Hound Dog / Don’t Be Cruel 

Modified: June 23, 2023

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor 447-0608 Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel (45)
Release Date: 9/30/1958

Gold Standard Series

447-0608-1959-side2447-0608-1959-side1

Disc: 3/1959. Gold Standard. Black label, dog on top.
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695-2S A1 / J2PW-5696-2S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695-2S / J2PW-5696-3S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695-5S / J2PW-5696-3S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

447-0608-cover-side1447-0608-cover-side2

Cover: 4/1964. Gold Standard picture sleeve.

447-0608-side1-wlp-r447-0608-side2-wlp-r

Disc: 4/1964. Gold Standard. White label. NOT FOR SALE.1
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695-3S / J2PW-5696-4S (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing) 2
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695-8S C1 / J2PW-5696-7S (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)1

Disc: 4/1964. Gold Standard. Black label, dog on top. No Camden N.J.4

447-0608-1965-side2447-0608-1965-side1

Disc: 1965. Gold Standard. Black label, dog on side.
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695-3S / J2PW-5696-7S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695-5S / J2PW-5696-3S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695–7S / J2PW-5696-6S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

The 1965 Gold Standard, black label, dog on side is a very difficult release to find. While actively seeking a copy, even a picture of one had taken nearly 6 years to track down one copy. A very undervalued re-issue of this Gold Standard.

447-0608-1968-side1-mockup447-0608-1968-side2-mockup

Disc: 1968. Gold Standard. Orange label.56
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695-7S / J2PW-5696-6S (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

A copy sold on eBay January 23, 2020 for $149.

447-0608-1971-side1447-0608-1971-side2

Disc: 1971. Gold Standard. Red label.
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695-7S A1 / J2PW-5696-8S C2 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695-7S A1 / J2PW-5696-8S C3 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

447-0608-1977-side2-gstop447-0608-1977-side1-gstop

Disc: 1976. Gold Standard. Black label, dog near top. Gold Standard on top in white.
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695-8S C3 (machine stamped) / J2PW-5696-8S A1 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

447-0608-1977-side2447-0608-1977-side1

Disc: 1976. Gold Standard. Black label, dog near top.
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5695-10S A1 PB11099A / J2PW-5696-9S A4 PB11099B (Indianapolis pressing)

Originally released by RCA Records on as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog.
Re-released by RCA Records on 45 RPM as Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel on the Collectors’ Series label.

  1. eBay reference 222087135544 (June 19, 2016) ↩
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of DarylR. ↩
  3. eBay reference 222087135544 (June 19, 2016) ↩
  4. Thanks for Neal Umphred for the date determination. ↩
  5. Mockups of existing images. ↩
  6. eBay reference 274208908296(January 23, 2020) ↩