"Castaway" ~ Polish Postcard Single

[mikebise]

In Late 1988, I bought some music magazine that had some Stevie content (I forget which). In the ads section, there was a guy from England selling Polish Postcard Singles by many different artists, but the one that caught my eye was:

"Castaway" by Stevie Nicks

This was shortly after I had first gotten Uncirculated Rumours, so I knew of the two versions of "Castaway" on that 3-record set. I didn't really believe there was an official European release for a fully-produced "Castaway". However, being a Kate Bush fan, I knew that many artists throw out one-off oddball singles here and there. Weird singles that never even make it on albums. I'd only been a Stevie Fan for 7 years, so, who knew?

I called the guy in England who was selling the single. He said it was an actual 45 produced in Poland and the song on the A-side was "Castaway" (he didn't know what the b-side was). He had sold out immediately and was looking for more copies. He put me on his mailing list, but he never had any more for sale and did not advertise "Castaway" for sale any longer.

This really happened ~ I was shocked to get my phone bill with my call from Houston to London on it!!!

I always figured this was some bootlegger selling fake Stevie singles with unauthorized recordings. But I still wanted to have one, and always wondered what version of "Castaway" was used.

Has anyone else ever heard of this?