Re: Elvis vinyl related discussion

[Alexander72]

Now my personal go to pressing is this German Teldec from 1969.
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The German catalog is quite a mess actually: in 1969 Flaming Star was released as your 1969 Teldec press as CAS 2304 on the Camden label, yet it was also released (probably) simultaneously as INTS 1012 on the RCA International label (INTS 1012 on Discogs).
Have copies of these in my collection but not at home right now to post these. INTS 1012 has less German text on the back side and advertises other international artists which implied the INTS release was produced for export purposes (export to surrounding countries).
The German export INTS also differs significantly from the original UK release, which was also issued on the RCA International label as INTS 1012
(INTS 1012 UK press on Discogs)

But the French clearly love the Camdens and released them as new ones under another name.(These are the Flaming Star ones)

If I am not mistaken the additional German version you shared is a 1976 reissue, based on the 26.21191 number that RCA started adding on the label (in between catalog and matrix number) around this time.

I do have the French Star release, the '80s UK Camden and probably 3 or 4 German pressings: the record was even reissued on the European/ German black-silver label (NL 89126) in 1984, which I also hold in my collection.

Never seen these French retitled issues before. Nice releases to look out for.

[Sweet-Angeline]

Most have been released all over Europe through licensing deals, but it is remarkable to see that until the mid-80s each European country had its own production. By the mid-80s the official releases were centralized and pressed in Germany for the whole of Europe. Never saw the Finnish Movie Songs and Sentimental records before. Sentimental from 1989 was also released on CD I learned through Discogs. Both stunning releases I will have to put on my want-list Thanks for sharing JohnnyByeBye.

...if anyone comes across a CD version of this please let me know with thanks