[78-L] Capitol Compact 33s

[David Lennick]

'The industry is undivided in its common effort toward returning to a 
single-speed basis.'  Yeah, right. Amazing how many of these one-shot ideas 
came and went. I have an Everest 33 single, possibly one or two others..never 
seen a Capitol Compact 33.

dl

agp wrote:
> I see an article in the 20 February 1961 issue of Billboard headlined 
> Cap Unveils Compact 33s with Strong Adult Appeal. See this URL:
> 
> http://books.google.com/books?id=KSEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA2&dq=Cap+Unveils+Compact+33s+with+Strong+Adult+Appeal&lr=&as_brr=0&as_pt=MAGAZINES&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
> 
> Although a search on Capitol Compact 33s show earlier interest. It 
> looks like the format may have only survived the year.
> 
> It did however continue as jukebox issues until the and of 64 or so 
> as Something New by the Beatles was in that format but Beatles '65 was not
> 
> T
> 
David Lennick wrote:
> How long did Capitol try and sell 7" 33RPM Singles and Doubles? I just found a 
> 12" inner sleeve advertising them. From the repertoire (mostly oldies but 4 
> late Kingston Trio tracks on MA 1-1577) it must have been late 1959 at the 
> earliest.
> 
> dl
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