ORIGINAL 1964 SWAN RECORDS 45 SINGLES RECORD
MAILER FOUND WITH INSERTED
"SHE LOVES YOU" PICTURE SLEEVE
AND BLACK LABEL 45 SINGLE WITH "GEORGE MARTIN" CREDIT
SWAN
S-4152,
ISSUED MARCH 1, 1964
FIRST
EVER DISCOVERY OF THE SWAN RECORDS MAILER ENVELOPE
RECENTLY PROCURED WITH ACCOMPANYING PROMOTIONAL 45 SINGLE FROMTHE ESTATE OF MUSICAL LUMINARY AND SWAN RECORDS EXECUTIVE WALTER GATES. SWAN recordS 45 SINGLES mailer ENVELOPES
MEASURE 7¾" X 7¾"
AND haVE
never been discovered OR HAD
SURFACED until RECENTLY. AN UNUSED AND UNCIRCULATED STOCK HAVE been stored AWAY for OVER
60 YEARS AND JUST UNEARTHED. THIS SWAN MAILER ARCHIVE WAS
procured BY A RECORD COLLECTOR IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (HOME OF SWAN
RECORDS) WHO HAD VERY FIRST ACCESS TO THE ESTATE SALE OF SWAN RECORDS MUSICAL
LUMINARY AND EXECUTIVE, WALTER GATES,
AMAZINGLY, FOUND INSERTED INSIDE THIS
VERY SWAN MAILER ENVELOPE WAS A SWAN "SHE LOVES YOU" PICTURE SLEEVE AND THE
ACCOMPANYING BLACK LABEL 45 SINGLE (SWAN S-4152, ISSUED MARCH 1, 1964). BOTH
ITEMS WERE INSERTED SEPARATELY, WITH THE DISC OUTSIDE THE PICTURE SLEEVE. THE
RECORD IS THE RCA Rockaway pressing with thin fontS AND "DON'T DROP OUT" in the
top left corner. This Swan S-4152-S variation IS THE RARER LABEL WHICH contains
THE "PRODUCED BY GEORGE MARTIN" CREDITS
THESE
ITEMS WERE KEPT IN WALTER GATES' POSSESSION FOR 59 YEARS
AND MOST LIKELY CAME STRAIGHT FROM THE PRESSING PLANT RIGHT INTO HIS HOME,
CONDITION:
MAILER (NM) UNCIRCULATED
PICTURE SLEEVE (NM-)
RECORD (M) "FACTORY FRESH" AS NEW, UNCIRCULATED
ITEM#: PS839
PRICE: $2,475
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