Cover: picture sleeve front and back. From left to right. Front black RCA Victor upper right corner. Small font like the font used for the Compact 33 for “47-7992”. With or without RCA Victor upper right corner on flip side of cover. Second sleeve. Front black RCA Victor upper right corner on both sides of sleeve. Font same as font used on more common sleeves. Third sleeve. Purple RCA Victor upper right corner without A “New Orthophonic” High Fidelity Recording statement, cyan and pink song titles. Fourth sleeve. Purple RCA Victor upper right corner without A “New Orthophonic” High Fidelity Recording statement, red and purple song titles.
This would be the final release with the “New Orthophonic” High Fidelity Recording statement on the cover.
Disc: (2/1962)1 Black label, dog on top. 45 RPM on two lines on right side.
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-1S A1 / M2WW-1004-1S A4 (Rockaway pressing)
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-1S A1 / M2WW-1004-3S C1 (Rockaway pressing)2
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-1S A2 / M2WW-1004-3S C1 (Rockaway pressing)
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-1S A2 / M2WW-1004-1S A2 (Rockaway pressing)
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-2S A2 / M2WW-1004-3S B1 (Rockaway pressing)
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-3S A3 / M2WW-1004-3S C3 (Rockaway pressing)
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-4S A1 / M2WW-1004-5S A1 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-4S A2 / M2WW-1004-4S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-5S A1 / M2WW-1004-4S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-5S A1 / M2WW-1004-5S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-5S A2 / M2WW-1004-4S B2 (Indianapolis pressing)3
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-5S B2 / M2WW-1004-4S B2 (Indianapolis pressing)
Disc: (2/1962) Black label, dog on top. 45 R.P.M. and New Orthophonic High Fidelity on right side.
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-6S / M2WW-1004-7S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-7S / M2WW-1004-6S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)
Matrix numbers: M2WW-1003-7S / M2WW-1004-7S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)
The first two record covers with black RCA Victor logo are not documented anywhere else and are extremely difficult to find. I had emailed, Paul Lichter, who authored “The Boy Who Dared To Rock” among many books, publications, and website achievements. I am honored to have received a couple of emails from him. Paul Lichter wrote in part:
“Many thanks. I have visited your site and read your article, quite fascinating. I think it is great that you are the true student on what I consider to be a great art form. People like yourself rekindle my interest, thank you.” “Your Good Luck Charm discovery certainly proves my theory” that different versions for the compact 33 and their 45 counterparts exist with at least two variations.
Also released in Compact 33 as Good Luck Charm / Anything That's Part of You.
Re-released by RCA Records on 45 RPM as Good Luck Charm / Anything That's Part of You on the Gold Standard Series label.
- Date from Elvis Presley Taking Care Of Business. “BiogrDiscography.” 4 February 2011. ↩
- Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩
- eBay reference 371015536419 (March 19, 2014) ↩