Backing Vocals – The Jordanaires (tracks: A1, A5, B1, B3)
A1, A5, B3: (from the Mirisch Company presentation "Kid Galahad"-a UA release)
A2: (from the Mirisch Company presentation "Follow That Dream"-a UA release)
A4, B2, B4: (from the Paramount picture "Easy Come, Easy Go"-a Hal Wallis production)
A3, B5: (from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture "Viva Las Vegas")
Just the other day I was looking through my old record purchases and noted that I bought a few RCA albums through World Record Club in 1979 and presumed there must have been an association between EMI and RCA at the time. So presumably these were pressed by EMI. I bought a re-issue of Elvis' Gold Records Vol 2, Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat, Perry Como - And I Love You So - I also remember at least one Bowie album in their catalogue.
I think CBS was just one factory that RCA used after closing their own factory in 1979 or thereabouts. I have just checked the few Australian Presley Lps that I have, and none of them show CBS matrices. I suspect that mine are EMI pressings, and it is known that RCA commonly had their singles pressed by EMI, because the labels show a telltale semi-circular notch in roughly the 12 o'clock position, as did EMI's own singles. I have a vague recollection of something being pressed by Festival, but I don't know what (and by the early 80's, CBS, EMI and Festival were the only majors who still had factories, Astor having been absorbed into PolyGram, who themselves mostly used CBS and EMI, and WEA always used CBS).
RE the number of digits - the very first CBS matrices (Australian Record Company Limited until May 1977) did have 5 digits, but moved to 6 digits sometime around the early 60's, and Festival started off with 4 digits in the same timeframe.
Thank you for the info about the matrix numbering. I always thought 5 digits were just a very early issue and the numbers increased as time went on.
An early 1980s copy of this LP has MX195807 / MX195808. As far as I am aware all Elvis LP's (including the Reader's Digest box sets) that have this 6 digit matrix numbering would mean that RCA used CBS for the pressing of these LPs?.
Yes that is right. The catalogue number stayed the same for this album. Also the matrix number for most of these Camden reissues didn't change until about 1980 and started with MX..... I assume this is because RCA didn't use their plant after 1980 so the MX matrix series was issued by other companies. I would like to know more about this if anyone knows.
Correct for the original release which this cover still has the original A172 date on the back but it is definitely a late 1970s reissue. This cover also has the SUMMIT distribution details on the very bottom of the back cover which wasn't on the original cover and only appeared in the later 1970s period.