RCA 1795 (45 rpm)
Track Listing:
Side 1:
1. If I Can Dream
Side 2:
1. Memories
Released: February 21, 1969:
Sound Format: mono
UK Single No: (67)
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Tracks taken from the NBC TV Special soundtrack album:"Elvis" (RD 8011)
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NOTE: This single was issued using the matrix numbers X2PW, part of the RCA system.
(XP = 1969)
Side 1: X2PW 9461 Side 2: X2PW 9462
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NOTE: RCA 1795 was the first new single pressed using the new orange label.
The sleeve was redesigned with a new updated green and white background with the stamped RCA logo.
(Sleeve Variation 7 - Front)
Type 7: (February 1969 - July 1970)
This sleeve was split in two halves with a green top half and white bottom half (Both Sides),
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Orange stamped RCA logo with curved insides
(Top half - both sides)
Green stamped RCA logo with curved insides
(Top half - both sides)
(Sleeve Variation 7 - Rear)
Identical to Front
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MADE IN ENGLAND (Green Print)
Positioned vertically along left and right foldovers
(Test Pressing/Factory Sample/Demo/Promo)
(Factory Sample - Side 1)
(Orange Label)
Stamped RCA VICTOR Logo
Side 1: IF I CAN DREAM
Double Sided
Demonstration Sample Not For Sale
(Knockout Centre - Large A)
(1969 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(Factory Sample - Side 2)
(Orange Label)
Stamped RCA VICTOR Logo
Side 2: MEMORIES
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MANUFACTURED BY RCA LTD
(Orange Label, RCA VICTOR Logo, Knockout Centre)
(Variation 1 - Side 1)
(Orange Label)
Stamped RCA VICTOR Logo
(Knockout Centre)
(1969 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(Etched Run Out: X2PW-946I-IC)
(Variation 1 - Side 2)
(Matt Label)
(From the soundtrack of Elvis') (Top Centre)
RCA 1795 (Top Right)
â„— 1969
BIEM NCB (Boxed) (Bottom Centre)
MANUFACTURED BY RCA LTD
(Etched Run Out: X2PW-9462-IC)
(Orange Label, RCA VICTOR Logo, Knockout Centre)
(Variation 2 - Side 1)
(Orange Label)
Stamped RCA VICTOR Logo
(Knockout Centre)
(1969 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(Variation 2 - Side 2)
(Matt Label)
RCA 1795 (Top Right)
â„— 1969
(From the soundtrack of Elvis') (Bottom Centre)
BIEM NCB (Boxed) (Bottom Centre)
MANUFACTURED BY RCA LTD
(Orange Label, RCA VICTOR Logo, Knockout Centre)
(Variation 3 - Side 1)
(Orange Label)
Stamped RCA VICTOR Logo
(Knockout Centre)
(1969 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(Variation 3 - Side 2)
RCA 1795 (Top Right)
(Matrix Number Positioned Further Down)
â„— 1969
(From the soundtrack of Elvis') (Bottom Centre)
BIEM NCB (Boxed) (Bottom Centre)
MANUFACTURED BY RCA LTD
(Thanks To Paul Alner For The Information)
(Orange Label, RCA VICTOR Logo, Knockout Centre)
(Variation 4 - Side 1)
(Orange Label)
Stamped RCA VICTOR Logo
(Knockout Centre)
(1969 Decca Pressing)
(Mono)
(Variation 4 - Side 2)
RCA 1795 (Top Right)
â„— 1969
(From the soundtrack of Elvis') (Bottom Centre)
BIEM, GEMA, NCB (Bottom Centre)
MANUFACTURED BY RCA LTD
(Orange Label, RCA VICTOR Logo, Knockout Centre)
(Variation 5 - Side 1)
(Orange Label)
Stamped RCA VICTOR Logo
(Knockout Centre)
(1970 CBS Pressing)
(Mono)
(Variation 5 - Side 2)
RCA 1795 (Top Right)
â„— 1969
(From the soundtrack of Elvis') (Bottom Centre)
BIEM NCB (Boxed) (Bottom Centre)
MANUFACTURED BY RCA LIMITED
(Orange Label, RCA VICTOR Logo, Solid Centre)
(Variation 6 - Side 1)
(Orange Label)
Stamped RCA VICTOR Logo
(Solid Centre)
(1970 CBS Pressing)
(Mono)
(Variation 6 - Side 2)
RCA 1795 (Top Right)
â„— 1969
(From the soundtrack of Elvis') (Bottom Centre)
BIEM NCB (Boxed) (Bottom Centre)
MANUFACTURED BY RCA LIMITED
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(Thanks to Dean Murphy for the images)
(Orange Label, RCA VICTOR Logo, Solid Centre)
(LABEL COMBINATION)
(Side 1: Variation 1)
(LABEL COMBINATION)
(Side 2: Variation 4)
(Orange Label, RCA VICTOR Logo, Solid Centre)
(LABEL COMBINATION)
(Side 1: Variation 4)
(LABEL COMBINATION)
(Side 2: Variation 1)
​UK Chart Information:
This single entered the UK charts on March 4, 1969, peaking at no. 11.
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Chart Run: (10 Weeks)
04/03/1969 - 30
11/03/1969 - 17
18/03/1969 - 13
25/03/1969 - 11
01/04/1969 - 11
08/04/1969 - 15
15/04/1969 - 19
22/04/1969 - 26
29/04/1969 - 31
06/05/1969 - 40
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Information: www.officialcharts.com
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Recording Information:
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If I Can Dream
(June 23, 1968: Western Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)
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Memories
(June 24, 1968: Western Recorders, Studio 1, Hollywood, California)
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Elvis UK RCA Single Promo
used by kind permission: (Thanks to Paul Alner)
Elvis UK RCA Single Review
used by kind permission: (Thanks to Paul Alner)