Rare UK Rowdy Single finally comes home!

Rare UK Rowdy Single finally comes home!

It was nice to finally put this to bed last month. It's not that they haven't come along before, but often due to the thin paper sleeve, copies of Clint's UK 7” single release Rowdy / Cowboy Wedding Song (1962) often show up badly beaten, torn, crushed up and stained - and still at an incredibly expensive price - a price I wouldn’t' of minded paying IF the quality was there... So a few have come along, and generally I’d decided to let go – opting instead to wait for the next Bus to come along. 

Thankfully all the stars were aligned last month when this beautiful example came my way. haggled a bit on the price, and finally settled on a mutually acceptable figure. 

It's so ironic, because I have rarer demo pressings of the single - but still needed the elusive UK picture sleeve release. I still believe the UK release was the only one to come in a picture sleeve. 

It’s been a long time coming, but proof enough that everything eventually comes to those who wait.

Below: The original flyer from Cameo Parkway Records, February 19th, 1963