The original âbutcherâ cover of this record was not well-received, so Capitol Records spent $250,000 recalling the 750,000 copies that had already been shipped to stores. The covers were changed, but as with most recalls, some of the original copies remained out in the world and have been sold for as much as $15,300.
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1870s and 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. The Rifleman aired on ABC from September 30, 1958, to April 8, 1963, as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series on American television to show a widowed parent raising a child.
Lucas McCain, Connors' character on The Rifleman (1958), was ranked #32 in TV Guide's list of the 50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time [20 June 2004 issue]. He was the first NBA player to shatter a backboard; he did it while playing for the Boston Celtics in 1946.