Elvis Presley – Elvis's 40 Greatest

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Label:

 RCA – ADE P 12

Format:
2 x Vinyl , LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo, Mono , Pink

Country:

 UK

Released:

Genre:

 Pop

Style:

 Ballad

Tracklist

A1 My Baby Left Me
Written-By – Crudup*
2:09
A2 Heartbreak Hotel
Written-By – Durden*
2:03
A3 Blue Suede Shoes
Written-By – Perkins*
1:57
A4 Hound Dog
Written-By – Leiber, Stoller*
2:12
A5 Love Me Tender
Written-By – Matson*
2:38
A6 Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do
Written-By – Weisman*
2:30
A7 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
Written-By – Mann*
1:44
A8 Party
Written-By – Robinson*
1:26
A9 All Shook Up
Written-By – Blackwell*
1:55
A10 Old Shep
Written-By – Foley*
4:08
B1 Don't
Written-By – Leiber, Stoller*
2:44
B2 Hard Headed Woman
Written-By – Demetrius*
1:50
B3 King Creole
Written-By – Leiber, Stoller*
2:05
B4 Jailhouse Rock
Written-By – Leiber, Stoller*
2:23
B5 A Big Hunk O' Love
Written-By – Wyche*
2:09
B6 I Got Stung
Written-By – Hill*
1:47
B7 One Night
Written-By – Bartholomew, King*
2:31
B8 (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
Written-By – Trader*
2:26
B9 I Need Your Love Tonight
Written-By – Wayne*
2:01
B10 Stuck On You
Written-By – Leslie, McFarland*
2:18
C1 Fever
Written-By – Davenport*
3:29
C2 It's Now Or Never
Written-By – Gold*
3:11
C3 Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Written-By – Turk*
3:02
C4 Wooden Heart
Written-By – Twomey*
2:00
C5 Surrender
Written-By – Pomus, Shuman*
1:50
C6 (Marie's The Name Of) His Latest Flame
Written-By – Pomus, Shuman*
2:04
C7 Wild In The Country
Written-By – Peretti, Creatore*
1:49
C8 There's Always Me
Written-By – Robertson*
2:14
C9 Rock-A-Hula Baby
Written-By – Wise*
1:56
C10 Can't Help Falling In Love
Written-By – Peretti, Creatore*
2:58
D1 Good Luck Charm
Written-By – Gold*
2:20
D2 She's Not You
Written-By – Stoller, Leiber*
2:05
D3 Return To Sender
Written-By – Scott*
2:03
D4 You're The Devil In Disguise
Written-By – Giant, Baum, Kaye*
2:17
D5 Crying In The Chapel
Written-By – Glenn*
2:20
D6 Guitar Man
Written-By – Hubbard*
2:15
D7 In The Ghetto
Written-By – Davis*
2:41
D8 Suspicious Minds
Written-By – James*
4:17
D9 There Goes My Everything
Written-By – Frazier*
2:54
D10 Don't Cry Daddy
Written-By – Davis*
2:42

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
  • Copyright © – RCA Ltd.
  • Manufactured By – RCA Ltd.
  • Printed By – Robert Stace
  • Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Washington, UK
  • Published By – Carlin Music Corp.
  • Published By – Multimood Music
  • Published By – Chappell Morris Ltd.
  • Published By – Lawrence Wright Music Co. Ltd.
  • Published By – United Artists Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Leeds Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Redwood Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Carlin
  • Published By – Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
  • Published By – Valley Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Burlington Music Co. Ltd.

Credits

  • Art Direction – John Dyer (4)
  • Cover [Cover Design], Design [Cover Design], Artwork – Dick Whitbread
  • Featuring – The Jordanaires (tracks: A7 to A9, B1 to B3, B5, B8 to B10, C2, C3, C5, C7 to D1, D3 to D5)

Notes

Special Pink Pressing.
Some copies were released with an ment 4-paged A4-format booklet 'Elvis 1935-1977 - Catalogue August 1978'. Inside the booklet ments shown all the Elvis records made and for sale from RCA.

Tracks A1 to B9, C7, C9, D5, D8 to D10 are mono recordings.

