45 RPMs

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This is one of the very few pages of my museum devoted to the pure collectability of Rock and Roll memorabilia, and is not autographed. Picture sleeves and picture disc’s are huge collectables, especially the many European and Japanese versions. Since the “45rpm” is almost another item of memorabilia that is a thing of the past, the scarcity and collectability increases with each passing year as finding 45rpm picture sleeves (especially in any decent condition), continues to get harder and tougher as time goes by.
   


The Beatles 45rpm’s of
“Got To Get You Into My Life”
and “Love Me Do”

The Beatles 45rpm’s picture sleeve of
“No Reply/Baby’s In Black” and picture disc of “Get Back/Don’t Let Me Down”

The Beatles 45rpm’s picture sleeve of a
medley of movie songs and picture disc of
“Hey Jude”

 The Beatles 45rpm picture sleeves of
“A Hard Days Night” and “Paperback Writer
The Beatles 45rpm picture sleeves of
“Strawberry Fields Forever” with the flip side of “Penny Lane”, and “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band”		 Paul McCartney and Wings 45rpm picture
sleeve of “Venus And Mars/Rock Show” (the single version) and Paul McCartney’s “So Bad”
Japanese 45rpm of Heartache Tonight and
Spanish 45rpm of Hotel California 		U.S. versions of the 45rpm’s of
One Of These Nights (4 song double sided rpm) and Witchy Woman
U.S. 45rpm’s of The Long Run
and Spanish 45rpm version of Hotel California		 Japanese 45rpm versions of I Can’t Tell
You Why and Heartache Tonight
Russian clear thin plastic 45rpm of The
Eagles’ Hotel California		 U.S. 45rpm versions of New Kid In Town
and Already Gone
U.S. and French (white vinyl) 45rpm
picture sleeve of the Eagles
“Please Come Home For Christmas”		 The Eagles 45rpm picture sleeve singles
of a Japanese version of “Hotel California” and a Spanish picture sleeve of
“One Of The Nights”
U.S. picture sleeve 45rpm’s of the Eagles
“New Kid In Town” and “Tequila Sunrise”		 U.S. 45rpm picture sleeve of the Eagles
“Take It To The Limit” and a Spanish picture sleeve of “Hotel California”
U.S. picture sleeve 45rpm versions of
“Life In The Fast Lane” and
“Peaceful Easy Feeling”		 Spanish 45rpm picture sleeve of “One Of
These Nights” and the U.S. version of the same
Eagles 45rpm picture sleeves of “Victim
Of Love” and “”Take It Easy”		 Eagles Japanese 45rpm picture sleeves of
“Hotel California” and “One Of These Nights”
Eagles 45 rpm picture sleeve of
“Seven Bridges Road” and Japanese picture sleeve of “I Can’t Tell You Why”		 Eagles 45 rpm Japanese picture sleeve of
“Hotel California”, the live version, and the U.S.
picture sleeve of “The Sad Cafe”
Eagles 45 rpm picture sleeve of “Lyin’
Eyes”, and the picture sleeve of
“One Of These Nights”		 Eagles U.S. and Spanish 45 rpm picture
sleeve of “Best Of My Love/James Dean”
Eagles live 45rpm picture sleeve of “Take
It Easy” and from The Long Run LP,
