Run DMC ‘Raising Hell’ Cassette Tape
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Run-DMC's "Raising Hell" on cassette, original Profile Records pressing from 1986. This is the physical format that moved the album into American living rooms, car decks, and boomboxes before CD penetration caught up to hip-hop's momentum. Third studio album. The one that crossed over without selling out.
"Raising Hell" dropped in May 1986 and went platinum four times over. It peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, which was not a hip-hop chart number at the time. That was a pop number, a rock number. "Walk This Way" with Aerosmith did the heavy lifting in mainstream radio rotation, but the album held because every other track held: "My Adidas," "Peter Piper," "It's Tricky," "You Be Illin'." Rick Rubin co-produced the full record alongside Russell Simmons, and the sound was harder and drier than anything the pop crossover format usually allowed. Profile Records was an independent out of New York, and this cassette carried their label on the spine. By 1986 the label had already broken "It's Like That" and "Rock Box," but "Raising Hell" was the proof that hip-hop could sustain an album cycle the way rock acts did. Def Jam was building the same argument on the other side of New York, but Profile's Run-DMC got there first on the charts.
The album that moved hip-hop out of the clubs and onto MTV, into arenas, into history.
The cassette itself is the artifact most people actually owned. Not the vinyl, not the CD. The tape. Shell condition and label print quality vary by pressing run and storage history, so check the shell corners for stress cracks and the label surface for water lift or ink fade. The shell should show the Profile Records catalog number clearly on both sides. Pop the door and check the tape window: the ribbon should sit flat with no slack or crinkling at the guides. If it plays clean from the first few seconds of "Peter Piper," the heads are happy. Rewind fully before long-term storage.
OWNER VERIFY: Confirm pressing date and Profile Records catalog number against the spine and label print. Early 1986 pressings versus later reissue runs carry different catalog suffixes.
The album that moved hip-hop out of the clubs and onto MTV, into arenas, into history.
Collectors Cabinet
The collectors cabinet at the shop holds whatever did not fit the racks. Magazines, posters, programs, DVDs, promotional odds, miscellanea from 80s that earned its own shelf. Everything here is a single unit, inspected in Las Vegas before listing. If a piece cannot be graded against the in-house scale, it gets a written condition note in the spec sheet below.
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Inspected in Las Vegas on June 2026. Each piece is a single unit, sold as inspected.
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This run dmc ‘raising hell’ cassette tape originates from the 80s era[01], represents Profile Records[02]'s output, . Each piece in the shop is a single unit, inspected by hand in Las Vegas before listing. The data manifest to the right records the fields on file for this lot; where a field is empty it has been omitted rather than guessed.
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- VENDOR
- Profile Records
- ERA
- 80s
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