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The ROLLING STONES – ” Bitch ” Extended Version

Posted: May 27, 2015 in MUSIC
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The Rolling Stones have been a band for more than half a century. So it’s safe to assume that we’ve seen and heard everything possible from them by now. However, in this era of goodie-filled album reissues, the idea of remastered versions of their catalog no doubt has fans salivating like Pavlov’s dog. Having already gifted the world with fantastic repackagings of Some Girls and Exile On Main St, the Stones are one-upping all that, with a brand new pressing of the iconic 1971 album Sticky Fingers (working zipper included). Amongst a handful of bonus tracks on the album is an alternate take of the classic “Bitch,” and this unused version sheds an entirely new light onto just how untouchable The Rolling Stones were in that era.

Recorded during the same sessions as the album version, this extended take is nearly double the length of the used track, but it has a much looser, blusier feeling – in a good way. You can feel a swampy steam coming off of the sound, and once you play this alternate take, the album version almost seems rushed and tight by comparison. Not to say the attack of the original isn’t something to love, but this secondary version is a must-hear experience for anyone that likes their rock hard and loud.

In some ways, the extended take sounds like a band who know they’re at the top of their power, just jamming a song out in its entirety, and giving in completely to one of the most addictive grooves in history. You can almost feel the band grinning at one another as they dig in deeper, pushing the tension higher and higher. This allows the song to have more of a live, fiery feel to it, and the mix offers a much fuller and more robust sound than what you find on the original pressing.

The horns drive much of the energy on the extended take, and as their sound boils over, they seem to explode in different places, accentuating the slightly more experimental guitar lines found throughout. The way that the guitar rings across the first bridge on this take is nothing short of glorious, and for that moment alone, it leaves you wondering why this take wasn’t used.

The vocals are slightly further back in this mix, and you can almost feel Mick Jagger dancing around the microphone, digging on the mood and groove surrounding him. His singing seems more impassioned and raw, and it perfectly encapsulates the off-the-rails energy found from beginning to end on this take.

While this isn’t The Rolling Stones reinventing themselves, it gives a bit more insight into the unique style of country-fried, blues rock they had mastered in the early 70’s, and if the rest of the extras on the Sticky Fingers reissue are this good, it will be the must-buy reissue of the summer.

The Sticky Fingers reissue arrives on shelves June 9, but you can enjoy the alternate take of “Bitch” above

The Rolling Stones are reissuing their classic 1971 album Sticky Fingers on June 8th worldwide (June 9 in North America). It’s coming out, via Universal Music, in a variety of formats including a deluxe double-LP edition that recreates Andy Warhol’s original cover design complete with real zipper. There are also Deluxe and Super Deluxe box sets that include: the alternative version of the chart-topping single “Brown Sugar” featuring Eric Clapton; unreleased interpretations of “Bitch,” “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” and “Dead Flowers”; an acoustic take on “Wild Horses”, and five tracks recorded live at The Roundhouse in 1971 including “Honky Tonk Women” and “Midnight Rambler.” We’ve got the premiere of an extended, alternate version of “Bitch” which was recorded in 1970 at Mick Jagger’s country home, Stargroves. It features different horn lines than you may know from the original album version. You can stream that below.

The Super Deluxe edition also has a 120 page book with new liner notes and unseen photographs. It’s also got Get Yer Leeds Lungs Out!, a 13-track audio recording of the Stones’ gig in Leeds in March 1971, shortly before their “exile” in France began. The set included versions of the then-brand-new “Brown Sugar,” “Bitch” and “Dead Flowers.”

Pre-orders are available now. You can also get digital versions of the various editions, and if you pre-order the Deluxe edition on iTunes, you get instant downloads of the acoustic version of “Wild Horses.” Rundowns of the different new versions of Sticky Fingers are listed below.

 

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STICKY FINGERS FORMATS:

Original CD
Remastered album with 12 page booklet.

Brown Sugar
Sway
Wild Horses
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
You Gotta Move
Bitch
I Got The Blues
Sister Morphine
Dead Flowers
Moonlight Mile

Original LP
Remastered album on black heavyweight vinyl plus 12×12 insert.

