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Archive-name: music/rollingstones-faq/part1
Last-modified: 1994/06/23
Version: 1.08
Welcome to the Rolling Stones' Mailing list FAQ list
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COPYRIGHT 1994 (c) Anthony J. Rzepela (the "compiler")
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This FAQ list is intended for new subscribers to the Rolling Stones'
Internet mailing list and digest, known as 'Undercover', and users of
alt.rock-n-roll.stones, where it is a monthly posting.
It is a four-part FAQ list, with the following sections:
Part 1: basic question list. You are reading it now.
Part 2: basic recording history
Part 3: a bibliography of Rolling Stones-related material
Part 4: The "Lazy Man's Discography"
Revisions, as they are made, will be available at the FTP site at
ftp.uwp.edu, in the directory
pub/music/faqs
and, pending approval, archived at rtfm.mit.edu in
pub/usenet/news.answers/music/rollingstones-faq/part<x>
(where x is in [1..4])
where it is accessible by an automated email server. Simply
send an email message with the line:
send usenet/news.answers/music/rollingstones-faq/part1
(or, part2, part3, part4, whichever is appropriate)
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To get on Undercover, the Rolling Stones mailing list, send a
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List owner Steve Portigal (stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca) can be contacted
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Last revised - July, 1994
How to use: In the body of the document, you can just skip to the next
----------- question by having your software SEARCH for the next
occurrence of "@Q"
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------------ to provide you with any more information than is provided
here on locating those items. Particularly where unauthorized
recordings are concerned, do not write anyone whose name is
listed here as an author and ask if they can help you get
your hands on such-and-such a recording.
Please realize that when you do so, you are asking a perfect
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The authors of this document make no guarantees about the
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The information is provided to guide you, not make
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Authors:
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For part II of this document (recordings history), we thank D.H. ("Mr.
X.")
For part III (the bibliography), we thank Stephen Carter (e-address
below).
For part IV (EPs and albums), we thank Anthony Rzepela (e-address below).
Contributors to Part I of the Rolling Stones FAQ list are:
Jens Backlund (jbacklund@finabo.abo.fi)
Frank Blau
Jon Brode
Stephen D. Carter (stevedc@central.sussex.ac.uk)
D.H.
Charles Papworth
Ken Pennington (hfin011@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu)
Steve Portigal (stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca)
Anthony J. Rzepela (rzepela@cvi.hahnemann.edu)
We'd also like to thank the fine-tooth brigade: our FAQ helpers/
proofreaders/fact-checkers:
Todd Furesz (furesz@kids.wustl.edu)
Jim Henning (ujhennin@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu)
Michael Honig (honey@mwald5.chemie.uni-mainz.de)
Mark C. Walters (mark@pluto.logica.co.uk)
Finally, we would like to thank the Rolling Stones, for....whatever.
Maintenance: Maintenance on parts one, two, and four are carried out by
------------ Anthony Rzepela. Part three, the bibliography, is maintained
by Stephen D. Carter, who should be emailed directly with
updates, corrections, arguments, etc.
Summary of questions:
---------------------
1. Who ARE the Stones - what is the band lineup/history?
2. Hey! Do you think they read email???
3. Not even Bill?
4. Where can I get an online discography?
5. Hey! Why isn't this discography complete?
6. Well, where *can* I get a complete one?
7. What about CDs? What do I need for a complete
set? How do they sound???
8. Can you at *least* tell me about the solo records????
9. Where can I get bootlegs?
10. Which bootlegs are best? Which will have my favorite song?
11. Where can I get online lyrics/chords/tabulature?
12. How can I get that Keith sound in the comfort of my own home?
13. Wouldn't it be neat if there were a Stones "museum"?
14. I'm a novice. Can you recommend the best...
a. albums
b. movies
c. books
d. home videos
e. fanzines
15. What is/who are
a. "Nanker Phelge"
b. "The Glimmer Twins"
c. "Rock and Roll Circus"
d. "Altamont"
e. "Cocksucker Blues"
16. Gossip
a. How many times have they been arrested?
b. How many times have they been married?
c. Will the band break up?
d. Are they going to tour?
e. Do you think this is the last time, really?
f. How old ARE they?
17. Myths & legends:
a. Did Keith really get his blood changed?
b. Do they worship satan?
c. Is Paul dead?
Sources used in this FAQ list:
------------------------------
(full publication information on these books can be found in part three of
the FAQ list, The Bibliography From Hell)
The primary resources for fact-checking in this document are:
Dalton, David - "The Rolling Stones - The First Twenty Years"
Giuliano, Geoffrey - "The Rolling Stones Album"
Wyman, Bill - "Stone Alone"
Weiner, Sue & Lisa Howard - "The Rolling Stones A to Z"
==========================================================================
Answers:
@Q1. Who ARE the Stones - what is the band lineup/history?
The first Rolling Stones long-playing album was released in 1964, to
enough advance excitement to encourage the band's management to
release it with only a portrait of the band on the front. Once you
understand that, all the rest really just falls into place.
Originally comprised of Mick Jagger (vocals), Brian Jones (gtr),
Keith Richards (gtr), Ian Stewart (piano), Charlie Watts (drums), and
Bill Wyman (bass), Ian Stewart was 'demoted' by de facto manager
Andrew Loog Oldham by the time of their first album, because he did
not look the part of a Rolling Stone. Although Ian did not appear in
photographs or get listed in band personnel information, he played,
credited, on records and in concert with the Stones up until his death
in 1985.
The first 'real' personnel change took place with the dismissal of
Brian Jones in 1969, who died several weeks later. Before his
death, his slot was filled by a young guitarist named Mick Taylor,
who had been in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and who stayed with the
Stones until December 1974.
Ron Wood, already a star from his work with Rod Stewart and the Faces,
joined as a 'special guest' in 1975, and became a full member by the
end of the year. In 1993, bassist Bill Wyman, then 56, officially
quit after years of rumours and speculation. As of this writing, no
permanent replacement has been announced for Mr. Wyman.
@Q2. Hey! Do you think they read email???
There is no evidence that any popular musician is hooked into the
Internet, and the world of electronic communication, unless you count
Billy Idol. And maybe the Edge.
@Q3. Not even Bill?
No!
@Q4. Where can I get an online discography?
Part IV of this document has a minimal listing which includes all
Rolling Stones EPs and albums released in the US and UK, excluding
out-of-print compilations. Original release dates, producer, song
lists, and maybe a biased comment or two, are added.
A section of it lists tracks which cannot be found on albums as
of the time of this writing.
@Q5. Hey! Why isn't this discography complete?
To assemble a complete discography of the Rolling Stones is indeed a
daunting task. The band has, in its' long recorded history, multiple
versions of the same songs, multiple versions of an album depending on
country of origin, multiple record labels releasing their post-1970
recordings, mono and stereo versions of pre-1970 albums, mono and
stereo and "electronically processed" stereo versions of individual
songs, dozens and dozens of singles, dozens of European compilation
packages, and then, in the eighties, the re-release of three-quarters
of it all on compact disc. (!)
To give you an idea of the volume, take the experience of German Stones'
authority Dieter Hoffman, who has a book out on the topic called the
'White Book'. The work covers all these issues in excruciating detail,
and requires more than 560 pages to do so.
So, in a nutshell - *you* want a complete online discography? Be our
guest, and feel free to type one up.
@Q6. Well, where *can* I get a complete one?
Although it has a mistake or two (out of THOUSANDS of opportunities),
Dieter Hoffman's 'Das Weissbuch' (German for the 'The White Book',
ISBN: 3980248940) lists all official releases, vinyl and CD, single and
LP, promos and dance remixes, by the Stones in Germany, Japan, the UK
and the United States. It is more than 560 pages long and includes
photographs of covers and labels, and a detailed index of all known
recorded selections by the Stones, even those appearing on 'official
unauthorized' recordings (see question 8). It is available as an
import, and will set you back about $US 90.00. As of this writing, it
is available from the Connecticut mail-order firm "The Disc Junkie".
Their phone number is 1-(203)-483-8317.
A more reasonably priced ($US 16), if less thorough and accurate book,
is available by Martin Elliott:
'The Rolling Stones: Complete Recording Sessions'
ISBN: 0-7137-2118-9
Great for a beginner, this book answers many basic questions. It is
current up to October 1989.
Stones "fanzines" can also be a good ongoing source of information for
collectors and interested parties. Please see the "fanzine" section
under question #14.
@Q7. What about CDs? What do I need for a complete set? How do they sound???
Part IV of this document also includes a brief summary on the
state of the Stones in the format of the eighties and nineties.
It briefly overviews who issues Stones CDs, what you need for
a complete set of Stones music on CD (answer: you can't do it
on Compact Disc just yet), and what kind of sound you can expect
for your purchase.
@Q8. Can you at *least* tell me about the solo records????
Fair enough. For our purposes we are not, at this time, including any
appearances by band members on others' recordings, or band members'
efforts at producing or presenting other artists, but restricting
ourselves, in the interest of brevity, to recording projects prominently
featuring the member, his name, or some variation thereof (e.g., the Charlie
Watts Orchestra), and excluding singles and configurations that do not
present previously unavailable material.
Although considered the first 'solo' effort by a group member, 'Memo From
Turner', sung by Mick Jagger in the movie 'Performance', released in
1970, is credited to the 'Rolling Stones' on compilations, although the
soundtrack, which is still in print, says 'Sung by Mick Jagger'. No one,
apparently, was all fired up to collect similar credit for Mick's song in
the movie "Ned Kelly": "The Wild-eyed Colonial Boy". A traditional song
sung by Mick's character, the movie came out on videocassette in 1993,
if you want to rent it.
Next up, in 1972, was a collection of lukewarm 'jams' which took place
several years earlier in the studio while the Stones were 'waiting for
our guitar player to show up'. The effort was called "Jamming With
Edward", and it features the talents of Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Mick
Jagger, and non-Stones Nicky Hopkins and Ry Cooder. It was released on
the Stones' own label.
The rest of the recordings should be fairly straightforward.
Promo-only versions have an asterisk.
Jagger, Mick "Don't Look Back" sgl (1978)
(billed as a co-lead vocal w/Tosh in some
countries)
"State of Shock" sgl (1984)
(billed as a co-lead vocal w/Michael Jackson)
She's the Boss LP (1985)
"Hard Woman" sgl (1985)
(German 7", re-recorded version of the LP track)
"Lucky In Love" (4:51*, 4:45, and 3:57* versions)
"Lucky In Love" (extended, and a 6 min. + dub version)
"Dancing in the Street" (duet w/ David Bowie)
sgl (1985)
"Ruthless People"/"I'm Ringin'" sgl (1987)
Primitive Cool LP (1987)
"Catch as Catch Can"
(flipside to "Let's Work") sgl (1987)
"Memory Motel"
(re-recorded for a BBC TV show) song (1990)
Wandering Spirit LP (1993)
"Sweet Thing" 12" single
("Mick's Extended Version", "Mick's Dub",
"Instrumental of Extended Mix", "Extended Remix",
"Stripped Down Version", "Instrumental of
Stripped Down Version") 12" (1993)
"Sweet Thing" CD5
("Mick's Extended Version", "Mick's Dub",
"Extended Remix", "Stripped Down Version",
"Instrumental of Stripped Down Version", "LP Mix")
CD5 (1993)
"Everybody knows About My Good Thing"/"Sweet Thing
(Funky Guitar Edit)"
(flip selections on "Don't Tear Me Up" Euro-CD5)
CD5 (1993)
Richards, Keith "Run Rudolph Run"/"The Harder They Come"
sgl (1978)
Talk is Cheap LP (1988)
"Make No Mistake" (single edit) sgl (1988)
"Make No Mistake" (extended edit) 12" (1988)
Live at the Hollywood Palladium LP (1991)
Main Offender LP (1992)
"Eileen" US CD5 has 4 extra non-LP tracks
("Gimme Shelter", "Wicked As it Seems", and
"How I Wish" live, plus "Key to the Highway"
with Johnnie Johnson)
CD5 (1993)
Taylor, Mick Mick Taylor LP (1979)
Stranger in This Town (live) LP (1990)
Too Hot for Snakes LP (1991)
(Mick Taylor & Carla Olsen)
Once in a Blue Moon LP
(Gerry Groom, Mick Taylor & Friends)
Watts, Charlie Live at the Fullham Town Hall LP (1986)
(Charlie Watts Orchestra)
From One Charlie to Another
(CD plus book "Ode to a high-flying bird")
BOX (1991)
A Tribute to Charlie Parker
(Charlie Watts quintet) LP (1992)
Warm and Tender LP (1993)
Wood, Ron I've Got My Own Album to Do LP (1974)
(aka "Cancel Everything", on CD)
Now Look LP (1975)
"Sweet Sunshine" (flipside to 'Big Bayou')
sgl (1976)
Mahoney's Last Stand (w/Ronnie Lane) LP (1976)
Gimme Some Neck LP (1979)
1234 LP (1981)
"It's Not Easy" (soundtrack to "Wild Life")
song (1984)
Live At the Ritz (w/ Bo Diddley) LP (1989)
Slide On This LP (1992)
"Seven Days" (appearance on Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary CD
CBS C2K 53230) song (1993)
"Somebody Else Might" (3:48 remix)/
"Ain't Rock & Roll" (3:46 remix) CD5 (1993)
Slide On Live (Plugged in and Standin') LP (1993)
"Stay With Me" (edit from live LP*) CD5 (1993)
"Somebody Else Might" (5:59 remix)/"Josephine" (remix)
(tracks are on US "Stay With Me" CD5) CD5 (1993)
Wyman, Bill Monkey Grip LP (1974)
Stone Alone LP (1975)
Bill Wyman LP (1981)
Green Ice (film soundtrack) LP (1981)
Digital Dreams (video soundtrack) LP (1983)
Willie and the Poor Boys LP (1985)
("superstar" group w/ Charlie Watts, others)
Stuff (Japan only) LP (1992)
@Q9. Where can I get bootlegs?
Stones fans are pretty lucky when it comes to bootlegs. There are
hundreds of bootlegs available, many of them are even high quality
recordings. You can find all sorts of things on bootleg: demos,
rehearsals, outtakes, concerts and interviews. Unfortunately,
bootlegs are sort of illegal.
A legal loophole discovered by 'Swingin' Pig' records in 1986 created
an explosion in the "unauthorized recording" market, although it still
finds challenges in court by the likes of U2. Many, but not all,
"unauthorized recordings" are not "bootlegs" but legitimate releases
throughout much of Europe. (You may find "unauthorized recordings" at
your own local store clearly marked *IMPORT*.)
Here are the 4 main ways to acquire bootlegs:
First, know your local record stores. Avoid the large chains - they
generally only carry legitimate items. The small, independently run
stores are good places to look, but used record stores are your best
bet. Get a phone book and visit all the stores listed. Bigger
cities usually have better stores. College towns are excellent, too.
Go to your nearest metropolis or campus and comb the stores.
Second, go to record shows and conventions. Even the ones that have
a "no bootleg" policy can be rewarding, as they often don't enforce
the rule very well. Check in area newspapers and with local record
stores for dates and locations. Goldmine magazine prints record
show listings, but it may not list all of the shows in your area.
Third, use mail order places. Record magazines, such as Discoveries,
(or "Record Collector", in the UK) abound with ads offering Stones
merchandise. Of course, there's always an extra risk involved when
dealing with mail-order places, but most that advertise in major
magazines are reputable. If you're unsure, start small and work up
to larger purchases. Start with buying one item from a vendor. If
they are prompt with that order, then send a larger one. You can
usually find a copy of Discoveries or Record Collector in record or
book stores, or get in contact with them directly.
Fourth, trade with friends. This is the cheapest way to build a
collection of bootlegs. Buy a few and trade tapes to get other
things.
Caveat emptor. Bootlegs are often over-priced and low quality. Most
places don't have a friendly return policy on bootlegs either.
@Q10: Which Stones bootlegs are best? Which will have my favorite song?
Part two of this document is occupied with nothing but answering
this question. It is a concise history of the band's performing
career, and it includes remarks on availability of outtakes,
unreleased studio recordings, and live performances.
@Q11: Where can I get online lyrics/chords/tabulature/GIFs?
If you have access to USENET news, look at the groups
rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature and the less official
alt.guitar.tab. People will often post chords or tablature to Stones
songs on those groups. If you have chords and/or tab for a song, feel
free to post it to those groups. Tab is probably not appropriate for
posting to undercover (although it's been done before). If you are
posting tablature, perhaps the best solution is to post it to the
newsgroups and just indicate on undercover that you have done so.
Offer to mail it to anyone who doesn't have news access.
The Rolling Stones are just one act with goodies archived at
the FTP site ftp.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4). In the
pub/music/artists/r/rolling.stones directory JPEGs, lyrics and
so on can be found. In pub/music/guitar/r/rolling.stones AND
pub/music/ guitar/r/Rolling.Stones (don't ask) you can find a
selection of archived chords and tablature.
