Today would have been Elvis Presley’s 79th
birthday. I’ve been digging out my Elvis records all week to mark the occasion and
figured I would share my favorite with you.
It is probably one of Elvis’ most popular songs, Jailhouse Rock. This 45 was released in
1957 at the same time as his movie of the same name. It’s another great song
written by the legendary team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. As well, the B-side Treat Me Nice was also written by Leiber and Stoller.
It’s easily one of my favorite picture sleeves in my
collection. I love the photo of Elvis on the front, plus the back has a different
full picture as well.
This 45 was released on RCA Victor in 1957. My copy that
came with this picture sleeve is an American pressing. I also have a Canadian
pressing of the same single (but no picture sleeve). This is a great example of
how different labels between Canada and the USA can be. The USA copy has the
RCA dog and phonograph at the top and the picture is in color. On the Canadian
copy there are two horizontal lines across the label and music loving dog is on
the right side in black and white. There are also many other differences
including the text sizes and layout. Same single, same recording of the song,
just pressed in two different countries who apparently couldn’t agree on a
label design.
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