BOB DYLAN HURRICANE ULTRA-RARE ORIG '76 WHITE LABEL PROMO-ONLY MONO/STEREO 45

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WE CURRENTLY HAVE  NEARLY 500  LISTED ITEMS

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·       BOB DYLAN – HURRICANE (mono) c/w HURRICANE (stereo) –  VERY RARE ORIGINAL 1975 COLUMBIA RECORDS PROMOTIONAL-ONLY MONO/STEREO 33rpm SINGLE 3-10245 (FULL 08:34 MINUTE VERSION, SAME TRACK ON BOTH SIDES; IN MONO ON ONE SIDE,  IN STEREO ON THE OTHER; THE DISC WAS RELEASED AS A 33 rpm AS FULL LENGTH VERSION WOULD NOT FIT ON A 45 rpm SINGLE)

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       This classic song was never commercially released in mono in the United States in any way, shape or format!

·       *** WHITE LABEL PROMO ***

·       SPECIAL TWO SIDED PROMOTIONAL SINGLE (SAME SONG ON BOTH SIDES) WITH ULTRA-RARE MONO VERSION OF THE SONG ON ONE SIDE – UNKNOWN TO EXIST ON ANY OTHER U.S. RELEASE  - AND REGULAR STEREO VERSION ON THE OTHER SIDE    

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       NO PICTURE SLEEVE WAS EVER MADE  FOR THIS TITLE (THE RECORD COMES IN STOCK, GENERIC, COLUMBIA BLACK STOCK INNER SLEVE WITH COMPANY'S LOGO).

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-2G/-2G'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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One of Dylan's most popular songs with the public at large, and more recently associated with the movie of the same name, "Hurricane" is a fantastic, whirlwind opening to Desire. The song was Dylan's first bona fide "protest song" since "George Jackson" five years earlier and was his most successful since the songs on The Times They Are A-Changin'. "Hurricane" follows the life of boxer Ruben Carter, who was falsely convicted of murder. Dylan visited Carter in jail during 1975 and was convinced by his supporters to write a song protesting the innocence of the fighter. The song he delivered is a lyrical tour de force; it opens with the sensational "Pistol shots ring out in a barroom night/Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall/She sees a bartender in a pool of blood/Cries out 'My God, they've killed them all!'," with Dylan spitting the lyrics out with genuine feeling. The rest of the song is a brilliant story, summarizing the events that led to Carter's imprisonment, and how he was essentially framed by the racist police force ("We want to pin this triple murder on him/He ain't no Gentlemen Jim"). The song is hugely persuasive, due to Dylan's storytelling prowess, and coupled with a wonderful violin part and a great engaging melody, it was one of Dylan's most successful records of the 1970s and is a major song in the artist's canon. Ani DiFranco has recorded a rather sterile version of the song, leaving out all the palpable rage of the original, although Dylan himself has not performed the song live since the Rolling Thunder Revue tour of 1976.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE SONG REVIEW BY THOMAS WARD, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

THE WHITE LABEL PROMO, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed to the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals": the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.

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·       CONDITION:

·       45-RPM SINGLE RECORD:

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted below, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the normal room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          PLEASE NOTE:  This - of course - is an ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

(c)           Mono/Stereo White Promo Label version of this title is much rarer that a regular, commercially released stereo version of this title. We estimate that stock copies of this album outnumber promo copies by a ratio of at least 100:1.

·       SLEEVE : The record comes in its original Columbia black sleeve  (not separately graded, but in VERY NICE  condition overlal

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