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 

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.

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

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

 

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, 20186 yr by the yank

Really enjoy these topics great info thank you all 

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.