LSP-3758 How Great Thou Art 

Modified: August 10, 2017

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor LSP-3758 How Great Thou Art (LP)
Release Date: 3/1967

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side 1

How Great Thou Art
In the Garden
Somebody Bigger Than You and I
Farther Along
Stand By Me
Without Him

Side 2

So High
Where Could I Go But to the Lord
By And By
If the Lord Wasn’t Walking By My Side
Run On
Where No One Stands Alone
Crying in the Chapel

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Cover Front: Catalog number upper left, RCA Victor logo upper right. With or without the Grammy sticker (applied to shrink).
Cover Back: Catalog number upper right, Copyright in black lower left.

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Sticker: The Grammy Award Winner. The 10th Grammy Awards were held February 29, 1968 to recognize the accomplishments of musicians for 1967.

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Disc: Stereo Dynagroove. Black label, RCA logo is white, other label print is silver. HOW GREAT THOU ART AS SUNG BY ELVIS PRESLEY in all caps. No Elvis Presley above spindle. Side 1, track 3 incorrectly credits only Johnny Lane. Side 1, track 4 on one line. With the Jordanaires and The Imperials Quartet two lines. On side 2, the Jordanaires and The Imperials Quartet are credited 1-6.1

Matrix numbers
Side 1: TPRS-1895-1S A1 / Side 2: TPRS-1986-1S (Rockaway pressing)2
Side 1: TPRS-1895-2S B1 / Side 2: TPRS-1986-2S A1 (Rockaway pressing)3

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Disc: Stereo Dynagroove. Black label, RCA logo is white, other label print is silver. HOW GREAT THOU ART as sung by ELVIS PRESLEY and Elvis Presley above spindle. Side 1, track 3 correctly credits Lange-Heath-Burke. Side 1, track 4 on two lines. With the Jordanaires and The Imperials Quartet one line. On side 2, the Jordanaires and The Imperials Quartet are credited 1,2,3,4,5,6.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: TPRS-1895–3S / Side 2: TPRS-1896–4S (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: Stereo Dynagroove. Black label, RCA logo is white, other label print is silver. HOW GREAT THOU ART AS SUNG BY ELVIS PRESLEY in all caps. No Elvis Presley above spindle. Side 1, track 3 correctly credits Lange-Heath-Burke. Side 1, track 4 on one line. With the Jordanaires and The Imperials Quartet two lines. On side 2, the Jordanaires and The Imperials Quartet are credited 1-6.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: TPRS-1895-6S C1 / Side 2: TPRS-1986–5S A5 (Indianapolis pressing)
Side 1: TPRS-1895-6S D2 / Side 2: TPRS-1986–5S A5 (Indianapolis pressing)4
Side 1: TPRS-1895-9S A4 / Side 2: TPRS-1986-2S A2 (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: Stereo Dynagroove. Black label, RCA logo is white, other label print is silver. Side 1, track 3 correctly credits Lange-Heath-Burke.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: TPRS-1895-13S A1 / Side 2: TPRS-1986-5S C4 (Indianapolis pressing)
Side 1: TPRS-1895-14S A1 / Side 2: TPRS-1986-5S C2 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (6/68?) Stereo Dynagroove. Black label, RCA logo is white, other label print is silver. Flat label. Side 1, track 3 correctly credits Lange-Heath-Burke.

This example was found with the 20-112-21 40D (6/68) with sticker on cover (3/68?).

Matrix numbers
Side 1: TPRS-1895-13S A2 / Side 2: TPRS-1986-5S C4 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Cover Front: Catalog number upper left, RCA Victor logo upper right.
Cover Back: (11/1968?) Catalog number upper right. Copyright in black lower left. Grammy printed on back. RE in black lower left corner.

