Tuesday, May 7, 2013

The spanish promo singles

There is a handful of promo singles from Spain. The first one is a four track promo EP that was released in 1978 to promote for acts on Sire records, Talking Heads, Flamin Groovies, Dead Boys and the Ramones. The next promo is the Rock'n'Roll Radio 7" from 1980. The promo version was issued in the same picture sleeve as the stock version but there are also copies in a Hispavox promo company sleeve.
Later on Ariola released white label promos of two singles, Howling At The Moon and Something To Believe In.
Here are the spanish promo 45's:





Songs: Talking Heads: Take Mer To The River, Ramones: Don't Come Close, Flamin' Groovies: Feel A Whole Lot Better, Dead Boys: 3rd Generation Nation
Number: Sire CP 319
Year: 1978
Country: Spain
Notes: Promo only-EP on 33 rpm 

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Songs: Do You Remember Rock'n'roll Radio?/Let's go
Number: Sire 45-2003
Year: 1980
Country: Spain
Notes: Promo, some copies in PS, others i promo-company sleeve. 


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Songs: Ramones: She's A Sensation, Pretenders: Message Of Love
Number: Hispavox CP-385
Year: 1981
Country: Spain
Notes: Promo, onesided flexi.

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Songs: Howling At The Moon/Wart Hog
Number: Ariola A-107.136
Year: 1985
Country: Spain
Notes: WL Promo.

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Songs: Something To Believe In/Somebody Put Something In My Drink
Number: Ariola A-108.387
Year: 1986
Country: Spain
Notes: WL Promo.



Friday, May 3, 2013

Howling At The Moon – and the rest

I have been searching for this single for a long time before I suddenly found it, the italian Howling At The Moon. It's a promo-only release on RCA records and it marks the end of the vinyl single era in Italy, at least when it comes to the Ramones.
RCA did the distribution in Italy right from the start, in 1977, and most of the italian Ramones releases have a white label promo version. Here is the complete list of 45's pressed in Italy:




Songs: Howling At The Moon/Chasing The Night
Number: RCA PB 6811
Year: 1985
Country: Italy
Notes: Promo only
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Songs: Baby I Love You/Do You Remember Rock'n'roll Radio?
Number: Sire SRE 1012
Year: 1980
Country: Italy
Notes: Two versions, stock copy and white label promo. Both came in the same PS.

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Songs: Ramones: Baby I Love You/Decibel: Contessa
Number: Sire JPB 6412
Year: 1980
Country: Italy
Notes: Juke-box single. 

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Songs: Ramones: Baby I Love You/Decibel: Contessa
Number: Sire JPB 6412
Year: 1980
Country: Italy
Notes: Same as above with a disputed "semi-legitimate" sleeve. Read more here. Watch out for fakes!

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Songs: Ramones: Needles & Pins/She's The One
Number: Sire SRE 1009
Year: 1978
Country: Italy
Notes: Distributed in the italian RCA company sleeve. A few copies have the DJ-sleeve but watch out for fakes!

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Songs: Do You Wanna Dance?/Rockaway Beach
Number: Sire SRE 1008
Year: 1978
Country: Italy
Notes: Two versions, stock copy and white label promo. Both came in the same PS.

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Name: Disco Refrain – Punk Collection
Number: RCA PF 6204
Year: 1978
Country: Italy
Notes: Promo EP with short versions of 8 songs, among them Rockaway Beach & Cretin Hop. It's most likely that this EP was distributed together with  this songbook:



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Songs: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker/I Don't Care
Number: Sire SAA 746
Year: 1977
Country: Italy
Notes: Two versions, stock copy and white label promo. Both came in the same PS.

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Songs: Glad To See You Go/Babysitter//California Sun/I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You (live)
Number: Sire SAA 734
Year: 1977
Country: Italy
Notes: Two versions, stock copy and white label promo. Both came in the same PS. Read more about this release here.



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