Run DMC - buy Raising Hell (1986) Vinyl LP - IMPORT - Walk This Way

Sleeve: Excellent (EX)
Record: Near Mint (NM or M-)

CONDITION DETAILS
Import from Netherlands. Made In Holland. Vinyl plays nicely; a few light hairlines (play-graded). Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; very light-scuffing and surface impressions (front/back); discoloration spot near center-right on back. Inner-sleeve is original (white). Spine is easy-to-read with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; some wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use. Purple cover. (Not a cut-out.)

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Catalog Number: 828-018-1 (London Records)

Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop
Styles: 1980s, Old School, Pop Rap

TRACK LISTING
Peter Piper
It's Tricky
My Adidas
Walk This Way (feat. Aerosmith)
Is It Live
Perfection
Hit It Run
Raising Hell
You Be Illin'
Dumb Girl
Son Of Byford
Proud To Be Black

ABOUT THE RECORD
"Raising Hell," by Run DMC, was produced by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin. "Raising Hell" became the first Platinum and multi-Platinum hip hop record. The album was first certified as Platinum on July 15, 1986, before it was certified as 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 24, 1987. "Raising Hell" peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart making it the first hip hop record reach atop the latter. The album features four hit singles: "My Adidas," "Walk This Way," "You Be Illin'" and "It's Tricky." "Walk This Way" is the group's buy most famous single, being a groundbreaking rap rock version of Aerosmith's 1975 song "Walk This Way." It is considered to be the first rap rock collaboration that also brought hip-hop into the mainstream and was the first song by a hip hop act to reach the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100. "Raising Hell" has been ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 1987, it was nominated for a Grammy Award, making Run DMC the first hip hop act to receive a nomination. In the same year for this album Run-D.M.C. was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album at the 1987 Soul Train Music Awards. In 2018, it was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant". The album was reissued by Arista Records in 1999 and 2003. An expanded and remastered edition was released in 2005 and contained 5 previously unreleased songs. Selling more than three million copies, "Raising Hell" is credited with heralding the golden age of hip hop as well as hip hop's album era, helping the genre achieve an unprecedented level of recognition among critics.

Portions of our "About the Record" section are taken from information gathered from Wikipedia and AllMusic.