SIDE A
Brown Sugar
Sway
Wild Horses
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
You Gotta Move

SIDE B
Bitch
I Got The Blues
Sister Morphine
Dead Flowers
Moonlight Mile

Deluxe 2CD
Remastered album plus bonus CD featuring previously unreleased alternate takes and live performances with 24 page booklet.

CD1
1. Brown Sugar
2. Sway
3. Wild Horses
4. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
5. You Gotta Move
6. Bitch
7. I Got The Blues
8. Sister Morphine
9. Dead Flowers
10. Moonlight Mile

CD2
1. Brown Sugar (Alternate Version with Eric Clapton)
2. Wild Horses (Acoustic Version)
3. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (Alternate Version)
4. Bitch (Extended Version)
5. Dead Flowers (Alternate Version)
6. Live With Me (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
7. Stray Cat Blues (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
8. Love In Vain (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
9. Midnight Rambler (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
10. Honky Tonk Women (Live The Roundhouse, 1971)

Deluxe Edition Boxset
Remastered album, bonus CD featuring previously unreleased alternate takes and live performances plus DVD with 2 tracks from ‘Live At The Marquee’.
All housed in a presentation box with 72 page hardback picture book and 4 postcard set.

CD1
01. Brown Sugar
02. Sway
03. Wild Horses
04. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
05. You Gotta Move
06. Bitch
07. I Got The Blues
08. Sister Morphine
09. Dead Flowers
10. Moonlight Mile
CD2
01. Brown Sugar (Alternate Version with Eric Clapton)
02. Wild Horses (Acoustic Version)
03. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (Alternate Version)
04. Bitch (Extended Version)
05. Dead Flowers (Alternate Version)
06. Live With Me (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
07. Stray Cat Blues (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
08. Love In Vain (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
09. Midnight Rambler (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
10. Honky Tonk Women (Live The Roundhouse, 1971)

DVD – LIVE AT THE MARQUEE, 1971
01. Midnight Rambler
02. Bitch
Super Deluxe Edition Boxset
Remastered album and bonus CD featuring previously unreleased alternate takes and live performances.
Plus ‘Get Yer Leeds Lungs Out’ CD, a DVD featuring 2 tracks from ‘Live At The Marquee’ and 7″ vinyl with Brown Sugar and Wild Horses.
All housed in a presentation box with hardback book complete with real zip.
Plus print, poster, 4 postcard set and mini replica of band cut out.
The carefully put together 120 page limited edition book recounts the making of this classic Stones album with an extensive essay by Nick Kent, embellished with previously unpublished images of the band and lavishly illustrated with metallic gold ink throughout.

CD1
01. Brown Sugar
02. Sway
03. Wild Horses
04. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
05. You Gotta Move
06. Bitch
07. I Got The Blues
08. Sister Morphine
09. Dead Flowers
10. Moonlight Mile

CD2
01. Brown Sugar (Alternate Version with Eric Clapton)
02. Wild Horses (Acoustic Version)
03. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (Alternate Version)
04. Bitch (Extended Version)
05. Dead Flowers (Alternate Version)
06. Live With Me (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
07. Stray Cat Blues (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
08. Love In Vain (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
09. Midnight Rambler (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
10. Honky Tonk Women (Live The Roundhouse, 1971)

CD3 – GET YER LEEDS LUNGS OUT
01. Jumpin Jack Flash (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
02. Live With Me (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
03. Dead Flowers (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
04. Stray Cat Blues (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
05. Love In Vain (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
06. Midnight Rambler (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
07. Bitch (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
08. Honky Tonk Women (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
09. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
10. Little Queenie (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
11. Brown Sugar (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
12. Street Fighting Man (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
13. Let It Rock (Live At Leeds University, 1971)
DVD – LIVE AT THE MARQUEE, 1971
01. Midnight Rambler
02. Bitch
Deluxe Double LP Set
Remastered album and bonus tracks featuring previously unreleased alternate takes and live performances on two black heavyweight vinyls’.
Housed in an outer wallet with real zip.

