KEITH RICHARDS 7" PROMO Rolling Stones Stereo/Mono kbd

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the ROLLING STONES / Keith Richards
" Before They Make Me Run (Mono/Stereo PROMO) "

IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE UNITED STATES AND WANT TO BID ON THIS, PLEASE READ THE RED WRITING AT THE BOTTOM...

PROMOTIONAL-ONLY 7" with a special Keef sleeve and a stereo/mono A and B side 7" in near minty condition.
Never sold in stores!!
 
  Original 7" BLACK VINYL promotional-only pressing from the U.S.A.
of one of the greatest modern-day Stones songs out there.
Vocals by Keith.
The mono version is really cool.
I have a copy for myself that I'll never get rid of, as the mono version isn't available elsewhere

UNPLAYED.

 The cover has a couple of slight corner bends and a small seam split (on the bottom, of course, as they always seem to be)
that was there when this was mailed to us 30 years ago or so.

We'll call the cover EX/EX+
and the Sexy vinyl record in NM.

LOOK AT THE PICTURES:
The vinyl is UNPLAYED.
It's in such LIKE NEW condition that you can see on the center hole where it was cut and there's still a piece of paper from the initial cut of the hole! If it'd been played, that would have come off.  This thing, vinyl-wise is wonderfully new.

(SEE THE PHOTOS)
 
 
SEE THE PHOTOS.
 
Side A
A   Before They Make Me Run  (STEREO)
    Side B    
 B     Before They Make Me Run  (MONO)

 
Label:
Rolling Stones Records
Catalog#:
PR 316
Format:
Vinyl, 7", Promo, 45 RPM
Country:
US
Released:
1978
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Rolling Stones style, bitch!


Written by guitarist Keith Richards, the song is a response to his arrest for heroin possession in Toronto in February 1977. The criminal charges and prospect of a prison sentence loomed over the Some Girls recording sessions and endangered the future of the Rolling Stones.

In the lyrics Richards reflects unapologetically on his lifestyle up to that point. The line "it's another goodbye to another good friend" in the first verse can be interpreted as referring to Gram Parsons, Richards's close friend who died in 1973 from a drug overdose, and/or to heroin itself: Richards had sought medical treatment for heroin addiction following his arrest in Toronto, and his resolution to overcome his addiction would be a significant factor in his upcoming trial.

Originally entitled "Rotten Roll", the song was recorded in a Paris studio in March 1978 during one of Mick Jagger's absences from the Some Girls sessions. The completed track - "a high-energy rock & roller" - features Richards on lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars and bass; Ronnie Wood on pedal steel, slide guitar and backup vocals; Charlie Watts on drums and Jagger on backup vocals.

Richards first performed the song in concert on the The New Barbarians' tour of North America in 1979; it wasn't until the Steel Wheels Tour in 1989 that it entered the Rolling Stones' concert repertoire. Like "Happy", the song has become one of Richards's "signature tunes", performed on most Rolling Stones tours since 1989; he also played it on the X-Pensive Winos' 1992-93 tours promoting his album Main Offender



We're very careful handling our goods. If this was eased out of its sleeve in the photograph it wasn't touched on its surface OR laid down on any surface.  Unlike other sellers, we NEVER lay your record down! We hold them aloft and photograph them without handling the vinyl!


     
GRADING STANDARDS from GOLDMINE

NEAR MINT: Unplayed, like new and/or brand new.   NEAR MINT MINUS:
This is reserved for records that are a hair's width better than EX+, or just a fraction below NM (or brand-new). Another grading call, but generally it's a piece that is SO close to perfect that you could easily make an argument for it though honesty makes you feel the need to point out something keeping it out of the "nearly perfect" category.

EXCELLENT PLUS:
A judgment call.  This one is sometimes used interchangeably with NM-, but not with all sellers.  This category is for records that are ALMOST new-looking enough to pass for unowned/unused, but might have one or maybe two very minor problems that bother you just enough to not allow it to be there.  Mayhap a record that someone has purchased and never played, but when they removed the price sticker it left a 1/8 inch bare spot on the cover.  So basically, brand-new-looking, but has one light imperfection.

