Re: Zoot Suit, &c.

[eg941@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joe Giorgianni)]

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>Joe writes:
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>>No, I still insist it does not exist. The six or so copies I have seen,
>>including mine, all had "Zoot Suit" as the A-side. I have never seen an
>>"I'm the Face" A-side in twenty years of collecting, reading Goldmine
>>and prowling New York City record stores and flea markets.
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>_The Who: The Illustrated Discography_ (Ed Hanel 1981) has this
>entry:
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>I'm The Face (Meaden)/Zoot Suit (Meaden)
>Fontana TF 480
>Released 3 July 1964
>Re-issued with Zoot Suit as the A-side in late 1964 or early 1965.
>Re-issued as Backdoor Records Door 4 in March 1980 with a picture
>sleeve.
>
>Like Joe however I've never actually seen it.
>
I think Ed's wrong. I'd love to see a picture.


>Someone else wrote:
>>>Correct on this one, my understanding is that "Won't Get Fooled Again" was
>>>the first picture sleeve Who single in the UK (ignoring the Ready Steady
>>>Who and Tommy EPs)
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>The same book mentioned above states that the first 1,000 copies
>of Anyway/How/Where had a pop-art picture sleeve. Also, 
>I have a promo Pinball Wizard single that has a picture sleeve, but
>I think it's a US promo.
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Again, I think Ed is wrong and again I'd like to see a picture.

Regarding "Pinball Wizard", if it is a grey picture of a pinball machine
that is a store copy although there is a non-picture sleeve promo single.

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