RARE BEATLES 45 ‘COME TOGETHER’ 'SOMETHING' ERROR A-SIDE CANADA APPLE 2654
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RARE BEATLES 45 ‘COME TOGETHER’ 'SOMETHING' COMPO ERROR PRESSING A-SIDE CANADA 1969 VG+++
DUE TO AN ERROR AT THE COMPO MANUFACTURING PLANT IN CANADA, THE SINGLE FOR SOMETHING/COME TOGETHER CAME OUT AS COME TOGETHER AS THE A SIDE (FULL APPLE) AND SOMETHING AS THE B SIDE (HALF APPLE). AS SOON AS THE ERROR WAS DETECTED, IT WAS QUICKLY CORRECTED SO NOT MANY ERROR SINGLES WERE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. IN ADDITION, COME TOGETHER HAS A RUNNING TIME OF ONLY 2:16 ON THE ERROR PRESSING. ISSUED ON OCTOBER 6, 1969. THEY ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE BATCH OF INCORRECT SINGLES WERE SPOTTED ON THE SAME DAY, RECALLED AND DESTROYED ALMOST AS SOON AS PRODUCTION COMMENCED AT THE COMPO PRESSING PLANT. PERHAPS SURVIVING COPIES WERE OBTAINED BY EMPLOYEES AND THAT NONE OF THE MISTAKE COPIES WERE EVER DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA.
THE 45 RPM VINYL IS VG+++ WITH SOME VERY LIGHT SCRATCHES ON THE VINYL. A-SIDE RUN OUT HAS HAND ETCHED S45-46991 W3 & B-SIDE RUN OUT HAS HAND ETCHED S45-46992 X4. THE LABELS ARE NM- WITH NO WRITING, NO TEARS, NO STICKERS.
THESE LIMITED PRESSINGS WERE FOUND IN A THIN WHITE BEATLES ON APPLE PRONE TO TEARING / WRINKLING. THE SLEEVE IS IN VG+ CONDITION WITH JUST SOME LIGHT HANDLING LIGHT CREASES. JUST SOME DARK SCUFF MARKS AROUND THE CENTER HOLE OPENING. NO RIPS, NO SEAM SPLITS.
THIS IS A VERY RARE 45
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