In this video at 1:26, he talks about his most valuable album (looks like Beggars Banquet era) - what is the title?

Jean Luc Goddard's Sympathy for the devil? That's the movie picture isn't it? But NO, I DO NOT KNOW, just a guess.

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Jean Luc Goddard's Sympathy for the devil? That's the movie picture isn't it? But NO, I DO NOT KNOW, just a guess.

The cover features a mash up of photos from early 1969.

Nothing special about that record other than the limited number of copies pressed.

It's " The Promotional Album" pressed for radio station,
more details here [eil.com]

excellent - thanks for that! I like that track list

you'd think a guy with that many records would know how to hold one properly...

it's an old video, I wonder if he ever found a buyer?

Definitely the Promotional Album...I have a 'faux' version of this, as well as a couple official "Australian Version" of this.

There were only 200 pressed for the US market, for Radio stations and 200 also for the UK.

The story goes, DECCA was trying to give radio stations a promo record that highlighted songs that were not easily available to them. These songs were supposed to 'round out their 60s output, or something like that.

I've seen these sell from a few hundred to a couple of thousand on EBAY.

On the video, he says it is the most expensive record...obviously he doesn't have Street Fighting Man with the Picture Sleeve. I'm not sure how accurate he is as I'm sure there have to be some other records, Beatles records, that are worth more than that.

Interesting though...and a sad story overall.

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The story goes, DECCA was trying to give radio stations a promo record that highlighted songs that were not easily available to them. These songs were supposed to 'round out their 60s output, or something like that.

It consisted of tracks that weren't on Big Hits or Through The Past Darkly. Back in the long ago, when DJs actually spun vinyl on turntables, the idea was that between the two hits albums and the promotional album, radio stations could have all the Rolling Stones music they could ever possibly need on just three nifty disks. Saves shelf space.



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Isn't there a version of that LP that was commercially released by Decca?

About the Promotional Album:

[www.stonesondecca.com]

Jan Richards

[www.stonesondecca.com]

Are promotional albums worth more than the mass produced versions? I have a promo of Ronnies 1234, it is exactly the same as any other 1234 other than it has gold stamp on the back saying promtional copy not for re-sale.

Here's also one hell of a valuable album:



and Dylan's 1st issue of The Freewheelin with 'John Birch Societh Blues' on it..

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Come On
Here's also one hell of a valuable album:

Alright, I can relate but you left us hanging here, the John Lennon album is an obscurely labelled version of Rock 'n' Roll of course, I really like Lennon's Be Bop a Lula, there's quite a bit of Lennon I don't flip over but still a lot of stuff I find genius as well. I posted his version of Angel Baby in the Youtube thread around December 8th and the original of Angel Baby. In Lennon's song he sends his love to Rosie wherever she may be and that kind of took me back as ultra cool to do that about an oldie but goodie song, his version is pretty good too...some of the other cover versions don't come off that great.

I found this blog entry over the album Come on placed here, I had heard previously that John Lennon recorded this with something to do with a line in Come Together and how it takes from Chuck Berry or something like that. Story isn't that important to me not being a fanatic of the fab four but this discusses it. I always thought it was an urban legend type deal.

[blog.fabfourfaq2.com]

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The inherent resemblance between “Come Together” and any number of Berry tunes did not escape Paul’s ever-alert ears. He gently steered John to less litigious waters by slowing the tempo, adding an electric piano lick that John described as “swampy,” and generally shaping an arrangement that John himself would declare “independent of Chuck Berry or anyone else on Earth.”

JL's R N R album, big image so I link it. [img12.nnm.ru]



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While I can't help but feeling some sympathy for this man (and especially his wife), the fact that he's singling out the Stones' "Promotional Album" as "the store's most valuable record" seems quite odd to me. Is this really worth "$6,000 to 10,000" as he states? Although I'm not a Stones collector, I don't think so. A stellar collectable and much sought-after item, sure, but if this one is the supposed stand-out "gem" of his entire inventory, I don't think there's much else of interest in there.

I agree. It's not even the rarest Rolling Stones record.

I'm not trying to bash the man, but here's some background info that may put things in a somewhat sobering perspective:

[captainwrong.blogspot.com]

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The story goes, DECCA was trying to give radio stations a promo record that highlighted songs that were not easily available to them. These songs were supposed to 'round out their 60s output, or something like that.

It consisted of tracks that weren't on Big Hits or Through The Past Darkly. Back in the long ago, when DJs actually spun vinyl on turntables, the idea was that between the two hits albums and the promotional album, radio stations could have all the Rolling Stones music they could ever possibly need on just three nifty disks. Saves shelf space.

That's the story! Thanks for filling in my mental gap!