JUNE CHRISTY The Cool Elephant TUBBY HAYES 1965 UK Single WHITE LABEL PROMO

Here is a copy of the very rare June Christy single ‘The Cool Elephant’.
Recorded in London in 1965, and released the same year, this is a white label promo copy on CBS.
Both sides were written by Don Black and Vic Lewis.  Tubby Hayes played tenor sax and flute and Don Black played piano. 

The recording was made to celebrate the opening of the Cool Elephant Club in London in January 1965. Partly owned by John Dankworth, the club  was opened as a musicians hang-out.   It was a short lived venture.  

The fate of the single was not much better.  It did not sell, was not released outside of the UK, and consequently is very rare, desirable and valuable.   The last record I can find of it being sold was in 2013 when, on ebay,  it  reached £129.  And that was a standard stock copy rather than a promo.  
A:  The Cool Elephant B:  Love Is Not Just For The Young
Label:  CBS Year:  1965 Country:  UK
Condition:  Note … This would be described as excellent except it has become slightly heat damaged on part (about 2 inches) of the outer edge, on the lead in.  It’s difficult to photograph this but it is visible to the eye.   Both sides of the single play OK.  There is a very brief noise at the play in - before the track starts - but, once it’s under way, it is not noticeable.  Please only bid if you are happy with this condition.  I feel, given it is playable - and its rarity, that it is still worth owning.


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 811 (GS 7.0.9 (811))