Right. Rolling Stone did it back in 1995 when Jerry Garcia died. I bought each of them. But for myself, not my library. ;)

Katy G.

Katy Ginanni, Collection Development Librarian

Hunter Library

Western Carolina University

176 Central Drive

Cullowhee, NC 28723

ksginanni@email.wcu.edu

828-227-3729 office

We need magic and bliss, and power and myth,

and celebration and religion in our lives

and music is a good way to encapsulate a lot of it.

--Jerome John Garcia, 8/1/1942-8/9/1995

Issues with different covers are not unusual.  Can’t say I’ve ever gotten both, though.  My understanding is it’s a marketing ploy/test.  Just off the top of my head, Midwest Living and Vanity Fair both did it at least once in the past year or so.  ML almost fooled me into buying a 2nd copy, thinking I had missed a good one.  L

We only got one copy, but p. 5 explains that, because of the cover story (“50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs …”), they published the issue w/ 4 different covers. I can’t remember the details, but if my memory is correct, they or another popular magazine did the same thing a few years ago.

Rich Crank
Serial Records Team, Acquisitions/Serials Dept.
KU Libraries

University of Kansas
(785) 864-8944
rcrank@ku.edu

Hello:

We received two versions of issue 1172/1173 dated Dec. 20 2012 & Jan. 3, 2013.  Cover "teasers" are the same--verbatim.  One has Jay-Z on the cover, the other has Eminem.  Anyone else experience this?  Do I just pick one to put on display?

Thanks in advance--never seen the exact same, but different issues.

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