LSP-1707 (e) Elvis’ Golden Records 

Modified: May 4, 2023

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor LSP-1707 (e) Elvis' Golden Records (LP)
Release Date: 2/1962

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side 1

Hound Dog
Loving You
All Shook Up
Heartbreak Hotel
Jailhouse Rock
Love Me
Too Much

Side 2

Don’t Be Cruel
That’s When Your Heartaches Begin
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
Love Me Tender
Treat Me Nice
Anyway You Want Me(That’s How I Will Be)
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

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Cover Front: First cover released in 1962. RCA Victor logo at upper right, number at upper left without the “(e)”, and Stereo in upper right.
Cover Back: Number at upper right with or without the “(e)”. FROM THE ORIGINATORS OF ELECTRONICALLY REPROCESSED STEREO box near the upper left corner. Important notice lower right corner. © by Radio Corporation of America, 1958 bottom right.

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Disc: 1962. Stereo. Black label, All print on label print is silver. Staggered STEREO on bottom of label. No “STEREO ORTHOPHONIC” HIGH FIDELITY on label.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2WY-4733-1S A1 / Side 2: M2WY-4734-1S A1 (Indianapolis pressing)
Side 1: M2WY-4733-2S A1 / Side 2: M2WY-4734-2S A2 (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: M2WY-4733-2S A2 / Side 2: M2WY-4734-2S A2 (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: M2WY-4733-2S A3 / Side 2: M2WY-4734-4S A1 (Rockaway pressing)

1707-lsp-side1-19621707-lsp-side2-1962

Disc: 1962. Stereo. Black label, All print on label print is silver. Staggered STEREO on bottom of label. “STEREO ORTHOPHONIC” HIGH FIDELITY on right side. Error labels. The matrix numbers stamped in the trail-off area match the label on the flip side of the album.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2WY-4733-3S / Side 2: M2WY-4734-3S (Hollywood pressing)

1707-lsp-1962-side1-h1707-lsp-1962-side2-h

Disc: 1962. Stereo. Black label, All print on label print is silver. Staggered STEREO on bottom of label. “STEREO ORTHOPHONIC” HIGH FIDELITY on right side. Corrected labels.1

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2WY-4733-3S / Side 2: M2WY-4734-3S (Hollywood pressing)2

lsp-1707-1963-side1-varlsp-1707-1963-side2-var

Disc: 1962. Stereo. Black label, All print on label print is silver. Staggered STEREO on bottom of label. “STEREO ORTHOPHONIC” HIGH FIDELITY on right side on Side 1. SIDE 2 on Side 2. Oddball. Corrected labels.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2WY-4733-3S / Side 2: M2WY-4734-3S (Hollywood pressing)

1707-lsp-cover-side1-re1707-lsp-cover-side1-re-w-stickerrca-stereo-sticker-2

Cover Front: Second cover released in 1962 and used through 1968. RCA Victor logo at upper right, number at upper left with the “(e)”, and Stereo in upper right, with or without the red Stereo reprocessed sticker over top, which was later introduced in 1968 The sticker was either affixed to the cover or in rare cases to the shrink wrap.

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Cover Back: Number at upper right. FROM THE ORIGINATORS OF ELECTRONICALLY REPROCESSED STEREO box near the upper left corner. Important notice lower right corner. “1” at lower left corner. © by RCA, New York, N.Y. 1958, bottom right. “4” at lower left corner. © 1958 RCA, New York, N.Y. · Printed in U.S.A., bottom right. “2” at lower left corner. © 1958 RCA, New York, N.Y. · Printed in U.S.A. in bold, bottom right.

Disc: 1962. Stereo. Black label, All print on label print is silver. Staggered STEREO on bottom of label. (Reference above.)

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Disc: 1964. Stereo. Black label, RCA Victor in white, all other print on label print is silver. STEREO on bottom of label. Side 1, track 2, film on same line as song credits. Side 1, track 5, production is abbreviated prod. Side 2, track 3, Hal Wallis on same line as song title. Side 2, track 4, CinemaScope on same line as song title. Side 2, track 5, release on same line as song credits. Side 2, tracks 5 and 6, on one line. No (e) error. 3

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2WY-4733-3S / Side 2: M2WY-4734-3S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)

