CAS-2440 Almost In Love 

Modified: September 9, 2015

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Camden CAS-2440 Almost In Love (LP)
Release Date: 10/1/1970

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side 1

Almost In Love
Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On)
Edge Of Reality
My Little Friend
Little Less Conversation

Side 2

Rubberneckin’
Clean Up Your Own Back Yard
US Male
Charro
Stay Away Joe (Replaced with Stay Away in 1973.)

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Cover Front: RCA and catalog number upper left corner. CAMDEN upper right corner.
Cover Back: Pictures Elvis Sings Flaming Star, Let’s Be Friends, and Elvis’ Christmas Album to the left. Right side contains song titles. From left to right, the lower left corner nn, 2, and 3 with track Stay Away, Joe (ASCAP 1:36).

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Disc: Blue label. Non-flexible vinyl. Track 5 on Side 2 is Stay Away, Joe.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-1S A/B / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-1S A2B (Rockaway pressing)1
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-1S A3D / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-1S B1E (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-1S (machine stamped) B5A (hand etched) / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-1S (machine stamped) B4A (hand etched) (Rockaway pressing)2
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-1S (machine stamped) C3A (hand etched) / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-1S (machine stamped) C2C (hand etched) (Rockaway pressing)3

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Disc: Blue label. Flexible vinyl (found with the no number on back cover). Track 5 on Side 2 is Stay Away, Joe.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-1S A3B / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-1S E2B (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-1S C4A / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-1S C4A (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-2S A4 / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-2S A2 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)4
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-2S B3 / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-4S B2 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)5

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Disc: Blue label. Rigid vinyl (found with the 3 on the back cover). Track 5 on Side 2 is Stay Away, Joe.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-3S / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-3S (Hollywood pressing)

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Cover Front: (circa. 1972) RCA and catalog number upper left corner. CAMDEN upper right corner.
Cover Back: Pictures Elvis Sings Flaming Star, Let’s Be Friends, and Elvis’ Christmas Album to the left. Right side contains song titles. RE, RE 2, or RE 3 contains track Stay Away (ASCAP 2:07) and a note about mono.

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Disc: (1972) Blue label. Flexible vinyl. Track 5 on Side 2 is Stay Away.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-1S (machine stamped) C1H (hand etched) / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-10S A1A (hand etched) (Rockaway pressing)2
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-2S B3 / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-11S B1 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)3
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-2S B4 / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-11S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)
Side 1: ZCRS-5966-5S A1H / Side 2: ZCRS-5967-10S A1H (hand etched) (Rockaway pressing)5

The Stay Away, Joe track appears on two consecutive Camden albums – the other album being CAS-2408 Let's Be Friends. RCA recognized this and replaced the track with Stay Away, an entirely different song. It has long been asserted that this change occurred in 1973, from sources dating back to 1976.9 However, new evidence suggests that early 1972 is more likely. First consider the confusion. The official RCA Listing Notice dated 8/24/1970 lists the track as “Stay Away, Joe”.10 CAL-2428 Elvis' Christmas Album released 10/1/1970 and CALX-2472 You'll Never Walk Alone released 3/22/1971 lists the track as “Stay Away”. It wasn’t until the release of CAL-2533 I Got Lucky in 10/1971 that the track is listed as “Stay Away, Joe”. Two more Camden releases CAS-2595 Burning Love and Hits From His Movies, Volume 2 in 11/1/1972 and CAS-2611 Separate Ways in 12/1/1972 also lists “Stay Away, Joe.” Now consider the evidence. A copy was purchased in 5/12/1972 with “Stay Away”. The details of the purchase date is on the original shrink-wrap purchased by the original owner.11

Inner Sleeve
Generic white or none.

Re-released on Pickwick Records as CAS-2440 Almost In Love in 1975.

  1. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of PIOTRULA (of Poland) ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of MSpock of FECC. ↩
  4. Matrix numbers from the collection of A. Goldman of FECC. ↩
  5. Matrix numbers from the collection of drjohncarpenter of FECC. ↩
  6. Matrix numbers from the collection of PIOTRULA (of Poland) ↩
  7. Matrix numbers from the collection of MSpock of FECC. ↩
  8. Matrix numbers from the collection of drjohncarpenter of FECC. ↩
  9. Barry, Ron. The Elvis Presley American Discography. Phillipsburg, NJ: Spectator Service, Maxigraphics, 1976, p. 81. ↩
  10. Flynn, Keith. “Elvis Presley Discography.” Keith Flynn’s Elvis Presley Pages. 7 February 2013. ↩
  11. Details from the collection of S.Emberson. ↩