{"id":4984,"date":"2017-09-19T10:31:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T14:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hcdistro.com\/store\/?p=4984"},"modified":"2017-10-01T10:08:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T14:08:08","slug":"pitchfork-beyonces-lemonade-vinyl-mispressed-songs-canadian-punk-band-zex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hcdistro.com\/store\/pitchfork-beyonces-lemonade-vinyl-mispressed-songs-canadian-punk-band-zex\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitchfork: Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s Lemonade Vinyl Mispressed With Songs by Canadian Punk Band Zex"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first half of their 2017 album\u00a0Uphill Battle<\/em>\u00a0appears on the A-side of Bey\u2019s lemon-yellow record<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
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This month saw the\u00a0official vinyl release<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Lemonade<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>\u2019s massive 2016 album. Some of those who received their orders, however, may have been taken aback when they dropped the needle on Side A of the lemon-yellow vinyl record. According to a\u00a0Facebook post<\/a>\u00a0from Canadian punk band\u00a0Zex<\/a>, the A-Side of their recent album\u00a0Uphill Battle<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(featuring songs such as \u201cBurn the Flag,\u201d \u201cChild Soldier,\u201d and \u201cNo Sanctuary\u201d) appears on the opening side of\u00a0Lemonade<\/em>, where tracks like \u201cHold Up<\/a>\u201d should be. Watch videos of the mispressed record playing below. A representative for\u00a0Magic Bullet Records<\/a>, which released\u00a0Uphill Battle<\/em>, confirmed the legitimacy of the mispressed LP. Columbia Records sent Pitchfork the following statement:<\/p>\n

Due to human error at the Celebrate Records plant in Germany, which Sony uses to manufacture vinyl, a small amount of the European run of the Beyonc\u00e9\u00a0Lemonade<\/em>\u00a0vinyl included music from Canadian punk band, ZEX, on Side A. Beyonc\u00e9 and ZEX were not aware of or responsible for the mispress. Fans who purchased the vinyl will be refunded and given a replacement copy. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The accidental Zex\/Beyonc\u00e9 split LP follows a recent\u00a0mispress<\/a>\u00a0where Queens of the Stone Age songs appeared on a new album by Gordi. \u201cI anticipate either people won\u2019t notice or they’ll appreciate the dynamic shift,\u201d Gordi joked about the incident.<\/p>\n

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