Album Title : Greatest Hits Volume One
Catalogue Number : AHL1 - 2347
Year Release : October 1981
Side A : The Wonder Of You - A Big Hunk O' Love - There Goes My Everything - Suspicious Minds - What'd I Say
Side B : Don't Cry Daddy - Steamroller Blues - The Sound Of Your Cry - Burning Love - You'll Never Walk Alone
Brief History :
Released in October 1981, Elvis: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 was an attempt by RCA Records at launching a new series featuring the late American rock and roll singer, Elvis Presley. Ultimately, however, only this single volume was released in this particular series.
The album is thematically similar to the Elvis: A Legendary Performer series of albums RCA issued between 1974 and 1983, in that it consisted of a mixture of previously released recordings and previously unissued performances. In this case, the unreleased material consisted of live performances from Las Vegas and Nashville.
The collection received mixed reviews, with Roy Carr and Mick Farren, in Elvis: The Illustrated Record, a book released the following year, calling the album title misleading: "Predictable Las Vegas standards hardly fall under the category of 'Greatest Hits,'" they write. "One seriously wonders exactly who records like this are aimed at," they continue, wondering if RCA did indeed have anymore notable material from Elvis that had yet to be released (as subsequent releases proved, the label did possess many more previously unreleased recordings).
Besides the aforementioned unreleased live recordings, this album also includes the true stereo debut of the songs "Suspicious Minds" (previously issued only in mono), and "The Sound Of Your Cry" (which was released for the first time on an Elvis album).
Details : 1983 Release
Front Cover : Photo of Elvis. Title across top.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis. Catalogue number bottom left. Printed in U.S.A. bottom left.
Label : Unknown
Side A : Unknown
Side B : Unknown
Pressing Plant : Unknown
Matrix Number Side A : Unknown
Matrix Number Side B : Unknown
*NOTE* Second release with flat cover. This copy is sealed.
Details : 1981 Release
Front Cover : Photo of Elvis. Title across top.
Rear Cover : Photo of Elvis. Catalogue number bottom left. Printed in U.S.A. bottom left.
Label : Black dog near top. Flexible vinyl.
Side A : RCA logo top.
Side B : RCA logo top.
Pressing Plant : Indianapolis
Matrix Number Side A : AHL1 - 2347 A - 15 F (Hand Etched) A2 (Machine Stamped)
Matrix Number Side B : AHL1 - 2347 B - 15 B (Hand Etched) A1 (Machine Stamped)
*NOTE* Embossed cover.