Elvis Presley CD Release Stats Review.

What we wanted to do here was list the total number of offical RCA/BMG/Song releases by year, FTD label releases by year, and also officially licensed releases. Then list the bootlegs released and show just how many releases there have been. This isnt a complete, or accurate list, but shows just the volume of releases. This information has been taken from our own Omnipedia project.

Official Sony and FTD Releases to 2023 = 740 + 213= 953

Bootlegs to 2023 = 1,347

Boxsets Cd releases = 1,161

Grand Total = 3,461

Heres a conundrum for you. Consider this. Ive just listed the totals as per one cd release.

BUT, lets take the CD "ELVIS PRESLEY 1984 RCA PD 81254". This one CD was released 24 times in the USA between 1984 and 1998, and also released in 18 worldwide countries between 1984 and 1999.

It was then re-released as a remastered and bonus cd 21 times between 1999 and 2015. It has also been released a further 6 times as a double cd set, and also twice more (once under the legacy label and then the let it rock label).

So...... The technical question is that the cd "Elvis Presley" although only counted once for our stats above, can you count that this CD has had a total of 71 releases in various forms between 1984 and 2015 ? And we havent included that it was also in the "Young Man With The Big Beat" release.

Various Artists = This is where a compilation cd is released with at least one Elvis song included. Added here to show how many we have, but not included in total figures. The total figures is just for CDs with just Elvis and NO other artisit.

When you look at the amount of releases you understand the magnitude of Elvis, and his phonomenal success, that he had on the world, the amount of recordings that are available including the alternative takes. We can now appreciate just how much Elvis gave to the world in such a short time.

  RCA FTD Bootlegs  Total Label Qty
Year Qty Qty Qty  Per Year    
1984 13     13 Atlas 30
1985 14     14 Camden 8
1986 07     07 Carol and Gospel 5
1987 32     32 Cracker Barell 5
1988 34   5 39 Chartprice 10
1989 41   11 52 Culture 26
1990 16   29 45  De Legende 30
1991 19   23 42 El Rey 42
1992 30   39 69 El Rey Del Rock 20
1993 18   59 77 II Re Del Rock 20
1994 21   23 44 ElvisOne Fan Club 110
1995 16   47 63 Elvis Corner 33
1996 12   33 45 EPE Fan Club 28
1997 55   31 86 Theme CDs 8
1998 18   31 49 Familie 8
1999 37 03 11 51 Flash 8
2000 26 05 16 47 Franklin 36
2001 40 07 14 61 German Fan Club 49
2002 09 05 23 37 Gospel Series 5
2003 07 11 21 39 Graceland 50
2004 14 11 27 52 Greenhill 5
2005 18 07 41 66 HooDoo 15
2006 29 10 38 77 Italian 20
2007 30 09 54 94 Japan Single Collection 10
2008 26 10 49 85 Let It Rock 10
2009 13 09 48 70 Memory 49
2010 32 10 44 86 Millenium Masters 14
2011 16 10 71 97 MRS 39
2012 21 12 47 80 Pair Label 5
2013 19 10 33 62 Polish 12
2014 13 11 27 51 Rainbow 8
2015 15 10 47 72 RDM Edition 25
2016 06 09 44 59 Readers Digest 13
2017 09 10 49 68 Shape CDs 11
2018 06 09 57 72 Swedish Expressions 7
2019 04 07 54 65 Take Off 10
2020 01 05 54 60 Original EP Boxset 50
2021 02 08 69 78 Through The Years 295
2022 01 07 43 51 Time Life 19
2023 02 08 35 43 Voice Masters 10
          Wurlitzer 3
          Various Artists (Not included in stats) 180
             
Total : 740 213 1,347 2,300   1,161
Per Cent 32 % 09 % 59 %      
of 2,300        
 Grand Total :
  3,461
Releases