SWAYDES (Picture Sleeve)

[Outside_Lookin_in]

Has anyone heard of the Swayes (Paris Tower) PS, or have it? There's no mention of it in either TBM or W&R's Guide.

 

[MopTopMike]

Jeff would know for sure, but the only Paris Tower 45s to my knowledge that had a real picture sleeve (aka fully printed sleeve with at least a pic printed on the front, and a blurb on the back) are the Absolutes and the Lonely Souls.

Perhaps the Swaydes PS is just the insert affixed / glued to a plain paper sleeve? There are several examples of photos affixed or glued to plain 45 paper sleeves - The Mustangs (Magic Mustangs) "You Gotta Be a Playboy"; The Twilights "It Couldn't Be True"; the Accents on Planet are some that i can think of right away.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

Thanks Mike. Hadn't thought of Jeff. That reminds me I had his book on Florida bands, but I haven't seen it since I moved house Anyway, the PS looks genuine.

 

[nu_sound]

Jeff would know for sure, but the only Paris Tower 45s to my knowledge that had a real picture sleeve (aka fully printed sleeve with at least a pic printed on the front, and a blurb on the back) are the Absolutes and the Lonely Souls.

Perhaps the Swaydes PS is just the insert affixed / glued to a plain paper sleeve? There are several examples of photos affixed or glued to plain 45 paper sleeves - The Mustangs (Magic Mustangs) "You Gotta Be a Playboy"; The Twilights "It Couldn't Be True"; the Accents on Planet are some that i can think of right away.

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Thanks Mike. Hadn't thought of Jeff. That reminds me I had his book on Florida bands, but I haven't seen it since I moved house Anyway, the PS looks genuine.

Or the teardrops which is included in TBM pic sleeve listing.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

No double layer on this one though.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

Found it!

 

[bluegg67]

Mine resembles a large stiff post card with some info on the Swaydes on the back side. An address sticker is on mine with the name J.C. Chastain and his Tampa FL address. On the 45 he is one of the co-writers of both tunes.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

 

[bosshoss]

It does look genuine.

 

[MopTopMike]

I'm not convinced until I can see the entire sleeve photographed, front and back.
Looks to me like a dodgy xerox created on a piece of paper off the insert, something 'home-made'.

It doesn't resemble the other professionally printed Paris Tower sleeves I have seen.
The top should have a concave opening on the front side at the top
The back side should have a promotional blurb, if not another image. And you would see the seams glued from the backside.
It is likely that Gil Cabot only had promotional black & white postcard style inserts printed for the first 30-35 releases. He then switched to a pic sleeve at some point near the end of the label's run.

 

[bosshoss]

Is the entire graphic of the pic sleeve (photo and text) the same as the insert for the Swaydes? I have the 45, but I've never seen the insert.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

Yes Mark, the photo is identical to the insert, as is the text which appears on the reverse. I discussed this with Jeff a while back. As I recall he was skeptical on the grounds that no one would have gone to the expense of releasing both a card insert and alternatively a picture sleeve. I became skeptical based on my examination of the paper die cut and bonding method: it was unlike any of the other (albeit limited) PS's I have, and looked less professional. I've attached a scan of the rear, although I don't think you can see much from it. I think MTM has nailed it.