LP1 – SIDE A
01. Brown Sugar
02. Sway
03. Wild Horses
04. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
05. You Gotta Move

LP1 – SIDE B
01. Bitch
02. I Got The Blues
03. Sister Morphine
04. Dead Flowers
05. Moonlight Mile

LP2 – SIDE A
01. Brown Sugar (Alternate Version with Eric Clapton)
02. Wild Horses (Acoustic Version)
03. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (Alternate Version)
04. Bitch (Extended Version)
05. Dead Flowers (Alternate Version)

LP2 – SIDE B
01. Live With Me (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
02. Stray Cat Blues (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
03. Love In Vain (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)
04. Honky Tonk Women (Live At The Roundhouse, 1971)

Deluxe Double LP Set – Limited Edition Spanish Cover
Remastered album and bonus tracks featuring previously unreleased alternate takes and live performances on two black heavyweight vinyls.
Housed in an outer wallet with Spanish cover.

The ROLLING STONES – ” play STICKY FINGERS show in Los Angeles

Posted: May 23, 2015 in MUSIC
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Stones Play ‘Sticky Fingers’ In Full

The Rolling Stones performed the entire “Sticky Fingers” album in a surprise show last night (Wednesday) at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. The performance came just ahead of the band’s opening night this Sunday (24th) on the 15-city ‘ZIP CODE’ tour of North America, at Petco Park in San Diego, and the June 8/9 reissue of the classic 1971 album. Very few bands have a better opening number than “Start Me Up” and yet the Rolling Stones do not always open with it, which is probably why it sounds so great when they do. ‘When The Whip Comes Down’ and ‘All Down the Line’ follow in quick succession. What becomes clear very early is that Ronnie Wood is on fire, especially with his slide and blues feel for the songs. As the atmosphere builds it is time for what everyone in the audience is waiting for a classic album played in full “Sticky Fingers” in its entirety.

 

Fonda Theater
Now, given that the album opens with ‘Brown Sugar’ it would perhaps be foolish to play it at this point in the set. The Stones have always been masters in pacing a show and tonight was no exception. Mick later joked that they were playing the album in the running order of the original 8-track cartridge tape; they were not, but no one cared. They begin instead with ‘Sway’, a song that has only been performed live in the 21st century. It’s followed by ‘Dead Flowers’ which has been in and out of Stones set lists since 1970, and it was totally in the groove. While not played as often on tour as ‘Dead Flowers’, ‘Wild Horses’ has often been included in the set in recent times and it was another wonderful performance of a genuine Stones classic. It’s the subtle lighter songs like ‘Dead Flowers’ and ‘Wild Horses’ that take on epic proportions and the same can be said for ‘Sister Morphine’.

‘Sister Morphine’ debuted on the Bridges to Babylon tour but has not been played since and it was another highlight, a song that no other band could do justice to…light and shade is what the Stones are about these days, and this is the very embodiment of that notion. Even more so, their cover of Mississippi Fred McDowell’s ‘You Gotta Move’. With Keith on 12-string this is quintessential Rolling Stones, reminding everyone that it’s the blues from whence they came and if any band has earned the right to play the blues then it’s the Stones. It was stunning!

‘Bitch’ had Keith wringing every last ounce of magic from one of his most underrated riffs. It’s followed by yet another riff par excellence, ‘Can’t You Hear Me Knocking,’ which was improvised on the original recording and the Stones duly obliged again last night. ‘I Got the Blues’ was one of the ‘growers’ on “Sticky Fingers”, and in the context of last night’s gig this soul classic, redolent of Stax at its best, worked big time; it’s been called a hidden gem, and it is. The original album’s closer was ‘Moonlight Mile and it was the penultimate track of the Sticky Fingers section of the show and Mick captured the feeling of the original perfectly.

And then it was time for ‘Brown Sugar’, a song that has rarely been absent from a Stones’ live gig since it was recorded in December 1969 at Muscle Shoals. It is what the Stones are all about – riffs, brilliant lyrics, and the ability to conjure up atmosphere in a way that makes you think this is a relatively new song being played with all the enthusiasm that new songs seem to bring forth. The Rolling Stones are rock royalty, they are the greatest rock and roll band in the world, and last night they once again proved why – because you need to be passionate about what you do to be believable and no other band can conjure forth the mixture of passion laced with 50 years of experience like they can.

