Hound Dog
Blue Suede Shoes
RCA 1095 (78 rpm)
Track Listing:
Side 1:
1. Hound Dog
Side 2:
1. Blue Suede Shoes
Released: November 1958:
Sound Format: mono
UK Single No: (24)
Like it's predecessor, this single was a compilation of two very popular earlier A-sides released earlier by HMV.
NOTE: This single was issued using the matrix number G2PB/H2WB, part of the RCA system.
(G2) = 1956 (H2 = 1957)
Side 1: H2WB 8398 Side 2: G2PB 1282
RCA 1095 (45rpm)
(Sleeve Variation 1 - Front)
Type 1: (July 1957 - July 1960)
Plain Brown Paper Sleeve
(Sleeve Variation 1 - Rear)
Plain Brown Paper Sleeve
(Test Pressing/Factory Sample/Demo/Promo)
(Factory Sample - Side 1)
(Factory Sample - Side 2)
(Black Label, RCA Large Silver Dot Logo, Solid Centre)
(Variation 1 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
RCA Large Silver Dot Logo
(Solid Centre)
(1958 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(Variation 1 - Side 2)
MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
Trade Mark(s) ® Registered
No Tax Code (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
Parallel Lines (Both Sides)
M.C.P.S.
N.C.B.
ABERBACH LTD.
(Between Lines On Left)
(Black Label, RCA Large Silver Dot Logo, Solid Centre)
(Variation 2 - Side 1)
(Black Label)
RCA Large Silver Dot Logo
(Solid Centre)
(1958 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(Variation 2 - Side 2)
MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
Trade Mark(s) ® Registered
No Tax Code (Top Left)
"New Orthophonic" High Fidelity (Top Right)
Parallel Lines (Both Sides)
N.C.B. (Boxed)
(Between Lines On Left)
(Black Label, RCA Large Silver Dot Logo, Solid Centre)
(LABEL COMBINATION)
(Side 1: Variation 1)
(LABEL COMBINATION)
(Side 2: Variation 2)
Recording Information:
Hound Dog
(July 2, 1956: RCA Studios, New York)
Blue Suede Shoes
(January 30, 1956: RCA Studio 1, New York)
