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MC-5: OBSCENE!!

Two of Detroit’s largest record merchandising outlets, the J. L. Hudson Co., and Ross Music Co., have refused to sell the Maniacal Motor City Five LP, calling it obscene. Ross Music did, however, cash in for a while by selling a censored version, having the Trans-Love statement expurgated with black ink — Caveat Emptor.

March 1, 1969

MC-5: OBSCENE!!

Two of Detroit’s largest record merchandising outlets, the J. L. Hudson Co., and Ross Music Co., have refused to sell the Maniacal Motor City Five LP, calling it obscene. Ross Music did, however, cash in for a while by selling a censored version, having the Trans-Love statement expurgated with black ink — Caveat Emptor.

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