This Swan, the first of two in the 1970s, was originally American; it was based in Philadelphia, and it issued records from 1957-c.67. The British version came and went during 1976, and issued just two singles: 'Spy' b/w 'Jammin' by The Guys From UNCLE (S-4240), and The Modern Redcaps' 'Golden Teardrops' b/w 'Never Too Young' (S-4243). Both were originally issued on Swan in the USA with those numbers, and both were reissued over here as part of the Northern Soul boom of the mid / late '70s. The company responsible for them was Global Records, of Manchester, whose USA associate had purchased Swan's catalogue in 1975. Global made another, slightly more prolific, foray into the Northern Soul reissues market with its Cream label (see 'Cream - CRM prefix'). Pressing of the example shown above was by Orlake.
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