THE SWINGING CATS MANTOVANI AWAY UK 7" 1980 2TONE PAPER LABEL TT14 SKA RARE MINT

The Swinging Cats were a Coventry based Ska band, formed at the end of 1979 and after replacing Holly and the Italians on The Selecter's March 1980 tour, 2 Tone offered them a one off single recording deal.

The eventual release, "Mantovani", appeared and disappeared quickly even though the first 20,000 copies were being sold at the giveaway price of 50p.

Paul Heskett later toured with The Specials and played saxophone on "Sock It To 'Em J.B" & "Braggin' And Tryin' Not To Lie" on the More Specials album and also played the flute on "Ghost Town / Why? / Friday Night, Saturday Morning".

Members

Toby Lyons (keyboards)

John Shipley (guitar)

Jane Bayley (vocals)

Paul Heskett (saxophone)

Billy Gough (drums)

Chris Long (percussion)

Steve Vaughan (guitar)

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Record in mint condition. Original paper label. No skips or jumps on playback. Looks unplayed.

Original paper sleeve in excellent condition with no tears, but minor signs of age and shelf wear

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