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The first German Elvis single was actually a custom pressing for Grammofon AB Electra in Sweden. It was planned already
in January 1956, but not copyrighted until March 22. The Swedish "FA" prefix was changed to the US "47-" standard in
July and the Electra label was discontinued in August. This record was on the market approximately April to September
1956, during a period when Elvis was virtually unknown in Europe. Records with the Electra label are extremely rare.


   
First German edition. This label with large RCA logo (s1) was introduced in August 1956. However, also these were
mainly made for the Swedish market. RCA began to distribute their records in Germany on October 12, 1956.
   
Very rare edition for US staff stationed in West Germany. The record itself is a regular German
first pressing but the label tries to emulate the US RCA Victor "Nipper, dog on top" trademark,
which was not allowed for RCA to use in Europe, where it belonged to His Master's Voice (HMV).


   
Second press, October 1956 - March 1957 (s2). This was the first German pressing
for the German market. This record was deleted on January 3, 1963.
   
In 1964 this coupling was re-copyrighted with the "Devil" sleeve. The original owner bought it in Sweden on
September 21, 1964. Note: the change of A-side, "Mystery Train" gets top billing now. This sleeve is rare.
   
Eight edition, dark grey RCA Victor (v2) label. Note the erroneous matrix number ("WW" instead of "WB").
Once the "Devil" sleeves were gone, some of the remaining
records were sold in the second Elvis sleeve.

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