Modified: January 25, 2012

Tell Me Why / Blue River 

         Release: RCA Victor 47-8740 Tell Me Why / Blue River (45)
              Artist: Elvis Presley
Release Date: 12/3/1965

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Cover: (12/1965) picture sleeve front and back.

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Disc: (12/1965) White label, NOT FOR SALE. First letter of each word in with the Jordanaires is not capitalized. Times on left side.1
Matrix numbers: H2WW-0254-2S A1 / SPKM-7357-1S A3 (machine stamped) (Rockaway pressing)2

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Disc: (12/1965) Black label, dog on side. On the Tell Me Why side, BMI on shared line. On the Blue River side, Inc., and ASCAP on shared line. First letter of each word in With The Jordanaires is capitalized. Times on right side.
Matrix numbers: H2WW-0254-3S A4 / SPKM-7357-3S A1 (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: H2WW-0254-4S A3 / SPKM-7357-2S A4 (Indianapolis pressing)3

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Disc: (12/1965) Black label, dog on side. On the Tell Me Why side, BMI on separate line. On the Blue River side, Inc on one line and ASCAP on another line. First letter of each word in with the Jordanaires is not capitalized. Times on right side.
Matrix numbers: H2WW-0254-6S / SPKM-7357-5S (Hollywood pressing)

Disc: (12/1965) Black label, dog on side. On the Tell Me Why side, BMI on shared line. On the Blue River side, Inc., and ASCAP on shared line. First letter of each word in with the Jordanaires is not capitalized. Times on left side.
Matrix numbers: H2WW-0254-?S / SPKM-7357-?S (Rockaway pressing)4

  1. Images from a collection of internet images that date back to 1998. ↩
  2. Matrix numbers from the collection of Christian (of France). ↩
  3. Matrix numbers from the collection of Roberto. ↩
  4. eBid reference 36656684 (January 25, 2012) ↩