1707-lsp-1964-side1-h1707-lsp-1964-side2-h

Disc: 1964. Stereo. Black label, RCA Victor in white, all other print on label print is silver. STEREO on bottom of label. Side 1, track 2, film on same line as song credits. Side 1, track 5, production is abbreviated prod. Side 2, track 3, Hal Wallis on same line as song title. Side 2, track 4, CinemaScope on same line as song title. Side 2, track 5, release on same line as song credits. Side 2, tracks 5 and 6, on one line.4

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2WY-4733-3S / Side 2: M2WY-4734-3S (machine stamped) (Hollywood pressing)5

1707-lsp-1964-side11707-lsp-1964-side2

Disc: 1964. Stereo. Black label, RCA Victor in white, all other print on label print is silver. STEREO on bottom of label. Side 1, track 2, film on same line as song title. Side 1, track 5, production is spelled production. Side 2, track 3, Hal Wallis on same line as song credits. Side 2, track 4, CinemaScope on same line as song credits. Side 2, track 5, release on same line as song title. Side 2, tracks 5 and 6, on two lines.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2WY-4733-4S D1 / Side 2: M2WY-4734-1S B2 (Indianapolis pressing)
Side 1: M2WY-4733-5S C3 / Side 2: M2WY-4734-1S C2 (Indianapolis pressing)
Side 1: M2WY-4733-8S A1 / Side 2: M2WY-4734-8S A1 (Rockaway pressing)

1707-lsp-1968-side1-i1707-lsp-1968-side2-i

Disc: 1968. Orange label. Rigid vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2WY-4733-3S / Side 2: M2WY-4734-3S (Hollywood pressing)
Side 1: M2WY-4733-5S C1 / Side 2: M2WY-4734-9S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)
Side 1: M2WY-4733-10S A3B / Side 2: M2WY-4734-10S A4 (Rockaway pressing)

1707-lsp-1970-orange-rigid-side11707-lsp-1970-orange-rigid-side2

Disc: 1969-1970. Orange label. Non-Flexible vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2WY-4733-10S B1D / Side 2: M2WY-4734-12S A2C (Rockaway pressing)

1707-lsp-1970-orange-rigid-side11707-lsp-1970-orange-rigid-side2

Disc: 1971. Orange label. Flexible vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2WY-4733-3S / Side 2: M2WY-4734-3S (Hollywood pressing)
Side 1: M2WY-4733-14S B2 / Side 2: M2WY-4734-13S A1 (Indianapolis pressing)6

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Cover Front: RCA logo and catalog number at upper left with Stereo Effect Reprocessed form Monophonic at upper right. SER in lower left corner. Later releases may have AFL1-1707 sticker wrapped around upper left corner.

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Cover Back: Number at upper right. FROM THE ORIGINATORS OF ELECTRONICALLY REPROCESSED STEREO box near the upper left corner. Important notice lower right corner. “1” at lower left corner. © by RCA, New York, N.Y. 1958, bottom right. Number at upper right. A note about RCA Stereo Records in box near the upper left corner. Stereo Effect Reprocessed form Monophonic in the upper right hand corner. SER “2”, SER “3”, SER “4” on bottom.

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Disc: 1976. Tan label.

Matrix numbers
Side A: M2WY-4733-13S A1GG / Side B: M2WY-4734-14S C1 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: 1976. Tan label. Rigid vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: M2WY-4733-3S / Side 2: M2WY-4734-3S (machine stamped) LSP-1707-B (Hand etched) (unknown pressing H)

1707-lsp-side1-1977-blk-dnt1707-lsp-side2-1977-blk-dnt

Disc: 1977. Black label, dog near top.

Matrix numbers
Side A: M2WY-4733-13S A3 / Side B: M2WY-4734-14S B4K (Indianapolis pressing)6
Side A: M2WY-4733-13S A3 / Side B: M2WY-4734-16 A1C (Indianapolis pressing)
Side A: M2WY-4733-13S A7 / Side B: M2WY-4734-14S C1 (Indianapolis pressing)
Side A: M2WY-4733-15 / Side B: M2WY-4734-16 (unknown pressing)

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Disc: 1977. Black label, dog near top. Large ring on label.

Matrix numbers
Side A: M2WY-4733-13S A7 / Side B: M2WY-4734-14S C1 (unknown pressing I )

Inner Sleeves
Generic RCA. To identify the inner sleeve that is most appropriate for each release, look at the Inner Sleeves page on this site.

Originally released in monaural as LPM-1707 Elvis' Golden Records and re-released as AFL1-1707 Elvis' Golden Records.

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