Elvis vinyl mastered by Boppin' Bob Jones

[JohnnyByeBye]

I have another BBJ pressing that I haven't shared with you guys,so here goes...

Golden Records vol 3 (SF-7630 Black label,UK)

This pressing has the typical UK back sleeve in black & white with a photo from I think Fun In Acapulco photo shoot. The sound is of course excellent. I've circled the BBJ signature on dead wax.

[ClausH]

Article on Bob Jones and his work on Stereo '57 - Essential Elvis Vol. 2.
Source: Elvis The Man and His Music

[JohnnyByeBye]

Thanks. Feel free to add things to that list. That's why I posted it...

@Bilbobaggins could you update your list since I'm not able to do that? It would be great if there would only be one master list, and not tens of copy-pasted lists in upcoming postings. It would be soooo much easier for any current and future readers of this thread to spot the most up-to-date version if there was only one

[Bilbobaggins]

UPDATE: 6-11-2025


This is my list of LP's (mostly RCA international, INTS) cut by Boppin 'Bob Jones. He also did some EP's and singles, but this list is LP only.

I'm not sure if this list is complete or 100% correct, so feel free to add or correct!

I got the information from:
1. My own collection (I own only about 10 of them)
2.This messageboard
3.Discogs

LP's Boppin' Bob (Note: There is only one way to be sure you have a pressing cut by Boppin' Bob Jones, and that is checking out his signature in the deadwax! Some versions may also be cut by other engineers.)

Rock 'n Roll INTS 5148 (1981 pressing) + SF 8233
Rock 'n Roll no 2 INTS 5142 + SF 7582
Loving You INTS 5109
King Creole INTS 5103
Elvis' Golden Records INTS 5143
Elvis' Golden Records Volume 2 INTS 5144
Elvis Is Back! INTS 5141
GI Blues INTS 5104
His Hand In Mine INTS 5105
Something For Everybody INTS 5135
Blue Hawaii INTS 5136
Pot Luck INTS 5074
Girls! Girls! Girls! INTS 5107 + CDS 1221 (Camden)
Fun In Acapulco INTS 5106
Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 INTS 5145
Kissin' Cousins CDS 1222
Roustabout INTS 5110
Girl Happy INTS 5034
Elvis For Everyone INTS 5073
Frankie And Johnny INTS 5036
How Great Thou Art INTS 5147
Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 INTS 5146
Elvis (NBC TV Special) INTS 5093
Elvis Country INTS 5111
That's The Way It Is INTS 5137
Love Letters From Elvis INTS 5081
Aloha From Hawaii DPS 2040 (1979-1984 black labels only!)
20 Greatest Hits Volume 2 INTS 5116
The Sun Collection HY 1001
Essential Elvis PL 89979
Essential Elvis Volume 2 PL 90250
The Sound Of Your Cry RCALP 3060
American Trilogy (3LP) DR 1124
The History Of Rock Volume 1 HRL 001
Acuff Rose Presents Elvis AREP1
The Elvis Tapes RED1
The Ultimate Performance K-tel NE 1141
Suspicious Minds CDS 1206
Are You Lonesome Tonight CDS 1207
Images Camra, CR061
Love Songs CDS 1211
Blue Rhythms Everest Records EPC 1000
The All-time Greatest Hits PL 90100
I Can Help And Other Great Hits PL 89287 (Certain pressings only)
Elvis At His Best SDL 004
For LP Fans Only NL 90359 (German pressing)
Jailhouse Rock - Love In Las Vegas RCALPP 9020 (Picture disc)
The Legend CDS-1212
Are you lonesome tonight CDS 1207
Rockin' Elvis, the sixties RCALP 1001
Double Trouble INTS 5039
The First Ten Years CDS-1213 UK
It Won't Seem Like Christmas Without You INTS 5235
Rock 'n Roll Rebel K-Tel NE 1170

The Elvis Tapes is an odd one... it's a non-RCA, talking album...

For completeness sake, I also added these INTS LP's cut by others or unknown... Feel free to add/correct!


