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Soundboard 9.5 - Forceful and direct, everything is at full blast and never sounded better. The Rolling Stones Cricket Ground Perth, Australia February 24, 1973 01 Brown Sugar 02 Bitch 03 Rocks Off 04 Gimmie Shelter 05 Happy 06 Tumbling Dice 07 Love In Vain 08 Sweet Virginia 09 You Can't Always Get What You Want 10 Honky Tonk Women 11 All Down The Line 12 Midnight Rambler 13 Band Introductions / Happy Birthday Nicky 14 Little Queenie 15 Rip This Joint -
Soundboard 9.1 - This mix favors Mick Jagger, but I like the very lifelike feel of it overall. It’s not super well separated but everything can be heard well enough and that includes the piano (although horns are pushed back), and Mick Taylor is especially present when he solos (an added bonus!). There is no doubt that this recording must be present in every Rolling Stones fan’s collection. The Rolling Stones Philadelphia Specialties Plus Spectrum Sports Arena Philadelphia,Pennsilvania 20th & 21st July 1972 CD ONE 01 Brown Sugar July 21st early show 02 Bitch July 21st early show 03 Rocks Off July 21st early show 04 Gimme Shelter July 21st early show 05 Happy July 21st early show 06 Tumbling Dice July 21st early show 07 Love In Vain July 21st early show 08 Sweet Virginia July 20th only show 09 You Can't Always Get What You Want July 21st early show 10 All Down The Line July 21st early show CD TWO 01 Midnight Rambler July 21st late show 02 Band introduction 03 Bye Bye Johnny July 21st late show 04 Rip This Joint July 21st late show 05 Jumping Jack Flash July 21st late show 06 Street Fighting Man July 21st late show 07 Uptight - Satisfaction July 20th only show 08 Dead Flowers 09 Don`t Lie To Me 10 Honky Tonk Woman 11 Loving Cup 12 Torn And Frayed 13 Ventilator Blues 14 Sweet Black Angel CD TWO: Tracks 8 (First show), 9 (Second show), 14 (First show - audience recording) Tarrant County Convention Centar, Fort Worth, Texas 24th June 1972 Tracks 10, 11, 12, 13 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 3rd June 1972 (Audience recording) -
Audience 8.5 - Here is perhaps one of the best captures from the tour (not quite as good as Oakland or LA but this tape has some real power). This recording seems to be rather close to the PA, but there’s no distortion. Tape is not overly wide ranging from high to low but there’s plenty of meat and a good amount of dynamics nonetheless. Certainly this is one to get. The Rolling Stones 1969.11.11 Phoenix Coliseum Phoenix, Arizona 01. -Jumping Jack Flash 02. -Carol 03. -Sympathy For The Devil 04. -Stray Cat Blues 05. -Prodigal Son 06. -You Gotta Move 07. -Love In Vain 08. -Under My Thumb 09. -Midnight Rambler 10. -Live With Me 11. -Gimme Shelter 12. -Little Queenie 13. -Brown Sugar (*) (*) Live At Altamont Speedway 1969.12.06 -
Soundboard 8.6 - This is a tape of contraries – on the one hand it is very forceful, with a wall of intense guitar/vocal energy with a driving bass pushing the sound through your brain – but it comes at a cost…which is dynamic range. The music is all there, you will even hear piano in the mix, and it’s just kind of lacking overall clarity and dynamics. All that being taken into consideration, what you have here is still a very good piece of history, a fun listen and one that does slightly improve (after the beginning where the sound is still finding its level/mix. The Rolling Stones 'Plane Sex On The Way To Pittsburgh' Civic Arena Arena Pittsburgh, PA, USA Saturday July 22nd, 1972 01 Brown Sugar 02 Bitch 03 Rocks Off 04 Gimme Shelter 05 Happy 06 Tumbling Dice 07 Love In Vain 08 Sweet Virginia 09 You Can’t Always Get What You Want 10 All Down The Line 11 Midnight Rambler 12 Bye Bye Johnny 13 Rip This Joint 14 Jumping Jack Flash 15 Street Fighting Man -
Soundboard 9.4 - This is a commercial grade soundboard recording. It is clean, professional, highly enjoyable – but I don’t know I kind of miss the atmospherics, the rush of the crowd, the occasional scream…call me an old fashioned kind of guy but sometimes the Stones are more appreciated when they are a bit…disheveled. The Rolling Stones Silver Dome Pontiac, MI. 30.11.1981 Disc 1 1. -Intro - Take The A Train 2. -Under My Thumb 3. -When The Whip Comes Down 4. -Let's Spend The Night Together 5. -Shattered 6. -Neighbours 7. -Black Limousine 8. -Just My Imagination 9. -Twenty Flight Rock 10. -Going To a Go-Go 11. -Let Me Go 12. -Time Is On My Side 13. -Beast Of Burden 14. -Waiting On A Friend 15. -Let It Bleed Disc 2 1. -You Can't Always Get What You Want 2. -Band Introduction 3. -Little T & A 4. -Tumbling Dice 5. -She's So Cold 6. -Hang Fire 7. -Miss You 8. -Honky Tonk Women 9. -Brown Sugar 10. -Start Me Up 11. -Jumping Jack Flash 12. -Satisfaction 13. -Star Spangled Banner -
