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Is the laughing version of the "Are You Lonesome Tonight" single really considered rare, or is it the picture sleeve which is hard to find? If my memory is correct the single had some chart success upon it's original release.

I remember UK printed picture sleeves of the 1980 remake of "Guitar Man" being hard to find.

The 'Are You Lonesome Tonight (laughing version)' picture sleeve is not rare (plenty on e-bay) it is the solid centre pressing that is the rarity. The single peaked at #25 on the U.K chart in 1982.
The 'Guitar Man' U.K printed picture sleeve is quite hard to find - most of the sleeves were printed in the USA.

The 'Are You Lonesome Tonight (laughing version)' picture sleeve is not rare (plenty on e-bay) it is the solid centre pressing that is the rarity. The single peaked at #25 on the U.K chart in 1982.
The 'Guitar Man' U.K printed picture sleeve is quite hard to find - most of the sleeves were printed in the USA.

Thanks. I'm no expert on vinyl so didn't realise that the solid centre was rare. I do remember most of the "Guitar Man" singles being in plain black generic RCA sleeves though. I also had a US picture sleeve before I managed to get a UK one.

Some of my chilean EP’s:


CML-123 EP (March-April 1957)

Side A: Dejame ser tu osito de Felpa (Let me be your teddy bear) / Tengo que vivir (Got a lot O’ livin’ to do). Side B: Queriendote (Loving You) / Hot Dog

First cover of March 1957




Second cover of April 1957 (Very Rare)





Elvis Presley y su Conjunto CME-65 (July 1956)

A: Hotel Nostálgico / Yo fui el único

B: Olvide, olvidar – Tren de misterio



The first cover:




The second version cover:





Two version of the second chilean single 94-0082 (August 1956). Blue and turquoise labels.

Side A: Elvis Presley: No seas cruel. Side B: Algo invisible me protege: Perry Como





Thanks.

More chilean vinyls of my collection:

EP’s: CME-65 (1956), CME-123 (1957) Singles: 47-7280 (1958) and 47-7240 (1958)





Not chilean but very rare too:

78 R.P.M. singles of Chile, Argentina & Uruguay:

Very nice collection

Wow, Vintageman. Thanks for posting. Those are fabulous. You are lucky to have them. What a great topic. MORE, MORE, MORE please.

Wow, Vintageman. Thanks for posting. Those are fabulous. You are lucky to have them. What a great topic. MORE, MORE, MORE please.

Another rare chilean EP’s:


CME-91 First version (August 1956):




CME-91 Second version (September 1956):




A: Elvis Presley: Te deseo, te necesito, te quiero / Mi nena me dejo.
B: Julius La Rosa: Augustine / Tengo Amor.







3 versions of CME-92 (March-June 1957):




A: Amame tiernamente (de la película “Love Me Tender”) / De todas maneras me necesitas
B: No me importa que el sol no brille / Eso está bien







3 versions of CME-99 (July-August 1957):





A: Demasiado / Tocando para siempre
B: Eres una destructora de corazones / Tengo una mujer




Regards.

MARVELLOUS!!!

My rarest one from Chile is this one;

CHILE FTD PROMO.jpg

Do you collect records from the UK too, Vintageman?

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MARVELLOUS!!!

My rarest one from Chile is this one;

CHILE FTD PROMO.jpg

Do you collect records from the UK too, Vintageman?

Very nice example of chilean EP Tony. Yes i have some vintage UK - HMV records and i collected.


I don’t have your version of the EPA-4368. I have another one of the same chilean EP:






Thanks

MARVELLOUS!!!

My rarest one from Chile is this one;

CHILE FTD PROMO.jpg

Do you collect records from the UK too, Vintageman?

Very nice example of chilean EP Tony. Yes i have some vintage UK - HMV records and i collected.


I don’t have your version of the EPA-4368. I have another one of the same chilean EP:






Thanks

Thanks for posting; mine looks like a negative of yours!! Ha ha. Mine is the advance promo copy.

Mine is the advance promo copy.

Another example of my collection:







Regards

This is a Elvis debut in Chile. A July 1956 RCA single with The Laurie Sister on B side of the record:






The second chilean single from August 1956. Side B with Perry Como:






In September of 1956 the chilean RCA include this two separate singles on a one 78 R.PM.:







The next information is very important to understand who Presley debut in Chile.
My english are bad. If somebody can translate this can understand who start the chilean discography of Presley.



Los inicios de Presley en Chile:


Presley era un verdadero desconocido para comienzos de Junio de 1956. El primero en darle importancia fue un niño estudiante del Instituto Nacional quien en Junio de 1956 registro una emisión de los servicios informativos de ultramar en la que pasaron la canción “Heartbreak Hotel”.

El nombre del muchacho era Juan Calvo (más tarde gerente de Hispavox) y fue a varias estaciones de radio de Santiago, Chile insistiendo que tenía “La última novedad en Música”. Por su puesto que nadie le considero hasta que un Disck Jockey de radio Corporación transmitió su colaboración. La transmisión de “Heartbreak Hotel” causo tanto impacto que al momento de un segmento comercial no dejo de sonar el teléfono de la estación solicitando la repetición de la canción.

La grabación del pequeño también se difundió en otras estaciones logrando incluso ubicarse en los primeros lugares de sus rankings. La RCA chilena tuvo que tomar una decisión para finalmente editar a Elvis en el país.