@Q12. How can I get that Keith sound in the comfort of my own home?
Two approaches, here:
If you want to play like Keith, well you *really* need a Fender
Telecaster ;-). As well, Keith plays in open G tuning, his own 5
string version. Take your low E string OFF the guitar and tune it:
(low to high) GDGBD. You can always tune the low E string to D as well
if you don't want to remove strings. Keith sums up his guitar playing
thusly: "5 strings, 3 fingers, and one asshole."
or:
barre at the 5th fret (that's a C in open G tuning) and slam a few
chords... hammer on an Am7 form in fron of the bar.. that's an F... slam
a few more... repeat progression at the 2nd fret... noodle around on the
open G.... that'll get you through about 70% of all the solo albums and a
great deal of Stones stuff as well. A few tidbits... Keith uses talcum
powder on the neck before he plays...it speeds things up a lot, but if
you are really picky about strings, you will have to be religous about
wiping them when you are finished. And of course, never be so dull as to
actually play chords ON the downbeat... wait about 20 nanoseconds from
all major timing cues...get that one string about 2 clicks out of tune...
it's all in the tension, you know. And remember, no effects boxes and
keep in mind that "it only tightens up"...
@Q13. Wouldn't it be neat if there were a Stones "museum"?
Bill Wyman operates a restaurant called "Sticky Fingers" in the
well-heeled Kensington section of London. The food is much the
same general type of menu as you might find at Hard Rock. Cost
seems OK. The whole place is of course a shrine to a certain
well known band! Bill has decorated it with framed (etc)
posters, magazine covers, guitars, gold discs, etc etc. - even
an especially good blown up cutting on the right of the door
as you go out, headed 'Korner Cancels', referring to the
first real Stones Gig, on 12th July 1962. No trouble finding
things to read and gaze at while you await your meal. Most of the
time Stones music plays. Location: 1 Phillmore Gardens, London.
@Q14. I'm a novice. Can you recommend the best...
First.... a note on the worth of opinions. They are, as the saying
goes, like anal cavities. Everyone has one and they all stink. They
are also free, so remember that you get what you pay for.
Detached, objective judgment of the worth of a particular period of
the Rolling Stones' career is a problem all its own. As Keith
Richards has said, people tend to be fond of what they were hearing
the first time they got laid.
a. albums
If you are thinking of starting out with live albums or greatest-hits
compilations for an exposure to the Rolling Stones, (or for someone
else's benefit!), consider:
Their early work (the first eight years), originally on DECCA records
(London Records in the USA), is covered by any of the greatest-hits
compilations that are now being released on CD by ABKCO.
"Hot Rocks 1964-1971", the double-CD set, is a near-definitive collection
of hit singles. Alternatively, you could pair up the single CDs "High
Tide and Green Grass (Big Hits)" and "Through the Past Darkly (Big
Hits Part 2)" for a collection of equal length with a slightly
different impact. Or, get the 1989 ABKCO 3-CD set called "The London
Years", which is full to the rim with just about anything the band put
out as a single in these years. It includes everything found
on the American versions of the two "Big Hits" compilations, everything
on "Hot Rocks" with the exception of three songs, and it has several
somewhat rare selections otherwise unavailable reasonably to CD
consumers.
(As of this writing (June 1994), the three compilations mentioned
below seem to be off the shelves indefinitely and _superseded_ by the
1993 European compilation "Jump Back". If you can find any of these
three compilations on your store shelves, you may consider that they may
be gone forever soon. No big deal, really, except that "Sucking in the
Seventies" has a couple tracks on it unavailable elsewhere on CD.)
Several compilations cover their post-ABKCO work. "Made in the Shade"
was originally released in 1975, and "Rewind (1971-1984)" in 1984.
Unfortunately, the CD releases of these two albums have an overlap of
four songs. "Rewind" is the better value for your CD money. "Sucking
in the Seventies", from 1981, is of interest largely to collectors.
It has three tracks otherwise unavailable on CD, and single/promo
edits of 6 Stones numbers released after 1975. A 1993 compilation,
entitled "Jump Back", was not released in the States, but has, on a
single CD, everything from the "Rewind" CD except for "Hang Fire" and
"Heartbreaker", plus "Bitch", "Wild Horses", "Respectable", "Mixed
Emotions", and "Rock and a Hard Place"
The Rolling Stones have released five "live albums", and except for
'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!', (1970), everyone seems to hate something
about all of them.
Moving on to "regular" releases, many people are strongly persuaded that
the Rolling Stones' years with Mick Taylor, and just before, are an
artistic peak that no one before or since has been able to touch. To
acquire that era, you can obtain the albums released from 1968 to 1972.
(In order of release: 'Beggar's Banquet', 'Let It Bleed', 'Get Yer
Ya-Ya's Out' (live), 'Sticky Fingers', and 'Exile on Main Street').
While an investment in the ABKCO compilations provides a fairly complete
overview of the best of the Rolling Stones' first eight years, the band's
first three American releases ('Newest Hit Makers', '12 X 5', and 'Now!')
stand as a powerful documentary of what all the fuss was about.
'Aftermath' is also a favorite among many aficianados.
What one critic has referred to as their 'silver age' occurred in the
late 70's-early eighties, after many had given the boys up for dead. The
albums "Some Girls", "Emotional Rescue", and "Tattoo You" (released from
1978 to 1981) show a veteran outfit churning out top-notch material
which was a critical and commercial success. Common rock criticism to the
contrary, this rejuvenation was NOT just the result of the appearance of
punk rock and the Sex Pistols in the world. After all, the punk
phenomenon didn't seem to do much for Led Zeppelin or the Who.
b. movies
The Rolling Stones are the focus of several films that have not made it
to the home video market.
Their film history is somewhat chaotic. Part of the reason you
can't see them all at your leisure may have as much to do
with technical feasibility as court injunctions.
Any movies that were subsequently released to the home video market are
listed under part d. of this question, "home videos"
'Cocksucker Blues' -
A concert film cum tour documentary, widespread exhibition of
this film has been frustrated by much legal wrangling over the
years. See question #14.
'Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones' -
A concert film by which all others surely must be judged. High
excitement prevails in this film of two concert performances from
their 1972 American tour.
'The Rolling Stones At the MAX' -
A concert film of the 1990 European tour (the 'Urban Jungle'
tour), this film was the first 'entertainment' film (i.e., no
penguins, no beavers) to be filmed with the IMAX process.
Exhibition of an IMAX film overwhelms your peripheral vision, and
displays several stories high, resulting in a realism and
immediacy unavailable with conventional filming techniques.
This requires specially-equipped exhibition theatres, the kind
usually found only in planetariums or learning institutions.
An excellent, highly realistic technology capturing a compelling and
exciting performance. Highly recommended.
c. books
The number of published books about the Rolling Stones can (and does)
fill up a separate document all its own: Part three of this FAQ list.
Still, it is probably of some use to have a 'shortlist', some starting
point, so here are the titles of five current books we recommend for
giving you a good start in learning about the history, influence, and
greatness of the Rolling Stones.
Please note that these five are not necessarily the best
books about the Stones, but they ARE the best of what's currently
available.
'Dance With the Devil'
Stanley Booth
- Delayed for years due to litigation, this book combines
equal parts tedious personal confession and juicy Stones-tour
gossip. Particularly compelling is the detailed description of
a group rehearsal. An insider's account of the Stones' entree
into
the big time.
'Symphony For the Devil'
Philip Norman
- Stops in 1983, but the author delivers a respectful and
competent biography. Bookended by anecdotes about their
1981 tour, Norman's analysis of characters in the play
known as the Rolling Stones is deep and thoughtful. Revised
and reissued in 1992.
'Keith Richards - the Biography'
Victor Bockris
- Little more than a cut-and-paste job of other,
indiscriminately chosen biographies, this book still has the
advantage of recent vintage, and the fact that the author
can turn out seductive and flowing prose. Never a dull moment,
which is actually difficult to say about lesser Stones'-related
works.
'The Rolling Stones Album'
Geoffrey Giuliano
- Biographically, nothing is very deep - only a thumbnail
sketch of the band's history is attempted. Sometimes, though,
this is more refreshing than failed attempts at deep analysis.
Intended as pornography for the Stones-memorabilia fetishist,
this book has great color photographs of records, books,
promotional items, and posters. If a picture paints a thousand
words, this is a million-word chronicle.
'Stone Alone'
Bill Wyman (with Ray Coleman)
- The only book by any band member that was there in the early
years, and at the height of the madness, this can (surprisingly)
get awfully boring. If, as is said, the devil is in the details,
then opportunities abound here, as one of Wyman's techniques is
to
provide the full text of letters for rather unseemly work-a-day
tasks. Yet, there is no discussion of the band's working
techniques, except as they pertain to, for example, how long they
would spend working on a new song of Wyman's versus one penned by
Jagger and Richards. Great opportunities missed, but others
taken,
if you have the interest and patience. NB: only covers up to
July, 1969.
Now these five *are* the best: good luck finding them all!
'Stone Alone' - Wyman/Coleman
'Symphony for the Devil' - Phillip Norman
'An Illustrated Record'
Roy Carr
- A beautiful, thoroughly researched, large-format book which
presents the Rolling Stones' discography up to 1976. It includes
tour history, side-project information, interviews, unreleased
album covers, and beautiful reproductions of the original DECCA
LP covers. Essential.
'The Rolling Stones - The First Twenty Years'
David Dalton
- Dalton has edited several books on the topic, any and all of
them worthwhile. Another large format book, this collection of
essays, reviews, band history, interviews, photographs, and a
sessionography, remains overwhelming years after you acquire it.
Out of print, and highly recommended.
'S.T.P.'
Robert Greenfield
The abbreviation of "Stones Touring Party", and the name of a
drug, this out-of-print classic is about life on the road
with the World's you-know-what on their most infamous excursion
to the United States, in 1972.
d. home videos
The Stones have several releases on home video.
Note: ("import") means this is a title that is not generally available
in the States except in 'specialty' stores. Since the rest of the world
has a different video standard from the US, these tapes are often made
through a format-conversion process, and so may suffer in son et lumiere.
'The Rolling Stones: Unauthorised Biography'
This program consists mostly of *still* *photographs* in a small
portion of the screen with a black background. There is occasional
motion picture footage (a couple uninteresting complete shots of
some airport arrival or departure which would be shown for only
two seconds in a judiciously edited documentary.), and the *only* music
one hears is about 30 seconds of "Around and Around" in front of that
froofy curtain (is this PD stuff YET?). There are a couple TV news
stories (Mick's 1967 bust and the 1976 UK tour), about one minute
of a Wyman interview, and two minutes of of an interview with Mick
done after his solo appearance on Saturday Night Live. (He wouldn't
do his Keith imitation without the props.)
'25 X 5 (The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones)' -
This two-hour retrospective of the band's entire career, released in
1990, has some exclusive footage and performances from the band's own
collection. It's narrated by interviews with the band, so bring your
own grain of salt. Highly recommended.
'Mick Jagger & the Rolling Stones'
A 30-minute episode of something called 'Celebrity Showcase'. At
least the outside box is honest: it warns potential customers
that there is no Rolling Stones music on the entire program. Not
reviewed.
'Video Rewind' -
A one-hour feature, this early attempt at making a unique offering
in the then-infantile home music video market is occasionally
successful and funny. Includes rarely seen "official" videos of
records released from 1978 to 1983, two television performances
from the mid-70's, and a cut-and-paste version of "Brown Sugar",
using footage from several tours.
'Let's Spend the Night Together' -
The home video version of the film of their 1981 US tour, directed
by Hal Ashby. Opinion on this film is widely varying. Some longtime
Stones' enthusiasts are disappointed by the performance, while others
find it an exciting document of a great tour (current author loves
it, but he was 18 when the tour took place!). A video rental costs
you three bucks - we're not going to sweat making a bad recommendation.
'Rolling On' -
A 60-minute television documentary, assembled in 1982, but consisting
of an annoying 'rock' soundtrack (no Jagger-Richards tunes), and some
rarely seen footage from the 'Charlie is My Darling' era (1965). Little
to recommend it except when you mute the horrendous audio tracks, and
watch Jagger work a crowd in some rarely-seen early live footage.
'Gimme Shelter' -
This home video of the documentary of the 1969 tour and the disastrous
free concert that closed it ("Altamont") stands as a classic film
separate from any other rock film due to its' too-true human drama
and its portrait of the end of an era. Refurbished in 1992, the newer
editions of the VHS tape are in Hi-Fi.
'The Stones in the Park' ("import") -
A one-hour Granada TV documentary of the Stones' July 1969 free concert
in London's Hyde Park. The stage debut of new guitarist Mick Taylor,
this
show has snippets of some classic performances.
'One plus one (Sympathy for the Devil)' -
A pretentious bore by Jean-Luc Goddard, this film has splices of the
Stones building and recording the classic track 'Sympathy For the Devil'
in the studio. Seeing the Stones 'behind-the-scenes' at work is so rare,
this is a valuable document. No. No. Yes. No. No. No.
'Charlie is My Darling' ("import")
A one-hour documentary of their 1965 tour of Ireland. Some stunningly
funny documentary footage of Keith and Mick, drunk, at a piano and
singing. Also, a nice portrait of the frenzy and excitement that
accompanied their early road work, including a truly frightening mob
scene at a show that got out of hand while the band was playing.
'That was Rock/The TAMI Show' -
The Stones perform five songs in twelve minutes on the "Teenage
Music International" show, filmed in Los Angeles in 1965. Other
guests on the show(s) were Chuck Berry, James Brown, Lesley Gore,
Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, and Ike and Tina Turner. Worth it to
see a young Mick and Diana Ross singing together at the finale.
e. fanzines
* Basement News
c/o Dieter Hoffman
Lausitzer Strasse 13
D-63110 Rodgau
(Germany)
$20/3 issues (air mail)
Published by Dieter Hoffman, the author of the Schwarzbuch (Black
Book) bootleg bible and Weissbuch (White Book) listing of legit
releases. Provides detailed information on current band activity,
bootleg reviews, and the scuttlebutt on new Stones or Stones related
record or CD releases.
* Beggars Banquet
P O Box 6152
New York, NY 10128
(USA)
Monthly - 20 US Dollars in the US, 25 US Dollars for overseas
Originally a 'pure' fanzine written by Bill German, this survived
being the semi-official Fan Club Magazine in the Mid-80's. Rather
tame and uncritical, and perhaps too much 'Bill German and the Stones
(usually Ronnie). Wouldn't be without it.
* Le Club Des Stones
BP535
75666 Paris Cedex 14
France
Actually the name of the French fan club for the Rolling
Stones, they'll issue four A4 magazines per year to you
(in French, natch) for 100F.
* Tumbling Dice
9 Collingwood Close
Westage-on-Sea
Kent CT8 8JD
(UK)
Quarterly
9 UK Pounds in UK, 12 UK Pounds in Europe, 18 UK pounds in rest
Only been going since early 1991 and still finding its feet. Each
issue much improved on the previous, and distribution problems
slowly disappearing. No band access.
@Q15. What is/who are
a. "Nanker Phelge"?
The author of several early compositions ("Stoned", "The Underassistant
West Coast Promotion Man"), "Nanker Phelge" is actually a pseudonym used
for group compositions. "Nanker" was the nick name for a rather unpleasant
facial expression band members used to make, and "Phelge" the surname of
an early roommate of Keith, Mick, and Brian's whose personal hygiene left
something to be desired.
b. "The Glimmer Twins"?
The production team known to the world as "The Glimmer Twins" consists
of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, so dubbed because of a chance encounter
with an elderly woman on vacation, who thought she recognized one of the
Stones, but only had a "glimmer" of the real identity of her find.
c. "Rock and Roll Circus"?
Mere days after the release of 'Beggar's Banquet' in 1968, the band
pulled together a 'circus': a show consisting of real circus performers, and
some progressive rock acts of the day. Jethro Tull, The Who and Eric
Clapton were in attendance, as were lions, trapeze artists, and Yoko Ono.
The idea was to produce a unique television show, but the footage was
eventually shelved, due to what the Stones felt was a sub-standard
performance. It has not been seen to this day, except for a brief
excerpt in the home video entitled '25 x 5', and the Who's performance
of 'A Quick One', seen in their own film/career documentary, 'The Kids
Are Alright'. It has been spotted on bootleg video, but only, as
the saying goes, in an 'umpteenth-generation' presentation. (For
five years and counting, the officially unofficial rumour on official
release of a long-form home video version has been "any day now".
The rights are owned by Allen Klein. If this can produce money,
rest assured you will see it at some point.) Several
bootlegs of the audio portion exist. It was Brian's last performance
with the band.
