Turkeys

[Grez]

Years ago I bought a single by The Beatles from a cheap record shop. It was labelled "British Import Series" and contained the tracks "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" and "Till There was You."

I got it home, and on playing it I was shocked to discover that it was mainly crowd noise with a feint suggestion that the Beatles might be playing the listed songs in the background. Awful doesn't even begin to describe it. I was so disappointed that I'd wasted something like 40p on this rubbish, it went in my singles case and I never played it again. Ever.

Looking round the internet a few years ago, I found a copy of this advertised for no less than £60.00. I was gobsmacked. I wonder if some poor fool ever bought it...

Anyway, does anyone have any similar stories about useless records you bought that turned into something special? Over to you...

[Stratmangler]

I bought a copy of Larry Carlton's eponymous album in the very early 1980's, and was surprised to find that the B side of the album did not have the correct tracks on it.
I decided to keep the record as it was an oddball.
I trekked back to Virgin records in Manchester to get another copy.
On playing the second copy I was surprised to hear that the A side of the album was incorrect, and all the tracks on the B side as things should be.

As it turns out (sorry for the pun !) the incorrect sides were from Larry Calton's 2nd album "Strikes Twice".

The incorrect side B of "Larry Carlton" was side B of "Strikes Twice", and the incorrect side A of "Larry Carlton" was side A of "Strikes Twice".
Seems there'd been a cock-up at the pressing plant.

More to the point, what were the odds of all of this happening and copies of both landing in the same record collection (mine).

And yes, I do still have the records concerned.

[Grez]

I bought a copy of Larry Carlton's eponymous album in the very early 1980's, and was surprised to find that the B side of the album did not have the correct tracks on it.
I decided to keep the record as it was an oddball.
I trekked back to Virgin records in Manchester to get another copy.
On playing the second copy I was surprised to hear that the A side of the album was incorrect, and all the tracks on the B side as things should be.

As it turns out (sorry for the pun !) the incorrect sides were from Larry Calton's 2nd album "Strikes Twice".

The incorrect side B of "Larry Carlton" was side B of "Strikes Twice", and the incorrect side A of "Larry Carlton" was side A of "Strikes Twice".
Seems there'd been a cock-up at the pressing plant.

More to the point, what were the odds of all of this happening and copies of both landing in the same record collection (mine).

And yes, I do still have the records concerned.
:lolsign:

[Rare Bird]

Yeh i bought Peter Wyngarde 'When Sex Leers Its Inquisitive Head' LP at a red cross charity shop for 25p, totally mint which is no suprise :lol: Anyway some pudding head offered me £100.00 for it, i was reluctant but i eventually let it go :lolsign:

[DanJennings]

slightly offtopic, but I used to have a copy of The Cars' self titled debut, and all the liner notes were about Otis Redding.... :mental:

[Grez]

slightly offtopic, but I used to have a copy of The Cars' self titled debut, and all the liner notes were about Otis Redding.... :mental:

Actually, my copy of "Hand of Kindness" by Richard Thompson has the track listing on the labels reversed so that the A side tracks are listed on the B side and the B side tracks are listed on the A side. However, the record number shows A and B on the correct side.

It's still got a habit of catching me off guard after 25 or so years because I usually forget this right up until I hear the intro to "The Wrong Heartbeat" and not "Tear-Stained Letter."

Who says we live and learn?
:lolsign:

[The Grand Wazoo]

Had a copy of 'Cheap Thrills' by Big Brother & the Holding Company that had some rather dodgy sounding fairground organ type music on one side.

A mate bought a copy of a Holly Johnson album where the label was seriously off centre (......like 4 or 5 inches out), yet it still played the music over the label!

Had several CD's of very old blues that were transcribed from 78's of extremely poor provenance and rendered completely unlistenable.

[Joe]

Many years back I bought a double LP 'oldies' collection 'featuring the original artists', which meant they'd dragged various one-hit wonders back to the studio to re-record their moments of glory with a naff house band. I was so disgusted when I found out that I put the record at the back of the collection and have never played it again.

[Barry]

Actually, my copy of "Hand of Kindness" by Richard Thompson has the track listing on the labels reversed so that the A side tracks are listed on the B side and the B side tracks are listed on the A side. However, the record number shows A and B on the correct side.

It's still got a habit of catching me off guard after 25 or so years because I usually forget this right up until I hear the intro to "The Wrong Heartbeat" and not "Tear-Stained Letter."

Who says we live and learn?
:lolsign:

I have a copy of Charlie Byrd's 'Blues for Night People' on Savoy, that has the labels reversed.

[goraman]

I have a copy of Charlie Byrd's 'Blues for Night People' on Savoy, that has the labels reversed.

WoW! I have a Sid Vicious 45 with the lables reversed,MY WAY/CHATTERBOX
ON bright pink wax.
Anarchy Music
It's a limited edition 152 of 200.