The encore has a few surprises with a doff of the hat to the late great BB King with ‘Rock Me Baby’ before finishing with ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ and a barnstorming ending to the night with Otis Redding’s ‘Can’t Turn Me Loose’.

Last night, the Rolling Stones played a special surprise show at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, with a one-time only set featuring the original “Sticky Fingers” album in its entirety with added  additional Rolling Stones hits.The intimate performance was a celebration of the June 9th re-issue of the “Sticky Fingers” album, one of the most revered albums in the band’s storied catalog, the 1971 classic features timeless tracks such as ‘Brown Sugar,’ ‘Wild Horses,’ ‘Bitch,’ ‘Sister Morphine’ and ‘Dead Flowers’. The Rolling Stones will kick off their 15-city North American ZIP CODE Tour at Petco Park in San Diego on Sunday, May 24.

SET LIST

Start Me Up,
When The Whip Comes Down,
All Down The Line,
Sway,
Dead Flowers,
Wild Horses,
Sister Morphine,
You Gotta Move,
Bitch,
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking,
I Got The Blues,
Moonlight Mile,
Brown Sugar,
ENCORE
Rock Me Baby,
Jumpin’ Jack Flash,
Can’t Turn You Loose.

Set list

The audience of just 750 for the LA show featured a stellar array of Stones fans and friends, including Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis, Harry Styles, Kesha, Andy Garcia, Dave Stewart, Joe Pesci, Ben Harper, Leonard Cohen, Patricia Arquette, Eric Idle, Steven Van Zandt, Don Was, Brian Grazer, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and Georgia May Jagger. It’s one of those nights that people will claim to have attended for many years to come and a worthy addition to the ‘I wish I was there’ list of gigs. What next for the Stones? Mick promised ‘Satanic Majesties’ in jest or perhaps a reality statement…only time will tell.

After San Diego, the ‘ZIP CODE’ tour moves to Columbus, Ohio on May 30, then the Stones play in Minneapolis, Dallas, Atlanta, Orlando, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Raleigh, Indianapolis, Detroit and Buffalo, and then finishes on July 15 in Quebec.

Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar”…Sticky Fingers Sessions...Outtakes

 

 

The ROLLING STONES – Released ” Sticky Fingers ” and the Music Scene in the UK 1971

Posted: May 2, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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On 23rd April 1971, to great fanfare, the Rolling Stones’ new album “Sticky Fingers” was released; critics and public alike were delighted. In the promo material that accompanied Sticky Fingers the former Beatles PR man Derek Taylor said, “We love you, Rolling Stones, and if you are now not the best living band in the land then who is?” Royston Aldridge reviewing it for Sounds in the UK declared, “Take away the Andy Warhol gimmickry and the whole Rolling Stones imagery, Sticky Fingers stands as the album of the year.”

And there were still eight months left to go!

The public had been waiting almost a year and a half for a new Rolling Stones’ album. It had been started at Muscle Shoals Sound, Alabama in December 1969 and finally mastered in the opening months of 1971, just prior to the band playing gigs in the UK during March on a “Goodbye Britain” tour. All five Rolling Stones had moved to France in the first week of April to escape the kind of punitive taxes that George Harrison had sung about on the Beatles’ Revolver album in ‘Taxman’.

Stones 1971 UK tour
A week earlier Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Record’s boss, threw a party and press reception for the Stones at the Port Pierre Canto Club in Cannes. Everyone agreed it was a great album and Rolling Stone magazine summed it up in their review, saying. “My God! The Rolling Stones, as the Sixties drew to a close, were not only still alive, but were kicking the shit out of everything else being done in rock music. Finally, after a long wait, ‘Sticky Fingers’ came out. It is the latest beautiful chapter in the continuing story of the greatest rock group in the world” Britain’s New Musical Express was a little more succinct. “Fame has spread from Mick Jagger’s lips to his zips!”

But what if we could jump aboard that proverbial time machine and be back in 1971 to check out the music scene in Britain as ‘Sticky Fingers’ was released? It was an eclectic scene to say the least. David Crosby’s photo was on the front cover of Melody Maker who declared, “David’s A Solo Star’ thanks to his new album “If I Could Only Remember My Name” that was a new entry on the charts.

