VERY RARE PRE UK TAMLA MOTOWN 45 ON FONTANA - MARVELETTES - TWISTIN' POSTMAN -VG

	£		50
	$		66

HERE WE H AVE AN ORIGINAL SIXTIES PRE- UK TAMLA MOTOWN 45 FROM 1962

MARVELETTES

TWISTIN' POSTMAN / I WANT A GUY

IN ORIGINAL FONTANA / PHILIPS DIE CUT SLEEVE.  FIRST PRESS BY PHILIPS RECORDS 1962.

FONTANA H.386

RECORD CONDITION - VERY GOOD

ORIGINAL DIE CUT  SLEEVE -  Good 

MARTIX: SIDE 1 - 1F > 1 420, SIDE 2 - 2F > 2 420

Long before the 'Tamla Motown' record label launched in the UK, Berry Gordy licenced his recordings in the UK through several UK labels / manufacturers.  These included Fontana/Philips, Oriole and EMI (Top Rank/Stateside).  All of these labels had their own manufacturing facilities in the UK, so distribution was always going to be reliable and why put your eggs in one basket?  This particular 45 was issued on the Fontana label in 1962 and was the more obscure follow up single to the now famous ‘Please Mr Postman’, covered by ‘The Beatles’ on their second album ‘With the Beatles’.   

Soul music didn’t really catch on in the UK until the mid sixties, so these early ‘Tamla’ recordings sold in very low numbers in the UK, despite efforts to cash in (in this instance) on the ‘Twist’ dance craze of the early sixties.  Consequently, this 45 is incredibly rare and difficult to find these days in any condition.

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