The two main musical highlights were a 'supergroup' consisting of
Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Keith Richards, and Mitch Mitchell (of the
Jimi Hendrix Experience), and a performance of several songs
by the Stones themselves, including 'Route 66', 'Confessin' the
Blues', 'Parachute Woman', 'Jumpin' Jack Flash', 'Sympathy for the
Devil', 'No Expectations', 'You Can't Always Get What You Want', and
'Salt of the Earth'.
d. "Altamont"?
The band planned a large, free concert in San Francisco to cap off
their highly successful 1969 tour of the United States, similar to a
successful event they had done in London's Hyde Park several months
earlier. Between permit denials, greed, and a last-minute change of
venue, the event devolved from a potentially powerful West Coast
Woodstock to a poorly-planned mess. A bad choice of security
(American biker gang the "Hell's Angels") contributed to a day-long
sideshow of violence and "bad vibes".
By the time the Stones came on in the evening, tempers were short.
The dramatic stabbing of a spectator by one of the Hell's Angels
during the Stones' set was captured on film in the documentary
"Gimme Shelter", available now on home video.
e. "Cocksucker Blues"?
It is the title of both a notorious slow blues song performed by
Jagger which has been frequently bootlegged, and an unrelated film
project by Robert Frank which was a documentary of the Stones' 1972
American tour.
The song tells the woeful tale of a "lonesome schoolboy" who has come
to the big city (London) but does not know where to find all the
amenities a young man needs. Presented as a single by Jagger to
fulfill a contractual obligation to DECCA records, the label declined
to release it. It did appear very briefly as an 'official' release
as part of a German boxed set in 1984. The box was quickly pulled, and
re-released without the offending tune.
The film is rarely seen, as a unique legal settlement has required
that its' director, Robert Frank, accompany each and every showing of
the film. More bark than bite. Drug-fueled orgies and
all kinds of human degradations were rumoured to be captured on film.
This was more a reflection of what people thought went on on a Stones'
tour than what actually happened. Rather tame, it has some tit, some
drunken revelry, some drug use by band members, and some footage of
the greatest rock and roll band in the world in action.
@Q16. Gossip
a. How many times have they been arrested?
The band's longtime acquaintance with law enforcement started with an
infamous 'pissing' incident in March of 1965 in which Bill Wyman, who
needed to use the rest facilities at a car fuel stop, was not only
refused admittance to the chamber, but told to promptly vacate the
premises. Mick Jagger and Brian Jones joined Bill in pissing against
a wall, and the Stones' image as 'bad boys' was firmly established. In
a remarkable show of solidarity and opportunism, which was not to
be repeated, all five band members showed up at court, several
weeks later...
Unfortunately, being pop-stars in the "swingin' sixties", they were
easy targets for aggressive narcotics enforcement officers. Human
nature and law enforcement being what they are, these officers
descended on the weakest and most vulnerable of the lot, Brian Jones,
with some regularity and viciousness, although by the end of the
Seventies, Mick and Keith also found themselves "busted" several
times, culminating in the most serious case, Keith's 1977 arrest for
heroin possession in Canada, which threatened the continued existence
of the band.
The Eighties, the decade of the "War on Drugs", produced its own
comical efforts at putting Stones Behind Bars, but these were so
poorly executed, they failed almost upon impact. Ron Wood, several
years younger than everyone else in the band, got his own taste in
1980. Although charges were dropped, Mr. Wood was said to have problems
with unspecified drugs in the early eighties, and also to have taken
care of them with a "Betty Ford"-type cure while the Stones were
languishing unused mid-decade.
1965 - "Pissing" incident at a gas/petrol station. Five-pound fines
for Mick, Brian, and Bill are appealed.
1967 - The "Redlands" bust - allegations of carpeted girls and Mars bars.
Keith's conviction on "allowing his premises" overturned on
appeal; Mick's pep-pill possession successfully appealed - Court
found that he had been more severely sentenced than an "anonymous
young man".
1967 - Brian busted same day as the "Redlands" case court appearance.
1968 - Brian busted for cannabis. Found guilty and fined.
1969 - Hashish possession: Mick and Marianne Faithfull; Marianne
acquitted, Mick is fined.
1972 - Jagger and Richards held on assault of a photographer; delay means
the evening's show in Boston starts after midnight.
1972 - Keith's French pied-a-terre is raided; Coke, Hashish, heroin found.
1973 - Keith present when his British residence is raided. Drugs and guns.
1975 - Keith gets in trouble for carrying a knife in Fordyce, Arkansas
1977 - Keith fined 750 pounds + costs for coke possession.
1977 - Keith arrested for heroin possession in Canada. Eventually
"sentenced" to play a free concert and take his cure in New Jersey.
1980 - Ron and Jo Howard hang out with the wrong crowd in St. Maarten,
and spend several days in jail for possession of cocaine.
1987 - Jerry Hall gets into some trouble in Barbados when the local
customs people decide a 20-lb. package of marijuana is hers.
The "Kangaroo Customs" officers screw their own case, and Jerry
is found 'not guilty'.
b. How many times have they been married?
Both Charlie Watts and Keith Richards are on their first marriages.
Charlie married in 1964, Keith 19 years later. Brian Jones was never
married. Mick Jagger and Ron Wood are both on their second marriages,
to women they met in 1977. Ex-Stone Bill Wyman was the only member
married when he joined the group, and he entered his third legal
marriage shortly after leaving the group in 1993.
c. Will the band break up?
At some point, we believe.
d. Are they going to tour again?
The band has announced plans to take their "Voodoo Lounge" tour, kicking
off August 1, 1994 in the United States, to Japan, South America, the
Far East, and (in 1995) Europe.
e. Is this the last time, really?
They were first asked this in 1966.
f. How old ARE they?
Birthdays are as follows:
Jagger July 26, 1943
Jones Feb. 28, 1942 (dismissed June 8, 1969; died July 3,
1969)
Richards Dec. 18, 1943
Stewart July 18, 1938 (died December 12, 1985)
Taylor Jan. 17, 1948 (quit December, 1974)
Watts Jun. 02, 1941
Wood Jun. 01, 1947
Wyman Oct. 24, 1936 (quit 1993)
@Q17. Myths & legends:
a. Did Keith really get his blood changed?
It was a widely circulated rumour that to cure himself of an addiction
to heroin, Keith Richards flew to the Swiss chalet of an exclusive
physician who had a method for replacing all of a patient's nasty
addicted blood with good clean blood.
Great gossip. Bad science.
While it has been claimed in print by at least one biographer, this
author was also Keith's dealer for several years. It is widely
considered to be little more than another colorful urban legend.
b. Do they worship satan?
Among the phenomena that have become known to us since the formation
of the Rolling Stones are: CDs, wireless amps, home video, and
Serious Rock Criticism. Early Serious Rock Critics, trying in vain
to capture in prose the mystique, wonder, beauty, arrogance, and power
of the Rolling Stones, would often resort to demonic imagery. It did
not help matters that the band released songs like "Sympathy for the
Devil", or that Jagger performed in a swirling cape bathed in red
light. Blame this one on the old "four blind men describing an
elephant" syndrome.
Professional demonist and man-about-town Kenneth Anger once asserted
that Anita Pallenberg (Keith's paramour in the Stones' supposed
'demonic' period) was a 'witch'. But that's Kenneth Anger.
c. Is Paul dead?
He is rumoured to have shown up at a Rolling Stones concert in
New York City in 1978 to catch the festivities. Other than that,
no one seems to care.
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The Rolling Stones--Live and Unreleased Audio
(Version 1.31 of *this* document)
This is an introduction and guide to the live concert and studio
outtake recordings of the Rolling Stones. This information is for
educational purposes only.
The Rolling Stones have been around for 30 years and have released
many albums. However, for some fans, they haven't released enough.
This is a guide for those fans who want to know what the Stones were
doing on their many unrecorded tours, or are curious to hear the
various working stages of a classic song. The only way to hear
this is from unauthorized recordings.
Unauthorized recordings may be either live concerts or studio
outtakes. Live concerts may be recorded in several ways: In the
audience using a hand held tape recorder, by a sound man from the
soundboard, or from a radio broadcast. Audience recordings will
generally sound the worst, but modern technology makes it possible
to have very good audience recordings. Studio outtakes are
generally of good quality as the recording is usually professionally
done. In all cases, sound quality will deteriorate as analog copies
are made from one generation to the next.
Here is a partial list of unauthorized recordings by the Rolling
Stones. Some of these are easy to find, others are out of print.
Most but not all are available on CD. Listings are by location,
date, length, quality, and source. Quality ratings are from 1 to 10
and are REALISTIC, with 1 being unlistenable and 10 being perfect
release quality. 'm' indicates mono, 's' stereo, and 'es' electronic
stereo. Also included are typical sets for live concerts.
This list is not complete. I have omitted many obscure LPs, CDs,
and tape only performances. Many of the best recorded performances
have been released by as many as 10 different companies; I have
listed only the best or one of the best versions.
Part 1: The Early Years with Brian Jones
Most of the recordings from this period are either from media
appearances such as the BBC and TV shows, or studio outtakes.
Although the band toured constantly, there are few unauthorized
concert recordings. This was the time of Beatlemania, and screaming
girls and often riots at concerts. With the extremely primitive PA
systems of the era, the Stones were frequently drowned out by the
screaming audience.
Set lists:
Second English tour, Feb./March 1964: Talking About
You, Roadrunner, Roll Over Beethoven, You Better Move On, Beautiful
Delilah, It's Alright, Not Fade Away, I Wanna Be Your Man.
September/October 1964 UK tour: I Just Wanna Make Love to You,
Walking the Dog, If You Need Me, It's Alright, Around and Around,
It's All Over Now.
March 1965 UK tour: Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, Pain in My
Heart, Down the Road Apiece, Time is on My Side, I'm Moving On, It's
Alright, Little Red Rooster, Route 66, The Last Time, Everybody
Needs Somebody to Love.
September/October 1965 UK tour: Mercy Mercy, Cry to Me, The Last
Time, Oh Baby We Got a Good Thing Going, I'm Moving On, She Said
Yeah, Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, That's How Strong My Love
is, Talkin' 'bout You.
Paris March 28, 1966: The Last Time, Mercy Mercy, She Said Yeah,
Play with Fire, Not Fade Away, That's How Strong My Love is, I'm
Moving On, The Spider and the Fly, Time is on My Side, 19th Nervous
Breakdown, Around and Around, Get Off of My Cloud, It's Alright,
Satisfaction.
Paris April 11, 1967: Paint It Black, 19th Nervous Breakdown, Lady
Jane, Get Off of My Cloud, Yesterday's Papers, Under My Thumb, Ruby
Tuesday, Let's Spend the Night Together, Going Home, Satisfaction.
Other recordings are available, but these are the best/most common:
BBC '63-'65; 52 min; 9.5 m&s; "Get Satisfaction if You Want"
BBC TV & ITV '63-'65; 50 min; 8.0 m; "Crackin' Up"
Ed Sullivan TV '64-'67; 7.5 m; "Conquer America"
Outtakes '63-'65; 30 min; 9.0 s; "Bright Lights Big City"
Outtakes '64-'73; 70 min 8.0 s; "Mad Shadows"
Unreleased stereo mixes of '65-'67 hits;
20 min; 7.5 s; "Dartford Renegades"
Paris 4/18/65; 40 min; 7.0 m; "L'Olympia"
Honolulu 7/28/66; 30 min; 7.5 m; "In Action"
Part 1a: Brian is phased out
The Stones did their last tour with Brian in the spring of 1967.
They were unable to tour after that due to Brian's legal and health
problems. The Rock and Roll Circus was to be a way around this,
bringing the performance to the audience instead of the other way
around.
"Sympathy..." rehearsals 5-6/68; 20 min; 7.0 m; "Angie"
Outtakes '68-'72; 70 min; 8.0 s; "On the Rocks"
Outtakes '68-'72; 85 min; 9.5 s; "Trident Mixes"
Outtakes/ diff. mixes '68-'73; 100 min; 10.0 s; "Time Trip"
Rock & Roll Circus 12/12/68; 18 min; 8.0 m; "R&R Circus"
Part 2: The middle period with Mick Taylor
After the forced exit of Brian, the Stones hired Mick Taylor as new
lead guitarist. His excellent playing made this lineup arguably the
best for live performances.
His first gig with them, Hyde Park, became a tribute to Brian. It
took place only 2 days after his death and featured several songs
which would not be played live again.
Hyde Park, 7/5/69; 85 min; 8.0 m; "Stones in the Park"/others
The first actual tour with Mick Taylor was the fall/winter 1969 US
Tour. "Let It Bleed" was released at the end of the tour. Toward
the end of the tour the band did some recordings at Muscle Shoals,
Alabama (partly documented on "Time Trip" above). New York, Muscle
Shoals, and Altamont are documented in the movie "Gimme Shelter."
The official live album from this tour is the excellent "Get Yer
Ya-Yas Out." Of possible interest to trivia freaks is the fact that
Love in Vain was actually recorded in Baltimore, not NYC as claimed
on the sleeve.
Typical set for 1969 US tour: Jumping Jack Flash, Carol, Sympathy
for the Devil, Stray Cat Blues, Love in Vain, Prodigal Son (not at
all shows), You Gotta Move (not at all shows), Under My Thumb,
Midnight Rambler, Live with Me, Little Queenie, Satisfaction, Honky
Tonk Woman, Street Fighting Man. Played infrequently: I'm Free,
Gimme Shelter. Played only at Altamont: The Sun is Shining (by
Jimmy Reed), Brown Sugar.
The 1969 US tour established a pattern which would continue until
1982: US tour every 3 years, with a European tour the following
year. There was no 1979 European tour, but the New Barbarians
toured that year.
Other recordings are available, but these are the best/most common:
Oakland 11/9/69 1st show; 70 min; 8.0 m; "Bring It Back Aliver"
Oakland 11/9/69 2nd show; 70 min; 8.0 m; "Liver Than You'll Ever Be"/
many others
San Diego 11/10/69; 45 min; 8.0 m; "Stoneaged"
Outtakes '69-'74, studio&live; 30 min; 8.5 s; "A Shot of Salvation"
Altamont Speedway 12/6/69; 82 min; 5.5 es; "Altamont"
In early 1970, the first Stones bootleg record came out, called
"Liver Than You'll Ever Be." It was the second bootleg of a major
rock band, after Dylan's "Great White Wonder." At that time, being
bootlegged was almost prestigious, a far cry from the way things are
today. "Liver Than" was even reviewed in "Rolling Stone" magazine
in the February 7, 1970 issue.
There are no really excellent recordings from the next tour, Europe
1970. However, as of late 1993, more of these recordings are
becoming available, including the first ever soundboard tape.
Unfortunately, they are mostly on hard to get Japanese CDs.
Musically, this tour was similar to the 1969 US tour except that a
horn section was used for the first time.
Typical set for 1970 European tour: Jumping Jack Flash, Roll Over
Beethoven, Sympathy for the Devil, Stray Cat Blues, Love in Vain,
Prodigal Son, Dead Flowers, Midnight Rambler, Live with Me, Little
Queenie, Let it Rock, Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Woman, Street Fighting
Man. Played infrequently: Gimme Shelter.
Hamburg 9/14/70; 67 min; 6.5 m; "Let it Rock"
Berlin 9/16/70; 45 min; 7.0 m; "CS Roll Over Berlin"
Paris 9/23/70; 70 min; 5.5 m; "Paris 1970" (FM w/commentary)
Paris 9/24/70; 60 min; 7.5 m; "Paris 1970" (soundboard)
Essen 10/07/70; 50 min; 7.0 m; "European Tour 1970"
Before their contract with Decca expired, The Stones were required
to record one more song. Fed up with Decca, they recored Cocksucker
Blues. Its unauthorized releases are frequently paired with a
studio outtake of Brown Sugar featuring Eric Clapton on third
guitar.
"CS Blues"/"Brown Sugar" w/Clapton; 10 min; 10.0 s; "CS Blues"
The band did a farewell tour of England in 1971 before leaving as
tax exiles. "Sticky Fingers" was released after this tour. Let
It Rock from Leeds 3/13 has been legally released.
Typical set for 1971 English tour: Jumping Jack Flash, Live with
Me, Dead Flowers, Stray Cat Blues, Love in Vain, Midnight Rambler,
Bitch, Honky Tonk Woman, Satisfaction, Little Queenie, Brown Sugar,
Street Fighting Man. Played infrequently: I Got the Blues, Let It
Rock (encore).
Leeds, UK 3/13/71; 60 min; 10.0 m; "Get Your Leeds Lungs Out"
Marquee Club 3/26/71; 40 min; 8.0 m; "Marquee 71 + Sticky Out" (sic)
"Exile on Main Street" was recorded in the basement of Keith's house
in France. Outtakes are available.
"Exile" outtakes; 35 min; 8.0 s; "Tropical Disease"
Rehearsing for their 1972 US tour, the Stones were filmed by the BBC.
