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Number: SONOPRESS C-3919/ND 90252 B |
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Unchained
Melody
If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
Little Darlin'
He'll Have To Go
Let Me Be There
Way Down
Pledging My Love
Moody Blue
She Thinks I Still Care
It's Easy For You |
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| Moody
Blue is the twenty fourth and final studio album by Elvis Presley,
released by RCA Records the month before his death in August 1977.
The album was a mixture of live and studio work, and included the
four tracks from Presley's final studio recording sessions in October
1976 and two tracks left over from the previous Graceland session
in February 1976. "Moody Blue" was a previously published hit song
recorded at the earlier Graceland session and held over for this
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recorded at the February session was "She Thinks I Still Care".
"Way Down" became a hit after Presley's death less than one month
after this album's publication. The album was certified Gold and
Platinum on September 12, 1977 and 2x Platinum on March 27, 1992
by the RIAA. |
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- USA |
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| 1977
- USA - Red Test Pressing |
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| Graceland
(have) had an auction for the above vinyl
with the below information. |
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offered red vinyl test pressing is for Elvis Presley’s 1977 album
Moody Blue. The red vinyl is not purely red, as there are gentle
wisps of a darker color mixed in. During the pressing of Moody Blue,
RCA celebrated the 2 billionth Elvis Presley record sold, and Ernie
Ruggeri, VP of manufacturing for RCA, is said to be responsible
for pressing several different colored vinyl and picture disc examples
as part of the celebrations. These pressings were done in extremely
small numbers, some in white, green, gold, red and combinations
of the colors. They are highly sought-after as some of the rarest
Elvis Presley records in existence. |
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offered vinyl’s matrix numbers do indeed indicate that the record
was made in the original year of release, 1977, and they align with
the matrix numbers on other known red vinyl test pressings from
this period. Side A’s matrix number is “AFL1-2428-A-1S Masterfonics
GAM A7,” and Side B’s matrix number is “AFL1-2428 B-2S W.” Also
in the dead wax on Side B is what appears to be a signature that
is indecipherable. Some have said it reads “jmkles,” but that is
just speculation. The disc is accompanied by a period outer sleeve
for the record. The disc measures 12 inches (30.48 cm) in diameter
and is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Graceland Authenticated. |
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- USA - White Pressing |
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Elvis’
last album released before his death in 1977 was Moody Blue. As
a gimmick and with the popularity of colored vinyl in the 1970s,
RCA released the album on blue vinyl to brisk sales, prompting
RCA to do another pressing, this time in standard black vinyl.
After the unexpected demise of Elvis, which shocked the nation,
the sale of his last album skyrocketed and RCA met the demand
by leasing production out to smaller pressing plants. When the
main pressing plant in Indianapolis reached a milestone of 2 billion
records, RCA celebrated with special pressings in colored vinyl
in extremely small runs. It is believed that these small runs
in red, green, white and yellow were given only to executives
and VIPs. Some records were pressed in two colors and an extraordinarily
small number were pressed as a picture disc with Colonel Parker
dressed as Santa. These were given by the Colonel to VIPs. |
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with anything, mistakes can happen during the process, and offered
is a white vinyl disc that contains what is referred to as a misprint
because an incorrect label has been applied to Side A. Although
the record tracks are correct for Side A, the label that has been
applied is that for the 1977 RCA release of Elvis’ first LP, Elvis.
This mistake is indicative of the manual, short-run nature of the
production process that left us with these incredibly scarce examples.
In addition to the rarity of the color vinyl disc and the misprint
on this example, this pressing is even more unique in that it is
housed in a sleeve stamped “Not For Sale.” The disc measures 12
inches (30.48 cm) in diameter and is accompanied by a letter of
authenticity from Graceland Authenticated. |
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Canada - 8 Track |
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| Multi
Coloured Moody Blue Single showing A and B sides |
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| Moodly
Blue Gold Album |
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| Moody
Blue Green Album |
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