is the number of different Rolling Stones vinyl 7"s* issued worldwide, as of Friday 6 December 2013.
* 1726 releases + 2427 variations.
You can't judge a cover by looking at its number!
A colorized picture sleeve from 1964 for the UK export single 'Tell Me' in Holland!
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A nice independent and recent initiative is 'Discografia Portuguesa A 45 RPM', a 100% Portuguese 7"x7" book by Abel Rosa, Jorge Nogueira and Pedro Freitas Branco on the local Stones 7" discography. Read more / order here.
The Rolling Stones collectors cave is a great forum dedicated to collecting the band's vinyl and memorabilia. Run by Oz thorough collectors Peter Hinds and Rob Macafferty.
"República Stone" is a nice book in Spanish language written by Diego Perri, published in May 2013. A chronicle of adventures of an Argentinian fan who traveled around the world until meeting his favorite band - read here.
What the fake!? New technos enable one to manufacture fantasy sleeves which unfortunately often find their way on Ebay or other sites and fool amateurs. This page will help you identifying what's real and what's not.
Stones7.com is a site strictly dedicated to the band's 7" singles and EPs worldwide from 1963 to nowadays. Nearly daily updated, it has been the most serious and complete reference in this field since its creation in 2000. More about it here.
Visitors can discover and browse freely parts of this site, including
one country's discography every new week [currently 'Poland'] and the single of the day [currently 'She's A Rainbow' - actually picked according to its release date].
For a little annual fee, members only have full access to all countries discographies, song by song browsing, price guide, and in-depth datas.
The Rolling Stones British third 7" EP Got Live If You Want It! was reissued in mono for the Record Store Day [November 28, 2013] in the US.
'Doom And Gloom' was the last studio single by the band, recorded in Paris in summer 2012 and was released as a 10" on November 23, 2012.
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'She's A Rainbow' was released as a 7" single in the US on December 1, 1967, where it peaked at #25.
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, 'She's A Rainbow' was recorded on 18 May 1967. It is most famous for its vibrant piano by Nicky Hopkins, Brian Jones' use of the mellotron, and its rich lyricism by Jagger.
John Paul Jones, later of Led Zeppelin, arranged the strings of this song during his session days.
Despite rumours, none of the Beatles performs on this track. Backing vocals were by Jagger and Richards.
The lyrics in the chorus share the phrase "she comes in colours" with the song of that title by Love released in December 1966.
The song uses humorous devices including, towards the ending of the song, when the strings play out of tune and off key, during the instrumental introduction. Also, the rest of the Stones, are singing their 'La La's' like little children. Finally the song e... [+]
