Universal Music Group's Manufacturing Department Doesn't Have Talent (But It May Have A Sense Of Humor) [Mixups]

The latest merchandising screw-up worth a giggle comes from the UK, where a pressing of the new album by Britain's Got Talent winner Faryl Smith—a 13-year-old opera singer who even Simon Cowell likes (I can already hear the "you're only 13!" echoes in my head)—was given music from a person who shares Smith's surname, but not her style. Yes, that's right, people expecting to hear Faryl Smith's dulcet versions of standards like "Amazing Grace" and "Ave Maria" might instead be treated to the gr...

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