Released In 1982, The E.P. Collection contained 11 EPs, There is only one known variation.

Released in late 1982 this EP collection proved that RCA knew where it was at for my collectors, by all accounts Roger had always planned at least two EP collections, as to have these two so close together would suggest that work continued on the E.P. Collection Vol. II the minute Vol. 1 had hit the stores, or even sooner? As with the first set, the most eagerly awaited EPs were the two final EPs RCX 2, & RCX 3, containing the alternate takes. I was recently speaking to some fellow younger collectors who were amazed to find out how much we paid in the day for some of the rarer bootlegs, and the trouble we had to go to obtain them. In an Era when the Follow That Dream series has given us all the outtakes we wanted and some we didn't. Some of the first issues of this EP collection contained a black sticker, these have made the EP collection bearing the sticker more desirable and as such you can pay an extra £10 premium for those with the sticker. Expect to pay £50 for an excellent condition EP set complete with inner, If you also have the

34    RCX 7198    Elvis Presley   

Side 1 Shake, Rattle And Roll (Calhoun), I Love You Because (Payne), I Love You Because (Alternate take) (Payne)

Side 2 Blue Moon (Rodgers, Hart), Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Price)

35    RCX 7199    Peace In The Valley   

Side 1 (There'll be) Peace In The Valley (for me) (Dorsey), It Is No Secret (what God can do) (Hamblen)

Side 2 I Believe (Drake, Graham, Shirl, Stillman), Take My Hand, Precious Lord (Dorsey)

38    RCX 7202    A Touch Of Gold Vol. 1  

Side 1 Hard Headed Woman (DeMetrius), Good Rockin' Tonight (Brown)

Side 2 Don't (Leiber, Stoller), I Beg Of You (McCoy, Owens)

36    RCX 7200    Elvis Presley  

Side 1 I Need You So (Hunter), Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (Wiseman), Tell Me Why (Turner)

Side 2 Blueberry Hill (Lewis, Stock, Rose), Don't Leave Me Now (Schroeder, Weisman), When It Rains It Really Pours (Emerson)

37    RCX 7201    King Creole Vol. II  

Side 1 Trouble (Leiber, Stoller), Young Dreams (Kalmanoff, Schroeder), Crawfish (Wise, Weisman)

Side 2 Dixieland Rock (Schroeder, Frank), Steadfast, Loyal And True (Leiber, Stoller), Don't Ask Me Why (Wise, Weisman)

39    RCX 7203    A Touch Of Gold Vol. II  

Side 1 Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (Carroll, Moody), Your Cheatin' Heart (Williams)

Side 2 One Night (Bartholomew, King), That's All Right (Mama) (Crudup)

41    RCX 7205    Flaming Star  

Side 1 Flaming Star (Wayne, Edwards), Summer Kisses, Winter Tears (Wise, Weisman, Lloyd)

Side 2 Britches (Wayne, Edwards), A Cane And A High Starched Collar (Tepper, Bennett)

40    RCX 7204    A Touch Of Gold Vol. III  

Side 1 All Shook Up (Blackwell, Presley), That's When Your Heartaches Begin (Fisher, Bill, Raskin)

Side 2 Too Much (Rosenberg, Weisman), Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Monroe)

42    RCX 7206    Love In Las Vegas

Side 1 Viva Las Vegas (Pomus, Shuman), What'd I Say (Charles), If You Don't Think I Don't Need You (West, Cooper)

Side 2 I Need Somebody To Lean On (Pomus, Shuman), C'mon Everybody (Byers), Today, Tomorrow And Forever (Giant, Baum, Kaye)

43    RCX 2   G.I. Blues Outtakes Vol. II

Side 1 What's She Really Like (Wayne, Silver), G.I. Blues (Tepper, Bennett)

Side 2 Doin' The Best I Can (Pomus, Shuman), Pocketful Of Rainbows (Wise, Weisman)

44    RCX 3   Collectors Gold

Side 1 (Marie's the name) His Latest Flame (Pomus, Shuman), Good Luck Charm (Schroeder, Gold)

Side 2 Judy (Redell), Little Sister (Pomus, Shuman)