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"MEET THE BEATLES - OPEN END
INTERVIEW"
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DESCRIPTION (ACTUAL IMAGES) TO ENCOURAGE DISC JOCKEYS TO PROMOTE THE BEATLES, CAPITOL PREPARED OPEN-END INTERVIEW RECORDS THAT ALLOWED A DISC JOCKEY TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT HE WAS PERSONALLY CONDUCTING AN IN-STATION INTERVIEW WITH THE GROUP. THE ILLUSION WAS CREATED BY COMBINING A SCRIPT OF STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS TO ASK THE GROUP WITH A RECORD CONTAINING GAPS OF SILENCE FOR THE DEE-JAY TO READ THE SCRIPT BETWEEN THE PRE-RECORDED RESPONSES OF THE BOYS. AS PART OF ITS BEATLES CAMPAIGN, CAPITOL SENT COPIES OF THE FIRST BEATLES INTERVIEW RECORD TO BROADCASTERS IN FEBRUARY, 1964. IT WAS TITLED "THE BEATLES OPEN-END INTERVIEW". THE INTERVIEW RECORD WAS PRODUCED BY JACK WAGNER, WHO APPARENTLY PREPARED THE SCRIPT AND EDITED COMMENTS OF THE GROUP TO FORM A BRIEF INTERVIEW LEADING UP TO THE PLAYING OF THE HIT SINGLE "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND". "THE BEATLES' OPEN-END INTERVIEW" DISC
(CAPPRO 2548.01, SPIZER) WAS SENT WITH A BLACK & WHITE
PICTURE SLEEVE (CAPPRO 2548.PS1, SPIZER). THE STRAIGHT CUT SIDE CONTAINS THE TEXT OF
THE INTERVIEW PRINTED BELOW THE TITLE OF THE DISC. THE DEE-JAY'S SCRIPT LINES ARE IN BOLD PRINT AND
THE BEATLES RESPONSES ARE IN ITALICS.
THE OPEN TAB SIDE OF THE SLEEVE HAS "SIDE TWO" AND "PRO 2549" CENTERED AT THE
TOP.
THE 7" INTERVIEW RECORD HAS A SMALL PLAY HOLE AND THE SAME LABEL BACKDROPS AS
THOSE USED FOR THE CAPITOL COMPACT 33 DISCS. THE STAR SYMBOL ETCHED IN THE
TRAIL-OFF AREAS INDICATE THAT THE DISC WAS MANUFACTURED IN HOLLYWOOD AND PRESSED
BY CAPITOL'S LOS ANGELES FACTORY. THIS WOULD BE TRUE FOR THE SLEEVE AS WELL, DUE
TO THE TAB CUT STYLE THAT THE WEST COAST SLEEVES ARE KNOWN FOR.
THE SECOND AND FINAL OPEN-END INTERVIEW COMPACT 33 WAS "THE BEATLES'
SECOND ALBUM", ISSUED JUST TWO MONTHS LATER IN APRIL 1964.
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