En aquella época Don Roy era director artístico para RCA Víctor chilena, además músico de Jazz tenía un especial desinterés por la música de Presley. Para no correr riesgos RCA edito el primer single con “Hound Dog” de Presley en la cada A y The Laurie Sister en la B (Single RCA 94-0080 lanzado en Chile en Julio de 1956). Este fue el debut de Elvis en Chile.

Tras el éxito logrado con el primer single RCA Victor decidio lanzar un segundo single de Presley en Chile, pero nuevamente se negaron a editar un disco integro (ambos lados) con Elvis. Fue así que lanzaron el segundo single (RCA 94-0082) con Don’t Be Cruel” en la cara A y Perry Como en la B.

La estrategia no estuvo del todo bien. Perry Como era un artista muy popular en Chile y fue a través de este single que muchísimos padres sin quererlo llevaron a casa a Presley para que lo conocieran sus hijos.

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Vintageman_42, AWESOME Collection! Thanks for sharing

Many Thanks.

The AVL-3037 Argentina (1956). On USA LPM-1254 (1956).

Marvellous items once again, Vintageman.
I have these two 78's in my collection. Do you have them?

CHILE 78.jpg

ARGIE 78.jpg

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Marvellous items once again, Vintageman.
I have these two 78's in my collection. Do you have them?

CHILE 78.jpg

ARGIE 78.jpg

Thank You Tony. The first 78 R.P.M. you show me is very rare. I have the same in white background color label with dark Green letters and graphics.







The side A of this beauty are “Hound Dong” (Perro sabueso).


This light Green lemmon background color is not common version. Very limited run and hard to find piece. Make at the end of moth of July of 1956, my version is later in August of 1956.

I have the second, made in Argentina. This Record are interesting because promoted as HIT FROM MOVIE “Al compás del Reloj” (Rock Around The Clock). But the record have the Presley version of this song, not the version of Bill Haley & His comets perfomace in this film. The movie has very popular on this years.

The chilean 78 R.P.M. have this versions:




Label 1-2: from 1956 to 1957.
Label 3: from 1957.
Label 4: from 1957-1959.

Unfortunately I do not own this "baby"... But my friend has it. And it is Finnish 78rpm from 1957. Looking matrix numbers it looks to be pressed from German mother stampers. There are two funny mistakes on the label: 1. The song is wrote as Teddy Bear (Let Me Be Your). 2. Hal Wallis is wrote as Hal Walli and Walli is common Swedish name in Finland!

It is not known how many was exactly pressed, but probably only 100-200 copies.

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CME-146 / Exitos RCA Victor de Discomania (June 1958)


Hard to find rare chilean EP called “Exitos RCA Victor de Discomania”. Discomania was a very popular music radio program in the ‘50s and ‘60s.

On the cover you can see the chilean disck jockey of this program, his name is Ricardo García.
The record include RCA hits from this year on Discomanía radio program and of course “I Beg of you”.








CME-134 / Hollywood Canta (December 1958)

Another mega-rare chilean EP.

Include movie hits of Tony Perkins, Harry Belafonte, Bing Crosby & Elvis Presley. Hollywood Canta = Hollywood Sing.

Kid Galahad test pressing. Possibly created for the "EP Collection" set in the early 80's???

TEST PRESS KG.jpg

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Got this quite cheaply recently (not Ebay);

MY BOY LA EX.jpg

My Boy / Loving Arms. Does anybody know why it is listed in "Presleyana IV" as being valued at $650 - $750, even without the sleeve insert??!! What was the purpose of this pressing and why the variation in the B side??

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As written in the first edition of "Memorabilia of Elvis Presley and The Beatles" by Jerry Osborne from 1988.

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My boy/Loving arms
RCA Victor 2458 ex

Pressed in the US but never sold in the states.
Manufactured for export to Europe.
Price includes a single sheet insert that reads "Elvis Presley My boy".
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It was valued then at 200-300 dollar
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I alwaysl iked this cover, although the B-side shoud have been the A-side imo.

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Got this quite cheaply recently (not Ebay); My Boy / Loving Arms. Does anybody know why it is listed in "Presleyana IV" as being valued at $650 - $750, even without the sleeve insert??!! What was the purpose of this pressing and why the variation in the B side??

Latest Presleyana VII gives value of $800 without a insert sleeve, which is valued as for $200. Yes, it is unclear why RCA in USA pressed this single for distribution overseas in 1974. The only time they did that... In USA the B side was Thinking About You, while this export it is Loving' Arms (mis-spelled slightly on the label). The USA release was on January 1975.

Got this quite cheaply recently (not Ebay); My Boy / Loving Arms. Does anybody know why it is listed in "Presleyana IV" as being valued at $650 - $750, even without the sleeve insert??!! What was the purpose of this pressing and why the variation in the B side??

Latest Presleyana VII gives value of $800 without a insert sleeve, which is valued as for $200. Yes, it is unclear why RCA in USA pressed this single for distribution overseas in 1974. The only time they did that... In USA the B side was Thinking About You, while this export it is Loving' Arms (mis-spelled slightly on the label). The USA release was on January 1975.

See here..... http://www.elvisrecords.us/my-boy-loving-arms/