Info required on early Drifters 45

[Soulmanstu]

Steamboat early Drifters 45 original or not looks really nice but only seen yellow & black copies . Its a great little tune if you like that sort of thing some info on it would be greatly appreciated thanks Stu 

[Roburt]

It was an October 1955 release ... in general, the red Atlantic labels appeared in 1956 ... BUT ... as later Drifters 45's became hits, no doubt the label re-pressed this single a couple of times in the 'red era' to cash in on additional demand.

[Soulmanstu]

AH that’s great to know thanks so could have been repressed quite a number of years later .. still a nice copy .

[Michael V]

I'd say it was definitely an early to mid 60's issue,label seems too smooth and shiny to be a mid-50's Atlantic. It was still being pressed in the 70's(for the Doo-Wop collectors/oldies-reissues market) but was back on the yellow label and credited to simply 'Drifters' (no 'The')

Yes,a nice record though;I prefer the other side 'Adorable',a fine Doo-Wop ballad (cover of The Colts' LA hit) with lead by their then new lead singer Johnny Moore

 

[The Yank]

Your 45 was pressed sometime before 1962, when Atlantic added the "fan" or spiral on the left side of the 45 label- 

Edited October 24, 2018 by the yank

[Soulmanstu]

Really enjoy these topics great info thank you all 

[Robbk]

I would guess that that is a 1960 or 1961 repressing.  "Adorable" was a big hit in 1955.  I bought it new.  The spiral fan was introduced in early spring 1962.  The record looks too thin and the black looks to "shiny" to be a 1958-59 issue. Atlantic's records were much thicker in 1956-57, unlike the copy pictured above.