Modified: February 22, 2012

Burning Love / It's a Matter of Time 

         Release: RCA Victor 74-0769 Burning Love / It's a Matter of Time (45)
              Artist: Elvis Presley
Release Date: 8/1/1972

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Cover: picture sleeve front and back.

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Disc: (8/1972) Yellow label. NOT FOR SALE.1
Matrix numbers: BPKM-1257-?S / BPKM-1260-?S (Rockaway pressing)

It is interesting to note that the labels for this Rockaway pressing do not resemble the regular release of this single pressed at Rockaway. They look like those labels used by Indianapolis.

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Disc: (8/1972) Gray label. On the Burning Love side, "Vocal accompaniment" under Elvis Presley is spelled out. On the Burning Love side, Combine Music Corp., BMI is on two lines.2
Matrix numbers: BPKS-1257-1S B2 / BPKS-1260-1S A4 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)3

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Disc: (8/1972) Orange label. On the Burning Love side, "Vocal accompaniment" under Elvis Presley is spelled out. On the Burning Love side, Combine Music Corp., BMI is on two lines.
Matrix numbers: BPKS-1257-1S A1 / BPKS-1260-1S A3 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: BPKS-1257-1S B1 / BPKS-1260-1S A1 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: BPKS-1257-1S B3 / BPKS-1260-1S A4 (Indianapolis pressing)

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Disc: (8/1972) Orange label. On both sides "Vocal accomp" under Elvis Presley is lower case "accomp". On the Burning Love side, Combine Music Corp., BMI is on two lines.
Matrix numbers: BPKS-1257-4S / BPKS-1260-4S (Hollywood pressing)

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Disc: (8/1972) Orange label. On both sides "Vocal Accomp" under Elvis Presley is upper case "Accomp". On the Burning Love side, Combine Music Corp., BMI is on three lines.
Matrix numbers: BPKS-1257-5S A3C / BPKS-1260-6S C1E (Rockaway pressing) (hand etched)4
Matrix numbers: BPKS-1257-5S B1A / BPKS-1260-6S C1C (Rockaway pressing) (hand etched)

  1. Original source images from the collection of DarylR and have been cleaned for this site. ↩
  2. Images from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  4. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