catalogue number. All text back. Copyright details across bottom. Printed in U.S.A. bottom.
Label : Black dog near top. Flexible vinyl.
Side A : RCA logo at top.
Side B : ​RCA logo at top.
​Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
​​Matrix Number Side A : DML1 - 0264 - A - 1 - A1 (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side B : DML5 - 0264 - B - 1 - A1 (Machine Stamped) G (Hand Etched)​

​​​*NOTE* This was the companion LP that was issued for the Elvis Presley Story box set. This companion LP was issued in 1977 for that years promotion. On the back of this album cover is a list of all of the songs along with a short story about how Elvis Presley happened to record each song. "Special Products" on side to left of each label.

   

Label: RCA Special Products – DML1-0264, Candlelite Music – none
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Canada
Released: 1977

Copyright © – Candlelite Music, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records

   

Label: RCA Special Products – DML1-0264, Candlelite Music – DML1-0264
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Goldisc Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1977

Goldisc pressing with "GOL" in runouts.
Alternate black label with grey script and no dog logo.

Matrix / Runout: DPL1-0264 A-3 GOL
Matrix / Runout: DPL1-0264 B-2 GOL

The Elvis Presley Story Sampler

Label: Candlelite Music – 726771XS
Format: Flexi-disc, 6", Single Sided, Promo, Sampler
Country: USA & Canada
Released: 1977

Tracks:
Don't Be Cruel
One Night
Jailhouse Rock
All Shook Up
It's Now Or Never
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Suspicious Minds
In The Ghetto
Burning Love
Don't Cry Daddy
The Wonder Of You

Manufactured By – Eva-Tone Soundsheets. One-sided demonstration flexi-disc promoting "The Elvis Story" album.

Matrix / Runout: EV-726771XST1

Black label. Flexible plastic. This is a one sided record. No text on the back side. 6″ in size. The label reads Candlelite Music presents … “The Elvis Presley Story” Sampler. Demonstration Record 33-1/3 RPM Stereo. featuring excerpts from: Don’t’ Be Cruel, One Night, Jailhouse Rock, All Shook up, It’s Now or Never, Are You Lonesome Tonight, Suspicious Minds, In the Ghetto, Burning Love, Don’t Cry Daddy, The Wonder of You. 39 hits from the 40’s, 60’s & 70’s. To order: Return the enclosed postpaid order from today. 726771XS. Product of Eva-Tone Corp., Deerfield, Ill. Made in U.S.A.

Elvis Presley – The Elvis Tapes

Label: Scramble – SRL 610.001
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Mono
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1977

Side A Introduction And Press Conference Vancouver 1957

Side B Press Conference And Description Of Pre-concert Scene, Vancouver 1957

Distributed By – Dureco
Manufactured By – Dureco
Copyright © – Dutch Record Company
Lacquer Cut At – Dureco Studio
Lacquer Cut By – C*
Sleeve Notes – Red Robinson

Elvis live interview at a Press Conference in the year 1957.

© 1977 Dutch Record Company

   

The ELVIS Tapes

Label: Redwood Records – RED 1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1977

Record Company – Redwood Music, Inc.

   

The Elvis Tapes

Label: Redwood Music, Inc. – RED 1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: 1987

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Redwood Music, Inc.
Lacquer Cut At – CTS Studios
Pressed By – Sonopress – B 6865
Lacquer Cut By – Boppin' Bob* (tracks: A), B.J.* (tracks: B)
Narrator – Red Robinson

Labels: rmi Redwood Music.Inc

Matrix / Runout (A-side runout): REDM 1A-1 Ray 020 B 6865 A-1 Boppin' Bob
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout): REDM 1B-1 Ray 020 B 6865 B-1 B.J. cts