[Heritage Auction
2018 July 21 Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Signature Auction - Dallas #7179 
 
LOT #89512 The Iveys "Maybe Tomorrow" / "Daddy's a Millionaire"
4"  33 1/3 Pocket Disc Single (Apple/Americom 1803P, 1968).
SOLD FOR: $200.00 
1803pa
1803pb
Made by Americom in the late 1960s to be sold in special record vending machines, this rare flexi PocketDisc features two tracks from British Rock band the Iveys, who change their name a year later to the more recognizable Badfinger. Condition: EX 7.
 
 
 
Pocket Disc 
33 1/3 RPM   3.75 inches flexi   約9.5cm 
収録時間3分半程度 (Beatles の Hey Jude は 3:25, Mary Hopkin の Those Were the Days は3:36に編集) 

49 cents plus tax (or in the vender, 50 cents including tax) 
pocket disc cover
 
Vending Machines 
いろいろ改良されたみたいだけど、電気は一切使われてない。 
23 inches wide x 10 inches high x 9 inches deep   contains 5 selections in a total quantity of 250 records (多くの店は4台並べて20種類を販売) とか 
26 inches wide x 18 inches high x 8 inches deep   contains 10 selections in a total quantity of 600 records (この後、750枚収納になったみたい) 
カウンターで店員が直接販売用のタイプもあって、それは25種類のレコードを収納できたらしい。 
pocket disc vending machine
 

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