I love stuff like this.

Are they radio call signs?

What does BB CB RW refer to?

Nice piece of social history there Pete

What does BB CB RW refer to?

It refers to the three major industry magazine charts at the time: Billboard, Cashbox and Record World.

I love stuff like this.

Are they radio call signs?

What does BB CB RW refer to?

Nice piece of social history there Pete

I think they are all radio stations, it continues on the back with more regional stations

It refers to the three major industry magazine charts at the time: Billboard, Cashbox and Record World.

Thanks Sebastian I thought BB could be billboard but couldn't think of the others.

It looks like they were cataloging where it was being given airtime, its chart position, and sales volumes on a given date but I wonder why?

If this was just for a file it would very quickly be out of date and why would you use colour print.

Maybe it was a 'sales' tool to show new stockists how 'good' the record was but again thats a lot of data to fill in for a single stockist.

Perhaps more likely to get additional airplay as although the list of call signs is long its a long way from being a complete list of either cities or all their local stations.

New York had a lot more than just the three shown for example.

I guess it just turned up with a recent purchase Pete?

I've got a few of these too. Like yours, none of the boxes were filled in or ticked (I'm guessing that was the idea).

Thanks Sebastian I thought BB could be billboard but couldn't think of the others.

It looks like they were cataloging where it was being given airtime, its chart position, and sales volumes on a given date but I wonder why?

If this was just for a file it would very quickly be out of date and why would you use colour print.

Maybe it was a 'sales' tool to show new stockists how 'good' the record was but again thats a lot of data to fill in for a single stockist.

Perhaps more likely to get additional airplay as although the list of call signs is long its a long way from being a complete list of either cities or all their local stations.

New York had a lot more than just the three shown for example.

I guess it just turned up with a recent purchase Pete?

It was actually with the item below but I believe 100% that it was not originally with that item!

It was actually with the item below but I believe 100% that it was not originally with that item!

I've had a couple of those test pressings at least two with the labels detatched but in the sleeve. Never in a sleeve like that though I'd have kept it.

I've had a couple of those test pressings at least two with the labels detatched but in the sleeve. Never in a sleeve like that though I'd have kept it.

Well I asked the person who bought the record if he'd like the sleeve and he said yes so I gave it him.