Montreux rehearsals 5/21/72; 25 min; 9.0 m; "Time Trip"
The 1972 US tour in support of "Exile on Main Street" was sucessful
both musically and financially. Not one but two movies were made,
the unreleased behind-the-scenes "Cocksucker Blues" and the concert
documentary "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones." There was to
be a double LP live album but it remains unreleased due to Decca
withholding the rights to several songs.
Typical set for 1972 US tour: Brown Sugar, Bitch, Rocks Off, Gimme
Shelter, Happy, Tumbling Dice, Love in Vain, Sweet Virginia, You
Can't Always Get What You Want, All Down the Line, Midnight Rambler,
Bye Bye Johnny, Rip This Joint, Jumping Jack Flash, Street Fighting
Man. Played infrequently: Uptight/Satisfaction (encore), Loving
Cup, Torn and Frayed, Ventilator Blues, Honky Tonk Woman (encore),
Don't Lie to Me.
Other recordings are available, but these are the best/most common:
Dallas 6/23/72 reh.; 135 min; 7.5 s; "Stones Touring Party"
"Ladies & Gentlemen" soundtrack; 80 min; 8.5 s; "Dragon Slayers"
Charlotte, NC 7/6/72; 70 min; 6.5 s; "Back to the Roots"
Philadelphia + Fort Worth; 170 min; 8.5 s; "Philadelphia Special"
(1 & 2)/others
MSG, NYC 7/26/72; 45 min; 8.5 s; "Welcome to New York"
From this point on, most concerts would be recorded by someone in
the audience.
The next tour was to Australia with a few stops along the way.
Typical set for winter 1973 tour: Brown Sugar, Bitch, Rocks Off,
Gimme Shelter, Happy, Tumbling Dice, Love in Vain, Sweet Virginia,
You Can't Always Get What You Want, Honky Tonk Woman, All Down the
Line, Midnight Rambler, Little Queenie, Rip This Joint, Jumping Jack
Flash, Street Fighting Man. Played infrequently: Route 66, It's
All Over Now, No expectations, Live with Me.
LA Forum 1/18/73; 80 min; 6.5 m; "Winter Tour 1973"
Honolulu 1/21/73 1st show; 75 min; 7.0 s; "Honolulu"
Melbourne 2/17/73; 73 min; 7.0 m; "Temperature Rising"
Perth, Australia 2/24/73; 50 min; 9.0 s; "Rocks Off"
Sydney 2/26/73; 65 min; 8.5 s; "Happy Birthday Nicky"
To promote "Goats Head Soup" the Stones recorded 4 songs for Don
Kirshner's TV show.
Don Kirshner TV 7/17/73; 20 min; 8.5 m; "Angie"
For the fall of 1973 there was a European tour. The King Biscuit
Flour Hour broadcast from Brussels and London is widely circulated.
Typical set for 1973 European tour: Brown Sugar, Gimme Shelter,
Happy, Tumbling Dice, Star Star (deleted from KBFH broadcast),
Angie, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Dancing with Mr. D,
Heartbreaker (first half of tour only), Midnight Rambler, Honky Tonk
Woman, All Down the Line, Rip This Joint, Jumping Jack Flash, Street
Fighting Man. Played infrequently: Bitch, 100 Years Ago, Silver
Train, Sweet Virginia.
Other recordings are available, but these are the best/most common:
Luxemburg radio '73 (various); 30 min; 9.5 m; "A Shot of Salvation"
Bern 9/26/73 2nd show; 75 min; 6.5 s; "Bern-1973"
Brussels 10/17/73 + London 9/9/73; 75 min; 9.5 s; "Brussels Affair"/
others
To promote "It's Only Rock and Roll," the band again appeared on
Don Kirshner's TV show.
Don Kirshner TV 7/74; 15 min; video
Part 3: The Ron Wood era:
Just before the Stones were to go into the studio and record "Black
and Blue," Mick Taylor abruptly quit. Three different guest
guitarists ended up on the album, and the band also jammed with Jeff
Beck, but when they toured the US in 1975, Ronnie Wood was the
"guest" lead guitarist.
The 1975 and 1976 tours featured much longer sets than had been
played in the past. Billy Preston also performed two songs at each
show.
Typical set for 1975 US tour: Honky Tonk Woman, All Down the Line,
If You Can't Rock Me/ Get Off of My Cloud, Star Star, Gimme Shelter,
Ain't Too Proud to Beg, You Gotta Move, You Can't Always Get What
You Want, Happy, Tumbling Dice, It's Only Rock and Roll,
Heartbreaker, Fingerprint File, Angie, Wild Horses, That's Life,
Outta Space (both sung by Billy Preston), Brown Sugar, Midnight
Rambler, Rip This Joint, Street Fighting Man, Jumping Jack Flash.
Played infrequently: Rocks Off, Sure the One You Need,
Star Star, Gimme Shelter, Luxury, Dance Little Sister, Cherry Oh
Baby, Lady Jane (a capella by Mick), Sympathy for the Devil
(encore at about half the shows).
Other recordings are available, but these are the best/most common:
Outtakes '73-'79; 45 min; 9.5 s; "Lonely at the Top"
Studio reh. 1-4/75; 70 min; 7.5 s; "Black and Blue Sessions"
Buffalo 6/15/75; 65 min; 7.5 s; "Hot As Hell"
NYC 6/27/75; 65 min; 7.5 s; "Welcome Back to NY"/others
LA Forum 7/11/75; 160 min; 7.5 m; "Rockin' at the Forum"
LA Forum 7/13/75; 90 min; 8.0 s; "I Never Talked to Chuck Berry"
Cow Palace, SF 7/15/75; 120 min; 7.0 s; "It's Only Rock & Roll"
Detroit 7/28/75; 90 min; 7.5 m; "Rock and Roll Goes on the Road
Again"
The 1976 European tour was musically similar to the 1975 US tour,
except that songs from "Black and Blue" were played.
Typical set for 1976 European tour: Honky Tonk Woman, If You Can't
Rock Me/ Get Off of My Cloud, Hand of Fate, Hey Negrita, Ain't Too
Proud to Beg, Fool to Cry, Hot Stuff, Star Star, Angie, You Gotta
Move, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Happy, Tumbling Dice,
Nothing from Nothing, Outta Space (both sung by Billy Preston),
Midnight Rambler, It's Only Rock and Roll, Brown Sugar, Midnight
Rambler, Street Fighting Man, Jumping Jack Flash. Played
infrequently: Rip This Joint, Cherry Oh Baby, Sympathy for the
Devil. Played at Knebworth only: Satisfaction, Around and Around,
Little Red Rooster, Stray Cat Blues, Let's Spend the Night Together,
Dead Flowers, Route 66, Wild Horses, Honky Tonk Woman, Country Honk
theme.
Other recordings are available, but these are the best/most common:
Frankfurt 4/29/76; 45 min; 7.5 s; "Frankfurt 1976"
Paris 6/6/76; 100 min; 8.5 m; "Paris Aux Printemps"
Paris 6/7/76; 125 min; 7.0 m/8.5 s; "Vive La France","Paris Par Exc."
Lyon 6/9/76; 71 min; 8.0 s; "Backstage Limited"
Knebworth 8/21/76; 90 min; 8.5 s; "Hot August Night"
The Stones came to Toronto in early 1977 to record live at the El
Mocambo Club. Keith was arrested there for heroin possession, but
recording took place and became side 3 of "Love You Live."
Toronto 3/4 & 3/5/77; 40 min; 8.5 s; "El Mocambo '77"
The next studio album was "Some Girls." Outtakes are available.
Outtakes late '77; 100 min; 9.0 s; "Paris Outtakes" I & II
For the 1978 US tour, the band played most of the album and dropped
many older songs. Billy Preston was sacked; keyboardists Ian
Stewart and Ian McLagan were featured prominently. At the end of
the tour, the Stones appeared on Saturday Night Live.
Typical set for 1978 US tour: Let It Rock, All Down the Line, Honky
Tonk Woman, Star Star, When the Whip Comes Down, Lies, Miss You,
Beast of Burden, Just My Imagination, Shattered, Respectable, Far
Away Eyes, Love in Vain, Tumbling Dice, Happy, Sweet Little Sixteen,
Brown Sugar, Jumping Jack Flash. Played infrequently: Hound Dog,
Satisfaction, Street Fighting Man.
Woodstock '78 reh. + outtakes; 60 min; 8.5 s; "'78 Tour Reh."
Passaic, NJ 6/14/78; 90 min; 9.0 s; "Garden State 78"/others
US radio '78 (various); 90 min; 9.5 s; "A Summer Romance"/others
LA 8/78 outtakes; 93 min; 8.5 s; "The Harder They Come"/
others
(There are different versions of the radio broadcasts; for example
there, are two different versions of "Shattered," from different
cities. This tour was heavily bootlegged; about 75% of the tour
dates are available on vinyl.)
Keith's sentence for heroin possession was light: to do a benefit
concert for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. At the
start of the New Barbarians tour in Toronto, the Stones made a
surprise appearance.
Toronto 4/22/79 w/Barbarians; 90 min; 8.0 s; "Blind Date"
"Emotional Rescue" outtakes are available.
"Emotional Rescue" outtakes; 67 min; quality excellent minus;
"Emotional Rescue Demos"
The next tour was in the US, 1981, for "Tattoo You." There was an
official live album, "Still Life," and movie, "Let's Spend the Night
Together."
Typical set for 1981 US tour: Under My Thumb, When the Whip Comes
Down, Let's Spend the Night Together, Shattered, Neighbors, Black
Limousine, Just My Imagination, 20 Flight Rock, Going to a Go Go,
Let Me Go, Time is on My Side, Beast of Burden, Waiting on a Friend,
Let It Bleed, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Little T&A,
Tumbling Dice, She's So Cold, All Down the Line, Hang Fire, Star
Star, Miss You, Start Me Up, Honky Tonk Woman, Brown Sugar, Jumping
Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man (a few shows), and/or Satisfaction
(most shows). Played infrequently: Tops, Down the Road Apiece,
Mona, Star Star.
USA '81 (various, FM); 90 min; 9.5 s; "Time is on Our Side"/others
Seattle 10/15/81; 125 min; 8.5 s; "...More Than Ever"
Chicago 11/22/81 35 min; (Ex); "Sweet Home Chicago"
w/Muddy Waters;
Kansas City 12/1?/81; 145 min; 8.0 s; "Together At Last" (partly
w/Mick Taylor on third guitar)
Hampton, VA 12/18/81; 140 min; 10.0 s; "Hampton '81"/many others
(The Hampton and various FM broadcasts are avaliable on many
different LPs and CDs. As with the '78 broadcasts, different
versions of some songs are available. About two thirds of the tour
dates are available on vinyl. Hampton was a pay-per-view cable
special, and many bootleg videos circulate.)
The 1982 European tour was musically similar to the 1981 tour.
Typical set for 1982 European tour: Under My Thumb, When the Whip
Comes Down, Let's Spend the Night Together, Shattered, Neighbors,
Black Limousine, Just My Imagination, 20 Flight Rock, Going to a Go
Go, Chantilly Lace (first part of tour), Let Me Go, Time is on My
Side, Beast of Burden, Let It Bleed (first part of tour), You Can't
Always Get What You Want, Little T&A, Tumbling Dice, She's So Cold,
Hang Fire, Miss You, Honky Tonk Woman, Brown Sugar, Start Me Up,
Jumping Jack Flash, Satisfaction. Played infrequently: Angie.
Gothenburg, Sweden 6/19/82; 130 min; 8.0 m; "One More Time"
Gothenburg, Sweden 6/20/82; 85 min; 8.0 s; "Drinking and Dancing"
(About two thirds of the tour dates are available on vinyl.)
Due to tensions within the band, there was no touring again until 1989.
Outtakes are available for "Dirty Work."
"Dirty Work" outtakes 7-11/85; 69 min; (Ex-); "Dirtiest Work"
After much speculation if there would ever be another tour, the
Stones finally toured the US in 1989 in support of "Steel Wheels."
For the first time, most of the live material was not from the new
album. Each concert was a look back on their long career, and they
performed songs that had never been attempted live. The band also
used a much larger cast of supporting musicians than in the past.
The Stones "toured" Japan in February by playing in Tokyo for about
10 days.
Typical set for 1989 Steel Wheels US tour: Start Me Up, Bitch, Sad
Sad Sad, Undercover of the Night, Harlem Shuffle, Tumbling Dice,
Miss You, Ruby Tuesday, Play with Fire, Rock and a Hard Place, Mixed
Emotions, Honky Tonk Woman, Midnight Rambler, You Can't Always Get
What You Want, Little Red Rooster (not at all shows), Before They
Make Me Run or Can't Be Seen, Happy, Paint It Black, 2000 Light
Years from Home, Sympathy for the Devil, Gimme Shelter, It's Only
Rock and Roll, Brown Sugar, Satisfaction, Jumping Jack Flash.
Played infrequently: Shattered, Salt of the Earth, Dead Flowers,
One Hit to the Body, Angie, Almost Hear You Sigh, Terrifying.
Toronto 9/3/89; 95? min; (Ex); "Live in Toronto"
Dallas 11/11/89; 145 min; 8.5 m; "Texas Rangers"
Atlanta 11/21/89; 120 min; (Ex); "Back in Business"
LA 10/19/89; ??? min; (Ex); "Mixed Emotions"
Atlantic City 12/19/89; 150 min; 10.0 s; many CDs (frequently video)
Tokyo 2/26/90; 140 min; 10.0 s; "The Steel Wheels Performances"
The 1990 Urban Jungle Tour was musically similar to the Steel Wheels
tour. Typical set for Urban Jungle Tour: Start Me Up, Sad Sad Sad,
Harlem Shuffle, Tumbling Dice, Miss You, Almost Hear You Sigh, Ruby
Tuesday, Rock and a Hard Place, Mixed Emotions, Honky Tonk Woman,
Midnight Rambler, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Can't Be Seen
(3/4 of shows), or Before They Make Me Run (1/4 of shows), Happy,
Paint It Black, 2000 Light Years from Home, Sympathy for the Devil,
Street Fighting Man, Gimme Shelter, It's Only Rock and Roll, Brown
Sugar, Jumping Jack Flash, Satisfaction. Played infrequently:
Bitch, Angie, Dead Flowers, Factory Girl, Blinded by Love,
Terrifying, Little Red Rooster, I Just Wanna Make Love to You.
Basel, Switz. 6/27/90; 145 min; 7.5 s; "Basel '90"
London 7/7/90; 135 min; 10.0 s; "Seventh of July"
The author acknowledges that every living member and ex member of the
band has done some sort of solo project. Keith's solo tours of 1988
and 1992-93 have been heavily bootlegged, and Mick's tour of 1988 is
also fairly well represented. However, cataloging those releases is
beyond the scope of this guide. Plus, I don't collect that material.
Notes on collecting CDs:
As far as I know, European copyright laws have now changed so that
CDs which used to be unauthorized but legal in some countries are
now illegal in all countries. Apparently Phil Collins won a lawsuit
in Germany on October 20, 1993, which means that European artists
such as the Stones can prevent the manufacture and sale of
unauthorized CDs, at least in Europe. Of course there are plenty of
"underground" companies to fill the vacuum. Apparently formerly
legal companies such as The Swingin' Pig, Oh Boy, Living Legend,
Great Dane, Bulldog, WPOCM, The Genuine Pig, and others are now out
of business.
The best of these was the Swingin' Pig. Most of their CDs were
mastered from tapes, unlike some companies which used old records,
and they generally used the best available tape for a particular
show. On the downside, they sometimes overdid the noise
reduction, which made the music sound bassy and compressed.
Apparently Australia is now the way Europe used to be: Unauthorized
recordings may be released legally, provided royalties are paid.
I am unclear on the details of this.
Other companies don't bother with details like royalties; these
bootlegs are illegal in all countries. One of the best of these
labels is Scorpio, which seems to go by several different names.
Unlike most labels, they concentrate on studio outtakes, and have
actually put out "new" material. They still aren't above
dubbing some tracks off old records here and there, however.
The Vigatone label has produced only a few Stones CDs but they are
all excellent, from tapes. The Chameleon or "Chamelion" label is
also excellent.
"Terappin" or Terrapin label CDs are very hard to come by but are
mostly rare material in decent to good quality.
Japanese CDs on labels such as Digger Productions, Hot Lips Records,
Golden Hits Records, Alley Cat, and Idol Mind are generally hard to
come by in the US but often have rare material. The quality of these
varies widely. As of late 1993 onward, the Japanese have been the
only labels putting out previously unreleased material, even material
which was not in tape trading circles.
_Bibliography_
Basement News fanzines. Rodgau, Germany: Dieter Hoffmann
Hoffmann, Dieter. Das Rolling Stones Schwarzbuch (Black Book).
Vaihingen, Germany: New Media Verlag, 1987.
Hoffmann, Dieter. Rolling Stones--Das Weissbuch (White Book).
Winsen, Germany: New Media Records, 1991.
Live! Music Review, December 1993.
