PRS-279 Singer Presents Elvis Singing Flaming Star and Others 

Modified: October 17, 2015

Artist: Elvis Presley
Release: RCA Victor PRS-279 Singer Presents Elvis Singing Flaming Star and Others (LP)
Release Date: 11/1968

Track Listings: (click here to expand / collapse)

Side 1

Flaming Star
Wonderful World
Night Life
All I Needed Was The Rain
Too Much Monkey Business

Side 2

Yellow Rose Of Texas / The Eyes Of Texas
She’s A Machine
Do The Vega
Tiger Man

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Cover Front: RCA upper left corner. Stereo upper right corner. Singer Presents Elvis Singing Flaming Star and Others. No song titles.
Cover Back: Catalog number upper right corner.

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Disc: Mustard label. Rigid vinyl.

Matrix numbers
Side 1: WNRS–2363–5S (machine stamped) A2 (hand etched) / Side 2: WNRS–2364–4S (machine stamped) A4 (hand etched) (Rockaway pressing)1
Side 1: WNRS-2363-5S A2 / Side 2: WNRS-2364-4S B1B (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: WNRS-2363-5S A3 / Side 2: WNRS-2364-4S A3E (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: WNRS-2363-5S B3E / Side 2: WNRS-2364-6S B1F (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: WNRS-2363-6S A2 / Side 2: WNRS-2364-5S A3 (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: WNRS-236–6S A4F / Side 2: WNRS-236–4S A4 (Rockaway pressing)2

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Disc: Mustard label. Non-flexible, flat vinyl.3

Matrix numbers
Side 1: WNRS–2363–7S (machine stamped) B2B (hand etched) / Side 2: WNRS-2364-7S (machine stamped) A3C (hand etched) (Rockaway pressing)1
Side 1: WNRS-2363–7S (machines stamped) B3A (hand etched) / Side 2: WNRS-2364–7S (machine stamped) B1C (hand etched) (Rockaway pressing)
Side 1: WNRS-2363–7S (machines stamped) C1E (hand etched) / Side 2: WNRS-2364–7S (machine stamped) B1A (hand etched) (Rockaway pressing)5

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Insert
An 8″ x 10″ Elvis photo not packaged with the LP, but distributed with the LP. Elvis in brown suit with white shirt, red scarf. “Sincerely Elvis Presley” printed autograph – Back may or may not advertise Singer & Co. TV Special.

Inner Sleeves
To identify the inner sleeve that is most appropriate for each release, look at the Inner Sleeves page on this site.

Re-released as CAS-2304 Elvis Sings Flaming Star in 1969.

Promotional Material
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Images of advertisements taken from 11/30/1968 Billboard Magazine. The color image in the middle is a poster of the event.

  1. Matrix numbers from the collection of PIOTRULA (of Poland) ↩
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  3. Images and discovery from the collection of Antti V. ↩
  4. Matrix numbers from the collection of PIOTRULA (of Poland) ↩
  5. Matrix numbers from the collection of Antti V. ↩