The Rolling Stones "Some Girls" CUN 39108 censored inner/cover 1978 A5/B7 Red

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The Rolling Stones ? "Some Girls"  Rolling Stones Records ?CUN 39108 Vinyl, LP, issued in a "Cover Under Reconstruction" inner sleeve in 1978. This was housed in a green-yellow-blue-red outer sleeve, without peep-holes and with hand-drawn sketches. "Some Girls" is typed in red on the front cover.
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in great condition. The sleeve, which has no cut-outs, shows minimal signs of wear and is also in great shape. The spine is intact and completely legible. The censored inner sleeve, similarly, shows minimal signs of wear and is also in great condition. Matrix/Runout Side 1 : CUN 39108 A-5U STERLING (and etched: TJ CUN 39108 5 A) Matrix/Runout Side 2 : CUN 39108 B-7-1-1-1
"Some Girls" is the Rolling Stones' 14th British and 16th American studio album, released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records. It reached number one on the Billboard 200 album chart, and became the band's top selling album in the United States. It was a major critical success, becoming the only Rolling Stones album to be nominated for a Grammy in the Album of the Year category. Many reviewers called it a classic return to form and their best album since 1972's "Exile on Main St".
By 1976, the Rolling Stones' popularity was in decline as the charts were dominated by disco music and newer bands such as Aerosmith and Kiss. In the UK, the punk rock movement was a rising force and made most artists connected with the 1960s era seem obsolete. The group had also failed to produce a critically acclaimed album since 1972's "Exile On Main St".
At least as important for the band's re-invigoration was the addition of Ronnie Wood to the line-up, as "Some Girls" was the first album recorded with him as a full member. His guitar playing style meshed with that of Keith Richards, and slide guitar playing would become one of the band's hallmarks. His unconventional uses of the instrument featured prominently on "Some Girls" and he contributed to the writing process. In addition, Jagger, who had learned to play guitar over the previous decade, contributed a third guitar part to many songs. This gave songs like "Respectable" a three-guitar line-up.
Jagger is generally regarded as the principal creative force behind "Some Girls". Richards was in legal trouble for much of 1977, which resulted in the band being inactive on the touring circuit during that year, except for two shows in Canada during the spring for the live album "Love You Live". He was able to attend the recording sessions for the album.
The album cover for "Some Girls" was conceived and designed by Peter Corriston, who would design the next three album covers, with Illustrations by Hubert Kretzschmar. An elaborate die-cut design, with the colours on the sleeves varying in different markets, it featured the Rolling Stones' faces alongside those of select female celebrities inserted into a copy of an old Valmor Products Corporation advertisement. The cover design was challenged legally when Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minnelli (representing her mother Judy Garland), Raquel Welch, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe threatened to sue for the use of their likenesses without permission. Similarly, Valmor did take legal action and were given a monetary award for the use of their design.
The album was quickly re-issued with a redesigned cover that removed all the celebrities, whether they had complained or not. The celebrity images were replaced with black and punk style garish colours with the phrase Pardon our appearance - cover under re-construction. Jagger later apologised to Minnelli when he encountered her during a party at the famous discothèque Studio 54. The only celebrity whose face was not removed was ex-Beatle George Harrison. As with the original design, the colour schemes on the redesigned sleeves varied in different markets. 
In May 1978, the first single from the album, "Miss You", a prowling, moody number built on a stripped-down disco beat and bluesy pop harmonies, was released to very strong response, garnering the Rolling Stones their last US #1 hit and reaching #3 in the UK. "Some Girls" appeared in June to a very welcoming audience, reaching #1 in the US and #2 in the UK, becoming their biggest-selling studio album in the process with over 11 million copies sold worldwide. "Beast of Burden", was released as second single in the US and it reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Respectable" (in the UK) and "Shattered" (in the US) would follow as the next singles, both becoming Top 40 hits as well.[2]
The Stones embarked on their summer US Tour 1978 in support of the album, which for the first time saw them mount several small venue shows, sometimes under a pseudonym. This was shorter and less ambitious than previous Stones tours, with only 26 shows performed over one and a half months, all of them in the US.
In 2003 "Some Girls" was ranked number 269 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.