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Date:         Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:49:03 -0500
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From:         Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Cutouts- was Maybe...
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They were defaced so dealers could not buy them at a low price and bundle them in with records returned for full credit The old Carol King "The City" record was counterfited. The cover was photographed and printed in black and white. They worked from a deleted copy. The hole can be clearly seen in the upper left-hand corner. Steve Smolian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Kinch" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Maybe a stupid question... > The drilled holes. cut corners. and sawn slots were intended to make them > unsellable at retail. > > While many of such are close-out/remaindered items, some companies used > the same methods for promo copies. Of course, in places like LA where I > was in grad school, there was a thriving "grey market" in promos. My > favorite was a "head shop" (it was early 70s) called The Field of Zaad > that had a back room with nothing but bins of promos. Artists, producers, > engineers would come by and trade their promos (and test pressings) for > paraphernalia, etc. Amazing what one could get for $.99 back in the day. > > Bruce > > > On Feb 25, 2008, at 1:17 AM, alessandro bellafiore wrote: > >> Hi, >> I have a question about a peculiar thing I observed on many records I >> own. >> Many outer sleeve have a little round hole, hand-made not original, on >> the >> high left corner. >> I noted all the records with this hole are record I bought from USA (as >> you >> know I live in Italy). >> The inner sleeve doesn't have any hole so, it was taken out of the other >> sleeve, the hole was made, and then the record was put in again. >> The records are in good condition so I don't believe is a strange way to >> indicate bad or worn records. >> I suposed it may be a way to store the records on a wall but in this case >> the inner sleeve has to have a hole too. >> Maybe the answer is obvious or stupid but I cant mind about hole reason. >> Bye >> >> Alessandro Bellafiore >> >


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