Hi :) Thank you for another interesting video, love the Japanese '45s , i know that the EPs some are very expensive and rare, hard to find, thanks, looking forward for another video :) Cheers
The Victor Company in Japan was very good in packaging and lyric content, I think more in depth and artistic than the USA / Canada "rush" and " commercial' works in making records (for the most part). Japan had the big challenge of language translation and culture differences, and yet somehow, seemed to do a better job on singles and album jackets with unique artistic and good lettering that the "English" North America are rather "sloppy" in lettering. For example, the "Wear My Ring" and "Doncha' Think It's Time with the scrolled Victor Record is so nicely done ! It's like getting a "gift" from Elvis himself ! You have shared a multitude of classic Elvis Presley singles here, with Victor precision on the vinyl record, the lyric sheet with precise wordings to the letter ! Seems they were more industrious than over here in Canada and we followed the USA with few exceptions ! That makes sense using the 4 page on the bigger sellers. It is so common sense ! Over here in North America, there is sometimes no common sense. When I was a DJ in the early 70's I used to get the Elvis Monthly and the fans were complaining of the USA pressings compared with other Countries. My favorite Japanese Pressing is Sgt. Pepper's LHCB on album and the single "No Reply" a Beatles single never released in USA or Canada. You have clearly once again, shared a lot of interesting detail of the Elvis Japanese Catalogue so well. Thanks so much ! Take care.
I never thought about the text-only jackets like that before. I'll think of them in a more positive way from now on. There are several in existence including a rare one of A Big Hunk O' Love / My Wish Came True in which the Japanese title is mistranslated as My Wish Didn't Come True. Thanks for watching!
I know what you mean. I have dozens of UK singles - not just Elvis - and they're all in company sleeves. It must have been a cost-cutting thing. UK EP sleeves are nice though. Thanks for watching!
It wasn't unusual at the time. Perhaps they were hedging their bets to see which artists would sell. Elvis was already fairly well established in Japan by then but there were several EPs, LPs and a single featuring Elvis alongside other artists before All Shook Up. Actually, I think All Shook Up was the last such Elvis release.
Hi David! Just got a lovely copy of a japanese white label promo Burning Love and was a bit curious to if it is rare or quite common to come by? Thanks in advance, John 🙏
Nice one. All promos are somewhere between quite rare and extremely rare. I occasionally come across the Burning Love promo but it's not that common. The very last Japanese LPs, the ones from the mid-80s, are the easiest to find in promo versions.
@@ElvisPresleyInJapan Thank you very much for your reply David. Just wanted to clarify that i meant the 7", i think maybe you thought i meant the album.
@@johnp5333 Yes, I thought you meant the album, for some reason. By the way, does your promo single have the 3-prong center or does it have the large center hole?
