In the book 'The Great Illustrated British Rolling Stones Discography 1963-2013' by Julian Hardiman & Christoph Maus, page 156, you can see the 1972 UK Promo 7" Tumbling Dice. I have never seen other pictures of this rare item...until now. Just recently I've been in contact with the high-end Stones collector known as TaurocTony and he says it's so rare that no one in the know dares to guess on a fair and realistic asking price on this item. TaurocTonys copy of the 7" is not the one illustrated in the book. The holy grail Of UK 7" Stones records?
Looking at TaurocTonys copy it appears it's a label pasted over a test pressing. While not common test pressings have been used as promo copies before, usually to get the song 'out there' to select radio stations before promo copies are made.
The copy your friend has actually looks exactly like the one in the book. Look closely, the tiny dot on the right (under the tongue logo) and the handwritten text under the dice seems to be equal. Have to correct my self, the little dot is on a slightly different place, but still very similar. And the handwriting still looks (almost) equal.
Are there differences in the promo/commercial mono 45 mix and this particular rare promo 45 mix? If there are differences, can someone divulge what they are? Thanks!
The Matrixes for the SAM 3 45 are: Matrix / Runout (A Side) SAM 3 A1 Matrix / Runout (B Side) SAM 3 B1 The Matrixes for the SAM 4 45 are: Matrix / Runout (A Side) SAM 4 A1 Matrix / Runout (B Side) SAM 4 B1
I have this promo of the mono/stereo "Tumbling Dice" The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice , but I assumed the mono mix was just a "fold-down" of the stereo mix, like hundreds of other promos.