Modified: October 16, 2011

SPD-19 The Sound of Leadership 

         Release: RCA Victor SPD-19 The Sound of Leadership (EP)
              Artist: Various Artists
Release Date: 6/1956

Side 1: Vesti la giubba (Enrico Caruso) / O sole mio (Enrico Caruso)
Side 2: Ramona (Gene Austin) / Marie (Tommy Dorsey)
Side 3: Boogie Woogie (Tommy Dorsey) / Jalousie (Boston Pops Orchestra)
Side 4: Beer Barrel Polka (Will Glahe') / Begin the Beguine (Artie Shaw)
Side 5: In the Mood (Glenn Miller) / Sunrise Serenade (Glenn Miller)
Side 6: Blue Danube Waltz (Leopold Stokowski) / Tuxedo Junction (Glenn Miller)
Side 7: Star Dust (Artie Shaw) / Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto (Freddy Martin)
Side 8: Chattanoga Choo Choo (Glenn Miller) / Racing with the Moon (Vaughn Monroe)
Side 9: Prisoner of Love (Perry Como) / Ballerina (Vaughn Monroe)
Side 10: Whiffenpoof Song (Robert Merrill) / Bouquet of Roses (Eddy Arnold)
Side 11: Be My Love (Mario Lanza) / Anytime (Eddie Fisher)
Side 12: The Loveliest Night of the Year (Mario Lanza) / Slow Poke (Pee Wee King)
Side 13: Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes (Perry Como) / You You You (The Ames Brothers)
Side 14: I Need You Now (Eddie Fisher) / Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (Parez Prado)
Side 15: Naughty Lady from Shady Lane (Ames Brothers) / Rock and Roll Waltz (Kay Starr)
Side 16: Hot Diggity (Perry Como) / Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)

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Cover Front: White background with gold border, gold dog. The Sound of Leadership on top. SPD-19 upper right corner. Souvenir of the Miami Meeting June, 1956 on bottom. Copyright information lower right corner.1
Cover Back: Blank.

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Disc: Grey label, dog on top.1
Matrix numbers: G2NH-3710-1S / G2NH-3725-1S

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Insert: A four-page brochure folded in half.

Almost perfect mockup of the original as demonstrated here Record Mockups.

  1. Images courtesy of Boija, John. "First pressings of US Elvis Presley EPs." John Boija's Home Page. 8 September 2011. ↩
  2. Images courtesy of Boija, John. "First pressings of US Elvis Presley EPs." John Boija's Home Page. 8 September 2011. ↩