EPA-4006 Love Me Tender 

Modified: February 16, 2020

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor EPA-4006 Love Me Tender (EP)
Release Date: 11/21/1956

Side 1: Love Me Tender / Let Me
Side 2: Poor Boy / We’re Gonna Move

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Cover: picture sleeve front and back. Song titles on front in black border. © by Radio Corporation of America, 1956 on back.

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Disc: (11/1956)1 Black label, dog on top without horizontal line. Elvis Presley capitalized.
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-1S A3 / G2WH-7524-1S A4 (Indianapolis pressing)2
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-1S A4 / G2WH-7524-1S A4 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-1S C2 / G2WH-7524-1S A1 (Indianapolis pressing)2
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-1S L2 / G2WH-7524-1S B1 (Indianapolis pressing)4

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Disc: (11/1956) Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. Without 45 EP on side. Space between Side numbers and the New Orthophonic statement.
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-2S A RCA1 D / G2WH-7524-2S A1 RCA G (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: (11/1956) Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. Without 45 EP on side. No space between Side numbers and the New Orthophonic statement.5
Matrix numbers: G2 WH7523-2S A RCA2 C / G2 WH7524 B1 RCA E (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)6

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Disc: (11/1956) Black label. No dog on top with horizontal line. Without 45 EP on side.
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-2S A RCA G / G2WH-7524-2S A1 RCA E (Rockaway pressing)

epa-4006-1956-side1-wlineepa-4006-1956-side2-wline

Disc: (11/1956) Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. 45 EP on side.
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-2S A RCA B / G2WH-7524-2S B1 RCA B (Rockaway pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-6S A2 / G2WH-7524-2S B1 (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: (11/1956) Black label, dog on top without horizontal line. ELVIS PRESLEY in all caps.
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-3S A / G2WH-7524-3S A (Hollywood pressing)7

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Disc: (11/1956) Black label, dog on top without horizontal line. Catalog number smaller than matrix number.
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-7S A1 / G2WH-7524-7S A1 (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)

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Cover: (1965) No titles are shown on front, white border. On back © by Radio Corporation of America, 1956 with the number “2” lower left corner.8 Or on back, RCA copyright as © 1956, RCA, New York, N.Y with the number “2” lower left corner.

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Disc: (1965) Black label, dog on side.
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-1S C1 / G2WH-7524–1S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-1S C1 / G2WH-7524–8S A2 (machine stamped)(Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (1968) Orange label.
Matrix numbers: G2 WH7523-1S B6 / G2 WH7524–8S A2 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7523-1S C1 / G2WH-7524–8S A2 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

  1. Date from “Elvis Presley: Discography | The Official Elvis Presley Site.” Elvis The Music. Sony Music Entertainment. January 25, 2011. ↩
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of PIOTRULA (of Poland) ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of PIOTRULA (of Poland) ↩
  4. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  5. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  6. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  7. Matrix numbers from the collection of Emile. ↩
  8. Image and observation from the collection of Christian (of France) ↩