RARE BEATLES POCKET DISC Flexi RECORD Apple VINTAGE

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 very cool 1960s  POCKET DISC by AMERICOM CORPORATION

these little records were made to stick in your pocket and travel with you to the party!

"PUT ME IN YOUR POCKET AND TAKE ME OUT TO PLAY"

The Beatles
"HEY JUDE"     (Lennon, McCartney) 3:25

and  ""REVOLUTION"    (Lennon, McCartney) 3:22

 produced by George Martin

33 1/3 RPM  Maclen Music Inc
Manufactured by Capitol Records Inc

comes with original blue folder       

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here's some info I found online about pocket discs:

"In 1968, Americom Corporation of New York introduced a new music format for singles called the pocket disc.
Pocket discs were sold at counter displays for 49 cent and in vending machines for 50 cent. The vending machines had separate slots for ten different sections and could be stocked with up to 75 copies of each title.
Some discs were packaged with 4 inch by 4 inch red and white or blue and white cardboard flip jackets. The front side of the red jacket calls the pocket disc "the sound for movin' around".
Capitol was among the first companies to provide masters to Americom for the manufacture of pocket discs. Capitol's enthusiasm for the new format resulted in Americom receiving masters for the Beatles three singles issued in late 1968 and early 1969."

"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 accommodate 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."

here's the sites I used for resource & quoted and which have additional info about Pocket Discs :

COPY & PASTE LINKS ~~~

http://www.friktech.com/btls/tapes/pkd.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PocketDisc

http://yokono.co.uk/collection/beatles/usa/flexi/pocket.html

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Here's different  longer versions of the songs on youtube  COPY & PASTE LINKs

HEY JUDE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEKgYKpEJ3o

REVOLUTION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imb4tYOk8GE

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  let me say I do not collect records or know how to grade them I tried to picture with light shining from different angles to maximize your attempts to view:) I'm not sure that these discs were ever played; to me they don't look like they were played and hardly handled...I have tried not to touch them~ I bought them from a Seattle area estate sale last wkend; I'm quite certain they were purchased by that family... presumably when they were test marketed in this area 1968... and have been tucked away in the same house for the last 40+yrs