Elvis Presley - His Hand in Mine LPM-2328, Mono, 1st Rockaway Pressing, US, 1960

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• Artist: Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires

• Title: His Hand in Mine

• Label: RCA Victor

• Catalog number: LPM-2328

• Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

• Year: 1960

• Country: US

• Edition: First US Pressing (Rockaway Plant, 2S/2S Stamper)

• Genre: Rock / Pop / Folk, World, & Country (Gospel)

His Hand in Mine is the fifth studio album by American singer Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in November 1960. It marks the first of three dedicated gospel studio albums that Elvis would release throughout his career. The entire album was recorded during an intense, single 14-hour session on October 30–31, 1960, at RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.

Elvis had a profound, lifelong passion for gospel and spiritual music, rooted deeply in the church services of his childhood in Tupelo, Mississippi. This album provided a milestone opportunity for him to showcase his soulful, reverent vocal styling backed by the legendary vocal harmonies of The Jordanaires. Featuring timeless spiritual tracks like "Joshua Fit the Battle," "Swing Down Sweet Chariot," and the title track "His Hand in Mine," the album was both a artistic triumph and a commercial success, eventually earning a Platinum certification from the RIAA.

• True First Pressing: This copy is a highly collectible original 1960 US mono first pressing, manufactured at the RCA Records Pressing Plant in Rockaway, New Jersey (identified by the stamped capital "R" in the runout wax).

• Label Details: It features the iconic early-1960s RCA "Dog on top" black label with silver print and the trademark "Nipper" the dog logo in full color. Crucially for early first editions, the label lacks the text "MONO" at the bottom, a feature introduced on subsequent later pressings.

• Early Stamper Suffix: Both sides features the early -2S stamper suffix in the matrix runout, indicating it was pressed from very early lacquer masters, ensuring the definitive, rich audio depth of the original "New Orthophonic" High Fidelity mix.

• Side 1 Label Matrix: L2PP-4729

• Side 2 Label Matrix: L2PP-4730

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Stamped): L2 PP4729- 2S R

• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Stamped): L2 PP4730- 2S R

• Pressing Plant Identifier: Stamped "R" in runouts denoting RCA Rockaway, NJ plant.

• Label Text Details: Black label / Silver print / "Long Play" 33⅓ at bottom / "New Orthophonic" High Fidelity on right side.