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Many 7-inch vinyl products distributed in the UK were released with generic sleeves, either plain or company-made. While picture sleeves became common by the 1960s (Dawson and Propes, p. 68) and increasingly popular in the UK ("UK May Use"), this product lacked a picture sleeve as seen in eBay (US) and eBay (UK).

Sources

• 45 RPM: The History, Heroes and Villains of a Pop Music Revolution by Jim Dawson and Steve Propes
• "U.K. May Use Single Color Picture Sleeves", Billboard, September 2, 1978, p. 71

Further readings

• Vinyl: A History of the Analogue Record by Richard Osborne. ISBN 978-1472434333.
• The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records – Part One: Beatlemania & The Singles. ISBN 978-0966264913.

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