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[b]DR2 wrote:[/b]
[quote]Ever since I first saw the film nearly 39 years ago, I have always liked the title song from the Mark Lester / Lionel Jeffries British Technicolor film “Eyewitness”, composed and sung over the credit titles by a British group named Fairfield Parlour. A 45 r.p.m. single of their recording was released in 1970 at the same time as the release of the film, but for some obscure reason, this single was only released in Japan, where Mark Lester was big at the time.

I always thought this must be one of the rarest singles ever and two years ago, I was able to get a mint condition copy of it from a specialist seller in London. He told me that it was the only copy he’d ever come across. I paid him &pound;40 for it and also paid for him to send it to me by Special Delivery. Although it wasn’t exactly in a picture sleeve, it did have a seven inch square special glossy paper insert with a montage of scenes from the film on one side and the lyrics to the song on the other, printed in both Japanese and English. It is on the Toshiba-Odeon label and the catalogue number is OR-2903.

Does anyone know if this single is as rare as I think it is and why on earth wasn’t it released in England to promote the film here at that time? The disc also has a couple of excerpts from the film soundtrack, featuring the voices of Mark Lester; Susan George; Tony Bonner and Lionel Jeffries and is a very unusual record indeed.[/quote]

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Topic History of: Is this 45 r.p.m. single one of the rarest of all?
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DR2	Thanks for the reply, Trivia Producer. I do have a lot of rare records in my vinyl collection, but I reckon this one must be one of the rarest of them all. Anyone who wants to hear this track, which is recorded directly from the film soundtrack...or, to put it another way...is exactly the same recording as used on the film, can hear it by obtaining the DVD of "Eyewitness", which has been beautifully restored on a Region 1 release.
Trivia Producer....	It is very possible that the track is available under the act names "I Luv Wight" or "Kaliedascope", in different territories. Either way, you do have a very rare copy there.
DR2	Ever since I first saw the film nearly 39 years ago, I have always liked the title song from the Mark Lester / Lionel Jeffries British Technicolor film “Eyewitness”, composed and sung over the credit titles by a British group named Fairfield Parlour. A 45 r.p.m. single of their recording was released in 1970 at the same time as the release of the film, but for some obscure reason, this single was only released in Japan, where Mark Lester was big at the time. I always thought this must be one of the rarest singles ever and two years ago, I was able to get a mint condition copy of it from a specialist seller in London. He told me that it was the only copy he’d ever come across. I paid him £40 for it and also paid for him to send it to me by Special Delivery. Although it wasn’t exactly in a picture sleeve, it did have a seven inch square special glossy paper insert with a montage of scenes from the film on one side and the lyrics to the song on the other, printed in both Japanese and English. It is on the Toshiba-Odeon label and the catalogue number is OR-2903. Does anyone know if this single is as rare as I think it is and why on earth wasn’t it released in England to promote the film here at that time? The disc also has a couple of excerpts from the film soundtrack, featuring the voices of Mark Lester; Susan George; Tony Bonner and Lionel Jeffries and is a very unusual record indeed.