HW: Silver Machine Single

[John Majka]

Regarding the Silver Machine/ 7X7 original 7" single....

yes, S. MacManus is a pseudonym Dave Brock used to insure that the label
would actually pay up.  He'd found that he was being bilked out of royalties
and so tricked the label so that they'd feel obligated to pay this Macmanus
person who'd supposedly written the song.  After collecting most of the
procedes, he told the label that Macmanus was really Brock, and naturally
the label was pissed that they had actually paid the money.  Isn't
corruption in the music industry wonderful?

Also... can anybody state authoritatively what the distinguishing
characteristics of the original Silver Machine single might be?  I have what
is supposed to be an original pressing, but I don't know for sure....  It
has the monkey looking through the gears on the front cover and lyrics to
7X7 on the back.  There was mention of a gatefold on the original....?!!???

John Majka
flossbac at wcic.org