I Want You, I Need You, I Love You/My Baby Left Me
HMV 7MC 45 (45 rpm)
Track Listing:
Side 1:
1. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Side 2:
1. My Baby Left Me
Released: July 1956:
Sound Format: mono
UK Single No: (04)
This single was manufactured for export and mostly found with a type 3 sleeve.
NOTE: This single was issued using the matrix number 7XAV, part of the EMI system.
Side 1: 7XAV 1457 Side 2: 7XAV 1456
(Sleeve Variation 3 - Front)
Type 3: (June 1956 - June 1957)
This sleeve was a pale brown colour with red printing,
This record has an optional centre. In its present form it can be played upon three speed record players or radiograms with a small centre spindle. (Top Left - Both Sides)
To play this 45 r.p.m. record on record players and radiograms with a large centre post remove the small centre disc of the record by pressing with the thumbs. (Top Right - Both Sides)
The HMV logo, located at the top-centre of the sleeve, contained a picture of a dog, 'Nipper' listening to a gramophone with the words "His Master's Voice" underneath, Under the logo it read: The Hallmark of Quality. (Both Sides)
Boxed instructions stated that:
THIS RECORD MUST BE PLAYED AT 45 REVS. PER MINUTE
(left-centre) and
WHEN NECESSARY CLEAN RECORD WITH A SLIGHTLY MOIST CLOTH (right-centre)
"HIS MASTER'S VOICE" (Bold Red Capitals - Under Centre Hole)
(Both Sides)
THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY LTD. HAYES. MIDDLESEX. ENGLAND (Bottom of Sleeve)
(Sleeve Variation 3 - Rear)
Boxed instructions stated that:
THIS RECORD MUST BE PLAYED AT 45 REVS. PER MINUTE
(left-centre) and
THE WORLD'S GREATEST ARTISTES RECORD FOR "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" (right-centre)
Under "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" at the bottom of the sleeve, the following information could be found:
COPYRIGHT SUBSISTS IN H.M.V. RECORDS. ANY UNAUTHORISED BROADCASTING, LIVE PERFORMANCE OR RE-RECORDING OF SUCH RECORDS IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER WILL CONSTITUTE AN INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT AND IS FORBIDDEN. APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE GRAMAPHONE CO. LTD., HAYES, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.
(Test Pressing/Factory Sample/Demo/Promo)
(Factory Sample - Side 1)
(Factory Sample - Side 2)
(Purple Label, HMV Logo, Gold Lettering, Knockout Centre)
(Variation 1 - Side 1)
(Purple Label)
HIS MASTER'S VOICE (Gold Lettering)
(Knockout Centre)
(1956 Pressing)
(Mono)
ELVIS PRESLEY
MUSIC
(Between Lines on Left)
(Variation 1 - Side 2)
(Serrated Edge)
ELVIS PRESLEY
MUSIC
(Between Lines On Left)
(Thanks to Andy Honeywell for the images)
UK Chart Information:
This single entered the UK charts on July 30, 1956, peaking at no. 14.
Chart Run: (2 Weeks)
19/07/1956 - 30
26/07/1956 - 25
Chart Run: (9 Weeks)
09/08/1956 - 23
16/08/1956 - 23
23/08/1956 - 20
30/08/1956 - 17
06/09/1956 - 18
13/09/1956 - 14
20/09/1956 - 14
27/09/1956 - 16
04/10/1956 - 21
Information: www.officialcharts.com
Recording Information:
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
(April 14, 1956: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee)
My Baby Left Me
(January 30, 1956: RCA Studio 1, New York)