The Elvis Presley Manufactured in Germany Discography 

Modified: June 21, 2013

This discography of records is of those that were only made and sold to US soldiers based in Europe and probably only in Germany. A unique characteristic of these records is the black label with the use of Nipper. The Nipper logo was not authorized for RCA Europe. The label also reads “MADE IN U.S.A”. The trail-off area of the vinyl is stamped “Manufactured in Germany”. A PX stamp should be found on the back of the cover.1

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Additionally, there is a plastic grey triangle with the German text which reads: Bei dickem Zapfen Mittelstück herausdrücken. This can be translated as: With large center spindle push the centerpiece out. The pictured generic RCA cover may be found with many or all of 45s.23

While this discography will specifically list the releases with the explicit characteristics detailed above, there are additional titles that were distributed to the U.S. soldiers based in Germany that do not contain any reference to MADE IN U.S.A., however, both printed and pressed in Germany and possess the PX stamp.

This page may be used as a quick reference guide. Additional detail, as the detail arrives, will be provided on the individual pages throughout this site.

Special thanks to Urs Mosimann (from Switzerland), Christian (of France), and Roberto (from Italy) for their invaluable assistance. This page would not have been possible without them.

Made In USA / Manufactured in Germany 78s

RELEASESIDE 1SIDE 2
47-6604Hound DogDon't Be Cruel
47-6640Blue MoonJust Because

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Made In USA / Manufactured in Germany 45s

RELEASESIDE 1SIDE 2
47-6357I Forgot To Remember To ForgetMystery Train
47-6383Baby Let's Play HouseI'm Left You're Right She's Gone
47-6420Heartbreak HotelI Was The One
47-6540 I Want You, I Need You, I Love YouMy Baby Left Me
47-6604Hound DogDon't Be Cruel
47-6640*Blue MoonJust Because
47-6643Anyway You Want MeLove Me Tender
47-6800Playing For KeepsToo Much
47-6870*All Shook UpThat's When Your Heartaches Begin
47-7000*Loving YouTeddy Bear
47-7150*Don'tI Beg of You
47-9109Love MeRip It Up

* This title has been added to it’s respective page on the site.

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Made In USA / Manufactured in Germany EPs

RELEASETITLE
EPA 821Heartbreak Hotel
EPA 747Elvis Presley
EPA 992Elvis vol.1
EPA 993Elvis vol.2
EPA 994Elvis vol.3
EPA 4006Love Me Tender
EPA 965Anyway You Want Me
EPA 4054Peace In The Valley

Made In USA / Manufactured in Germany LPs

RELEASETITLEVARIATION
LPM-1254Elvis PresleyCatalog number on left side of label, without C
LPM-1254 CElvis PresleyCatalog number on left side of label, with C
LPM-1254 CElvis PresleyCatalog number on right side of label, with C
LPM-1382Elvis
LPM-1515Loving You
LPM-1707Elvis' Golden Records

Other Releases
Here is a continuing list of other titles confirmed to have the military PX stamp on the covers.

  • 47-7777 It’s Now or Never A Mess of Blues single has been found to contain the text Vermerk: Brandeilig US-Army which is roughly translated to Note: Extremely Urgent U.S. Army. This can be found with the s5 or s6 labels.6
  • LSP-2765 Elvis’ Golden Records, Volume 3, the white PX sticker on cover.6
  • LPM-2426 Blue Hawaii, white PX sticker on cover6
  • EPA-4108 Elvis Sings Christmas Songs, PX sticker on back6
  • EPA-4321 King Creole, Volume 2, PX stamp on back6
  1. Observations from Christian (of France). ↩
  2. Images from Urs Mosimann (from Switzerland) ↩
  3. Observations and translation from Urs Mosimann (from Switzerland) ↩
  4. Images from the collection of Urs Mosimann (from Switzerland) ↩
  5. Images from the collection of Urs Mosimann (from Switzerland) ↩
  6. Detail from Urs Mosimann (from Switzerland) ↩
  7. Detail from Urs Mosimann (from Switzerland) ↩
  8. Detail from Urs Mosimann (from Switzerland) ↩
  9. Detail from Urs Mosimann (from Switzerland) ↩
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