Modified: December 18, 2011

EPA-5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 

         Release: RCA Victor EPA-5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (EP)
              Artist: Elvis Presley
Release Date: 4/21/1959

Side 1: Hard Headed Woman / Good Rockin' Tonight
Side 2: Don't / I Beg of You

gss 2X400 EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)

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Cover: picture sleeve front and back. A Touch of Gold may either be aligned center or the "of" offset to the left of "A Touch Gold".

epa 5088 side1 maroon small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)epa 5088 side2 maroon small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (4/1959)1 Maroon label, dog on top.2
Matrix numbers: K2PH-1245-1S A1 / K2PH-1246-1S A2 (Indianapolis pressing)

epa 5088 1959 side1 i small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)epa 5088 1959 side2 i small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (4/1959) Black label, dog on top.
Matrix numbers: K2PH-1245-1S A3 / K2PH-1246-1S A3 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: K2PH-1245-2S A1 / K2PH-1246-2S A2 (Rockaway pressing)3

This black label is identical to the maroon example above, except the label color. By the fact that the matrix numbers are identical, the maroon label is extremely rare.

epa 5088 side1 blk small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)epa 5088 side2 blk small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (4/1959) Black label, dog on top.
Matrix numbers: K2PH-1245-3S / K2PH-1246-3S (Hollywood pressing)

5088 epa 1959 side1 newortho small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)5088 epa 1959 side2 newortho small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (4/1959) Black label, dog on top. New Orthophonic High Fidelity on side.4

5088 epa cover side1 small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)epa 5088 cover side2 small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)epa 5088 side2 v2 small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)

Cover: picture sleeve front and back. On back, copyright info changes from © by Radio Corporation of America, 1959 changed to © 1959, RCA, New York N.Y.

5088 epa 1965 side1 small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)5088 epa 1965 side2 small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (1965) Black label, dog on side.
Matrix numbers: K2PH-1245-1S A3 / K2PH-1246-1S A3 (Indianapolis pressing)

epa 5088 1968 side1 small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)epa 5088 1968 side2 small EPA 5088 A Touch of Gold, Volume 1 (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (1968) Orange label.5
Matrix numbers: K2PH-1245-1S A3 / K2PH-1246-1S A3 (machine stamped) (Indianapolis pressing)6

  1. Date from "Elvis Presley: Discography | The Official Elvis Presley Site." Elvis The Music. Sony Music Entertainment. January 25, 2011. ↩
  2. Images from the collection of Jouni from Finland ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  4. Mockup of eBay reference 390237449845 (Oct. 10, 2010) ↩
  5. eBay reference 260816221841 (July 15, 2011) ↩
  6. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