The Velvet Forum

imagine: some poor guy at RCA had to listen to "Berlin" and decide which song would make a hit single

In a normal world, a good record, a wonderful song should sell millions of copies.

Beautiful singles, Lurid!

I love looking at all of these, and dreaming ...

Alfredo, is your Australian single a promo, or a stock copy? I've never even seen one of those for real, and I've been obsessed with it since seeing an Australian Zappa single once which looked the same.

just to complete the collection

not a promo but harder to find! my copy is not in good shape. Do you think the $1 price sticker is original?

I'm sure I remember this slogan being used to promote petrol (gas) in the UK in the 1960s.

I do not think that a "promo" copy of this 45 exists. The only "promo" copies I have ever seen are ordinary stock copies with a date stamped on the label. Has anyone seen a "real" promo copy?

this is a pic I must have pulled from ebay at some time - it looks like a different copy. It has a stock label with a handwritten date (11/67)

DavidH wrote:I love looking at all of these, and dreaming ...

Alfredo, is your Australian single a promo, or a stock copy? I've never even seen one of those for real, and I've been obsessed with it since seeing an Australian Zappa single once which looked the same.