Publishers:
A1, A3, A5 to A9, B1 to B6, B9, B10, C2, C4, C6 to D4, D7, D10: Carlin Music Corp.
A2: Multimood Music
A4, D5: Chappell-Morris Ltd.
A10: Lawrence Wright Music Co. Ltd.
B7: United Artists Music Ltd.
B8: Leeds Music Ltd.
C1: Redwood Music Ltd.(Carlin)
C3: Francis Day & Hunter Ltd.
D6: Valley Music Ltd.
D8: Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd.
D9: Burlington Music Co. Ltd.

A1 to A5, A10 ℗ 1956, A6 to A9 ℗ 1957, B1 to B4 ℗ 1958, B5 to B9 ℗ 1959, B10 to C2 ℗ 1960, C3 to C8 ℗ 1961, C9 to D3 ℗ 1962, D4 ℗ 1963, D5 ℗ 1965, D6 ℗ 1968, D7,D8 & D10 ℗ 1969, D9 ℗ 1971
All RCA Records

All runouts read: [...]4269I[...]
Runouts variant 9 read: [...] IE [...] (side 1), [...] AIAO (side 4)
Runouts variant 10 read: [...] IE AIAAAAF (side 1), [...] IE [...] (sides 2 & 4)

Durations do not appear on this release. Timings via stopwatch.

Sleeve ©1978 RCA Limited, Record Division, RCA House, Curzon Street, London W1

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Price Code: 2x LD
  • Rights Society (C2, C5): BRITICO
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): PL 42691(2) A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): PL 42691(2) B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C label): PL 42691(2) C
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D label): PL 42691(2) D
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 1): PL 42691-A-1E
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 1): PL 42691-B-1E
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 1): PL 42691-C-2E
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 1): PL 42691-D-2E
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 2): PL 42691-A-3E A/W
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 2): PL 42691-B-3E 'W' A/A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 2): PL 42691-C-4E W A1Q
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 2): <has not been provided>
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 3): PL·42691·A·1E A4 AP
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 3): PL·42691·B·1E A3 AR
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 3): PL 42691 C 4E B1 H 'W'
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 3): PL 42691 D-2E 'W' A2 E
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 4): PL 42691-A-3E A/AC
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 4): PL 42691-B-3E 'W' A/C
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 4): PL 42691-C-4E 'W' A4Z
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 4): PL 42691-D-1E A4 AY
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 5): PL · 42691 · A · 1E A4I W
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 5): PL · 42691 · B · 1E A3P
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 5): PL 42691 · C · 2E A3R 'W'
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 5): PL - 42691 - D - 1E A5S 'W'
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 6): PL • 42691 • A • 1E A3AAJ W
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 6): PL • 42691 • B • 1E A3AL
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 6): PL 42691 - C - 4E B1 J W
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 6): PL 42691 - D - 2E W A2K
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 7): PL • 42691 • A • 1E AIM W
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 7): PL • 42691 • B • 1E AIN (̶P̶L̶-̶ 42691)
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 7): PL 42691 - C - 2E AIT 'W'
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 7): PL 42691 - D - 1E AIG 'W'
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 8): PL · 42691 · A · 1E A\AAJ W
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 8): PL · 42691 · B · 1E A\AQ (PL-42691)
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 8): PL 42691 · C · 2E A2M 'W'
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 8): PL - 42691 - D - 1E A5A 'W'
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 9, etched): PL · 42691 · A · 1E A4AAV W
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 9, etched): PL 42691 - B - 2E ·W· B2И
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 9, etched): PL 42691 - C - 4E A3AK ·W·
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 9, etched): PL 42691 - D - 2E ·W· A1AO
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 10, etched): PL · 42691 · A · 1E A1AAAAF W
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 10, etched): PL · 42691 · B · 1E A2AAL
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 10, etched): PL 42691 - C - 4E A·3 ·W· A3AO
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 10, etched): PL - 42691 - D - 1E A4AE
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 11, etched): PL . 42691 · A · 1E A1AAE
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 11, etched): PL · 42691 · B · 1E A1AAB
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C variant 11, etched): PL 42691 - C - 2E A1AAC W
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D variant 11, etched): PL - 42691 - D - 1E A2M W

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  • museumsteve's avatar
    museumsteve
    Nice pressing, very quiet vinyl with great audio. An excellent Elvis collection.
    • OldRusty's avatar
      OldRusty
      Great sounding 2xLP set featuring original mixes on dead-silent vinyl. Elvis...there is no substitute.

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