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LPM-1707: First edition with light blue letters, released March 21, 1958.

 

 

First and second edition back covers, the one to the right (LPM-1707 RE) is from late 1958. In the revised edition,
the words "thirty-one grueling takes" were substituted for "several rehearsal takes" at the end of the left column.

 

 

First edition, Rockaway pressing (-3S/-5S), black RCA label with dog on top. This pressing came with the earliest
cover. The label with the "New Orthophonic High Fidelity" top center was discontinued in spring 1959.

 

 

First edition, Hollywood pressing (-6S/-10S), black RCA label with dog on top. Note: no "Camden NJ" text on the labels.

 

 

Later version of first edition, Rockaway pressing (-19S/-20S), black RCA label with dog on top. Last name only writer credits.

 

 
 

LSP-1707(e): First stereo (electronically reprocessed) edition with revised layout, released in February 1962.
Very early copies (above) were mistakenly printed without "(e)". These are very rare and highly sought-after today.

 

 

Rare 1962 "jagged stereo" edition, Indianapolis pressing (-1S/-1S), black RCA label with dog on top.

 

 

Rare 1962 "jagged stereo" edition, Hollywood pressing (-3S/-3S), black RCA label with dog on top.

 

 

Second stereo edition, Indianapolis pressing (-5S/-1S), White Top RCA Victor label with Stereo at
the bottom, released in October 1964 and used until the introduction of the orange label, late 1968.

 

 

Rare export version of second stereo (electronically reprocessed) edition, October 1964-1968.
Note the tacked-on golden RCA sticker which was applied in markets where Nipper was registred
for HMV and the 25 SEK price tag from Swedish department store Åhlens on the back.

 

 

Rare export version of second stereo edition, Indianapolis pressing (-5S/-1S), with red RCA sticker covering Nipper.

 

 

LPM-1707 RE2: 1962 revision with song titles on printed on the cover front. Early copies came with
first edition records, but this layout was also used for second (11/63) and third (10/64) mono editions.

 

 

Rare and short-lived second mono edition, Hollywood pressing (-10S/-10S), black
RCA Victor label with dog on top (Silver Top Mono), released November 1963.

 

 

The "Jagged Stereo" and "Silver Top Mono" records came in the second version of all Elvis inner sleeve.

 

 

Third and last mono release, Rockaway pressing (-28S/-21S), White Top RCA Victor label with Monaural at
the bottom, released in October 1964 and used until the introduction of the orange label, late 1968.

 

 

The White Top labeled records first came in the fourth version of all Elvis inner sleeve (21-112-1-40B).

 

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