EPA-994 Strictly Elvis 

Modified: October 13, 2024

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor EPA-994 Strictly Elvis (EP)
Release Date: 1/25/1957

Side 1: Long Tall Sally / First In Line
Side 2: How Do You Think I Feel / How’s The World Treating You

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Cover: picture sleeve front and back.

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Disc: (1/1957)1 Black label, dog on top without horizontal line.2
Matrix numbers: G2WH7213-1S A1 / G2WH7214-1S A3 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: G2WH7213-1S A1 / G2WH7214-1S B1 (Indianapolis pressing)3
Matrix numbers: G2WH7213-1S A2 / G2WH7214-1S A3 (Indianapolis pressing)4

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Disc: (1/1957) Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. 45 EP on right side.
Matrix numbers: G2WH7213-2S A1 / G2WH7214-2S B1 (Rockaway pressing)(no RCA C)
Matrix numbers: G2WH7213-2S A1 RCA C R / G2WH7214-2S B RCA C R (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: (1/1957) Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. No 45 EP on right side.
Matrix numbers: G2WH7213-2S / G2WH7214-2S (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)5
Matrix numbers: G2WH7213-2S A1 / G2WH7214-4S A1 (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: (1/1957) Black label, dog on top with horizontal line. No 45 EP on right side. Space between Side(s) and “NEW ORTHOPHONIC”.
Matrix numbers: G2WH7213-4S A1 / G2WH7214-4S A1 (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: (1/1957) Black label, dog on top without horizontal line. New Orthophonic High Fidelity on side. Straight “1” for side. ELVIS PRESLEY is all caps.
Matrix numbers: G2WH7213-3S A1 / G2WH7214-3S A1 (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: (1/1957) Black label. No dog on top with horizontal line. No 45 EP on right side.
Matrix numbers: G2 WH7213-4S A1 / G2 WH7214-4S A1 (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)

Beginning with Black label, dog on side re-issues, side 1 and side 2 switch. Where side 1 on the Black label, dog on top becomes side 2 on the Black label, dog on side and the orange labels. The cover does not reflect this change.

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Disc: (1965) Black label, dog on side.
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7214–6S / G2WH-7213–6S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

The dog on side re-issue is a sleeper. This one is rarely seen. I would bet it is one of the rarest dog on side EPA re-issues.

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Cover: picture sleeve front and back. Full picture of Elvis on front, no song titles strip on top. With © 1957, RCA, New York, N.Y. on back.

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Disc: (1968) Orange label.6
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7214–6S / G2WH-7213–6S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)7
Matrix numbers: G2WH-7214–6S / G2WH-7213–7S (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. Images courtesy of Boija, John. “First pressings of US Elvis Presley EPs.” John Boija’s Home Page. 8 September 2011. ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  4. Matrix numbers from the collection of PIOTRULA (of Poland) ↩
  5. eBay reference 222159055011 (June 20, 2016) ↩
  6. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  7. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