EXCELLENT:
An excellent record will be somewhere in that area between 1) a record that you could put in a plastic bag and pass off as brand new & 2) the VG+ record, which has just enough aesthetic spots to keep it out of the excellent category.  The vinyl can have some visible scuffs, or very minor lines or surface scratches, but should NOT have any lines/scratches that you can feel if you run your fingernail softly over its surface.  In other words, an Excellent record might have places that appear to be scratches, but they should not sound like scratches when you play them on a stereo system.  They key to this category is SOUND.  It can look slightly less than perfect but it has to sound clean. An excellent cover/sleeve can have very minor lines or creases caused by (not all-the-way folded) slight bending/folding of a corner.  There may be some very light wear caused by fingers touching the top of the cover as they flip by, and there might be the very lightest hint of oncoming ring wear, but there should not actually be real ring wear, and there can't be anything even close to a seam split, complete fold, rip or tear.  In other words, not quite perfect, but if not for an imperfection or two it might come close.

VERY GOOD PLUS:
Most collectors, especially those who want to play their records, will be happy with a VG+ record,

VG+ records may show some slight signs of wear, including light scuffs or very light scratches that do not affect the listening experience. Slight warps that don’t affect the sound are OK. Minor signs of handling are OK, too, such as telltale marks around the center hole, so long as repeated playing has not misshapen the hole. (This goes for your body as well. See a physician if your center hole is misshapen or has telltale marks.) There may be some very light ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable.

VG+ Covers should have only minor wear. A VG+ cover might have some very minor seam wear or a split (less than one inch long) at the bottom, the most vulnerable location.

VERY GOOD:
Many of the imperfections found on a VG+ record are more obvious on a VG record. That said, VG records — which usually sell for no more than 25 percent of a an NM record — are among the biggest bargains in record collecting, because moost of the “big money” goes for more perfect copies. For many listeners, a VG record or sleeve will be worth the money. For the average Joe, VG is a normal listening copy. The high-end collector's satisfaction level generally bottoms out around here.

VG records have more obvious flaws than their counterparts in better shape. They lack most of the original gloss found on factory-fresh records. Groove wear is evident on sight, as are light scratches deep enough to feel with a fingernail.

When played, a VG record has surface noise, and some scratches may be audible, especially in soft passages and during a song’s intro and ending. But the noise won’t overpower the music otherwise. Minor writing, tape or a sticker can detract from the label. Many collectors who have jukeboxes will use VG records in them and not think twice. They remain a fine listening experience, just not the same as if it were in better shape.

VG covers will have many signs of human handling. Ring wear in the middle or along the edges of the cover, where the edge of a record would reside, is obvious; it may appear on all three sides, though it won’t be obvious upon looking. Someone might have written on it or stamped a price tag on it, too.

GOOD/VERY GOOD MINUS:
Good does not mean bad! The record still plays through without skipping, so it can serve as filler until something better comes along. But it has significant surface noise and groove wear. The label is worn and exhibits significant ring wear, heavy writing or obvious damage caused by trying to remove tape or stickers and failing miserably.

 We're considering not selling overseas anymore.
Between the "LOST" items that we have to give refunds for (even if they can be traced),
to...oh, just believe us, it's way too much of a bother.
We get miserly complaints about postage, when we round it off to a basic $10, which includes us buying mailers and shipping it wherever (sometimes it ends up being $7, and sometimes $21. we never know which, and we're not a huge store, so we don't have a postage meter. It's a guessing game, and most of the time we lose. I just got someone today crying about a $3 difference. Christ, man. And he won a MELVINS record that was easily worth about $50 at least, for $10 because I sold it buy it now. Yet he's bitching about $3!!!! F*CK!!!).
We eat a LOT of money postage-wise, and we always cover it. We NEVER ask for customers to pay extra, (even though the other day a package cost us $24 and we only charged $12), but customers will bitch forever about a $3 discrepancy.  And we take a chance every time that the package might not be trackable (once it's in customs, it's lost until they release it, as our guy at the local USPS told us about a Canadian package!)(we've ended up giving refunds for things that we've mailed that never come back to us. we KNOW you got it!).
ANYWAY, here's the point:
IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED TO PAY THE POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM OVERSEAS
(a round $10, whether it's that much or more)
 PLEASE DON'T BID.  IT'S GETTING WAY TOO EXPENSIVE TO DEAL WITH OVERSEAS COMPLAINTS OR PRETEND LOST ITEMS. 
We'd rather have trackable U.S. items and fewer complaints.  I'm not trying to be a douche.  I'm just tired of losing money and/or being yelled at for things that are out of our hands.
We've already whittled down the countries we'll ship to
(sorry Italy, Russia, and now, freakin' CANADA)
and it makes us sad.  I like spreading musical love overseas.
But one more damned item mailed out to Australia that "doesn't get there" and I'm going to pull my fingernails out by the roots.  I have no money.  I can't afford to lose it.