No Expectations fanzine. No. 9, January, 1992. Lerdala, Sweden:
Mats Jarl
Stember, Wilfried. The Rolling Stones Collector's File 2.
Dortmund, Germany: Stember, 1984.
Zentgraf, Nico. Collector's Delight or Collector's Disease?
Berlin, Germany: Zentgraf, 1992.
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The Rolling Stones--The Bibliography From Hell
Prepared and maintained by: Stephen D. Carter
(S.D.Carter@Sussex.ac.uk) or
(stevedc@central.sussex.ac.uk)
The Rolling Stones, unlike the Beatles, seem to have had few
even half-decent authors or publishers produce books about
them. The majority of the books on this list are, frankly,
not too good. A few (Stone Alone, etc) are imperative!
Read this list, and the books, with low expectations!
Part one of the FAQ list has recommendations on the five best
books (in print and out).
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This list has been constructed with help from many people, to
whom many thanks.
Among them are : D.H., Tony Rzepela, Bruce Dumes, and
several others who, if they email me will be duly credited!
Whoops, lost my earlier list!
I am happy to receive email comments about errors in this
list, and information about books that are not on it.
Like the Stones, I'm a Brit, so are most of the ISBN's.
Citations list author, title, year, and finally, ISBN.
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ed Bill Buford
Granta
84 0140075658
Granta is a quarterly book/magazine of 'New English Writing'
Issue 12 consists largely of an extensive extract from
Stanley Booth's "True Adventures of the Rolling Stones"
ed Johnny Dean
The Rolling Stones Book
64
Date unclear, but precedes the Rolling Stones Monthly from
the same publishers. Nice photos - a real period piece.
Even has a bit about 'The Official Rolling Stones Fan Club'
93/97 Regent St. Now, whatever became of that!?
ed Johnny Dean
Record Collector
Monthly magazine from the original publishers of both the
Beatles and Rolling Stones Monthly Magazines. The issues
that have special features on the Stones are worth getting.
Issues : 37,45,49,61,74,79,87,93,101,104,111,113,117,124,
125,130,136,142.
43/45 St Mary's Road, Ealing, London, W5 5RQ. UK
ed Nicholas Drake
The Sixties : A Decade in Vogue
88 0187130726
Reproductions of some of the best of the always high quality
illustrations from Vogue in the 60's.
Inevitably the Stones and their circle appear.
Nice book - buy if remaindered.
ed Pete Goodman
Our Own Story by The Rolling Stones
64
Wonderful period piece that asserts it is 'as we told it to
Pete Goodman'.
Written for mass consumption at the start of the band's
career.
ed Nigel Grant
A Pixerama Foldbook of the Rolling Stones
64
A very early period piece - 12 small photo's of the band
in a concertina fold out style. The text is superbly dated,
and very wrong in places. "The lads got their name for the
group from a Chuck Berry song 'The Rolling Stones'".
Buy it if you ever see it.
ed Mick Jagger
The Rolling Stones Monthly Book
64
Short lived (30 issues) monthly 'Official Rolling Stones
Book edited by the Stones for their Fans' from the same
stable as the still running Beatles Monthly.
Despite the fact that it is mostly the product of the
imagination of a press/publicity crew it is worth getting
if you ever (unlikely) see it. Re-issue long overdue.
ed Joyce Robins
The Sixties : The Style : The Sounds : The Stars
84 0862731895
A 64 page rush through the music of the turbulent 60's.
Produced by Marks & Spencer, so quality is good. Nothing
profound, only a bit on the Stones.
ed Robert Love
The Best of Rolling Stone
93 0863697690
A compilation of a selection of the best articles from the
magazine.
Robert Greenfield gets an article about the Stones. Worth
getting for this, and all of the rest!
ed Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stones
76
A compilation of the main features on the Stones from
Rolling Stone covering the first interview in 1968 through
to 1975.
Excellent.
ed Jack Scott, Nick Logan
Greatest Hits : Very Best of NME
74 1850371473
A selection of the best interviews from NME. Good interview
with Mick - Roy Carr interviewer.
(Unknown)
The Rolling Stones : 24 Posters
83 0862830605
24 nicely printed pictures (not posters) from the 81 Tour.
No text. Marginal value.
(Unknown)
The Rolling Stones Complete
81 0860017611
Collection of words and music to all original Stones
compositions released from 1963 to 1980. Separate
complete lyrics section, and a UK discography to 1980.
Over 70 photo's, up to and including 1978
Felix Aeppli
Heart of Stone : The Definitive Rolling Stones Discography
85 0876501927
Well indexed and and as thoroughly researched as a book
without 'official' backing could be. Although it is
extensive and thorough, sources close to the band dismiss
this book as dreadfully inaccurate.
An obvious need exists for an authorized version.
Mandy Aftel
Death of a Rolling Stone : The Brian Jones Story
82 0283989459
Reasonably good biography of the life and death of Brian.
Good photo's, and research are spoiled by the author's
uncritical approach to Brian.
Christopher Andersen
Jagger Unauthorised
93 0671712098
Only go for this one if you are a terminal
completist. Not the best book in the booklist
Robert Armstrong
Rolling Stones
83 089813109X
This 31 page children's book provides an overview of the
Stones' history, their early chart success, the death of
Brian Jones, the big tours in the early 80's, Tattoo You,
and so on.
Mentions drugs, but not Mars bars
SP
Atalanta Press
The Rolling Stones : Poster Book
89 1870049225
Large format, well printed book of 20 pullout posters.
Pretty. For complete-ists only.
Stephen Barnard
The Rolling Stones : Street Fighting Years
93 1851708626
Excellent book. Despite being so big that it is hernia
inducing. Superb photo selection, reproduced with great
clarity. The text (not matching the photo's) should be
read as a series of essays (with flaws). Photo's arranged
(seemingly) randomly - but some great ones!
Grab this book!
Victor Bockris
Keith Richards : The Biography
92 0091743974
In a field where few serious biographies exist, any gallant
attempt should be welcomed. But..
This book suffers from poor editing, from the (bizarre IMHO)
view that much of the success of the Stones stems from the
homo-erotic relationship of Jagger/Richards/Jones. Later
parts read as slick cuttings jobs. I'm glad my copy was a
half price remainder!
Massimo Bonanno
The Rolling Stones Chronicle : The first thirty years
90 0859651355
Chronologically arranged list of hi-lights and low spots
from the first 30 years.
Nice photo's, but the number of entries ensures a generally
shallow approach. The early years (62/3) are better than
most books - but still flawed.
Stanley Booth
Dance With The Devil
84 0394534883
US version of 'True Adventures'
Stanley Booth
The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones
85 0434081000
In 1969 Stanley Booth was granted the rights to put together
a book about the Stones. 16 years later it came out. An
entertaining read, full of racy tales and the like - both
from the Stone and from the author.
How much is true? Who cares!
(Extract first published in Granta)
Marie Cahill
The Rolling Stones - A Pictoral History
90 1856270351
Extremely well written, not deep, but complete. Almost
entirely accurate, carefully and lovingly composed to
accommodate the format as best it can. First class
captions.
Honest effort to gain an interesting captivating mix of
stock images and the unfamiliar
Roy Carr
The Rolling Stones : An Illustrated Record
76 0517526417
Well researched and illustrated retrospective. Some good
stuff from the very early years (62/63).
Terry Carty
Tumbling Dice
1991 UK based attempt to get a fanzine off the ground. After
7 issues (as of Sept '93) it is too early to judge.
Enthusiastic and deserving of support.
Tumbling Dice, 9 Collingwood Close, Westgate on Sea,
Kent CT8 8JD UK
Barbara Charone
Keith Richards
79 0708816584
Quite a well researched biography about one half of the
Glimmer Twins. Too uncritical to be of real value. Access
to Keith assured some unusual photo's.
Updated 1982 version in US.
Ray Connolly
Stardust Memories
83 0907516300
A compilation of interviews previously published in the
Evening Standard. Very good scene setting for The Sixties.
Features Mick, Charlie.... and Bianca
Michael Cooper & Terry Southern
The Early Stones : Legendary photographs of a band in the making
93 0436201372
A book of Michael Cooper's photo's, with a foreword (and
comments by Keef) could hardly fail. This one nearly does.
Illegible text, poor printing of ace photo's, and even some
mistakes (P157=nonsense).
However, this is an essential book!
David Dalton
The Rolling Stones : The First Twenty Years
81 0500272611
Well researched, well produced and illustrated retrospective
on the Stones.
Time for an update - the First Thirty Years?
David Dalton & Mick Farren
Rolling Stones in their own Words
80 0860015416
One of an extensive series of similar volumes. Well
presented collection of quotes - sorted by topic. Nice
photo's. Being quotes it steers clear of the risk of
bad research!
(Reissued with some updates in 1985)
ed David Dalton
The Rolling Stones : The Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band in the World
75 0352300922
Quite an early and well written account of the band. It
does not attempt to be a 'boigraphy, but is collection of
essays/accounts on various aspects. As such it succeeds.
(Reissued with updates in 1979)
David Dalton
The Rolling Stones - An Unauthorized Biography in Words, ...
72
This is Dalton's first book on The Stones, which he has
revised several times. It is loaded with outstanding
pictures and the text is good.
Difficult to find.
(Thanks to D H)
Mary Laverne Dimmick
The Rolling Stones - An Annotated Bibliography
79 0822933845
Just what it says, she adds her knowledgable comments about
the books (etc) listed. Much less complete than
"Yesterday's Papers" but more user friendly.
(Thanks to D H)
Univ of Pittsburgh Press
Tim Dowley
The Rolling Stones
83 0882547348
Dreadful.
Martin Elliott
The Rolling Stones Complete Recording Sessions
90 0713721189
Any book claiming to be 'complete' that is produced without
access to either the Stones' own sources, or even Alan
Klein's is doomed. A brave attempt, but flawed.
Simply demonstrates the need for an authorized version.
Richard Elman
Uptight With The Stones
73
Short book which documents a small part of their 1972 US
Tour. Elman is a good writer but doesn't know that much
about The Stones. Extremely difficult to find.
(Thanks to D H)
Nicholas Fitzgerald
Brian Jones : The Inside Story of the original Rolling Stone
85 0399130616
Personal memoire of Swingin' Sixties hanger on to Brian's
entourage. Vivid portraits of whirlwind escapades in
Paris, London etc. Fascinating stuff about life on the
"inside".
Despite failings, valuable
AR
Chet Flippo
It's Only Rock and Roll : My On The Road Adventures with the
85 0312038518
Long account of Chet's years on the road thru 75, 78 and 79
with the Stones. Worthwhile thoughts on the Stones - at
times thought-provoking, at times funny, as well as accurate
reportage of life in the big league.
Enjoyable and recommended. Strangely never available in the
UK.
Pete Frame
Rock Family Trees
79 0860014142
This book, an essential part of any book collection, charts
the evolution of various groups.
The Stones are shown linked to the Pretty Things (by Dick
Taylor) and tenuously to The Kinks.
Pete Frame
Rock Gazetteer of Great Britain
89 0950540263
Essential reading for any serious student of UK rock music,
which of course dominates the world. Lots of short (often
witty) paragraphs about rock's famous places the length and
breadth of the land.
Could do with an index though!
David Fricke & Robert Sandall
Rolling Stones : Images of the World Tour 1989-90
90 1852830816
This 'official' photographic record of the tour is very
disappointing. The unique access by chosen photographers
could have and should have produced a better (in every way)
book.
The photos should all have been dated and the location
noted.
Tony Gale & Andy Neil
The Rolling Stones : Olympic Recording Sessions June 1968
94 187388413X
A slim book of photo's of..um... the 1968 One Plus One
sessions.
Overpriced, but still nice as the photos seem to capture
an atmosphere.
Bill German
Beggars Banquet
A semi-official monthly newsletter about the Stones. Bill
German has good access to Ronnie. Worth subscribing.
Beggars Banquet, PO Box 6152, New York, NY 10128
Geoffrey Giuliano & Cris Eborn
Not Fade Away : The Rolling Stones Collection
92 1850282161
An abolutely SUPERB book full of SUPERB illustrations of
what is (I guess) the second Best Stones Collection - Chris
Eborn's
Wonderful printing, well composed, incredible value.
Let down rather by the text - apart from the captions.
John Glatt
Rage & Roll : Bill Graham & The Selling of Rock
93 1559722053
Bill Graham was allegedly caught pocketing a *lot* of
money from Stones' till in '81.
Based in part on interview with Wyman this book explores
the tale and its ramifications.
AP
Robert Greenfield
S T P : A Journey through America with the Rolling Stones
74 0841503230
Very famous book about the 1972 US Tour. Well written by
an 'insider'. How did those boys survive!?
Gary Herman
Rock'n'Roll Babylon
82 0859650413
Compulsive reading about the seamier side of the life (and
death) the Rock Greats.
Not surprisingly the Stones pop up regularly.
Tim Hewat
Rolling Stones File
67
Apparently this is in part the proceedings against
The Glimmer Twins from the West Sussex Quarter Sessions
June 27/28/29 1967.
(Thanks to JH)
Dezo Hoffman
The Rolling Stones
?? 009158311x
Dezo was a staff photographer with Record Mirror and his
first assignment to cover the Stones is re-printed here
- dated May 1963.
An excellent book of first class photos from 1963 to the
early 70's.
Dieter Hoffman
Rolling Stones - Das Weissbuch
91 3980248940
Totally amazing detailed catalogue of Stones (legal)
releases. UK, US, Germany, 7", LP, CD. You name it, it's
there! Includes song index. Expensive (99 DM) but well
worth it for the serious collectors. (See also Das
Schwartzbuch by ther same author)
Dieter Hoffman
Rolling Stones - Das Schwarzbuch
87 3926886005
The Black Book - bootleg discography with pictures, quality
ratings etc. About 600 are listed. Much, much better than
Hot Wacks.
(Thanks to D H)
A E Hotchner
Blown Away : The Rolling Stones and the Death of the Sixties
90 0671693166
Less than readable account that draws upon interviews with
everyone except the Stones. Interview extract pasted
together out of context results in a book with little value.
One nice photo.
William Hughes
Performance
70
Book of the film. Almost.
Marsha Hunt
Real Life
86 0701130261
Marsha describes life growing up in USA and then her move
to London, run ins with Mayall, Mick Taylor, Elton John,
being a cebrity, and then Jagger.
Many dropped names, not huge Stones content, but picture
of Jagger better than most on offer.
SP
Laura Jackson
Golden Stone : The Untold Life & Death of Brian Jones
94 185685067X
Hardly untold. Yet another telling of a familiar tale.
The promised revelation of the identity of Jones' (alleged)
killer comes 200 pages into the 228 pages of text.
Only for completeists.
Tony Jasper
The Rolling Stones
76 0706405498
Cuttings job. Nicely printed selection of photo's.
Phillip Kamin & Peter Goddard
The Rolling Stones : The Last Tour
82 0825301181
Longish text for little reward. Often pretentious.
Excellent photo's, although the captions are sometimes
incorrect.
James Karnbach & Philip Kamin
The Rolling Stones in Europe
082531052
Written by long time Stones authority James Karnbach,
exciting coverage of shows, many pages of photo's, and
finally an interview with Ronnie.
Plus a breakdown of the performance history of each song
in the '82 set list.
The Kicker Twins
The Stones Bible
92
Privately published (photocopied) in Germany, this lists
concerts by city and compares bootleg LP/CD to tapes for
completeness. Only 200 copies printed.
(Thanks to D H)
Volker Kluge
The Rolling Stones - At the Rarest
81
Bootleg discography, mostly obsolete due to the passage
of time, and Das Schwarzbuch.
(Thanks to D H)
June Knight
On the Scene : The Rolling Stones
64
Only 36 pages, but packed with good quality early photos.
Interestingly Brian follows Mick in the pecking order of
of the group.....
Annie Leibovitz & Terry Southern
The Rolling Stones on Tour
78 0906196078
Beautifully produced and presented book of great photo's
of the Tour of The Americas '75.
A talented photographer with privileged access to the tour
has captured some great images. See page 68.
Philip Luce
The Stones
70 0093051905
An early attempt at a half-serious account
of the rise and rise of the Stones. A historic curio.
Wonderful cover shot of Charlie
Sutherland Lyall
Rock Sets : The Astonishing Art of Rock Concert Design
92 0500276978
This book details the Stage Set designs of Fisher Park - the
architects who designed the 'Steel Wheels' and 'Urban Jungle
stage sets.
Very high quality photo's and reproduction. Excellent.
Jessica MacPhail
Yesterday's Papers : The Rolling Stones in Print 1963-84
86 0876502095
No original text, but a book of lists of books, newspaper
articles, magazines, and file reviews. Ambitious but flawed
by the fact that the earliest reference is May 1963 - almost
a year after the first one. Dreadful typeface makes this
book very hard to use.
An honorable attempt at an impossible task. A must for all
serious students.
