Now Playing… With ‘SOME GIRLS’ From THE STONES – Released 45 Years Ago Today
What’s on the stereo?
9 June 2023
THE ROLLING STONES released their 14th LP SOME GIRLS
45 years ago today, on 9 June 1978. It topped the US charts
and peaked at #2 in the UK.
It was the first with Ronnie Wood as a full-time Stone.
The album’s cover was designed by Grammy award-winning graphic designer Peter Corriston. Itd featured The Stones in garish drag alongside select female celebrities and lingerie ads. The cover immediately ran into trouble when Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minnelli (representing her mother Judy Garland), Raquel Welch, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe threatened legal action.
The album was quickly reissued 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 reconstruction”. The only celebrity whose face was not removed was ex-Beatle George Harrison.
Okay, enough info.
Let’s play the LP.
An watch afterward the singles’ videos.
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