DARLENE LOVE: MARSHMALLOW WORLD/FINE FINE BOY RARE EUROPEAN PS 45 UNLISTED GEM

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46

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DARLENE LOVE
IT'S A MARSHMALLOW WORLD c/w
A FINE FINE BOY

LONDON RECORDS 5.461 (PROMO pressing of US single)

I can't find any reference to this mysterious Europe-only 45, which combines a track from the Phil Spector Christmas LP with one of Darlene Love's best Philles singles. No country is referenced overtly anywhere on the record's labels, or on its slipcover-style picture sleeve, which has a jukebox strip printed onto it (obscured on the second scan by the disc itself). It has a BIEM symbol on both labels (that's a Paris-based song copyrighting organization, but there is no French, or broken English, anywhere on the labels).

I'm completely stumped as to the origins of this obvious rarity, but it's certainly a cool disc!

CONDITION:

PICTURE SLEEVE is really a 7" x 14" piece of paper which is folded in half. Ringwear and wrinkling to very bright colored paper. Corners and seam intact. Jukebox strip is not cut out. A VG/VG+ sorta-picture sleeve.

VINYL: Labels have very light rubwear. Disc has decent luster, with a few superficial dings and smudges to both sides.  Vinyl needs to be cleaned. It's pressed on heavy vinyl.  It's a solid VG+.

This is just one of a special collection of great 45s and EPs — including many European editions! They're all from the legendary collection of DAVID A. YOUNG! Grab ‘em before they’re gone—you won’t see their likes again!