The first sleeve variations for the tri centre differed
from later releases in that either side of the RCA flash logo they had the
wording RCA RECORDS LONDON S.W.9 the S.W.9 was omitted on the 60s pressings,
Also worth noting is that the first pressing contained no printing date,
this appeared on the sleeves from February 1958 onwards.
The cover for the RCA logo variations differentiated only
in the fact that as mentioned above the S.W. 9 had been omitted. There were
several sleeve pressings and we have shown a few above.
There are six known pressings for the RCA Victor Logo
pressing which ran through 1963 to 1967. The cover did not differ apart from
the pressing dates to the RCA Logo variation.
This sleeve variation, to the best of our knowledge only
accompanied the very last Victor pressings with no tax code. It differed
from all before in the fact that it had no pressing date and no S.W.9.
The final variation that was used for the orange label
releases had no foldovers top and bottom, there was also no printers name or
Made In England. It is worth noting that we have come across several of
these with sub standard printing. where Elvis' lapel is not pure black, on
close inspection you can also see the red rear cover coming through Elvis'
hair.
BLACK LABEL TRIANGULAR CENTRE RCA LOGO
1958 PRESSING MONO
(London)
Belinda - between lines on left, Both sides
There were only a few label variations for this release
most of them due to the location of (London) or with (London) Ltd.
BLACK LABEL TRIANGULAR CENTRE RCA LOGO
BLACK LABEL TRIANGULAR CENTRE RCA LOGO
1958 PRESSING MONO
Belinda - between lines on left, side A.
Belinda - between lines on left, side B.
(London) Ltd.
Note the inclusion of Ltd. after (London) on the B-side,
this is a combination variation.
1958 PRESSING MONO (V02)
Belinda
(London) Ltd
- Between lines on left, both sides
BLACK LABEL KNOCKOUT CENTRE RCA LOGO
1960 PRESSING MONO
Has smaller E/T tax code, under
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity.
BLACK LABEL KNOCKOUT CENTRE RCA LOGO
1961 PRESSING MONO
Has smaller O/T tax code, under
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity.
BLACK LABEL KNOCKOUT CENTRE RCA VICTOR LOGO
1964 PRESSING MONO (v11)
1964 PRESSING MONO
M/T tax code under EXTENDED
PLAY
S under publishers.
Belinda - both sides.
(London) Ltd.
BLACK LABEL KNOCKOUT CENTRE RCA VICTOR LOGO
(London) Ltd.
BLACK LABEL KNOCKOUT CENTRE RCA VICTOR LOGO
1965 PRESSING MONO
M/T tax code under EXTENDED
PLAY
H under publishers.
Belinda - both sides.
1969 PRESSING MONO
"Under New Orthophonic" High Fidelity
s
M/T under
ORANGE LABEL KNOCKOUT CENTRE
MANUFACTURED BY RCA LIMITED
This orange label is a combination label.
1971 PRESSING MONO
ORANGE LABEL SOLID CENTRE
No title JAILHOUSE ROCK
Leiber is wrongly spelt Lieber.
Jailhouse Rock was possibly one of Elvis' greatest films
and this EP achieved great things too, it is stated in Elvis UK that this EP
reached the top twenty in the charts, this at a time when EPs were at there
most popular and still never entered the chart, Elvis managed that top
twenty slot. amazing really! Due its popularity it has never been a high
value collectable, that said though there are certain label variations of
this EP that are incredibly hard to locate. Like the Z/T tax code RCA logo
label. As you can see from the price guide above finding a decent copy
won't pay the mortgage.
|
RCA LOGO
EX COPY |
£ 15+ |
|
RCA VICTOR
EX COPY |
£ 12+ |
|
ORANGE K/O
EX COPY |
£ 15+ |
|
ORANGE SOLID
EX COPY |
£ 20+ |
