TWIST&(Mono)WANK

Money, that' wot they want!





After receiving reports from local retailers-many large chain-stores and some independents- that they had been short-shipped or shipped not at all for Sept. 9 Beatles Mono Box Set, we done smelled an (Apple) rat.

And according to the Sept. 5 edition of the NYTimes-click on upper left for story-the Apple money-changers claim they are now pushing all production elf's into overdrive to make up for the "shortage," which according to my info, was a red herring all along.
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The Times article sez EMI sez they can't say how many more "limited" Mono Boxes would be made.

Limited? Yes. "limited" to when the orders run out!
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Oh well, as this writer has reminded all of you wonderful Beatles fans over the course of 6 years or so, that's showbiz.
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And thievery!
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FOOTNOTT: As to a question posed earlier in this space about when the first pre-embargo Beatle CDs will leak out, a story we heard lately may prove prescient.
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Apparently, a major retailer in New York state actually loaded their shelves with multiple copies of the individual CDs on Sept. 3.
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When an excited Beatle fan scooped up some and tried to purchase them, they failed the scan test, and all were removed from the racks!
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But as it is obvious now that many stores have been pre-shipped about a week before the official release date, and that means not only that some employees will already have them, and other stores not caring about incurring EMI's wrath, will start to sell early, as well.