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Disc: (11/1968) Orange label. Rigid vinyl. Titles above spindle hole on Side 1.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: TPRS-1895-4S / Side 2: TPRS-1986-4S (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: (11/1968) Orange label. Rigid vinyl. No titles above spindle hole on Side 1.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: TPRS-1895-12S A3A / Side 2: TPRS-1986-11S A1 (Rockaway pressing)4
Side 1: TPRS-1895-12S A4 / Side 2: TPRS-1986-11S A1E (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: (1969/1970?) Orange label. Non-flexible vinyl. No titles above spindle hole on Side 1.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: TPRS-1895-16S A1A / Side 2: TPRS-1986-12S A2 (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: TPRS-1895-16S A2E / Side 2: TPRS-1986-12S B1A (Rockaway pressing)

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Disc: (1969/1970?) Orange label. Non-flexible vinyl. Titles above spindle hole on Side 1.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: TPRS-1895-3S / Side 2: TPRS-1986-3S (Hollywood pressing)3
Side 1: TPRS-1895-14S A3 / Side 2: TPRS-1986-6S D1 (Indianapolis pressing)
Side 1: TPRS-1895-14S A4 / Side 2: TPRS-1986-6S B1 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Cover Front: RCA and Catalog number upper left, Victor logo and Stereo upper right. RE lower left corner.
Cover Back: Catalog number upper right. RE in white lower left corner. RCA copyright in white centered bottom. RCA Stereo Records box upper left corner.

The image of the second cover is unique in that there is more blue than purple in the title, How Great Thou Art, giving the title a rainbow title effect. The third image, the first one of the back cover, note this odd one-of-a-kind printing error. Two REs. One in black from the previously released back and the remaining back in white from the newly reworked back.

Disc: Orange label. Non-flexible vinyl. (example above)

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Disc: (1971) Orange label. Flexible vinyl. Titles above spindle hole on Side 1.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: TPRS-1895-13S / Side 2: TPRS-1986-15S (Indianapolis pressing)7
Side 1: TPRS-1895-17S C2 / Side 2: TPRS-1986-13S A9 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (1975) Tan label. Titles above spindle hole on Side 1.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: TPRS-1895-17S C3 / Side 2: TPRS-1986-16S A1 (Indianapolis pressing)
Side 1: TPRS-1895-17S C3FF / Side 2: TPRS-1986-16S A1 (Indianapolis pressing)
Side 1: TPRS-1895-17S C3II / Side 2: TPRS-1986-16S A1X (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (1976) Black label. Dog on Side. Flat label.

Matrix numbers
Side A: TPRS-1895–17 C4 / Side B: TPRS-1986-18 (unknown pressing I WA)
Side A: TPRS-1895–18 A14 / Side B: TPRS-1986-18S A6 (unknown pressing I W) (non-flexible vinyl)
Side A: TPRS-1895 20 A2H / Side B: TPRS-1986 19 C13 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)
Side A: TPRS-1895 (hand etched) AFL1-3758A TPRS-1895 20 A7D / Side B: TPRS-1986 (hand etched) AFL1-3758B TPRS-1986 20 A22 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (1976) Black label. Dog on Side. Ribbed label.

Matrix numbers
Side A: TPRS-1895-18 A5-1-11 PRC / Side B: TPRS-1986-18 A4-1 PRC (unknown pressing I C)

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Disc: (1976) Black label. Dog on Side. Two inch diameter ring label.

Matrix numbers
Side A: TPRS-1895-19 B1 / Side B: TPRS-1986-19 B3 (unknown pressing) I DY
Side A: LSP-3758-A TPRS-1895-18S A1-4 GR/ Side B: LSP-3758-B TPRS-1986 (unknown pressing) W

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

Depending on the source, the release date of this LP is either 2/20/1967 or 3/8/1967. It charted 3/25/1967 and peaked at number 18 to remain on the charts for 29 weeks. The Grammy Awards were held 2/29/1968. All copies of this record that I have seen with the Grammy Award Winner sticker have had the 20-112-21 40D insert, which is 6/1968. Additional reading has indicated a great push for Elvis in 11/1968, which is when the orange label LPs were introduced. The Grammy Award Winner sticker was only around for a few months. The Grammy Award Winner printed on back was likely introduced in the 11/1968 push.89101112

Also released in monaural as LPM-3758 How Great Thou Art and re-released as AFL1-3758 How Great Thou Art.

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