Elsewhere on the album charts, Andy Williams’s Home Lovin’ Man was at no.1 with the recently deceased JimiHendrix and “The Cry of Love” at No.2. George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” had just dropped from No.4 to No.10. Other new entries included Deep Purple in Rock, Leonard Cohen’s Songs of Love and Hate and Frank Sinatra’s Greatest Hits Vol.2.

On the UK singles chart, T.Rex’s ‘Hot Love ‘ was No.1, hotly pursued by Ray Stevens and ‘Bridget the Midget’ at No.2. Alexis Korner’s band CCS was at No.5 with ‘Walking’, Ringo Starr’s ‘It Don’t Come Easy’ was the week’s highest new entry at No.17. The Rolling Stones’ ‘Brown Sugar’ was in at No.27 and they were behind The Jackson 5 and ‘Mama’s Pearl at No.24 and one behind East of Eden and ‘Jig-A-Jig’ at No.26.

See, we told you it was eclectic…

There were adverts for upcoming tours by Rory Gallagher supported by Jellybread, a “Garden Party’ at Crystal Palace in South London, starring Pink Floyd, Mountain, The Faces (with Ronnie Wood) and Quiver. There was Black Sabbath at The Royal Albert Hall, Soft Machine and Traffic playing a benefit show for Oz magazine and Caravan whose new album In the Land of Grey and Pink was just out, were playing Fox at The Starlight Ballroom in the High Street, Crawley.

Crystal Palace copy
Other smaller gigs included DJ Bob Harris at the Marquee with Skin Alley, Stone the Crows were at Luton Recreation Centre, Mott The Hoople supported by Flying Fortress were at Kingston Poly, The Edgar Broughton Band was headlining Slough Rag Week, Fairport Convention was at the Guildhall in Plymouth and Thin Lizzy seemed to be supporting just about everyone. There were so many bands playing that it would take a book to list them all, but here’s a few others that many will have forgotten, but some may remember fondly. Doctor Marigold’s Prescription, Brewers’s Droop. Flying Fortress, Spring, Steamhammer, Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts, Patto, Skid Row, Paladin, Heads, Hands & Feet, Tir Na Nog and May Blitz. Every one of those bands released records, in the plural, and it all bore testament to the vibrancy of the music scene in the UK.

Elsewhere in the Melody Maker there was a piece declaring, “Genesis are going to cause outrage and chaos in the coming year. Already they are breaking through with a blend of showmanship and original music that has not moved the public so much since the inauguration of the Woolwich ferry.” Genesis had released Trespass in October 1970 and were soon to go into the studio to record the follow up, Nursery Crime.

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There were reviews and adverts in the music papers that week for new music from, Humble Pie and their new album, Rock On:Elton John’s, Friends: Rory Gallagher’s, Rory:Man’s self titled debut: Yes’s second album, Time and A Word: Cochise’s, Swallow Tales, and McGuiness Flint’s single, ‘Malt and Barley Blues’

And we’ll leave the last word to Mick Jagger who was answering questions on the Rolling Stones new record label that had released ‘Brown Sugar’ a week earlier.

“The band is not retiring just because we’re going away. We are not going to stay in the South of France – we are going to be touring, America and I hope Japan, Bangkok, Ceylon, Persia and hope to be back touring Britain sometime next year. We will remain a functioning group, a touring group, a happy group.”

The ROLLING STONES – ” Live at The Marquee Club 1971 ” From The Vault

Posted: April 19, 2015 in MUSIC
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The Rolling Stones’ famed club performance at the Marquee in London in 1971, just before the original appearance of their ‘Sticky Fingers’ album, will be released on DVD and iTunes by Eagle Rock in June. ‘From The Vault: The Marquee — Live In 1971,’ which coincides with the upcoming special edition of ‘Sticky Fingers’ itself, will be out on June 22.

The footage of the show, filmed for US television, has reportedly been stored in an attic for nearly two decades. The Marquee gig, with the band’s then-current line-up of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman, took place just after the completion of the Stones’ farewell UK tour of that year. This was just before they relocated to the south of France for tax reasons, leading to the creation of their ‘Exile On Main St.’ album.

