Have You Got An Original Adge Cutler 7" Single?

Professor Wurzel says: - When you next buy an Adge Cutler 7” single on ebay described as ‘original’ check the label and sleeve first to see how original ‘original’ actually is!

Columbia 7" singles sleeves changed regularly throughout the 1950 and 60s and can be found in a multitude of colours and designs.

Apart from his first EP and the ‘Little Darlin’ single, all Adge Cutler's original single releases were produced in the standard Columbia plain sleeve.
The sleeve design used was based on the record’s ‘DB’ serial release number. So if a record was number between DB4974 and DB7745 it should have been housed in the standard green Columbia sleeve with a ‘flat’ top edge. Records numbered DB7746 to DB’ 7913 were in a similar coloured sleeve but with a ‘wavy’ top edge.

Adge’s first single ‘Drink Up Thy Zider’ was DB8081. This fell into the DB7914 and DB 8725 range and came out in a red Columbia sleeve with a straight top edge

For singles with serial number DB8726 onwards the sleeve was changed slightly – the red was darker and the sleeve was given a wavy top edge. Also the number of white circles on the right hand side was reduced to allow for a new Columbia/EMI logo.
Adge’s “Poor Poor Farmer” was the first of his singles to come in this sleeve. The reissue in 1974 of “Drink Up Thy Zider” also came in this guise.

So Adge's singles come under the last two style/colour variations and if you find them in green sleeves (which is not uncommon) it is because they either inadvertently sold in the earlier 'green' sleeves (for some unknown reason) or their owners have transferred their records into older sleeves, perhaps because the original sleeves had been lost or damaged.

Thanks to JC for contributing this interesting information!