Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
Singles & EPs

Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone

The Temptations

Original Year

1972

Tracks

2

Duration

11:47

Releases

61

Available Releases

61 releases
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Vinyl(61)

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (Vocal)

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Gordy

calendar_today1972United StatesUnited States
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Santa Maria Pressing

℗1972 Motown Record Corporation ©1972 Stone Diamond Music Corporation (BMI)

Cat#: G 7121F

Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972FranceFrance
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

Cat#: 2C 006-93.908 · 2C 006-93908 · 2C006-93908

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Motown

calendar_today1972JapanJapan
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Manufactured by Victor Musical Industries, Inc. from a master owned by Motown Record Corp., USA.

Cat#: JET-2158 · MOT-1145

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972MexicoMexico
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

Red and yellow labels Generic brand cover

Cat#: 7247

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Gordy

calendar_today1972United StatesUnited States
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Manufacturing Variation

Runouts are etched. In Album G 962L "All Directions" printed on labels. Same B side label on both sides..

Cat#: G-7121F

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Gordy

calendar_today1972United StatesUnited States
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

Cat#: G 7121F

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972JamaicaJamaica
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

Cat#: G 7121F

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Gordy

calendar_today1972United StatesUnited States
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

Silver ink version of Papa Was A Rollin' Stone with longer matrices info.

Cat#: G 7121F

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972NigeriaNigeria
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Made in Nigeria

Cat#: TMG 839

Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972SingaporeSingapore
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

Singapore pressing by EMI Singapore Label variation with blue background Matrices are hand etched in runouts

Cat#: TMG 20010

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Gordy

calendar_today1972United StatesUnited States
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

Runouts are etched. In Album G 962L "All Directions" printed on labels. Version previously posted with label manufacturing error found here Papa Was A Rollin' Stone.

Cat#: G-7121F

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Gordy

calendar_today1972United StatesUnited States
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

Misprint: A-side label appears both on front and back. When played, vocal track is on side A and instrumental track is on side B as it should be based on the matrix runout. This release's label has text in black. Other mono releases sh...

Cat#: G 7121F

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Gordy

calendar_today1972United StatesUnited States
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

©1971 Stone Diamond Music Corporation (P) 1972 Motown Records Corp.

Cat#: G 7121F

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Gordy

calendar_today1972United StatesUnited States
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

Cat#: G 7121F

Papa Fue Un Rolling Stone (Papa Was A Rolling Stone)

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972VenezuelaVenezuela
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Cat#: 45-13.315

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Gordy

calendar_today1972United StatesUnited States
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

Label variation.

Cat#: G 7121F

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972NetherlandsNetherlands
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Pink sleeve

Vervaardigd in licentie door N.V. Bovema, Heemstede, Holland

Cat#: 5C 006-93 908 · 5C 006-93908

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Gordy

calendar_today1972United StatesUnited States
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks
Santa Maria Pressing

In Album "All Directions" G 962L Label variation with no reference to stereo on label and song title on one line.

Cat#: G 7121F

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972GreeceGreece
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

Made in Greece. Taken from the Lp "All Directions".

Cat#: GTM 177

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972South AfricaSouth Africa
music_note1x 7" Vinyl·2 tracks

Cat#: TMS 391

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972AngolaAngola
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On labels: SPEED 45 TMS 391A Laetrec M. (P) 1972 Tamla Motown Corp. On the labels, the tracks are written in all caps, and track A is only written " PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' ", missing the "Stone", which is indeed present on the s...

Cat#: TMS 391

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972AustraliaAustralia
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Single Sided 7" 45 RPM "A" label "Edited version for Radio Use Only" 3' 04" matrix runout also hand etched "Special edited version"

Cat#: TMO-10033

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972New ZealandNew Zealand
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Cat#: TMM.843

Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone

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Tamla Motown

calendar_today1972SingaporeSingapore
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Singapore pressing by EMI Singapore Matrices are hand etched in runouts

Cat#: TMG 20010