[78-L] Further proof the world has gone mad

[agp]

At 17:13 23/02/2011, DL wrote:
>(1) Capitol/EMI is about to issue a 78 .. by The Beach Boys. (But Robert
>Johnson, him Sony issues on 45s.)
>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/02/record-store-day-beach-boys-ozzy-osbourne-syd-barrett.html

For life of me I cannot understand why Capitol would do this. The two 
tracks in question have nothing to do with 78s or that era. The Beach 
Boy themselves are only marginally known on 78, with only one release 
that I know of on Capitol in India.

The Beatles (and the 50th anniversary next year) of Love Me Do woudl 
be better served with a 78 mimicking the Indian Parlophone pressing 
that this rubbish

And besides, I can only imagine how Capitol will screw it up. Given 
the half-a$$ed way they handled the Tennessee Ernie Ford 
commemorative 78 of 16 Tons (flat black text-only 78 size label label 
with no logos stuck to a raised label area sized for an lp) , I have 
no great expectations they'll get this right

T