Pocket Disc Sleeve
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TRACK LISTING
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Side1 | Hey Jude (Lennon & McCartney) * 3:25 version | |||
| Side2 | Revolution (Lennon & McCartney) | ||||
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RELEASE DATE
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August 1968? | ||||
| SLEEVE:FRONT | SLEEVE:BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK --> Click! | |
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| SLEEVE: FRONT CLOSE UP | SLEEVE: BACK CLOSE UP | LABEL CLOSE UP | |||
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| Credited to song writing "Lennon & McCartney" | The pocket
disc was assigned a Capitol number, 2276P (the number was the same
as the 45 single and the "P" was for "pocket disc"), but the disc is
marked M-221, which is its Americom catalog number. |
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| pocket disc logomark and the credit "BY AMERICOM" was printed at the bottom of thelabel. | 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. | |||
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OTHER ITEM
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The inside of the red flap jacket boasts that
the discs "can give you many hours of enjoyment if used properly"
and contains instructions for their use.
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CATALOG NUMBER
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M-221 (2276P) | ||||
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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-221- A | |||
| Side2 | M-221- B -1 | ||||
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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. The side-1 is edited to 3:25, instead of the usual 7:11 to fit within the time constraints if the format. According to; Mr. Frank Daniels's "Across the Universe" Mr. Mitch McGeary's "Songs, Pictures and Stories of The Beatles" |
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