“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!) -
“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!) -
“Audience” studio 8.7 An amateur recording it might be, but like any rock and roll band in rehearsals you probably weren’t too worried about doing professional recordings. They were not exactly shiny and perfect here, getting ready for a tour, so yeah I understand the nature of the tapes and I still like it. Some tape hiss, some lo-fi moments but all in all fascinating fly-on-the-wall stuff. See Artwork for Track Listings (sorry I didn't feel like typing it all out!) -
Soundboard 9.3 - A good, and raw board tape which perfectly suits the ramshackle, lurching Stones sound and style. Listen to how Mick sounds especially on Shattered – it’s perfect end of story but wait a minute Bill Wyman is actually present and accounted for in a way you never hear. A great live mix high energy soundboard and a must have. THE ROLLING STONES The Kingdome Seattle, WA Oct 15, 1981 CD 1 1. Intro: Take the A Train [01:51] 2. Under My Thumb [03:49] 3. When The Whip Comes Down [04:53] 4. Let's Spend the Night Together [04:09] 5. Shattered [04:51] 6. Neighbours [04:30] 7. Black Limousine [03:48] 8. Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) [06:37] 9. Twenty Flight Rock [02:22] 10. Let Me Go [04:07] 11. Time Is on My Side [03:47] 12. Beast of Burden [06:07] 13. Waiting On A Friend [05:22] CD 2 1. Let It Bleed [07:20] 2. You Can't Always Get What You Want [08:04] 3. Little T&A [03:34] 4. Tumbling Dice [04:04] 5. Band intro [00:52] 6. She's So Cold [03:52] 7. All Down The Line [04:09] 8. Hang Fire [02:55] 9. Star Star [04:16] 10. Miss You [06:16] 11. Start Me Up [04:15] 12. Honky Tonk Women [03:21] 13. Brown Sugar [03:37] 14. Jumping Jack Flash [09:15] 15. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [06:47] 16. Outro: Star Spangled Banner [04:04] -
Pro Studio 10 - Immaculate, pristine, sourced from master studio reels. A unique insight presented here, and I was totally absorbed hearing it as if I was invited to sit on the actual recording sessions with the engineer. The Rolling Stones 'Sotheby's Reel 1969-1970' (The Glyn Johns Work Tapes) Studio Outtakes 1969-1970 Track List: (Artwork Included) 01. Gimme Shelter [4:36] 02. You Got The Silver [2:56] 03. Sister Morphine [5:40] 04. Loving Cup [6:37] 05. Brown Sugar [3:52] 06. You Gotta Move [2:39] 07. Dead Flowers [4:11] 08. Sister Morphine [5:34] 09. Brown Sugar (intro only) [0:20] 10. Brown Sugar (intro only) [0:15] 11. Brown Sugar [4:09] 12. Brown Sugar (intro only) [0:16] 13. Brown Sugar (intro only) [0:10] 14. Brown Sugar (intro only) [0:12] 15. Brown Sugar (intro only) [0:13] 16. Brown Sugar (till 1st verse) [0:50] 17. Brown Sugar (intro only) [0:13] 18. Brown Sugar (till 2nd verse) [1:54] 19. Brown Sugar [4:09] 20. Brown Sugar [4:04] 21. Bitch [3:49] 22. Bitch (Till Guitar Solo) [2:28] 23. Bicth (intro only) [0:15] 24. Bitch (count only) [0:07] 25. Brown Sugar [3:54] 26. Bitch (Till 1st verse) [0:25] 27. Bitch [3:46] 28. Bicth (intro only) [0:14] 29. Bitch (Till 2nd verse) [1:26] 30. (Can't Seem To) Get A Line On You [4:24] The Sotheby’s Reel are Glyn John’s working tapes when he was the Stones' studio producer during Let it Bleed through the Sticky Fingers sessions, the Stones classic rock period. The tape reel was auctioned some years ago at the famous Sotheby's London auction house and featured some different versions of great songs. Something to point out; "Gimme Shelter" recorded here on 15th March 1969 and featuring Nicky Hopkins on piano, a version of "You Got The Silver" sung by Jagger from 16th February and an early take of “Sister Morphine” almost without piano. But remarkable is also "Loving Cup" that starts with a striking different piano intro and lasts more than 6:30 minutes. Minimal are the differences in the mix for songs like "You Gotta Move", "Dead Flowers" and "Sister Morphine" second version that all resemble the finished "Sticky Fingers" release. On the other side of the coin we have to put the many opening riffs of both "Brown Sugar" and "Bitch" that are tirelessly repeated by an engineer that rolls back and forth the tape looking for a better echo effect, it seems. When the Stones recorded "Brown Sugar" in Muscle Shoals Studios it is said that they tried the song the whole night to get it right, we can feel how they felt while listening to all these false starts. Anyway when the tracks are completed like version number 11 of "Brown Sugar", here comes an early take with Stu on piano and no sax or takes 19 and 20 of "Bitch" where you can hear Jagger ad-libbing over Keith Richards' guitar solo. Last track offered is a primitive version of "Shine A Light" called "(Can’t Seem To) Get A Line On You" that stems from Leon Russell’s session at Olympic Studios in early October 1969 with Jagger on vocals (different words) but this take was officially released in January 1994 on a Leon Russell CD. -
