▁over ▁ 2 0 ▁seconds ▁shorter , ▁and ▁that ▁also ▁omitted ▁the ▁com edic ▁" arf ▁ar f " ▁dog ▁sounds ▁of ▁their ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁Te en ▁Records ▁version . ▁However , ▁Mercur y ▁did ▁not ▁release ▁this ▁new ▁version ▁until ▁after ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁Pres ley ' s ▁version . ▁Initial ly ▁released ▁in ▁France ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁on ▁an ▁EP ▁Rock ▁' n ' ▁Roll ▁( Bar cl ay ▁ 1 4 1 5 9 ), ▁it ▁was ▁released ▁subsequently ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁in ▁Australia ▁( J uly ▁ 1 9 5 7 : ▁Mercur y ▁Records ▁ 4 5 1 5 2 ), ▁Sweden ▁( R ock ' n ' R oll ▁Vol . ▁ 2 ; ▁Mercur y ▁EP - 1 - 3 5 0 2 ), ▁and ▁Norway ▁( Mer cur y ▁EP ▁M N 5 ). ▁As ▁the ▁legal ▁dispute ▁about ▁its ▁composition ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁resolved , ▁author ship ▁of ▁the ▁Mercur y ▁Records ▁version ▁is ▁attributed ▁to ▁Le iber - St ol ler - O tis . ▁Mercur y ▁finally ▁released ▁Fred die ▁Bell ▁and ▁the ▁Bell bo ys ' ▁new ▁version ▁of ▁" H ound ▁Dog " ▁in ▁the ▁USA ▁on ▁their ▁debut ▁album ▁Rock ▁& ▁Roll ▁... ▁All ▁F lav ors ▁( Mer cur y ▁M G ▁ 2 0 2 8 9 ) ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁but ▁now ▁cred iting ▁Le iber ▁& ▁St ol ler ▁only