Charlie Watts, Mick Taylor, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman

The performance was not only a super-rare date in an intimate club setting for the biggest band in the world, but also included ‘Brown Sugar,’ ‘Dead Flowers’ (as seen in the above preview clip from the longform release), ‘Bitch’ and ‘I Got The Blues,’ – a song they had not played on the farewell UK. All of these were about to be unveiled as part of ‘Sticky Fingers.’

This is the latest in the ‘From The Vault’ series of archive releases of classic Rolling Stones performances. The Marquee footage has been painstakingly restored, with the audio mixed by Bob Clearmountain and available in 5.1 surround sound on the DVD and SD Blu-ray formats.

The package will also be released in DVD+LP and DVD+CD formats, with bonus alternative takes included on all but the LP version, plus the band’s famous performance of ‘Brown Sugar’ on the British TV chart show ‘Top Of The Pops.’

The track listing for ‘From The Vault: The Marquee — Live In 1971’ is as follows:

1. Live With Me
2. Dead Flowers
3. I Got The Blues
4. Let It Rock
5. Midnight Rambler
6. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
7. Bitch
8. Brown Sugar

Bonus tracks:

1. I Got The Blues – Take 1
2. I Got The Blues – Take 2
3. Bitch – Take 1
4. Bitch – take 2
5. Brown Sugar (‘Top Of The Pops,’ 1971)

The ROLLING STONES – ” The Rolling Stones ” Debut Album Released April 16th 1964

Posted: April 16, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Released in April 1964, The Rolling Stones was – according to guitarist Keith Richards – half-comprised of rough mixes precipitously rushed onto the market by their manager (and the album’s nominal producer) Andrew Loog Oldham. It’s a testament to the group’s brilliance that the result was still the best album to emerge from the early 1960s British blues boom.
The Rolling Stones is the debut album by The Rolling Stones, released by Decca Records in the UK on 16 April 1964. The American edition of the LP, with a slightly different track list, came out on London Records on 30 May 1964, with the added title England’s Newest Hit Makers.

The majority of the tracks reflect the band’s love for R&B. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (whose professional name until 1978 omitted the “s” in his surname) were fledgling songwriters during early 1964, contributing only one original composition to the album: “Tell Me (You’re Coming Back)”. Two songs are credited to “Nanker Phelge” – a pseudonym the band used for group compositions from 1963 to 1965. Phil Spector and Gene Pitney both contributed to the recording sessions, and are referred to as “Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene” in the subtitle of the Phelge instrumental “Now I’ve Got a Witness.”

The album cover photo was taken by Nicholas Wright. The cover bears no title or identifying information other than the photo and the Decca logo – an “unheard of” design concept originated by manager Andrew Oldham.

Upon its release, The Rolling Stones became one of 1964’s biggest sellers in the UK, staying at No. 1 for twelve weeks.the rolling stones 1964

 

The Rolling Stones
  • Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, harmonica on “Little by Little” and “I’m a King Bee”, percussion
  • Keith Richards – guitar, backing vocals
  • Brian Jones – guitar, harmonica, percussion, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on “Walking The Dog”
  • Bill Wyman – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Charlie Watts – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
  • Ian Stewart – organ, piano
  • Gene Pitney – piano on “Little by Little”
  • Phil Spector – maracas on “Little by Little”

ROLLING STONES – ” Wild Horses ” Acoustic Version

Posted: April 3, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Ahead of the highly anticipated reissue of  the 1971′s album  “Sticky Fingers”, The Rolling Stones have released a previously unheard acoustic version of  the song “Wild Horses.” 

The song is one of the most beloved in the Rolling Stones’ canon, and an indispensable document of classic rock and roll. The new remaster and arrangement puts it in a whole new context: Now it’s even more tender, emotionally bare and Mick’s vocals are given a new clarity and intimacy.

More poignantly, the song takes on an even more haunted feeling, given that it comes in the wake of the deaths of both Jagger’s girlfriend L’Wren Scott and the band’s longtime saxophonist Bobby Keys.

“For three days in December 1969, the Rolling Stones stopped into Muscle Shoals studios in Alabama and managed to lay down three songs, one of which was ‘Wild Horses,’” writes Jim Beviglia in our Behind The Song feature. “The composition of this plaintive ballad was begun by Keith Richards, whose first child was born in August 1969, causing Keith regret about going out on the road and leaving the boy behind.”

