Earliest A side/A side promo?

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   I was surprised to find last night that the promo copy 

of Lovin' Spoonful's "Daydream" (Kama Sutra 

208), from 1966, has the song pressed on both sides.  

This became common practice in the '70s, of course 

(often 

with mono/stereo sides), but I wasn't aware of any in 

the 

'60s that didn't include the stock b-side.  

Could this be the earliest example of a self-paired 

promo?

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eric_a Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote eric_a Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Earliest A side/A side promo? Posted: 11 November 2017 at 11:11pm
	I was surprised to find last night that the promo copy of Lovin' Spoonful's "Daydream" (Kama Sutra 208), from 1966, has the song pressed on both sides. This became common practice in the '70s, of course (often with mono/stereo sides), but I wasn't aware of any in the '60s that didn't include the stock b-side. Could this be the earliest example of a self-paired promo? Edited by eric_a

Hykker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 October 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hykker Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 November 2017 at 6:23pm
	Columbia and Epic released at least some double-A singles at least as early as mid 1965, usually they were on colored vinyl, they also issued white-label versions of the same single on styrene. The earliest one I have is Robert Goulet's "Summer Sounds" from June of that year. I also have a single "My Coloring Book" by Sandy Stewart on Colpix from 1963...it has a long version on one side, short version on the other. Not sure if that counts. Motown was an early adopter of double-A promo singles...by late '66 most of their singles were released that way.

TomDiehl1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 January 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote TomDiehl1 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 November 2017 at 9:50pm
	My promo copy of I Love You The Way You Are by Bobby Vinton on Diamond records from 1962 is the earliest one I can currently think of.
	Live in stereo.