“Heartache Tonight”		 Eagles U.S. and Japanese 45rpm picture
sleeve of “The Long Run”
Eagles U.S. 45rpm picture sleeve of
“The Long Run” and the live Japanese picture sleeve version of “Take It To The Limit”		 Eagles U.S. 45rpm pressing of
“Take It To The Limit” and a Japanese pressing of “Hotel California”
U.S. 45rpm picture sleeves of “I Can’t Tell You Why” and the live version of “Take It To The Limit”. They used a photo on the TITTL 45 from The Long Run tour (with Schmit pictured), yet the song here and on the LP was recorded with Randy Meisner on the Hotel California tour. OOOOOopss! French 45rpm picture sleeve of “One Of
These Nights” and a U.S. version of “Sad Cafe” with “Those Shoes” U.S. pressings of the Eagles 45rpm’s
Peaceful Easy Feeling and Heartache Tonight 		Best of the Eagles 4 song 45rpm of Hotel
California/Take It Easy/One Of These Nights/New Kid In Town and a Spanish picture sleeve of Already Gone U.S. versions of the 45rpm picture
sleeves of “The Greeks Don’t Want No Freaks” and “One Of These Nights Eagles 45rpm picture sleeves of “Take It To The Limit” and “One Of The Nights”. As I started to collect, I found many Eagles 45rpm picture sleeves, both foreign and domestic. I have over 65+ sleeves; I never thought the Eagles had so many!
The Rolling Stones 45rpm U.S. pressings
of Respectable and She Was Hot		 The Rolling Stones 45rpms of
Paint it Black and Harlem Shuffle
The Rolling Stones 45rpm U.S. pressings
of Time Is On My Side and Shattered		 The Rolling Stones 45rpm U.S. pressings
of One Hit To The Body and Shattered
The Rolling Stones 45rpm U.S. pressings
of Angie		 The Rolling Stones 45rpm U.S. pressings
of Going To A Go-Go and
Undercover Of The Night
The Rolling Stones 45rpm U.S. pressings
of Waiting On A Friend and Miss You The Grateful Dead’s 45rpm versions of
Touch Of Grey and Alabama Getaway		 The Knack’s 45rpm of My Sharona
“Gallows Pole” from Jimmy Page & Robert
Plant, and the classic “Trampled Under Foot” by Led Zeppelin, 45rpm picture sleeves		 Robert Plant’s “Heaven Knows” and the
very beautiful “Sea Of Love”
45rpm picture discs
Led Zeppelin Japanese 45rpm Led Zeppelin’s “Fool In The Rain” and the
Japanese 45rpm single of “Immigrant Song” with the always popular
“Hey Hey What Can I Do” as the flip side
Robert Plant’s “Rocking At Midnight” and
my very personal solo favorite “Burning Down One Side” 45rpm picture discs		 Robert Plant’s beautiful and poetic “29
Palms” and my very personal live song (in concert) favorite “In The Mood”
45rpm picture discs
Robert Plant’s 45rpm picture sleeve
singles of “Big Log” and “Little By Little”		 Pink Floyd’s post Roger Waters era 45rpm
picture sleeve singles of “High Hopes”
and “Take It Back
Pink Floyd’s 45rpm picture sleeve of
“Another Brick In The Wall” and the Roger Waters version on the same song from his
Live In Berlin concert		 Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters-less 45rpm
singles of “On The Turning Away” and
“Learning To Fly”.