“It was one of those magical moments when things come together,” Richards wrote in his 2010 autobiography Life about the song’s genesis. “It’s like ‘Satisfaction.’ You just dream it, and suddenly it’s all in your hands. Once you’ve got the vision in your mind of wild horses, I mean, what’s the next phrase you’re going to use? It’s got to be couldn’t drag me away.” The album is out May 26th.

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The ROLLING STONES – UK Tour 1971

Posted: March 7, 2015 in MUSIC
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The Rolling Stones Say Goodbye To All That

The Rolling Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” album was a long time coming. It started life in Muscle Shoals sound in Alabama in early December 1969 and after marathon recording sessions in London and at Mick’s house in the country during 1970 and mixing in early 1971 it was finally ready for release.

The Stones have always been different and rather than go on the road to support the album’s release after it came out they decided to tour the UK in March 1971, a full month before “Sticky Fingers” went on sale. This was not necessarily as they would have liked it, as for ‘tax reasons’ they had decided to move to France and needed to have left Britain before the new tax year began in the first week of April.

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All this explains why on 4th March the band was in Newcastle City Hall for their opening night. This was the band’s first tour of the UK since the autumn of 1966 and apart from the famous Hyde Park concert in July 1969 they had only played at an NME Poll Winners’ Concert in 1968 – and then just a couple of songs – and so there was a lot of excitement among fans anxious to see the band.

The UK tour was a nine city, sixteen show, and to buy tickets for the first show in Newcastle fans waited overnight, some waiting 16 hours – a long time to wait outside during March in the North of England. The band travelled to Newcastle by train, at least most of them did; Keith missed both trains that took the other Stones north from London and so he was driven to Newcastle with Gram Parsons, arriving only minutes before the show.

Among the songs they played on their first show were ‘Dead Flowers’, ‘Bitch’, ‘Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’, ‘Wild Horses’ and ‘Brown Sugar’, all of which came from Sticky Fingers. However, for the remainder of the tour they dropped ‘Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’ and ‘Wild Horses’. The band were on exceptional form for these shows – Bobby Keys and Jim Price had become the group’s resident horn section, and Nicky Hopkins was playing piano with them onstage for the first time ever on an entire tour, with Stu still doing his boogie piano on numbers that had no minor chords.

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Throughout the tour they played two shows each night, except in Brighton and Leeds and the ticket prices were £1, 85p, 75p, 65p, with 50p tickets available in some places. British Blues rock band, The Groundhogs were the principal support band on the tour but Noir, a little remembered band were on the Roundhouse show.

As usual the media had a field day in expressing their views on the band and we have a couple of favourites from the kind of august organs that you may not have expected to be reviewing the Stones back in 1971. According to the Financial Times, “Jagger might be the last of the great white pop entertainers. Those watery eyes stared out at the audience like a fish in an aquarium tank. What we will miss, particularly if the Stones do not tour here again is their showmanship. The Stones are a piece of top social history.”

Meanwhile The Spectator opined, “The band are playing with as much guts and excitement as they ever have done, and all of them with the exception of Mick Taylor are now pushing 30 (though Jagger at 50 is a curiously inconceivable image)”

The Record Mirror, a more likely place for a write up of the tour suggested, “The Rolling Stones proved once again that they are still the best little rock and roll band in the land.”

The Farewell UK Tour in 1971 was in fact a club tour, so the sound and atmosphere of its gigs were very different from the arena tours in 1969 and 1970. Here we have the famous Leeds University gig, in the best audio (mono soundboard) quality available.
1. 0:15 Dead Flowers; 2. 4:40 Stray Cat Blues; 3. 8:35 Love In Vain; 4. 14:50 Midnight Rambler; 5. 27:50Bitch; 6. 32:00 Introduction; 7. 33:00 Honky Tonk Women; 8. 36:15 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction; 9.41:25 Little Queenie; 10. 46:05 Brown Sugar; 11. 50:20 Street Fighting Man; 12 54:40 Let It Rock (encore in stereo)

The ROLLING STONES – ” Got Live If You Want It ” Great Live Albums

Posted: February 16, 2015 in MUSIC
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They’ve Got (Mostly) Live If You Want It,

The tale behind the first Rolling Stones’ live album, released by London Records in the US and ABKCO records in the UK on 10th December 1966 is neither simple nor straightforward and it’s one that has its origins in an EP of the same name released in the UK nearly 18 months earlier.

