It wasn’t quite what the fans were expecting
Beyoncé’s yellow Lemonade vinyl has been released. However, due to a factory error at Sony’s Celebrate Records pressing plant in Germany, fans were instead treated to a selection of punk tracks by Canadian band Zex. The band’s album Upside Hill appears on the A-side of the Lemonade vinyl. The announcement came via a Facebook video the band have posted.
The vinyl was first made available to pre-order in May this year, and fans have waited months for the wax to arrive.
Columbia Records have since apologised for the “human error” and have offered replacement copies. They’ve issued the following statement via Pitchfork:
“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 Beyoncé Lemonade vinyl included music from Canadian punk band, ZEX, on Side A. Beyoncé 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.”
Guitarist Jo Galipeau told Slate he “first found out through a friend who works at Rough Trade East in London”, and that “within hours there was tons of very confused Beyoncé fans writing to us”.
“They thought it was either funny, and a few people – it’s becoming more and more – have bought the record, and a lot of them have said, ‘Oh I like the surprise that I got on the other side, it’s good music,’ even though it’s not what they paid for.”
Watch the video from Zex below.
