Pocket Disc Sleeve
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TRACK LISTING
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Side1 | Get Back (Lennon -
McCartney) |
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| Side2 | Don't Let Me Down (Lennon - McCartney) | ||||
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RELEASE DATE
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May 1969? |
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| SLEEVE:FRONT | SLEEVE:BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK --> Click! | |
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"pocket disc ©" logo mark and the credit "BY AMERICOM" was printed at the bottom of thelabel. |  |
Credited to musician's name "THE BEATLES With Billy Preston" | ||
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| SIDE-1 | SIDE-2 | The pocket disc was assigned a Capitol number, 2490P (the number was the same as the 45 single and the "P" was for "pocket disc"), but the disc is marked M-335, which is its Americom catalog number. | |||
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| The credit "MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC., A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES, INC. USA" was printed at the perimeter. | Capitol logomark was printed surrounded by "TM" and "MARCA REG" at the perimeter. | Matrix number: Side-1: M-335- A Side-2: M-335-B |
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CATALOG NUMBER
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M-335 (2490P) | ||||
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LABEL
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Apple label (line drawing) | ||||
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MIX
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Mono? | ||||
| MATRIX No. | Side1 | M-335- A | |||
| Side2 | M-335-
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
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CAPITOL RECORDS, INC. | ||||
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
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Side1
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Maclen Music Inc., BMI | |||
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Side2
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Maclen Music Inc., BMI | ||||
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PRODUCER
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George Martin | ||||
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COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
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Came in a generic
(red or blue) Pocket Disc sleeve. |
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COMMENTS
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The Pocket Disc was
manufactured by Americom, Inc. from 1966 to 1969. A former president
of RCA, Lawrence Kanaga, came up with the idea for the Pocket Disc.
Americom, who had previously pressed records for use in
communications, pioneered the format, marketing it to the record
companies as an alternative single. After approximately two years piloting the format and arranging for record company partners, Americom formally began test marketing the discs in the Seattle area in Fall, 1968. Capitol/Apple was among several record companies which made an arrangement with Americom to release certain of its latest hit singles in the Pocket Disc format. These carry crude Capitol and Apple labels, with some of the Apple discs having the Capitol logo (just as the singles did). In the listings, the Americom catalog number is listed, along with the Capitol/Apple number. Americom's discs ran 33 1/3 RPM and were 3.75" in diameter. If a song ran over three and one half minutes, it was edited in order for the format to accomodate it. Apparently the editing was done at the record company level, and not by Americom. The discs were available via Americom vending machines -- with the idea being that the instance of theft would be reduced. Each came in a generic (red or blue) Pocket Disc sleeve. The side-1 has an full apple and the side-2 shows a sliced apple. According to; Mr. Frank Daniels's "Across the Universe" Mr. Mitch McGeary's "Songs, Pictures and Stories of The Beatles" |
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