Now here’s a rather nice little
rarity. Once upon a time, there was this young actor who starred in a TV series
called Rawhide – which turned out to be rather successful. During this time, that
same actor also cut an album, and a few singles which tied in nicely with that
TV series. Thankfully, I have an original copy of that Cameo LP. Since then the
album has made its way onto CD in various different formats and is quite easily
affordable. These CDs are also excellent in terms of sound quality.
However,
some things are simply not that affordable, including this very nice and
extremely rare 1962 7” single that was only released in Japan. I spotted this gem on
eBay recently. It contains the tracks ‘Get Yourself another Fool’ and ‘For you,
for me, for evermore’ and comes with a wonderful picture sleeve/insert.
Japanese single inserts typically contain the lyrics on the reverse side.
So what else makes this very
special? Unless this insert came printed with a personally signed dedication
(which I very much doubt) it appears to be signed by Clint. The dedication looks
to read – ‘Dear Brenda This is my first record in Japan I hope you like it
Clint Eastwood Rowdy’. Now I’m no expert, but my initial thoughts lead me to
believe that it looks pretty convincing. The signature is of the correct style
for this time period. BUT, please don’t take that as gospel, I’m certainly not
saying it IS genuine. I’m simply saying it looks remarkably convincing.
So, how much would this set you
back? Well, it currently has a buy now price on it at $1,200 or £927.89 (if
that lessens the pain to some degree). Oh and there is postage to be added to
that. I just thought it was worthy of featuring here. I certainly have never
seen it before, and I doubt if I will ever see many again. Should you fancy
adding a little piece of 7” vinyl to your collection..? Unfortunately, I’m sad
to report, it will remain absent from mine.
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