The band was inspired to name this somewhat strange titled release after a song from one of their favourite bluesmen, Slim Harpo, who recorded ‘I’ve Got Love If You Want It’ back in 1957. The four complete tracks, an excerpt from ‘Everybody Needs Somebody To Love’ and the crowd chanting “We Want The Stones”, making a sixth one, were recorded in London, Liverpool and Manchester over three nights in March 1965 by engineer Glyn Johns.

According to the press release that accompanied the record, “The EP, captures on wax the unadulterated in-person excitement of a Rolling Stones stage show.” And no better than on ‘Route 66’ which rocks and rolls as it’s driven along by Bill & Charlie. By the time it was released in the US as an LP, rather than an EP, ‘Route 66’ had been dropped and other tracks had been substituted making it a 12 track album in total.

On the original album liner notes it said that it was recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on the Stones’ Autumn tour of England with Ike and Tina Turner and the Yardbirds. In truth the recording was mainly done in Newcastle and Bristol, not the Royal Albert Hall in London, with a couple of tracks either having been recorded in Liverpool and Manchester. Just to add to the confusion, some tracks were not even live at all. – ‘I’ve Been Loving You To Long’ was recorded in Los Angeles in 1965 and then overdubbed at IBC Studios in London, which was also where ‘Fortune Teller’ was also cut.

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Before the first number, ‘Under My Thumb’ the voice of singer Long John Baldry can be heard introducing the band. On the CD version it is a different intro and recording of ‘Under My Thumb’ than appears on the original vinyl pressing. Despite everything, it stayed on the best seller list for close to a year.

As Keith said at the time, “We all knew that the sound that we were getting live and in the studio was not what we were getting on record – the difference was light years apart.” There is some indication of the difference on this record, but the limitations of the recording techniques are also there to be heard. Nevertheless it is a fascinating glimpse of mid 60s Rolling Stones playing live. – even so, the band remained unhappy that it was released as an album and always referred to 1969’s “Get Yer Ya-Yas Out” as their first live album.

The KVB – ” Sympathy For The Devil ” Rolling Stone Cover

Posted: January 30, 2015 in MUSIC
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A bunch of indie-psych bands got together to pay tribute to one of rock’s longest-running bands for Stoned – A Psych Tribute To The Rolling Stones, which came out this week via Cleopatra Records. The comp features Clinic, The Vacant Lots, Tashaki Miyaki, Allah-Las, Pure X, Cheval Sombre and more. That’s the cover art above. Check out the full tracklist, and listen to Allah-Las’ take on the album’s namesake song, “Stoned,” elsewhere on this site

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Stoned – A Psych Tribute To The Rolling Stones Tracklist:
 1. Lorelle Meets The Obsolete – What A Shame
2. The KVB – Sympathy For The Devil
3. Shiny Darkly – Under My Thumb
4. Yeti Lane – Sway
5. Clinic – It’s Only Rock & Roll (But I Like It)
6. Sons Of Hippies – Gimme Shelter
7. The Vacant Lots – She Smiled Sweetly
8. Celestial Bums – Child Of The Moon
9. Tashaki Miyaki – Take It Or Leave It
10. Allah-Las – Stoned
11. Pink Velvet – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction [CD ONLY]
12. Pure X – Beast Of Burden [CD ONLY]
13. Cheval Sombre – As Tears Go By
14. The Tulips – Wild Horses

ALLAH LAS – ” Stoned “

Posted: January 29, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Los Angeles psych band Allah Las,  with a version of the Rolling Stones cover “STONED” on this psych based tribute and among these 14 mind blowing psych rock versions of classic Rolling Stones songs performed by the newest leaders of experimental space rock! . Includes Clinic’s hallucinogenic take on “I Know It’s Only Rock & Roll (But I Like It),” The Vacant Lots’ stimulating version of “She Smiled Sweetly,”and the Allah-Las’ gorgeous “Stoned,” Pure X’s haunting “Beast Of Burden” and many more!

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