U.S. RCA Victor 45 EP issued in 1954 with silver text on black label. Center is the standard solid molded RCA Victor type (not a push‑out).
The top label rim includes the RCA Victor “Monogram” notation along with the “dog and phonograph” and “His Master’s Voice” references used on mid‑1950s RCA labels, with the Nipper logo positioned to the right of the center hole. The bottom rim reads: “RCA Victor Division, Radio Corporation of America, Camden, N.J. Made in U.S.A.”
Jacket is a U.S.-printed cardboard picture sleeve with unsigned liner notes and a short RCA Victor “New Orthophonic High Fidelity” write‑up advising phonograph adjustment to R.I.A.A./New Orthophonic characteristics.
Catalog number appears as EPA 559 on labels, EPA‑559 on jacket back, and 45EP‑EPA 559 on jacket front.