Elvis' Christmas Album INTS 5060 Jack Adams
A Date With Elvis INTS 5032 Pete Norman
It Happened At The World's Fair INTS 5033 Pete Norman
Kissin' Cousins INTS 5108 Dave Tucker
Paradise Hawaiian Style INTS 5037 Pete Norman
California Holiday INTS 5038 Jack Adams
Harem Holiday INTS 5035 Pete Norman
Double Trouble INTS 5039 Jack Adams
Clambake INTS 5040 Jack Adams
Speedway INTS 5041 Jack Adams
Pictures of Elvis INTS 5001 Jack Adams
Elvis Sings Leiber And Stoller INTS 5031 Pete Norman
20 Greatest Hits Volume 1
Frankie and Johnny INTS 5036 Jack Adams

[JohnnyByeBye]

Thanks @Bilbobaggins ! What I actually meant was that you would have edited your original posting with that list but this works as well

[ClausH]

More Bob Jones titles;

The All-Time Greatest Hits
I Can Help and Other Great Hits (only certain pressings)
Elvis At His Best
The Elvis Medley (UK)
For LP Fans Only (1989 German pressing)
Jailhouse Rock/Love In Las Vegas (picture disc)

Other titles:
The '56 sessions vol.1 and 2 (Pete Norman)
From Elvis Presley Boulevard (UK) (Pete Norman)

[Alexander72]

The Ultimate Performance
K-tel, NE 1141, 1981
(UK version only)

Suspicious Minds
Camden, CDS 1206, 1982

Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Camden, CDS 1207, 1982

Images
Camra, CA061, 1982

Love Songs
Camden, CDS 1211, 1982

Blue Rhythms
Everest Records, EPC 1000, 1984

[Bilbobaggins]

List updated

[JohanD]

Two more...

The second edition for "Are you lonsome tonight" and "Rockin' Elvis, the sixties" where also done by Bob Jones

[JohnnyByeBye]

One more...

The Legend,CDS-1212
https://www.discogs.com/release/1714430 ... The-Legend

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[VinylSpinout]

Found Double Trouble in my collection.

[JohnnyByeBye]

Found Double Trouble in my collection.

Great!! Thank you so much for the info.I never knew he cut that one too! This forum is really a fountain of BBJ knowledge!

... I bet that Bilbo is already wiping sweat off his brow, being the administrator of the complete and ever-changing list of BBJ pressings

[Bilbobaggins]

Found Double Trouble in my collection.

Great!! Thank you so much for the info.I never knew he cut that one too! This forum is really a fountain of BBJ knowledge!

... I bet that Bilbo is already wiping sweat off his brow, being the administrator of the complete and ever-changing list of BBJ pressings

Haha... No, no sweat at all. One update per week or so should be enough. So I will not get overworked.

[AndrewJ]

Glad to see this post resurected - I've been chasing BBJ releasaes since the original topic appeared on FECC.

IMO the Pete Norman pressings on the green International label soundjust as good as BBJ. A Date With Elvis is fantastic.

[Bilbobaggins]

List updated

[londonflash]

Just about to play my BBJ of Gold Records 4, which arrived earlier in the week.

[JohnnyByeBye]

Glad to see this post resurected - I've been chasing BBJ releasaes since the original topic appeared on FECC.

IMO the Pete Norman pressings on the green International label soundjust as good as BBJ. A Date With Elvis is fantastic.

Good to ear! Have you made any direct comparisons between BBJ and Pete Norman pressings of a same record? My problem is that I don't own both Pete Norman and BBJ of any of the titles,so I cannot really compare. I'm guessing that is the case with most of us ...No-one has two copies of green label RCA International UK pressings of Double Trouble.

It would be interesting to compare though

[JohnnyByeBye]

Does anyone have any clue about that Aloha From Hawaii DPS 2040 in Bilbo's list... what year's pressng is that exactly? Is thatt with orange öabel or something else?

I don't recall anyone mentioning here that they own a BBJ pressing of Aloha or telling us how it sounds.

[Bilbobaggins]

Does anyone have any clue about that Aloha From Hawaii DPS 2040 in Bilbo's list... what year's pressng is that exactly? Is thatt with orange öabel or something else?

I don't recall anyone mentioning here that they own a BBJ pressing of Aloha or telling us how it sounds.

The year is unknown. It is with the black label (used from 1979 to 1984, if I'm not mistaken).

https://www.discogs.com/release/3269877 ... -Satellite

And this one, where it is stated that Bob's signature is in the deadwax...

https://www.discogs.com/release/1566031 ... -Satellite

[JohanD]

More RCA International to add from my collection

"Girl Happy": German pressing for UK and EURO market: Black label with silver rim, old RCA logo NL83338, no mentioning who cut this (Can't find this copy on Discogs either)

"Frankie and Johnny": UK pressing, green labels 1980, INTS 5036 cut by Jack Adams, so before BJ wich version came two years after this.