AMERICOM POCKET DISC-GLEN CAMPBELL & BOBBIE GENTRY
$
170
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THIS AUCTION IS FOR A MINT CONDITION 4 INCH DIAMETER POCKETDISC OF Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry RECORDING OF LITTLE GREEN APPLES AND LET IT BE ME
AMERICOM CORP. INTRODUCED THE POCKETDISC IN 1968 AS AN INEXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE TO THE 45RPM INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR SINGLES. POCKETDISCS WERE SOLD THROUGH VENDING MACHINES. THEY WERE WELCOMED BY RETAILERS WHO HAD SUFFERED HIGH PILFERAGE OF THE 45s.
POCKETDISC HAS BECOME A MUCH SOUGHT AFTER COLLECTIBLE WITH PRICES REACHING OVER $2,500 FOR THE RARE BEATLES RECORDING OF YELLOW SUBMARINE.
THE AMERICOM POCKETDISC WAS A 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER, 2 SIDED FLEXIBLE RECORD. RELEASES WERE SIMULTANEOUS WITH THE 45 COVERING THE BILLBOARD HITS OF THE WEEK.
THE DISCS WERE GUARANTEED AGAINST SCRATCHING AND 20, 30 OR MORE COULD BE CARRIED IN YOUR POCKET, THUS THE NAME.
BE SURE YOU ARE INVESTING IN A GENUINE POCKETDISC BY AMERICOM. GOOD LUCK.
