OOPS - typos, bad spelling, the wrong name, etc... Somebody screwed up

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by JozefK, Mar 27, 2020.

  1. HGN2001

    HGN2001 Mystery picture member

    It's pretty bad when you spell the big boss's name wrong. Herb Alpert has had that "Albert" spelling a few times on official product. Here it is on one of his 45s.

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    It's also misspelled on the spine of the orange GREATEST HITS LP, and there's a whole subsection on eBay where you can find articles attributed to Herb AlBert.
     
  2. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    He's the lead singer on "Whispering Bells"

    Was the concept of multi-group touring (a la the later Platters and Drifters) in existence at this point? Perhaps this was the KJ edition.
     
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  3. HGN2001

    HGN2001 Mystery picture member

    On the CD reissue of the Carpenters' CARPENTERS album (the tan one), the album title is misspelled on the face of the CD, adding an extra "E".

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  4. JozefK

    JozefK Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    What is the accepted story? I first heard that it was a BB track that BP's name was accidentally placed on, but I just read that BB did a demo and TPTB preferred it to BP's take (the implication being they shafted BB deliberately)

    Wiki also says BB wrote the song, but note the credit on the single.
     
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  5. Ludger

    Ludger ISthisALLreal, ISthisALLnecessary, ORisTHISaJOKE?

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    That's basically what I wrote.
     
  6. W.B.

    W.B. The Collector's Collector

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    Given industry practices, anything's possible.
     
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  7. averica

    averica infinite rider on the big dogma

    i want to go to The Jive Hive....
     
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  8. Ma Kelly

    Ma Kelly Senior Member

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    T. Rex's Cadilac.

    The Incredible String Band's Koeeoaddi There was spelt as Koeeaddi There on a 1992 reissue and Koeeoaadi There on 1991 BBC album. Easy to make a mistake there though I Suppose.
     
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  9. bRETT

    bRETT Senior Member

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    Lee Michaels' first album, the engineer was "Jim Mecina" (Messina).

    Peter Gabriel playing "bass brum" on Trespass. How that misspelling wound up only on the US copy is beyond me (didn't they just scan the original?)
     
  10. ReggieNJ

    ReggieNJ Forum Resident

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    "Vigin Records"

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  11. jmadad

    jmadad Forum Resident

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    John Entwistle as "Entwhistle"
     
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  12. Crimson Witch

    Crimson Witch Roll across the floor thru the hole & out the door

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    All of this orthographic hubbub has prompted me to take up learning Portuguese, a language with over four-thousand irregular verbs!
     
  13. brother1002

    brother1002 I'm hungry....

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    New Jersey, USA
    How about Entwistle spelled 2 different ways on the same label!
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  14. Bruso

    Bruso Designated survivor

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    Epic Records had a tough time with the names of a couple of the Yardbirds. Chris Dreja became Drega and Ereja, and Jim McCarty became McCarthy.
     
  15. Luvtemps

    Luvtemps Forum Resident

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    LOVE THAT POSTER!!
     
  16. ernie11

    ernie11 Senior Member

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    I have a copy of this - there is a variety of Paul McCartney's "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey" 45 rpm in the U.S. in which his name is spelled "Pual" on one side.
     
  17. Alternative4

    Alternative4 One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night

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  18. solent

    solent Forum Resident

    The Jethro Toe incident was deliberately engineered by their manager who hated the band name ‘Jethro Tull.’ Apparently he thought it would force them to adopt the printed name.
     
  19. JuanTCB

    JuanTCB Senior Member

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    Was Rick Nielsen credited as Rick Nelson on The Doctor or something similar?
     
  20. danasgoodstuff

    danasgoodstuff Forum Resident

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    The Blue Note label has been plagued by these, e/g/ Booby Hutcherson and Herbie Handcock.
     
  21. octophone

    octophone immaterial girl

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    *insert facepalm emoji of your choice*
     
  22. powerq

    powerq Forum Resident

    On Voices in the Sky: The Best of The Moody Blues, Driftwood is spelled Driftwodod.
     
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  23. jimtek

    jimtek Forum Resident

    Chuck Berry album "St Louis to Liverpool", on the cover "Promised Land" on the back cover "Promise Land".
     
  24. Jerrika

    Jerrika Mysterious Ways

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    Rik Emmett was actually Rick Emmett but there was a production error in the first Triumph album and his name was mispelled. So he changed his name because he didn't want the album recalled or the fans to get confused.
     
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  25. fretbuzzed

    fretbuzzed Forum Resident

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    Close to the Edge
    Song Words- Anderson - Howe
    ''arrangement'' - Yes

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