Both singles were released from the 1987 LP,
“A Momentary Lapse Of Reason”
Pink Floyd’s picture sleeve 45rpm of “Not
Now John” and “Run Like Hell”		 Pink Floyd’s picture sleeve 45rpm of
“When The Tigers Broke Free” and a Japanese version of “One Of These Days”
Pink Floyd’s picture sleeve 45rpm of
“Have A Cigar” with the flip side of a much shortened version of
“Shine On You Crazy Diamond”
and “Young Lust”		 The Who – “You Better You Bet” and
“Long Live Rock” 45rpm’s picture sleeves
The Who – 45rpm’s of Tommy and Athena The Go-Go’s 45rpm’s of Head Over Heels
and We Got The Beat
The Pretenders 45rpm of Louie Louie

 

 The Pretenders 45rpm of Show Me
and Middle of the Road
The Pretenders Brass In Pocket
and Day After Day 45rpm singles		 Bruce Springsteen – UK 45rpm of Glory
Days and the flip side of Stand On It. Also, the UK pressing of Murder Incorporated and a live version of Because The Night
U.S. version of My Hometown, and the
flipside of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, recorded live on December 12, 1975
at C.W. Post College (Greenvale, NY).
Along with the 45rpm of Brilliant Disguise
and the flip side of Lucky Man		 Live 45rpm version of WAR and the flip
side of Merry Christmas Baby. Also, the 45rpm version of Glory Days and the b-side, non LP single of Stand On It
Studio and the b-sided live version of
Tougher Than The Rest. Also is the 45rpm version of My Hometown and Santa Claus Is Coming To Town		 VERY RARE one sided single (only) of the
Japanese 45rpm pressing of Brilliant Disguise. Also the Japanese 45rpm pressing of Dancing In The Dark and the flipside of Pink Cadillac
Dutch 45rpm of Better Days and a live
version of Tougher Than The Rest, as the b-side recorded April 27, 1988
at the L.A. Sports Arena		 Dutch 45rpm pressing of Spare Parts with
the flip side being a live version of the same song.  Also, a picture disc double sided interview 45rpm

THIS IS A VERY RARE FIND !

Japanese gatefold 45 rpm version of
“Janey Don’t You Loose Heart and
“I’m Going Down”. Included,
besides the lyrics to both songs,
are a few of the European and U.S.
tour dates for the months of June – August
of 1985, and some promo postcards.


The autograph on the back is a printed copy of Bruce’s signature AND NOT a real signature like many found in my collection. However, this printed signature illustrates how Bruce’s autograph looked in the mid 1980’s. This is yet another of the many extra’s, b-sides and 12″ singles that came out from the Born In The USA sessions; 12 songs on the official LP, and about another 8 released as extra’s.
 
 Double sided U.S. version of Cover Me
marked “Demonstration-Not For Sale”, and the U.K version with the Tom Waits classic, Jersey Girl, as the flip side – recorded live
July 9, 1981 at the Meadowlands. Also the 45rpm One Step Up and it’s b-side, Roulette.

Spanish 45rpm of Ella Es La Que Quiero
and Enfrentamiento En La Decima Avenida (aka She’s The One and 10th Avenue Freeze Out) and the Dutch 45rpm version of
Fire and For You
Japanese 45rpm of Born To Run and
Badlands and the Spanish 45 rpm version of Sherry Darling and Be True		 UK 45 rpm version of The River and
Independence Day and the French 45rpm version of Cadillac Ranch and Be True
U.K. version of Born To Run c/w Meeting
Across The River and the U.S. version of Fade Away with one of my favorite b-sides, Be True. 		I Wanna Mary You/Be True
Also the Japanese version of Badlands
and Streets Of Fire
Of ALL the photographs ever taken of Bruce Springsteen, this is by far my favorite. This photo, to me, is a James Dean style of a moment in time. On the cover of the U.S. version of Hungry Heart and Held Up Without A Gun is the essential of all classic photos of this rock and roll icon. Also the Italian 45rpm version of Prove It All Night and Factory Spanish 45rpm of Badlands c/w Streets Of
Fire and Spanish 45rpm of Born To Run
c/w Meeting Across The River
Spanish 45rpm of Born In The USA c/w Shut
Out The Light and Spanish 45rpm of
Dancing In The Dark c/w Pink Cadillac		 Spanish 45rpm of Atlantic City c/w
Mansion On The Hill and German 45rpm of Prove It All Night c/w Factory
Taken from the LP, “In Harmony 2”,
is the 1981 45rpm version of the 1978 live recording of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town and the U.S. version of Tunnel Of Love c/w Two For The Road		 Spanish version of La Luz Ciega Mis Ojos
c/w Espiritu En La Noche (also known as
Blinded By The Light c/w Spirit In The Night)
and Japanese version of Glory Days
c/w Stand On It
U.S. studio version of Cover Me c/w
Jersey Girl and the U.K. version of Born To Run c/w Johnny 99, both of which were recorded live at Giants Stadium
August 19, 1985		 Japanese version of I’m On Fire
c/w Johnny Bye Bye and I’m Going Down
c/w Janey, Don’t You Loose Heart
JUST FOR FUN
RCA Victor’s 1949 Preview of the World’s First 45 rpm
Records

 

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