A couple of weeks ago I was very lucky to finally pick up
this precious item. I had been after this extremely rare 7” single since… well,
forever actually, certainly since I’ve collected on Eastwood (since the
mid-1970s).
This is the 1962 U.S. DJ white label promotional copy of
Clint’s single release on Cameo-Parkways, Cowboy Wedding Song / Rowdy. There’s
a nice little back story behind this record too. The unusual thing about this
promo sees ‘Cowboy Wedding Song’ as the originally intended A side, with
‘Rowdy’ as the B side. On its eventual release (as a regular single) the titles
were reversed with ‘Rowdy’ becoming the A side – which was probably to tie-in
more with the popularity of Clint’s Rawhide character.
I’ve never seen one of these for sale in the UK before, and
when one does appear (in America) it usually demands quite a high asking price,
plus the costly shipping, import duty et al, it just didn’t seem worth the
hassle.
However, this one surprisingly popped up recently in the UK
and with a buy now price of just £8.
Naturally I pounced and was very happy to at last fill this
gap in the Eastwood / Vinyl collection.
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