Modified: May 6, 2012

(You're the) Devil in Disguise / Please Don't Drag that String Around 

         Release: RCA Victor 47-8188 (You're the) Devil in Disguise / Please Don't Drag that String Around (45)
              Artist: Elvis Presley
Release Date: 6/18/1963

47 8188 cover side1 small (Youre the) Devil in Disguise / Please Dont Drag that String Around (Elvis Presley)47 8188 cover side2 small (Youre the) Devil in Disguise / Please Dont Drag that String Around (Elvis Presley)

Cover: picture sleeve front and back.

47 8188 side1 small (Youre the) Devil in Disguise / Please Dont Drag that String Around (Elvis Presley)47 8188 side2 small (Youre the) Devil in Disguise / Please Dont Drag that String Around (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (6/1963) Black label, dog on top. 45 RPM on right side. (You're The) Devil in Disguise on two lines.
Matrix numbers: PPKM-0291--14S / PPKM-0292--4S (Indianapolis pressing)
Matrix numbers: PPKM-0291--14S / PPKM-0292--5S (Indianapolis pressing)

47 8188 side1 h small (Youre the) Devil in Disguise / Please Dont Drag that String Around (Elvis Presley)47 8188 side2 h small (Youre the) Devil in Disguise / Please Dont Drag that String Around (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (6/1963) Black label, dog on top. 45 R.P.M. and New Orthophonic High Fidelity on right side. (You're The) Devil in Disguise on one line.
Matrix numbers: PPKM-0291--15S / PPKM-0292--6S (Hollywood pressing)
Matrix numbers: PPKM-0291--15S / PPKM-0292--7S1 (Hollywood pressing)

47 8188 side2 error small (Youre the) Devil in Disguise / Please Dont Drag that String Around (Elvis Presley)47 8188 side2 h small (Youre the) Devil in Disguise / Please Dont Drag that String Around (Elvis Presley)

Disc: (6/1963) Black label, dog on top. Incorrectly lists "Please Don't Drag That String Along" 45 R.P.M. and New Orthophonic High Fidelity on right side. (You're The) Devil in Disguise on one line.2
Matrix numbers: PPKM-0291--16S / PPKM-0292--7S3 (Hollywood pressing)4

Re-released by RCA Records on 45 RPM as (You're the) Devil in Disguise / Please Don't Drag that String Around on the Gold Standard Series label.

  1. Jerry Osborne, Presleyana V (Port Townsend: Osborne Enterprises, 2002), p. 44 ↩
  2. Image of side 1, from a collection of internet images that date back to 1998. ↩
  3. Jerry Osborne, Presleyana V (Port Townsend: Osborne Enterprises, 2002), p. 44 ↩
  4. eBay reference 260703281210 (December 11, 2010) ↩