Modified: May 4, 2012

Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel 

         Release: RCA Victor 447-0608 Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel (45)
              Artist: Elvis Presley

gss 2X400 Hound Dog / Dont Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)

447 0608 1959 side1 small Hound Dog / Dont Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)447 0608 1959 side2 small Hound Dog / Dont Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)

Disc: 3/1959. Gold Standard. Black label, dog on top.
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5696-4S / J2PW-5695-3S1

447 0608 cover side1 small Hound Dog / Dont Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)447 0608 cover side2 small Hound Dog / Dont Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)

Cover: 6/1964. Gold Standard picture sleeve.

Disc: 1965. Gold Standard. Black label, dog on side.

447 0608 1968 side1 mockup small Hound Dog / Dont Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)447 0608 1968 side2 mockup small Hound Dog / Dont Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)

Disc: 1968. Gold Standard. Orange label.2

447 0608 1971 side1 small Hound Dog / Dont Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)447 0608 1971 side2 small Hound Dog / Dont Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)

Disc: 1971. Gold Standard. Red label.
Matrix numbers: J2PW-5696-8S C3 / J2PW-5695-7S A1 (Indianapolis pressing)

Disc: 1976. Gold Standard. Black label, dog near top.

  1. Jerry Osborne, Presleyana V (Port Townsend: Osborne Enterprises, 2002), p. 45 ↩
  2. Mockups of existing images. ↩