MGM Records (version 1)

MGM Records (version 2)

MGM Records (version 3)

MGM Records (version 4)

MGM Records (version 5)

MGM Records (version 6)

Comments:

Sleeve: Verve was bought by MGM in 1961. The MGM sleeves presented above should be the correct sleeves for Verve singles during Zappa's periode. Version 1 was used until late 1966 and version 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 was used from late 1966 to 1968

MGM Records sleeve (version 3, 4, 5 and 6) images from Kjell Rundlöf.

Plain Brown Factory Sleeve

Comments:

Sleeve: A ebay seller sold a large amount of Verve/MGM promo singles on ebay, that came from a warehouse find. All his Verve promos came with a plain brown sleeve. I contacted the seller and he confirmed that the singles was just as they where issued. The Frank Zappa and related MGM/Verve singles he sold came all from MGM Record Manufacturing Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey. Go to popsike.com to see the Frank Zappa auctions or the Verve auctions from this seller.

I have also spotted several different "Verve Celebrity Scene" promo boxes and all of the singles had this brown sleeve.

Verve Records (version 1)

Verve Records (version 2)

Comments:

Sleeve: The two sleeves presented above was not used on Zappa's Verve singles. Both are pre-1961 sleeves - before MGM bought Verve records.

You will sometimes see these sleeves together with Zappa's Verve singles. It is most likely a collector or seller that has wrongly added the sleeve.

Verve Records sleeve (version 2) image from Eelco Janzen.

The information has been gathered from Kjell Rundlöf, William Brown and 45-sleeves.com.

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