Gered Mankowitz
Satisfaction : The Rolling Stones photos of Gered Mankowitz
84 0283991178
First class book of photo's taken by one of the inner circle
of favoured photographers from the early years.
J Marks
Mick Jagger : The Singer Not the Song
73 0349122881
A less than useful bio of Mick. Everone has a different
perspective on the Band, this is J Marks'.
Linda Martin
The Rolling Stones in Concert
82 0617376954
Text tells you nothing new, but the photos are good - often
with stunning clarity.
Suffers, like many books, from badly captioned photos.
Linda McCartney
Sixties: Portrait of an Era
92 1855100894
Linda got her Big Career Break by taking photo's of the
Stones in New York in 1966. Nice photo's, nicely printed
and presented. Overpriced book.
Mind you, it has some superb photo's, including The Best
Photo Ever of Jimi.
Miles
Rolling Stones : An Illustrated Discography
80 0860017621
An ESSENTIAL book for all Stones fans. An excellent listing
of the band's records up to 1980 (and thus in need of a new
edition).
Few books on this list are mandatory, this is one!
Miles
The Rolling Stones : A visual Documentary
94 0711934606
Even if it is a pretty obvious cash-in on the Voodoo Lounge
tour hype, it is an excellent book of well printed and
presented photo's and 'diary' entries.
What I'd expect from Miles.
Buy it.
Philip Norman
The Life and Good Times of the Rolling Stones
89 0712630384
A large format photo book, short on text. Given that Norman
has written first class books about both the Stones and the
Fabs, one has to wonder what the point is.
Only buy of remaindered and very cheap.
Philip Norman
The Stones
84 0552124877
Pete Townshend writes "It's a good thing that a writer of
Philip Norman's class has finally produced a book on The
Stones".
Agreed. Even if this is flawed, and I don't know if it
really is, too many of the Stones books are very lightweight
and it is a pleasant change to have one that is actually
serious and thorough.
Andrew Oldham
The Rolling Stones : the Singles Collection
89
The re-issued boxed set of Singles (CD et.al.) has an OK
book of notes. Useful notes, more useful for all of the
words of the songs and the notes about the singles.
Robert Palmer
The Rolling Stones
83 0722166567
A well researched and presented book from the publishers
of Rolling Stone. Light on text, heavy on pictures.
ed Dr Andreas Papadakis
Architectural Design : New Architecture
90 1854900293
A special edition of Architectural Design concentrated on
'New Architecuture' and included an article by Mark Fisher
on his designs for the 1989 Steel Wheels stage - plus some
stunning colour photos.
Jeremy Pascall
The Rolling Stones
77 0702600156
(No information - source Melvyl System)
Guy Peellaert, Nik Cohn
Rock Dreams : Under the Boardwalk
74 0330240080
A book of fantasy drawings of The Great Stars in likely and
unlikely situations. The Stones are (rather strangely)
illustrated.
It is said that Jagger was so impressed that this was the
reason why Peellaert was commissioned to do the cover for
It's Only Rock'n'Roll.
John Platt
London's Rock Routes
85 0947795707
Quite a nice round up of famous rock locations around the
capital. A good chapter on the Stones.
Greg Quill
The Rolling Stones : 25th Anniversary Tour
89 0921458029
Some neat pictures, but full of factual errors.
Mike Randolph
The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus
91 057116210X
A book of very good photo's from the Legendary show. Sadly
and avoidably flawed by presenting many of the photos as
double page spreads, and then needing to break the book to
see them.
It would be nice to see the video/film!
The Rolling Stones
Concert Programmes
Any history of any group can only be helped by a study of
their Concert Programmes. As the years have passed these
have progressed from small quick throw-away jobs, to lavish
well produced (and expensive) souvenirs.
Yet another way for the bands to make money.
ed Brian Roylance (& Bill Wyman)
Blinds & Shutters : Michael Cooper
90 0904351378
A distressingly beautiful book, full of upsettingly unique
photos at a heart-stopping price.
Cooper was the 'court' photographer to the Beatles (he did
the Sgt. Pepper cover photo) and the Stones (Satanic
Majesties) and others. As such these photos are unique.
Wonderful.
Ethan Russell
Dear Mr Fantasy
85
Many good photo's of the Stones and other bands,
personalities, etc. Especially good photo's from 1969
when he was the official tour photographer.
(Thanks to D H)
Tony Sanchez
Up and Down with the Rolling Stones : The Inside Story
79 0688085156
'Spanish' Tony's account of several years wheeling and
dealing with the Stones (mainly Keith). An interesting read
because even if 99% is grossly inflated it gives a flavour
of what life was like with the band during the late 60's to
early 70's.
Spanish Tony is immortalised on the (censored) Beggars
Banquet cover (below Parachute Woman).
Christopher Sandford
Mick Jagger : Primitive Cool
94 0575057491
(Review Under Construction)
Anthony Scaduto
Mick Jagger
74
Lengthy and detailed look at how Jagger was perceived
in 1974.
Carey Schofield
Jagger
83 0708826156
A disappointingly lightweight bio of Mick.
Davin Seay
Mick Jagger : The Story Behind The Rolling Stones
93 1559721928
(Original reviewer's notes abbreviated by Carter to...)
"There is some stunningly inept writing here, apart from
subject matter. Makes the head spin."
For completeists only
Wilfred Stember
The Rolling Stones : Collectors File 2
84
A stirling attempt by a German fan to list all shows,
albums, recordings etc.
Yet another book to compare with other similar and worry and
wonder about the differences.
Come on Bill, do the decent thing and publish YOUR database!
George Tremlett
Rock Gold : The Music Millionares
90 0044405480
Although in parts a bit like an economics text book, it
is a surprisingly readable account of where (and how) the
MONEY goes.
Could have done with a harder editor - but worthwhile
nevertheless
George Tremlett
The Rolling Stones Story
74 0860071286
Tory Ex-GLC Councillor does a mean job with a cuttings
file.
Andre Verdet and Bill Wyman
Chagall's World
84 0385193246
When a book of an interview with Chagall was to be published
who better than to do the photo's than (then) near neighbour
Bill Wyman.
Nice book.
Sue Weiner & Lisa Howard
The Rolling Stones : A-Z
83 0711905495
Encyclopedia format of a paragraph about people, songs and
the like to do with the band. Helpful in settling disputes.
3000 entries ensures brevity of each entry.
Timothy White
Rock Lives : Profiles & Interviews
90 0805013962
Interviews & profiles of everyone from Robert Johnson
to Prince, taking in Keith on the way.
"There's really only one song in the whole world and
probably Adam and Eve hummed it to each other...."
(Thanks to SP)
Ron Wood (with Bill German)
The Works
88 0006373542
Ronnie's short autobiography. Also has a paragraph or two
about his influences.
Lightweight, but the sketches are nice.
Bill Wyman
Stone Alone : The Story of a Rock'n'Roll Band
90 0670828947
Bill's own account of the band's story up to the 1969 Hyde
Park concert. A surprisingly absorbing read, despite the
great detail. Although Ray Coleman did edit the book, it
was written by The Man himself and was reportedly cut down
from 300,000 words.
Essential. How long will we have to wait for Volume 2 (in
preparation).
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Part Four
The Rolling Stones--The Lazy Man's Discography
Version 1.08
August 1994
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This discography
1) lists the Rolling Stones' original long-play and EP releases issued
in the UK or United States, sorted by release date.
2) discusses the Rolling Stones on Compact Disc (search forward
for the text "CDs, CDs, CDs").
3) lists songs that were officially sanctioned and available at
some point, but never made it to any EP or LP in the States or UK
(search forward for "Flipsides and Oddities").
Concerning Part one:
Those DECCA LP releases of the 60s which were unique to the UK,
in either title or configuration, are underlined in Eastward-pointing
arrows: ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"
Those London LP releases which were unique to the US, in either
title or configuration, use Westward-pointing arrows: "<<<<<<<<<<<<<"
From "Their Satanic Majesties' Request" on, the British and American
releases of previously unreleased material on LPs were congruent, with
the exception of "Metamorphosis" (1975).
We have declined to catalogue out-of-print compilations that began
appearing in Europe in the seventies. While they filled important
gaps in European collections at the time they were released, the fact
is that with only a few exceptions, any track that was on those records
is now available somewhere on Compact Disc, small variations of
individual song versions notwithstanding.
(
Exceptions:
* 2 tracks (plus an intro) from the 1965 UK EP "Got LIVE if you want it!"
* 6 tracks released on "Rest of the Best", a 1984 German box set
)
We have also declined, at this point in time, to catalogue those small
variations on the same track between different LP releases. While some
variations are indeed significant, and some versions still have not
appeared on a legitimate Compact Disc in any country, we feel the following
document, correct if not comprehensive, is still a useful resource.
Compilations stay on the list as long as they either stay in print, or
offer something found on no other EP or LP.
This discography/FAQ-section is maintained by Anthony J. Rzepela
(rzepela@cvi.hahnemann.edu).
Helps, hints, corrections and suggestions were graciously provided by:
Jens Backlund (jbacklund@finabo.abo.fi)
Stephen D. Carter (stevedc@central.sussex.ac.uk)
Mark C. Walters (mark@pluto.logica.co.uk)
Bibliography:
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Hoffman, Dieter "Das Weissbuch" ISBN: 3980248940
Wyman, Bill (w/ Ray Coleman) "Stone Alone" ISBN: 0670828947
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The Rolling Stones (EP) (17-Jan-1964)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PROD: Impact Sound
Bye Bye Johnny / Money (That's What I Want) // You Better Move On /
Poison Ivy
NB: rereleased 1983; Track 3 appears on "December's Children",German
compilations "20 Super Hits" & "Heartbreakers",UK compilation
"Slow Rollers"; other 3 tracks appear on "More Hot Rocks"; all
tracks are on German comps "Around and Around"/"Rolling Stones
Story"
The Rolling Stones (17-Apr-1964)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PROD: Oldham/Eric Easton/Arr. Stones
Route 66 / I Just Wanna Make Love To You / Honest I Do / Mona (I Need
You Baby) / Now I've Got a Witness / Little By Little // I'm a King
Bee / Carol / Tell Me / Can I Get A Witness / You Can Make It If You
Try / Walking the Dog
NB: To duplicate this release, take US lp debut, remove "Not Fade
Away", add "Mona" (from "Now!"). German, Japanese CDs use this
track listing.
England's Newest Hit Makers (01-May-1964)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< PROD: Oldham/Eric Easton/Arr. Stones
Not Fade Away / Route 66 / I Just Want to Make Love to You / Honest I
Do / Now I've Got a Witness / Little By Little // I'm a King Bee /
Carol / Tell Me / Can I get A Witness / You Can Make it if You Try /
Walking the Dog
NB: then-manager Eric Easton's co-producer credits removed from CD
reissue; to duplicate, take UK lp debut, add "Not Fade Away" (UK
"High Tide/Green Grass"), and remove "Mona". US CD uses this
track listing.
Five by Five (EP) (14-Aug-1964)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PROD: Oldham/Impact/Arr. Stones
If You Need Me / Empty Heart / 2120 South Michigan Avenue //
Confessin' the Blues / Around and Around
NB: Vinyl rereleased 1983; all tracks can be found on American LP/CD
"12 X 5"; a longer version of "2120 South Mich..." appears
nowhere except German compilation "Around and Around" or German
box set "The Rolling Stones Story" - both vinyl, both out of
print.
12 x 5 (24-Oct-1964)
<<<<<< PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
Around and Around / Confessin' the Blues / Empty Heart / Time Is on My
Side / Good Times Bad Times / It's All Over Now // 2120 South Michigan
Avenue / Under The Boardwalk / Congratulations / Grown Up Wrong / If
You Need Me / Susie Q
NB: includes all of "5 X 5" UK EP, four tracks from second UK LP
"No.2", and 3 single/compilation tracks "It's All Over Now",
"Good Times bad Times", and "Congratulations"
No. 2 (16-Jan-1965)
>>>>> PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love / Down Home Girl / You Can't Catch Me
/ Time Is On My Side / What A Shame / Grown Up Wrong // Down The Road
Apiece / Under the Boardwalk / I Can't Be Satisfied / Pain In My Heart
/ Off The Hook / Suzie Q
NB: to duplicate, start with US LP "Now!", and add "Time Is On My
Side", "Susie Q", "Under the Boardwalk", "Grown Up Wrong" (all
from US LP/CD "12x5"), and add "I Can't Be Satisfied" (More Hot
Rocks)
Now! (13-Feb-1965)
<<<< PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love / Down Home Girl / You Can't Catch Me
/ Heart of Stone / What a Shame / Mona (I Need you Baby) // Down the
Road Apiece / Off the Hook / Pain in My Heart / Oh Baby (We Got a Good
Thing Goin') / Little Red Rooster / Surprise, Surprise
NB: to duplicate, take UK LP "No. 2", delete tracks 4,6,8,9,12, and
add "Mona" (first UK LP), "Heart of Stone", "Oh Baby" (UK version
of "Out of Our Heads"), "Little Red Rooster" (single, or UK "High
Tide and Green Grass"), and "Surprise, Surprise" (flipside)
Got LIVE if you want it! (EP) (11-Jun-1965)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PROD: Oldham/Impact/Arr. Stones
We Want the Stones / Everybody Needs Somebody To Love / Pain in My
Heart / Route 66 // I'm Moving On / I'm Alright
NB: Vinyl rereleased 1983; all tracks are on "Rest of the Best" and
"Collectors Only" (German compilations, vinyl only, both out of
print); Tracks 4,5 are found on "December's Children"; track 6 on
US "Out of Our Heads"; tracks 2,3,5,6 on German "Legends of Rock"
Out of Our Heads (30-Jul-1965)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
Mercy Mercy / Hitch Hike / The Last Time / That's How Strong My Love
Is / Good Times / I'm Alright // Satisfaction / Cry To Me / The Under
Assistant West Coast Promotion Man / Play With Fire / The Spider and
the Fly / One More Try
NB: features "I'm Alright" from "Got Live" EP; to duplicate, add UK
"Out of Our Heads"; singles "Satisfaction", "The Last Time",
"Play With Fire"; "One More Try" (compilation "Stone Age"); and
"Spider and the Fly" (flipside to the UK "Satisfaction" single)
Out of Our Heads (24-Sep-1965)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
She Said Yeah / Mercy Mercy / Hitch-Hike / That's How Strong My Love
Is / Good Times / Gotta Get Away // Talkin 'Bout You / Cry To Me / Oh
Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin') / Heart of Stone / The Underassistant
West Coast Promotion Man / I'm Free
NB: To duplicate, Americans need "She Said Yeah", "Gotta Get Away",
"Talkin About You", "I'm Free" (all from "December's Children"),
"Heart of Stone" and "Oh Baby" (from "Now!"), and US "Out of Our
Heads"
December's Children (04-Dec-1965)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
She Said Yeah / Talkin' About You / You Better Move On / Look What
You've Done / The Singer not the Song / Route 66 // Get Off of My
Cloud / I'm Free / As Tears Go By / Gotta Get Away / Blue Turns To
Grey / I'm Moving On
NB: tracks 6 & 12 are taken from the UK "Got LIVE" EP; To duplicate,
Britons can find tracks 1,2,8, and 10 from the UK version of "Out
of Our Heads". Compilations/singles are only vinyl source for
tracks 3,4,5,7,9,11; German CD based on mono version of old US
LP.
Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (02-Apr-1966)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
Satisfaction / The Last Time / As Tears Go By / Time Is on My Side /
It's All Over Now / Tell Me // 19th Nervous Breakdown / Heart of Stone
/ Get Off of My Cloud / Not Fade Away / Good Times, Bad Times / Play
With Fire
NB: compilation
Aftermath (15-Apr-1966)
>>>>>>>>> PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
Mother's Little Helper / Stupid Girl / Lady Jane / Under My Thumb /
Doncha Bother Me / Goin' Home // Flight 505 / High and Dry / Out of
Time / It's Not Easy / I Am Waiting / Take it or Leave It / Think /
What To Do
NB: to duplicate, Americans need "Mother's Little Helper","Take It or
Leave It", "Out of Time" ("Flowers"), and "What To Do" ("More Hot
Rocks"); but correct, long version of "Out of Time" (5:36) is not
a US release at all. Both versions of this release are on CD.
Aftermath (02-Jul-1966)
<<<<<<<<< PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
Paint It, Black / Stupid Girl / Lady Jane / Under My Thumb / Doncha
Bother Me / Think // Flight 505 / High and Dry / It's Not Easy / I am
Waiting / Going Home
NB: "Paint It, Black" is the only track not on the European
configuration. US version of this is easily duplicated with just
that track. Both versions of this release are on CD.
Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (04-Nov-1966)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? / Paint It,
Black / It's All Over Now / The Last Time / Heart of Stone / Not Fade
Away / Come On // Satisfaction / Get Off of My Cloud / As Tears Go By
/ 19th Nervous Breakdown / Lady Jane / Time Is On My Side / Little Red
Rooster
NB: several tracks appear on UK LongPlayer for the first time ever:
US LPs had already included "Little Red Rooster","The Last Time",
"Not Fade Away","Satisfaction", "It's All Over Now","Paint It,
Black" & "Get Off of my Cloud"
Got LIVE if you Want it! (10-Dec-1966)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham
Under My Thumb / Get Off of My Cloud / Lady Jane / Not Fade Away /
I've Been Loving You Too Long / Fortune Teller // The Last Time / 19th
Nervous Breakdown / Time is On My Side / I'm Alright / Have You Seen
you Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? / Satisfaction
NB: Poorly recorded; several tracks are just studio recordings with
canned audience on top. ABKCO "Digital Remaster" from mid-80s
uses a different version of "Under My Thumb"; UK customers got
tracks 1,3,5,6,9,12 in 1971, on the compilation "Gimme Shelter"
Between the Buttons (20-Jan-1967)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
Yesterday's Papers / My Obsession / Back Street Girl / Connection /
She Smiled Sweetly / Cool, Calm and Collected // All Sold Out / Please
Go Home / Who's Been Sleeping Here? / Complicated / Miss Amanda Jones
/ Something Happened to Me Yesterday
NB: Last non-compilation album produced by Oldham; US release can be
duplicated by starting with this, and adding singles "Let's Spend
the Night Together" and "Ruby Tuesday", and dropping tracks 8 and
3 from it.
Between the Buttons (11-Feb-1967)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
Let's Spend the Night Together / Yesterday's Papers / Ruby Tuesday /
Connection / She Smiled Sweetly / Cool, Calm, and Collected // All
Sold Out / My Obsession / Who's Been Sleeping Here? / Complicated /
Miss Amanda Jones / Something Happened to Me Yesterday
NB: last album produced by Oldham; to get UK release, drop tracks 1,
3, and add "Please Go Home" and "Back Street Girl" (both found
on"Flowers")
Flowers (15-Jul-1967)
<<<<<<< PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
Ruby Tuesday / Have You Seen your Mother, Baby, Standing in the
Shadow? / Let's Spend the Night Together / Lady Jane / Out Of Time /
My Girl // Backstreet Girl / Please Go Home / Mother's Little Helper /
Take it Or Leave It / Ride On, Baby / Sittin' on a Fence
NB: collection: 4 single sides, 5 UK LP tracks (2 from "Between the
Buttons", and 3 from "Aftermath"); "My Girl" and "Ride On Baby"
remain unavailable elsewhere. "Sittin' on a Fence" is on the UK
version of "Through the Past Darkly", and also on "More Hot
Rocks"
Their Satanic Majesties' Request (09-Dec-1967)
================================ PROD: Rolling Stones
Sing This All Together / Citadel / In Another Land / 2000 Man / Sing
This All Together (see what happens) // She's a Rainbow / The Lantern
/ Gomper / 2000 Light Years from Home / On With the Show
NB: First album not produced by Oldham; First and only album to be
produced by 'The Rolling Stones'; first album with identical
track listings on either side of the Atlantic Ocean
Beggar's Banquet (07-Dec-1968)
================ PROD: Jimmy Miller
Sympathy For the Devil / No Expectations / Dear Doctor / Parachute
Woman / Jig-Saw Puzzle // Street Fightin' Man / Prodigal Son / Stray
Cat Blues / Factory Girl / Salt of the Earth
NB: First album produced by Jimmy Miller. DECCA banned use of the
original "toilet & graffiti" cover, which was later used on the
ABKCO release in 1986 on lp and CD. Note alternate mix of "Street
Fighting Man" on very few, early pressings of the American
7-inch.
Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits, Vol. (12-Sep-1969)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>PROD: Andrew Loog Oldham/Arr. Stones
Jumping Jack Flash / Mother's Little Helper / 2000 Light Years From
Home / Let's Spend the Night Together / You Better Move On / We Love
You // Street Fightin' Man / She's A Rainbow / Ruby Tuesday /
Dandelion / Sittin' On a Fence / Honky Tonk Women
NB: Compilation; dedicated to Brian Jones, dead two months earlier
Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits, Vol. (13-Sep-1969)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<PROD: (various)
Paint It Black / Ruby Tuesday / She's a Rainbow / Jumpin' Jack Flash /
Mother's Little Helper / Let's Spend the Night Together // Honky Tonk
Women / Dandelion / 2000 Light Years from home / Have you Seen Your
Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow? / Street Fighting Man
NB: Compilation; dedicated to Brian Jones, dead two months earlier
Let it Bleed (06-Dec-1969)
============ PROD: Jimmy Miller
Gimme Shelter / Love In Vain / Country Honk / Live With Me / Let It
Bleed // Midnight Rambler / You Got The Silver / Monkey man / You
Can't Always Get What You Want
NB: first LP to feature Mick Taylor, Brian Jones' replacement; last
ever Stones' record to be issued with a commercially available
alternate mono version; first ever album to NOT have an A-side
single issued
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (01-Sep-1970)
==================== PROD: Stones/Glyn Johns
Jumpin' Jack Flash / Carol / Stray Cat Blues / Love in Vain / Midnight
Rambler // Sympathy for the Devil / Live with Me / Little Queenie /
Honky Tonk Women / Street Fighting Man
NB: live (with generous overdubs/editing); recorded on the 1969 tour
in New York City and Baltimore, MD; last non-compilation LP
issued for DECCA/London/ABKCO; subsequent Stones releases would
be on Rolling Stones Records ("tongue" label)
Sticky Fingers (23-Apr-1971)
============== PROD: Jimmy Miller
Brown Sugar / Sway / Wild Horses / Can't You Hear Me Knockin' / You
Gotta Move // Bitch / I Got the Blues / Sister Morphine / Dead Flowers
/ Moonlight Mile
NB: Notorious 'zipper' cover, designed by Andy Warhol, was banned in
Spain, where a sick "severed finger" motif was used instead, as
was a substitution of "Let it Rock" for objectionable "Sister
Morphine". First LP release on the new "Rolling Stones Records"
label
Hot Rocks 1964 - 1971 (01-Jan-1972)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< PROD: (various)
Time is on My Side / Heart of Stone / Play With Fire / Satisfaction /
As Tears Go By / Get Off My Cloud // Mother's Little Helper / 19th
Nervous Breakdown / Paint It, Black / Under My Thumb / Ruby Tuesday /
Let's Spend the Night Together // Jumping Jack Flash / Street Fighting
Man / Sympathy for the Devil / Honky Tonk Women / Gimme Shelter //
Midnight Rambler (Live) / You Can't Always Get What You Want / Brown
Sugar / Wild Horses
NB: Compilation; issued in UK in 1990; American CDs use inferior
mixes. German CD uses superior Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs' 1984
remastering, including *true* stereo versions of several popular
favorites, like "Satisfaction" and "Paint it, Black"
Exile On Main St. (01-May-1972)
================= PROD: Jimmy Miller
Rocks Off / Rip This Joint / Hip Shake / Casino Boogie / Tumbling Dice
// Sweet Virginia / Torn & Frayed / Sweet Black Angel / Loving Cup //
Happy / Turd on the Run / Ventilator Blues / Just Wanna See His Face /
Let It Loose // All Down the Line / Stop Breaking Down / Shine a Light
/ Soul Survivor
NB: the only double-LP of new studio work issued by the group until
1994's "Voodoo Lounge". 20-bit digital remaster CD issued by
Virgin records June, 1994.
More Hot Rocks (01-Dec-1972)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<< PROD: (various)
Tell Me / Not Fade Away / The Last Time / It's All Over Now / Good
Times Bad Times / I'm Free // Out of Time / Lady Jane / Sittin' On a
Fence / Have You Seen You Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow /
Dandelion / We Love You // She's a Rainbow / 2000 Light Years From
Home / Child of the Moon / No Expectations / Let It Bleed // What To
Do / Money / Come On / Fortune Teller / Poison Ivy / Bye Bye Johnnie /
I Can't Be Satisfied / Long Long While
NB: compilation; not in UK until 1990; "side four" is a good source
of previously unavailable UK album tracks and flipsides; first
three sides are a rocking compilation of near-hits; versions
"Digitally Remastered" have different versions of several tracks
Goat's Head Soup (31-Aug-1973)
================ PROD: Jimmy Miller
Dancing With Mr. D / 100 Years Ago / Coming Down Again / Doo Doo Doo
Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) / Angie / Silver Train / Hide Your Love /
Winter / Can You Hear the Music / Star Star
NB: "censored" version of "Star Star" available only on initial US
vinyl pressings, distributed by WEA. 20-bit digital remaster CD
issued by Virgin Records June 1994.
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (01-Oct-1974)
======================= PROD: Glimmer Twins
If You Can't Rock Me / Ain't Too Proud to Beg / It's Only Rock and
Roll / Till the Next Goodbye / Time Waits for No One // Luxury / Dance
Little Sister / If You Really Want to Be My Friend / Short and Curlies
/ Fingerprint File
NB: First album produced by the 'Glimmer Twins'; between-track timing
on the CD noticeably "off" from the vinyl on "side one"; single
flipside ("Through the Lonely Nights", from "It's Only..") still
"uncompiled". 20-bit digital remaster issued by Virgin/EMI, 6/94
Metamorphosis (01-Jun-1975)
<<<<<<<<<<<<< PROD: (various)
Out of Time / Don't Lie To Me / Each and Everyday of the Year / Heart
of Stone / I'd Much Rather be With the Boys / (Walkin' thru the)
Sleepy City / Try a Little Harder // I Don't Know Why / If you Let Me
/ Jiving Sister Fanny / Downtown Suzie / Family / Memo From Turner /
I'm Going Down
NB: poorly selected compilation of outtakes from the Klein years
(early sixties to 1970)
Metamorphosis (uk) (01-Jun-1975)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PROD: (various)
Out of Time / Don't Lie To Me / Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind /
Each and Every Day of the Year / Heart of Stone / I'd Much Rather Be
with the Boys / (Walkin' through the) Sleepy City / We're Wastin' Time
/ Try A Little Harder // I Don't Know Why / If You Let Me / Jiving
Sister Fanny / Downtown Suzie / Family / Memo From Turner / I'm Going
Down
Made In the Shade (06-Jun-1975)
================= PROD: (various)
Brown Sugar / Tumbling Dice / Happy / Dance Little Sister / Wild
Horses // Angie / Bitch / It's Only Rock 'n Roll / Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo
(Heartbreaker) / Rip This Joint
NB: compilation
Black and Blue (01-Apr-1976)
============== PROD: Glimmer Twins
Hot Stuff / Hand Of Fate / Cherry Oh Baby / Memory Motel // Hey,
Negrita / Melody / Fool To Cry / Crazy Mama
NB: first new album released with Ron Wood as a member. 20-bit
digital remaster CD, issued by Virgin/EMI 6/94, said to have one
or two tracks with longer fades.
Love You Live (23-Sep-1977)
============= PROD: Glimmer Twins
Intro/Honky Tonk Women / If You Can't Rock Me/Get Off My Cloud / Happy
/ Hot Stuff / Star Star // Tumbling Dice / Fingerprint File / You
Gotta Move / You Can't Always Get What You Want // Mannish Boy /
Crackin' Up / Little Red Rooster / Around and Around // It's Only Rock
and Roll / Brown Sugar / Jumping Jack Flash / Sympathy for the Devil
NB: live; recorded in Paris 1976, and Toronto 1977; another 'Warhol'
cover art; dedicated to Keith Harwood, recently deceased
Some Girls (09-Jun-1978)
========== PROD: Glimmer Twins
Miss You / When the Whip Comes Down / Just My Imagination / Some Girls
/ Lies // Far Away Eyes / Respectable / Before They Make Me Run /
Beast of Burden / Shattered
NB: Cover reworked due to objections of pictured celebrities, incl.
Lucille Ball. 1 flipside ("Everything's Turning to Gold") and 1
remix ("Miss You") were later "compiled". "promo mix" of "Before
they Make Me" is still uncompiled. 1st lp preceded by a 2-year
gap.
Emotional Rescue (23-Jun-1980)
================ PROD: Glimmer Twins/Kimsey (assoc.)
Dance (Pt. I) / Summer Romance / Send it To Me / Let Me Go / Indian
Girl // Where the Boys Go / Down in the Hole / Emotional Rescue /
She's So Cold / All About You
NB: Early copies had a very large, color 'thermo' poster, also found
in the special ltd. edition Virgin/EMI CD, 6/94. "Promo" edits of
"Emotional Rescue" and "She's So Cold" (latter has no line saying
"God Damn Cold") are still "uncompiled".
Sucking in the Seventies (12-Mar-1981)
======================== PROD: Glimmer Twins
Shattered / Everything Is Turning to Gold / Hot Stuff (version) / Time
Waits For No One (version) / Fool To Cry (version) // Mannish Boy
(version) / When the Whip Comes Down (live) / If I was a Dancer (Dance
Pt. 2) / Crazy Mama (version) / Beast of Burden (version)
NB: Compilation: six single edits, a B-side, and 2 new goodies;
"Promo" mix (instrumental) of "If I was a Dancer", which appeared
as a flipside on a separate 12" single, still "uncompiled". Only
"Shattered" is issued here as found on its original LP
incarnation.
Tattoo You (27-Aug-1981)
========== PROD: Glimmer Twins
Start Me Up / Hang Fire / Slave / Little T & A / Black Limousine /
Neighbours // Worried About You / Tops / Heaven / No Use in Crying /
Waiting On a Friend
NB: featured songs in the can from as far back as 1973. Last Stones'
studio LP to be preceded by less than a two-year gap. 20-bit
digital remaster CD issued by Virgin/EMI 6/94
Still Life (American Concert 1981) (01-Jun-1982)
================================== PROD: Glimmer Twins
Intro (Take the A-Train) / Under My Thumb / Let's Spend the Night
Together / Shattered / Twenty Flight Rock / Going to a Go-Go // Let Me
Go / Time Is On My Side / Just My Imagination / Start Me Up /
Satisfaction (outro: "Star Spangled Banner")
NB: live; first American CD ever (mistake) issued in 1984. "Beast of
Burden (live)" flipside later appeared on "Collectibles" CD
Undercover (01-Nov-1983)
========== PROD: Glimmer Twins/Chris Kimsey
Undercover of the Night / She Was Hot / Tie You Up (The Pain of Love)
/ Wanna Hold You / Feel On Baby // Too Much Blood / Pretty Beat Up /
Too Tough / All the Way Down / It Must Be Hell
NB: "short" version of "Wanna Hold You" available only on initial US
vinyl pressings distributed by WEA; This is the first ever Stones
CD - appeared in Europe 1983; one flipside ("Think I'm Going
Mad", back of "She Was Hot") still "uncompiled"
Rewind (lp) (01-Jun-1984)
>>>>>>>>>>> PROD: (various)
Brown Sugar / Undercover of the Night / Start Me Up / Tumbling Dice /
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll / She's So Cold // Miss You / Beast of Burden
/ Fool To Cry / Waiting on A Friend / Angie / Respectable
NB: compilation - UK issue is missing "Hang Fire" from its American
counterpart, but includes "Respectable" and "She's So Cold".
Rewind (lp) (01-Jul-1984)
<<<<<<<<<<< PROD: (various)
Miss You / Brown Sugar / Undercover of the Night / Start Me Up /
Tumbling Dice / Hang Fire // Emotional Rescue / Beast of Burden / Fool
To Cry / Waiting on a Friend / Angie
NB: compilation. Note different track listing from CD, and the
European version of the lp, which had "She's So Cold" and
"Respectable", but left out "Hang Fire".
Dirty Work (21-Mar-1986)
========== PROD: Steve Lillywhite/Glimmer Twins
One Hit (to the Body) / Fight / Harlem Shuffle / Hold Back / Too Rude
// Winning Ugly / Back To Zero / Dirty Work / Had It With You / Sleep
Tonight
NB: Dedicated to recently deceased Ian Stewart; check out "fadeout"
at end of album.
Rewind (CD) (01-Dec-1986)
=========== PROD: (various)
Miss You / Brown Sugar / Undercover of the Night / Start Me Up /
Tumbling Dice / Hang Fire / It's Only Rock'n'Roll / Emotional Rescue /
Beast of Burden / Fool To Cry / Waiting on a Friend / Angie / Doo Doo
Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
NB: compilation ("Heartbreaker" and "Only Rock and Roll" added to
American LP configuration); A German CBS reissue on vinyl in 1990
(450199-1) uses this CD-based song lineup.
