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This Is Pop

The only reason "Guitar Town"went to number one is because one MCA sales guy realized that...

The only reason "Guitar Town"
went to number one is because one MCA sales guy realized that if he got a box of records
to a distributor in Memphis, which was 200 miles away, that we might be able to beat Alabama
by a box of records

Full Transcript

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The only reason "Guitar Town" went to number one
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is because one MCA sales guy
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realized that if he got a box of records to a distributor in Memphis,
00:00:10.468 --> 00:00:11.886
which was 200 miles away,
00:00:11.969 --> 00:00:15.097
that we might be able to beat Alabama by a box of records.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:21
Uploaded
May 12, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Banger Films

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