Love Me Tender / Anyway You Want Me 

Modified: October 17, 2023

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor 47-6643 Love Me Tender / Anyway You Want Me (45)
Release Date: 9/28/1956

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Cover: picture sleeve front and back. From left to right, dark pink, light pink, green, or white.

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Disc: (9/1956) Black label, dog on top without horizontal line. 45 RPM on sides. Side 1, Love Me Tender on four lines.1
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-1S / G2WW-5937-13S A1 (Indianapolis pressing)2

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Disc: (9/1956) Black label, dog on top without horizontal line. Side 1, No mention of From The 20th Century Fox CinemaScope Production “Love Me Tender”
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-3S / G2WW-5937-2S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (9/1956) Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. Side 1, With statement From The 20th Century Fox CinemaScope Production “Love Me Tender” (Elvis Presley – Vera Matson) Side 2, with comma after Ross Jungnickel
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-7S / G2WW-5937-4S (Rockaway pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-9S RCA D / G2WW-5937-10S RCA A (unknown pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-10S RCA H / G2WW-5937-11S RCA1 F (unknown pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-13S RCA1 E / G2WW-5937-9S RCA F (unknown pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-15S / G2WW-5937-12S (unknown pressing)3
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-23S / G2WW-5937-27S (unknown pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-23S / G2WW-5937-28S (unknown pressing)4

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Disc: (9/1956) Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. Side 1, With statement From The 20th Century Fox CinemaScope Production “Love Me Tender” (Elvis Presley – Vera Matson) Side 2, missing comma after Ross Jungnickel
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-16S RCA B / G2WW-5937-11S RCA A (unknown pressing)

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Disc: (9/1956)5 Black label, dog on top without horizontal line. 45 R.P.M. on sides. Side 1, Love Me Tender on three lines.
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-11S A1 / G2WW-5937-5S A1 (Hollywood pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-12S A5 / G2WW-5937-5S A1 (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: (9/1956) Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. Error pressing. Label on Side 2 without silver ink.
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-20S / G2WW-5937-24S (Capital Records, Scranton pressing)

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Disc: (9/1956) Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. Side 1, No mention of From The 20th Century Fox CinemaScope Production “Love Me Tender”
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-20S-3 / G2WW-5937-24S-3 (Capital Records, Scranton pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-20S / G2WW-5937-25S 2 (Capital Records, Scranton pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-20S / G2WW-5937-26S 4 (Capital Records, Scranton pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-21S / G2WW-5937-24S (Capital Records, Scranton pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-21S / G2WW-5937-24S 2 (Capital Records, Scranton pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-21S / G2WW-5937-25S 3 (Capital Records, Scranton pressing)

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Disc: (9/1956) Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. Solid core mistake.
Matrix numbers: G2WW-4767-21S 2 / G2WW-5937-24S (Capital Records, Scranton pressing)

Released in 1956 by RCA Records on 78 RPM as Love Me Tender / Anyway You Want Me.
Re-released by RCA Records on 45 RPM as Love Me Tender / Anyway You Want Me on the Gold Standard Series label.

  1. Images courtesy of Boija, John. “First pressings of US Elvis Presley 45 rpm singles.” John Boija’s Home Page. 3 Dec. 2010. ↩
  2. eBay reference 370902506634 (November 4, 2013) ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of P. Alner. ↩
  4. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  5. Date from Elvis Presley Taking Care Of Business. “BiogrDiscography.” 4 February 2011. ↩