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Live at the Apollo Raw Vocal Commercials

Live at the Apollo Raw Vocal Commercials

Run‐D.M.C. · 1986
Recording

Recorded around the Raising Hell promotional cycle, the track preserves raw spoken vocal material connected to Run DMCs Apollo Theater appearances and radio advertising. It was issued as a bonus track on the 2005 expanded edition of Raising Hell. The track mattered as archival material rather than as a commercial single. Its release added period promotion and live performance context to the expanded edition of one of Run DMCs central albums. The recording remains a catalogue document for collectors studying Run DMCs mid 1980s promotion and stage reputation. Its main value is as bonus material attached to the expanded Raising Hell reissue.

ArtistRun‐D.M.C.
Year1986
GenreClassic Hip Hop
LabelArista Legacy
ProducersRick Rubin · Russell Simmons · Jason Mizell · Joseph Simmons
How curators tag this
Classic Hip Hop100%
Sound check
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