Child of Winter single on e-bay

[Jay]

I just recently found a Beach Boys single of Child of Winter, on the "Randy Records" label. Is this real, or a pirate/boot? I have never heard of a label called Randy Records. http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-BEACH-BOYS-CHILD-OF-WINTER-GOOD-VIBRATIONS-LIVE-RANDY-/180865926052?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item2a1c7303a4

[stack-o-tracks]

I hope it's Randy from Trailer Park Boys.

[MBE]

Jay it's a boot that came out. Until it was reissued on 45 and CD in 1998 it was very hard to find. I didn't hear it until I began to trade cassette tapes around 1994. I did finally find it some of the classic vinyl boots I scored some time later. I have the excellent 1998 single but still don't have a 1974 pressing.

[Christian]

I have never heard of a label called Randy Records.

The Kenny and The Cadets single "Barbie" was on Randy Records.

But the "Child Of Winter" single is a boot, of course or - to quote the seller - a fan club issue. 

[Jay]

I've read about how the original single is supposed to be exceedingly rare and next to impossible to find, and the price seemed kind of to good to be true, so I had to ask.  

[MBE]

I've read about how the original single is supposed to be exceedingly rare and next to impossible to find, and the price seemed kind of to good to be true, so I had to ask.  

I haven't heard this pressing but I would hold out for the offical 1974 or 1998 45's.

[gxios]

The Randy pressing is from 1977.  It was put out after that alternate take of Good Vibrations surfaced.  I don't think the Child of Winter 45 should be hard to find.  I have at least 3 permutations of it (Reprise label, Brother label, mono/stereo promo) that I got off ebay for less than $10 over the years.  For a record you could not find in the stores even when it was released (I tried ordering it from a big record chain in January 1975 and was told it was already not available) there seem to be a lot of stock copies around.