The London Years (Disc 1) (01-Aug-1989)
========================= PROD: (various)
Come On/ I Want To Be Loved/ I Wanna Be Your Man/ Stoned/ Not Fade
Away/ Little By Little/ It's All Over Now/ Good Times, Bad Times/ Tell
Me/ I Just Want To Make Love To You/ Time Is On My Side/
Congratulations/ Little Red Rooster/ Off The Hook/ Heart Of Stone/
What A Shame/ The Last Time/ Play With Fire/ Satisfaction/ The Under
Assistant West Coast Promotion Man/ The Spider and the Fly/ Get Off Of
My Cloud/ I'm Free/ The Singer Not the Song/ As Tears Go By
The London Years (Disc 2) (01-Aug-1989)
========================= PROD: (various)
Gotta Get Away / 19th Nervous Breakdown / Sad Day / Paint It, Black /
Stupid Girl / Long Long While / Mother's Little Helper / Lady Jane /
Have You Seen You Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? / Who's
Driving Your Plane / Let's Spend the Night Together / Ruby Tuesday /
We Love You / Dandelion / She's A Rainbow / 2000 Light Years From Home
/ In Another Land / The Lantern / Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child of the
Moon
NB: Compilation featuring most of the singles and flipsides released
under DECCA/Allen Klein. Heavy overlap with compilations "Hot
Rocks" (all HR's titles but three, and a different "You Can't
Always Get") and "More Hot Rocks" (17 of "MHR"'s 25 tracks.)
The London Years (Disc 3) (01-Aug-1989)
========================= PROD: (various)
Street Fighting Man / No Expectations / Surprise Surprise / Honky Tonk
Women / You Can't Always Get What You Want / Memo From Turner / Brown
Sugar / Wild Horses / I Don't Know Why / Try A Little Harder / Out Of
Time / Jiving Sister Fanny / Sympathy For the Devil
NB: Finally on CD are: four "Metamorphosis" tracks; "I Wanna Be Your
Man", "I Want to Be Loved", and "Stoned"; 'promo' version of 'You
Can't Always Get What You Want'. "Memo from Turner" was
previously not a 'Stones' titile in the States.
Steel Wheels (28-Aug-1989)
============ PROD: Chris Kimsey / Glimmer Twins
Sad Sad Sad / Mixed Emotions / Terrifying / Hold on to Your Hat /
Hearts For Sale / Blinded By Love // Rock and a Hard Place / Can't Be
Seen / Almost Hear You Sigh / Continental Drift / Break the Spell /
Slipping Away
NB: three flipsides from this album: seek out "Cook Cook Blues"
("Rock and a Hard Place"), "Fancyman Blues" ("Mixed Emotions"),
and "Wish I'd Never Met You" ("Terrifying"), or get all three on
CD compilation "Collectibles". First LP to be preceded by a
3-year gap.
Collector's Edition/Collectibles (01-Jun-1990)
================================ PROD: (various)
Rock and a Hard Place (version) / Miss You (12" single) / Cook Cook
Blues / Everything Is Turning to Gold / Winning Ugly (remix) / Beast
of Burden (live) / Fancyman Blues / Harlem Shuffle (London Mix) / Wish
I'd Never Met You / Mixed Emotions (remix)
NB: included with either the "Collection 1971-1990" box set, or the
"Flashpoint" special edition issued in the States (where it uses
the name "Collectibles"
Flashpoint (CD) (02-Apr-1991)
================ PROD: Chris Kimsey / Glimmer Twins
Continental Drift / Start Me Up / Sad Sad Sad / Miss You / Rock and a
Hard Place / Ruby Tuesday / You Can't Always Get What You Want /
Factory Girl / Can't Be Seen / Little Red Rooster / Paint it Black /
Sympathy For the Devil / Brown Sugar / Jumpin' Jack Flash /
Satisfaction / Highwire / Sex Drive
Flashpoint (lp) (02-Apr-1991)
================ PROD: Chris Kimsey / Glimmer Twins
Continental Drift / Start Me Up / Sad Sad Sad / Miss You / Ruby Tueday
/ You Can't Always Get What You Want / Factory Girl / Little Red
Rooster // Paint It Black / Sympathy For the Devil / Brown Sugar /
Jumpin' Jack Flash / Satisfaction / Highwire / Sex Drive
NB: 14 (12 on vinyl) live + 2 new studio tracks; first time a
simultaneous release had different tracks on different media;
seven live songs were released as flipsides to singles from this
album. (see list at bottom).
Jump Back - The Best of the Rolling Ston (22-Nov-1993)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>PROD: (various)
Start Me Up / Brown Sugar / Harlem Shuffle / It's Only Rock 'n' Roll /
Mixed Emotions / Angie / Tumbling Dice / Fool To Cry / Rock and a Hard
Place / Miss You / Hot Stuff / Emotional Rescue / Respectable / Beast
of Burden / Waiting On a Friend / Wild horses / Bitch / Undercover of
the Night
NB: (compilation) 20-bit digital remastering, this is the first
Stones' release on their new label, Virgin records (Keith's solo
label since 1988)
Voodoo Lounge (CD) (12-Jul-1994)
================== PROD: Don Was/Glimmer Twins
Love Is Strong / You Got Me Rocking / Sparks Will Fly / The Worst /
New Faces / Moon Is Up / Out of Tears / I Go Wild / Brand New Car /
Sweethearts Together / Suck on the Jugular / Blinded by Rainbows /
Baby Break it Down / Thru and Thru / Mean Disposition
NB: A month shy of being first Stones' album with a 5-year delay.
Flipsides include "The Storm" and "So Young". Track 15 is not on
non-CD media. First new studio album to have different track
listings on different media.
Voodoo Lounge (lp) (12-Jul-1994)
================== PROD: Don Was/Glimmer Twins
Love Is Strong / You Got Me Rocking / Sparks Will Fly // The Worst /
New Faces / Moon Is Up / Out of Tears // I Go Wild / Brand New Car /
Sweethearts Together / Suck on the Jugular // Blinded by Rainbows /
Baby Break it Down / Thru and Thru
NB: A month shy of being first Stones' album with a 5-year delay.
Flipsides include "The Storm" and "So Young". CD version also
includes a 15th track, "Mean Disposition". First new studio album
to feature different track lineups on different media.
======================== CDs, CDs, CDs =========================
Who issues them?
At any one time, legitimate CDs from the Rolling Stones (i.e., CDs
the Rolling Stones WANT to release, and not the "Official
Unauthorized" variety of CDs widely issued in Europe over the last
several years, often including live concerts and out takes) are
issued by only two companies:
ABKCO (owned by Allen Klein, who has rights to all Rolling Stones
recordings originally issued up to and including 1970, and
the rights to all Rolling Stones compositions up to and
including 1971's "Sticky Fingers") and its subcontractors
(typically, "London" records, which is the label on which
American versions of Stones recordings were issued in the
1960s).
or
"The Rolling Stones" (which owns all of the band's post-1970
recordings) and its subcontractors. (As of this writing,
this would be Virgin Records, which was sold to EMI after
the Rolling Stones signed with Virgin in 1992.)
Since "The Rolling Stones" own all of their post-1970 "recordings",
what they can do is license them for release on their current label,
whatever it may be, and take the recordings with them when the
record company contract expires. This would explain the variety of
companies you may see issuing post-1970 CDs by the Rolling Stones in
your local used CD store (although American Stones CDs from this era
were, up until 1993, and with only one WEA exception, issued only by
Sony/CBS, who signed the Rolling Stones worldwide in 1984. One may
also see European or Japanese CDs from this era issued by EMI, the
Rolling Stones' label in much of the world from 1977 to 1984.)
*Whew!*
When did they come out?
The first Rolling Stones CD ever issued was 'Undercover', in Europe
by EMI in 1983. In the States, it is "Still Life", mistakenly
released in 1984 by WEA, the Stones' American label at the time.
American CDs did not officially appear until 1986, when Sony/CBS
started issuing them, and ABKCO began unleashing its cache in the
States as it had been doing since 1984 in Europe.
What are they like?
The release of CDs did not freeze in stone (heh heh) any particular
version of a song, or album, or Stones recording career overview.
Indeed, it exacerbated a long-standing problem where different
issues of a Stones album have literally different tracks on them, as
was the case in the early 60s, or where discernibly different
versions of a single song may be on different issues of an album, a
situation which went on for close to 20 years, happening as late as
1983 with the release of 'Undercover', and its two distinct versions
of "Wanna Hold You". Even when a CD has two different versions (as
in the interesting case of "More Hot Rocks"), it may still mean that
a particular version of a song can only be found on old vinyl.
(some examples include:
* a version of "Poison Ivy" found only on the
vinyl release of "More Hot Rocks",
* a version of "Tell Me" found only on the earliest pressings of
the first Rolling Stones album,
* a version of "2120 South Michigan Avenue" found only on the
compilation _Around and Around_,
* the "original" live recording of "Under My Thumb" which did not
make it to the CD remaster of the "Got LIVE if you Want it!" album,
and on and on......)
Other, more esoteric issues also exist: true (i.e., channel-separated)
stereo vs. electronically processed stereo versions of songs; and
multiple (as many as four) distinct versions of a single song existing
officially with absolute changes, such as a missing guitar solo, organ,
percussion track, or verse. Many of the American ABKCO CDs
are considered inferior to their European counterparts due to a lack of
careful mastering. Many of the tracks which people find preferable on
European ABKCO CDs were remastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs for a
1984 box set. This box reissued the Stones' London Records catalogue on
vinyl in the States in 1984, the same year the ABKCO CDs began
appearing in Europe.
What do I need minimally for a "complete" Rolling Stones collection
on CD?
As it stands now, there is no way to have a complete Rolling
Stones' collection without having at least some old vinyl records.
As this applies to ABKCO, there are 22 song _titles_ never
issued on CD at all, and several previously released and available
_versions_ of other titles yet to see the light of laser.
As it applies to Rolling Stones Records, there are three or
four (depending on your attitude towards flexi-discs) _titles_
still not released on CD. In addition, there are more than a
dozen promo/mono edits and dance remixes which are not on CD.
The ABKCO years:
When wondering "which version" of an ABKCO CD to buy, consider
recommendations on sound quality from friends, and remember,
if you are trying to get a "complete" (i.e. as complete as it
can be on CD) collection of CD _versions_, no collection which
does not mix CDs of "UK" and "US" versions will do it for you,
as a five-minute-plus version of "Out of Time" is only on the
UK-format "Aftermath", and true stereo versions of several
early tracks never came out in the States on disc.
Buying "all American" on ABKCO CDs will give you a complete
collection of CD-available _titles_, but you have to buy
them _all_ (including the 3-disc "London Years" box), and can only
leave out "Hot Rocks (1964-1971)" and the two single-disc
"Big Hits" compilations.
After all this, you still will not have the six vinyl-only tracks
which were released in Germany ("I've been Loving You Too Long
(studio)", "Con le Mie Lacrime", "Tell Me Baby, How Many More
Times", "Memphis Tennessee", "Da Doo Ron Ron" or "Cocksucker
Blues"), the first three tracks from the 1965 EP "Got Live if
You Want it!" (although one of them is just a chant called
"We Want the Stones.") or the 12 tracks from the UK version
of the 1975 compilation _Metamorphosis_ which never made it
to the _London Years_ box, the only CD source of ANY tracks from
_Metamorphosis_.
A CD collector trying to get a complete set of CD-available _titles_
_must_ include some discs whose track listings are based on American
LP track listings, as several US titles (esp. "December's Children")
have tracks which never appeared in a DECCA/UK-format LP except on
long-out-of-print vinyl compilations.
The post-ABKCO years:
Certain later (post-1970) albums were notoriously mistreated in their
switch to digital, and with the advent of 20-bit mastering
technology, Virgin Records reissued 20-bit remasters of the
Rolling Stones' studio output from "Sticky Fingers" (1971) to
"Steel Wheels" (1989), with eight of these titles available in
limited edition commemmorative packaging, in June 1994.
Some people report (trivially) longer fades on some of the tracks
on these Virgin remasters, raising the spectre of "different versions"
all over again, and forcing one to track down CBS-issue CDs in
order to have a complete set of CD _versions_.
At this point, the future on CD of compilations and live albums
originally issued by "Rolling Stones Records" from 1975 to 1991 (all
of which were reissued on CD after 1984) is up in the air. This is
six titles in all, four of which have material which can't be culled
from other currently available CD sources.
About two dozen post-ABKCO tracks have never been issued on CD,
although only four of them ("Let it Rock", "Exile on Main Street
Blues", "Through the Lonely Nights", and "Think I'm Going Mad")
are actual separate performances. For the most part, these
non-Digitized tracks are 12" "dance" remixes, or mono/promo edits,
and are of varying value.
========================Flipsides and oddities=========================
The following selections appeared on the 1980 German Compilation
LP called "For Collector's Only" [sic], and the 1984 4 LP German boxed
set "The Rest of the Best", but nowhere on the albums listed above for
the USA or UK. Since the deletion of these two compilations,
these tracks remain unavailable officially. Items marked "F" are
available on "For Collector's Only", and "B", the German box.
B "Tell Me Baby, How Many Times" recorded Chicago, June 1964
BF "I've Been Loving You too Long" recorded Los Angeles, May 1965
B "Da Doo Ron Ron" Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra, 1964
B "Memphis Tennessee" "" ""
BF "Con le Mie Lacrime" Italian "As Tears Go By", Spring '66
B "Cocksucker Blues" Olympic Studios, 1970
(limited edition 7" bonus single
found only w/ original issue.)
The following selections have been officially released by the
Rolling Stones for public consumption, but have yet to appear on any
LP or compilation released in the States or the UK.
1971 "Let It Rock" - third track on UK "Brown Sugar" single
- Spanish version of "Sticky Fingers" LP, replacing
"Sister Morphine"
1972 "Exile on Main Street Blues"
promotional flexi - included w/ UK magazine purchase
1974 "Through the Lonely Nights"
flipside to "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" 45
1984 "Think I'm Going Mad"
flipside to "She Was Hot" 45
1990 The "Flashpoint" sides. A number of live performances
recorded on the 1989-1990 tours were used as flipsides
to singles pulled off "Flashpoint". These include:
"2000 Light Years from Home" (Highwire US7", UK CD single "A")
"Undercover of the Night" (Sexdrive US7",
Ruby Tueday UK CD single "A")
"Play With Fire" (Ruby Tuesday 7", UK CD single "A")
"I Just Wanna Make Love To You" (Highwire UK12", UK CD single "A")
"Tumbling Dice" (Jumpin' JF 7", Benelux CD single)
"Street Fightin' Man" (Benelux CD single [same as above] )
"Harlem Shuffle" (Ruby Tuesday UK CD single "B")
This list does not pretend to exhaust your methods of getting
the tracks, it just offers suggestions for finding them.
1993 "Gimme Shelter (live)" - (cassette only, UK only) -
issued as part of a benefit project for the homeless in
1993, in which various artists cover the song, the Stones'
contribution was a live, "Urban Wheels" version. This
version does appear on a CD, but it is the Promo.
1994 "The Storm" (Flipside of "Love Is Strong" - found on US
cassette and CD single, and European CD VSCDT1503)
1994 "So Young" (Found on European CD listed immediately above.)
1980-1994 The "remixes". While the Collectibles CD includes
one remix each of several popular songs, some persist that
have never been released on any collection:
"Undercover (Extended)" (Undercover 12")
"Feel On Baby (Instrumental)" ("" " ")
"Too Much Blood" (several exist) (Too Much Blood 12")
"Harlem Shuffle (New York mix)" (Harlem Shuffle 12")
"One Hit (London Mix)" (One Hit 12")
"Rock and a Hard Place" (R & a HP US 12")
(Oh oh hard dub mix, Bonus Beats Mix, Dance Mix,
Michael Brauer Mix)
"Terrifying (remix)" (Terrifying 12")
"Sexdrive" (Club Mix,Dirty Hands Mix)
(Sexdrive Euro- CD5)
"Love Is Strong" (Bob Clearmountain Mix)
(4th track on European
CD single VSCDT1503)
"Love Is Strong" (Joe the Butcher club mix, plus
5 Teddy Riley mixes - radio, extended,
extended rock, dub, & instrumental)
(UK CD VSCDX1503)
1971-1990 The "promos". Released to radio stations and DJ pools,
promotional singles will often include a version of a record that
is more amenable to commercial airplay or dance club use, by virtue
of cleaned-up language, a different running time, or a hotter mix
more friendly to the intended arena (radio play or dance clubs).
Many promos exist for the Rolling Stones where one side is "Mono"
and the other is "Stereo", but here we catalogue records that
were more substantially altered:
"Wild Horses" (shorter version) (Promo 7")
"It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" (shorter) (Promo 7")
"Before They make Me Run" (Promo 7")
"Shattered" (clocks in under 3 minutes!!) (Promo 7")
"Emotional Rescue" (Promo 7")
"She's So Cold" ('clean' - no 'God damn cold') (Promo 7")
"If I was a Dancer (Instrumental)" (Promo 12")
"Waiting On a Friend" (more than a minute off) (Promo 7")
"Undercover" (Promo 7")
"Sexdrive" (edited Club version) (US Promo 12")