NIGHTCLUB ‘78 THE ROLLING STONES Bootleg LP 1978

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NIGHTCLUB ‘78 THE ROLLING STONES Bootleg LP 1978

This is an auction of collectible vinyl long-playing records. This particular auction includes a single copy of NIGHTCLUB ‘78 a live recording by THE ROLLING STONES made on June 14th, 1978 at the Capitol Theater in Passaic New Jersey. This was the third show on the 1978 tour. The Capitol was notorious for the number of “soundboard” bootleg recordings that originated there. The album is essentially a partial re-release of OUT ON BAIL 1978 US TOUR, an earlier bootleg issue by Lurch Records. There was also an edition pressed on transparent golden vinyl, which was allegedly produced in Seattle and distributed only to Fan Club members – but this is definitely a later issue with black vinyl and a featureless black label.  

Track list:

          LP:

          A1     Let it Rock

          A2     All Down the Line

          A3     When the Whip Comes Down

          A4     Just My Imagination

A5     Beast of Burden

B1     Respectable

B2     Far Away Eyes

B3     Love in Vain

B4     Happy

B5     Sweet Little Sixteen

Both the white cardboard sleeve and the vinyl are in Excellent  condition and the record has been unplayed and protected inside a polyvinyl bag for more than 20 years.

I am selling this record on behalf of my friend John D. Berry, who writes: “I bought this collection in the late 1900s from John Ellison, a friend who was working (as I was) as a technical editor at Microsoft. John and his partner Lesley Link were starting a small publishing house, Broken Moon Press, and wanted to raise money to fund this endeavor. John had been a Rolling Stones fan and a devoted record collector, but he decided to sell his collection as part of the publishing effort. I was not especially a Stones fan, but I was willing to buy the collection to help the cause, figuring that I could always re-sell it later, probably for more than I paid.

“John was a very serious collector. Most of these vinyl disks have never been played, and many of them are extremely rare. They all date from no later than the mid-1980s; many of them are from the 1970s or 1960s. Quite a few are bootlegs, unauthorized but tolerated iterations of particular recording sessions or performances. For many years, these bootlegs could not be sold, even when they were approved by the artists; these days, however, that worry seems to be a dead letter, and lots of bootlegs show up on eBay and other selling sites.”

Payment through Paypal preferred. Buyer pays actual postage from Seattle, WA. I’ve done my best to anticipate the weight of safe packing materials for these extremely rare vinyl recordings, but if you are overcharged at any point, I will refund your overpayment. I welcome bids from buyers outside the U.S., and I am especially happy to combine several items to save on international or domestic postage.