Modified: May 6, 2012

Are You Lonesome Tonight / I Gotta Know 

         Release: RCA Victor 47-7810 Are You Lonesome Tonight / I Gotta Know (45)
              Artist: Elvis Presley
Release Date: 11/1/1960

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Cover: picture sleeve front and back.

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Disc: (11/1960)1 Black label, dog on top. Matrix number above time. 45 RPM without periods on one line with New Orthophonic High Fidelity on side. The "T" in with The Jordanaires is capitalized. On the I GOTTA KNOW side, Alamo Music on left side.
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0106-3S A1 / L2WW-0104-4S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (11/1960) Black label, dog on top. Matrix number above time. 45 RPM without periods on one line with New Orthophonic High Fidelity on side. The "T" in with The Jordanaires is capitalized. On the I GOTTA KNOW side, Gladys Music on left side.2
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0106-3S A3 / L2WW-0104-1S A7 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0106-3S A5 / L2WW-0104-3S A3 (Indianapolis pressing)3

sheets Are You Lonesome Tonight / I Gotta Know (Elvis Presley)Both the Hollywood pressing and the Indianapolis pressing are in error where the PUBLISHER on the label for I GOTTA KNOW is Alamo Music Inc. (ASCAP). It is interesting to note that the PUBLISHER for I GOTTA KNOW was correctly listed as Gladys Music Inc. (ASCAP) with later pressings incorrectly listing the PUBLISHER as Alamo Music Inc. (ASCAP) for the Indianapolis pressings. The official RECORDING INFORMATION worksheet for I Gotta Know, recorded April 4, 1960 with serial number L2WB-0104, has the PUBLISHER as Gladys Music, Inc. ASCAP.4

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Disc: Black label, dog on top. Matrix number below catalog number. 45 R.P.M. with periods on one line with New Orthophonic High Fidelity on side. The "t" in with the Jordanaires is not capitalized.
Matrix numbers: L2WW-0106-8S/L2WW-0104-8S (Hollywood pressing)

This was also released in stereo Are You Lonesome Tonight / I Gotta Know in 1960.
Re-released by RCA Records on 45 RPM as Are You Lonesome Tonight / I Gotta Know on the Gold Standard Series label.

  1. Date from Elvis Presley Taking Care Of Business. "BiogrDiscography." 4 February 2011. ↩
  2. Discovery of Side 2 from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  4. Flynn, Keith. "Matrix Numbers." Keith Flynn's Elvis Presley Pages. 12 December 2011. ↩