Tickle's perfectionist attitude to recording and other delays kept the single in limbo for several months. After the successful Sports tour support, The Swingers spent time stubbornly working around the traps and investigating the complexities of the Australian circuit eventually meeting their manager,Adrian Barker. It was decided to delay the release of the single until after the Christmas break. It was an all time low for the band in a one room flat on Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda,living on handouts. By the beginning of 1981 anyone who was interested had the opportunity to investigate the band live, as they went on the road for two hectic months to promote the single.
Swingers live are a revelation.
They are one of the most original, refreshing commercial pop bands to grace our shores in years. A sly off-beat humour permeates their best songs, the principle components of their attack are Judd's plaintive vocals and adept guitar playing which hammers away over the tense rhythm section of Gilroy and Hillman, relying on spaces and distinctive chording. It's an approach which demands a high degree of skill and cohesiveness. Half way through during a day of relaxation, disaster struck Ian Gilroy when he fell of a speeding trail-bike and fractured several bones in his wrist and Swingers had to take time out for four weeks while he recuperated. The recording of The Swingers album may appear to have been a reasonably feasible and simple procedure but in fact it was probably the busiest time of their lives.