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IN 1968, AS PART OF A CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING OF CAPITOL AND EMI, CAPITOL RECORDS, INC. BECAME A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF A NEW ENTITY KNOWN AS CAPITOL INDUSTRIES, INC. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO IDENTIFY THE NEW ARRANGEMENT ON SUBSEQUENT CAPITOL RELEASES. THIS REQUIRED THE REPRINTING OF 45 SINGLES AND LP ALBUM LABELS TO REFLECT THE NEW OWNERSHIP.  FOR SINGLE RELEASES, THE PERIMETER PRINT WAS CHANGED TO "MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC, A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES, INC. U.S.A."

THE PERIMETER PRINT WAS NOT THE ONLY CHANGE TO TAKE PLACE IN 1968. THAT SUMMER, CAPITOL RETOOLED ITS 45 PRESSING MACHINES TO PRODUCE "NON-SLIP" DISCS. THE NEW SINGLES, WHICH MADE THEIR DEBUT ON AUGUST 1, HAD A RING OF 360 NOTCHES AROUND THE LABEL. THE PURPOSE OF THE NOTCHES WAS TO HAVE THE RECORD INTERLOCK TO OTHER RECORDS WHEN STACKED. BECAUSE THE NOTCHES WERE RAISED, THEY COULD ALSO GRIP THE SMOOTH SURFACE ON RECORDS THAT DID NOT HAVE THE SERRATIONS. THE LABELS FOR THE NEW DISCS WERE REDUCED FROM 3 5/8" TO 3 5/16" TO ACCOMMODATE THE NOTCHED RING.

This "SUBSIDIARY" label variation was made for ONLY approximately TEN months, from THE Fall of 1968 to Summer of 1969 - and is actually significantly rarer than the labels without the "subsidiary" verbiage. ALTHOUGH THE SUBSIDIARY SWIRLS ARE NOT FIRST ISSUES, THEY ARE MUCH RARER THAN THE FIRST ISSUES - AND ARE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE.

HERE IS THE OBSCURE AND MUCH SOUGHT AFTER ULTRA-RARE JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS "SUBSIDIARY" PRESSING OF THE DOUBLE A-SIDE SINGLE "WE CAN WORK IT OUT" / "DAY TRIPPER". THIS TITLE WITH THE 'SMALL FONT' VARIATION PRESSED BY CAPITOL'S JACKSONVILLE FACTORY, WAS THE ONLY TITLE TO BE PRESSED IN JACKSONVILLE FOR THE "SUBSIDIARY" SERIES.

THE TRAIL-OFF MARKINGS, THAT INCLUDES THE  JACKSONVILLE HAND-ETCHED "O" IN THE DEAD WAX, ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE ON THE MEGA-RARE RARE 1969 RED & WHITE CIRCLE "STARLINE" LABEL JACKSONVILLE PRESSING OF THE SINGLE.

THIS EXAMPLE IS GRADED AS A MAGNIFICENT, SHIMMERING MINT MINUS "UNPLAYED" GEM, WITH STUNNING GLOSSY, STUNNING NEAR MINT LABELS.

THE RECORD IS ACCOMPANIED BY ITS  NEAR MINT MINUS AND CORRECT 1967-68 CAPITOL RECORDS GENERIC SLEEVE.