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The biggest un-intentional US label gap
Manfred Mann: The Mighty Quinn/By Request - Edwin Garvey
Mercury 72770 - april 1968
by John Villanova, New York
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POSSIBLE SCENARIO APRIL 1968
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Supervisor of Mercury Pressing Plant:
"Hey - we've got an unexpected big hit here, our pressers are working overtime to stamp these babies out. We were wondering if you could press about 8000 for us in the next few days?"
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Supervisor of small independent pressing plant:
"Sure, no problem, we could use the work!"
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Supervisor of Mercury Pressing Plant:
"Great - I'll rush over the stampers. By the way, do'ya got any labels?"
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Supervisor of small independent pressing plant:
"Yeah but they're the old design."
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Supervisor of Mercury Pressing Plant:
(thinking he's talking about the red labels from last year) "That's all right!  It shouldn't be a problem - we can get away with it. I'll have my secretary phone over the label information as soon as possible, that way you can get started!"
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The Black Label pressing of "Mighty Quinn" was born....with 4 year old labels!
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