Italy Italian 7" discography / The RSR - Warner years [1971-1977]

The Rolling Stones - Ain't Too Proud To Beg • Italy discography: The RSR - Warner years [1971-1977]Tumbling Dice signWarner Records were distributed by Ricordi in Italy until 1974, then WEA itself.

If the first three singles from the Rolling Stones Records catalogue 'Brown Sugar' [RS 19100], 'Tumbling Dice' [RS 19103] and 'Angie' [RS 19105] had similar picture covers to elsewhere, the last four were unique to Italy.

Also exclusive was a promo-only issue of 'Angie' c/w 'Cherry Oh Baby', a single in black & white picture cover given free with the A3-sized magazine 'Spettacoli & Societa' in May 1976 [+ an extra A4-sized promo sheet].

Promo white labels were issued for each single but the first three singles were coupled with other artists on the flip side - a habit that would pop up again and persist until the last Italian 7" in 1997. The latter were: 'Brown Sugar' [J.B. 12 & J.B. 19], 'Tumbling Dice' [J.B. 31 c/w Silver], 'Angie' [J.B. 41 - c/w Elton John's 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' and 'Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo' [J.B. 54 - c/w Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells'].

RSR / WEA information
# view cat. number rel. date titles a-side / b-side PS - record
34 RS 19100 15/04/71 Brown Sugar / Bitch  
35 RS 19103 11/04/72 Tumbling Dice / Sweet Black Angel 'tongue' sleeve
36 RS 19105 29/08/73 Angie / Silver Train  
37 RS 19109 28/01/74 Doo Doo Doo... (Heartbreaker) / Dancing w/ Mr D.  
38-a JB RS 19301 25/10/74 It's Only Rock'n'Roll / Through The Lonely Nights promo w. labels - CS
38-b JB RS 19301 25/10/74 It's Only Rock'n'Roll / Through The Lonely Nights wlp - mislabeled - CS
38-c RS 19301 25/10/74 It's Only Rock'n'Roll / Through The Lonely Nights  
39-a RS 19116 20/12/74 Ain't Too Proud To Beg / Dance Little Sister promo white labels « C »
39-b RS 19116 20/12/74 Ain't Too Proud To Beg / Dance Little Sister promo white labels « G »
39-c RS 19116 20/12/74 Ain't Too Proud To Beg / Dance Little Sister  
40 PROMO 006 21/04/76 Angie / Cherry Oh Baby promo-only PS
41-a J.B. 19121 04/76 Fool To Cry / Crazy Mama promo-only - no PS
41-b W 19121 04/76 Fool To Cry / Crazy Mama  


The Rolling Stones - Angie - promo PS 1976 • Italy discography: The RSR - Warner years [1971-1977]
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From the beginning of the 70s, the 'S.I.A.E' [authors society] red stamp was a mandatory mention on all Italian labels, promo or not.
The Rolling Stones - Ain't Too Proud To Beg - promo labels • Italy discography: The RSR - Warner years [1971-1977]
The 3 covers issued in 1974 used unique 'live' shots - same picture on both sides - and got very desirable over the years.
Except for the second one though, the famous tongue logo mistakenly appeared in mirror on these artworks.

Italians indeed opted for 'Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)' [RS 19109] as the second single from 'Goats Head Soup' rather than 'Star Star' - out in France or Germany.

For some reason, 'It's Only Rock'n'Roll' [RS 19301] bore the US number instead of 'RS 19114', the UK one.

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The picture sleeve for 'Fool To Cry' [W 19121], in April 1976, remains one of the few exclusive picture sleeve made for this single worldwide.

The Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry • Italy discography: The RSR - Warner years [1971-1977]