BEACH BOYS HONEYS SWANEE RIVER PICTURE SLEEVE AND 45

$

2,035

If you have a Real Audio player, you can ((hear)) hear Surfin' Down The Swanee River. Click here to hear the record! If you have a Real Audio player, you can ((hear)) hear Shoot The Curl. Click here to hear the record! Honeys, Surfin' Down The Swanee River (with the Beach Boys backing) b/w Shoot The Curl. Year of release is 1963. This is an auction for a beautiful copy of the rarest and most highly sought after of all Beach Boys or Beach Boys related picture sleeves. It comes with a near mint plus (visual and play grade) copy of the 45 that you can listen to both sides of with the sound bytes provided. Doowop, Popcorn, Mod, and Northern Soul collectors alike may find this piece interesting because of the Honeys' and the Beach Boys' harmony, and their cool 60's sound. The Honeys consisted of Marilyn Rovell, Diane Rovell, and Sandra Glantz. Marilyn and Diane were sisters and were part of the group formed in 1961, the Rovell Sisters, which included a third sister, Barbara. Barbara was replaced by Sandra Glantz, the Rovell sisters' cousin. Producer Gary Usher introduced the Rovells to Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, who agreed to produce the group. Hence, the name of the group was changed to the Honeys, a nickname for female surfers! Brian Wilson and Marilyn Rovell (depicted in the middle of the group) were later married. The picture sleeve to this magnificent sleeve is one of the rarest of all Rock & Roll pictures sleeves and is perhaps the rarest of all Surf picture sleeves. This sleeve is in beautiful VG++ condition! There is virtually no surface wear although the slightest can certainly be seen through a microscope. With the naked eye, wear can only be seen upon the closest inspection if it can be seen at all. There are two mild creases that can be seen in the images below in the upper left corner of the Surfin' Down side. On the Shoot The Curl side there is a one quarter inch tear stemming from the top edge that appears in the upper right corner. On the same side there is an area on the center left side where the sleeve has two tears of about 2/32 and 3/32 of one inch. These tears are about three fourths of one inch apart, and the paper in between is bent slightly outward between the tears where the edge of the paper must have been snagged. Aside from the flaws mentioned, there is only some very slight wrinkling. All the individual flaws mentioned aside from the slight wrinkling can be seen in the images below if one looks carefully. The blue streaks depicted at the bottom of each sleeve side are not stains. They are painted in the Honeys' surfboard on which they are all resting their elbows. The sleeve includes a nice protective matte board insert which is superior to cardboard which releases oils that will damage a picture sleeve over time. 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