Soundboard 9.4 When you listen critically, you will discover that this was a great tour. Most of the time the band was on point, fiery, gritty, dirty, sort of like they were in 1978 maybe, which is what you want The Stones to be like. The playing in particular on this show is fantastic, and the mix allows you to get everything in great detail. Certainly this is one to have in the collection. Rolling Stones 1981-11-19 Checkerdome St. Louis, MO CD 1: 1. -Under My Thumb [00:43] 2. -When The Whip Comes Down [05:43] 3. -Let's Spend the Night Together [04:18] 4. -Shattered [04:38] 5. -Neighbours [03:00] 6. -Black Limousine [03:38] 7. -Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) [07:48] 8. -Twenty Flight Rock [01:45] 9. -Going to a Go-Go [03:38] 10. -Let Me Go [04:39] 11. -Time Is on My Side [03:40] 12. -Beast of Burden [07:07] 13. -Waiting On A Friend [05:12] 14. -Let It Bleed [06:27] CD 2: 1. -You Can't Always Get What You Want [08:23] 2. -Band intro [00:53] 4. -Little T&A [03:06] 4. -Tumbling Dice [04:20] 5. -She's So Cold [04:44] 6. -Hang Fire [03:03] 7. -Miss You [06:16] 8. -Honky Tonk Women [03:31] 9. -Brown Sugar [03:31] 10. -Start Me Up [05:06] 11. -Jumping Jack Flash [08:16] 12. -(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [06:49] 13. -Outro: Star Spangled Banner [03:24] -
Studio Quality 9.7 - This is by far the best comp covering this crucial period. All tracks taken from the best possible master sources. It’s going to be very hard to top this one. The Rolling Stones Sticky Beggars Bleed In Exile Studio outtakes 1968 - 1972 Disc ONE 01-Tumbling Dice aka Good Time Woman 02-Stop Breaking Down 03-Two Trains 04-Highway Chile 05-Brown Sugar 06-Hamburger To Go 07-I Ain`t Lying 08-Tumbling Dice 09-Cocksucker Blues 10-Jiving Sister Fanny 11-Travellin` Man 12-Country Honk 13-Let It Rock 14-I`m Going Down 15-You Gotta Move 16-Memo From Turner 17-I Don`t Know Why 18-Carol 19-I Got The Blues 20-Wild Horses 01 Disc TWO 01-Family 02-Downtown Lucie 03-Sister Morphine 01 04-Leather Jacket 05-Brown Sugar 02 06-Parachute Woman 07-Potted Shrimp 08-Dear Doctor #4 09-I`m A Country Boy 10-Little Queenie 11-Dancing In The Light 13-Prodigal Son 14-Shake Your Hips 15-Trident Jam 16-Factory Girl 17-(Can`t Seem To) Get A Line On You 18-Wild Horses 03 19-I Don`t Know The Reason Why 20-Exile On Main Street Blues -
Audience 9.3 - I love the clarity, crispness, liveness of this tape! I still repeat the sentiment that if you only want the board tapes you are REALLY missing out on some killer music. The Rolling Stones Stockholm, Sweden - July 22, 2003 Cirkus Mick Jagger (vocals/harmonica) Keith Richards (vocals/lead & rhythm guitars) Ron Wood (lead & rhythm guitars) Charlie Watts (drums) Bass & Keyboards ---------------- Darryl Jones (bass) Chuck Leavell (keyboards) Backing Vocals -------------- Bernard Fowler (backing vocals) Lisa Fischer (backing vocals) Blondie Chaplin (backing vocals) Horn Section ------------ Bobby Keys (saxophone) Tim Reese (saxophone) Kent Smith (trumpet) Michael Davis (trombone) CD 1 - 58:27 min. 01. Intro 02. Start Me Up 03. Live With Me 04. Neighbours 05. Hand Of Fate 06. No Expectations 07. Worried About You 08. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 09. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll 10. Stray Cat Blues 11. Ain't Too Proud To Beg 12. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love CD 2 - 59:48 min. 13. That's How Strong My Love Is 14. Going To A Go-Go / Band Introductions 15. The Nearness Of You 16. Happy 17. I Can't Turn You Loose 18. Honky Tonk Women 19. Tumbling Dice 20. Brown Sugar 21. Sympathy For The Devil / Outro 22. Outro Continued Total Playing Time - 118:15 min. -
Private recording 8.7 - This is a cool piece of history, and the sound quality does not play that big of a role even though it is decent. It’s kind of loud, a little overloaded in spots, but just because it is raw, it doesn’t mean it ain’t great. I had this on vinyl decades ago and it was one of my favorite boots. It’s just a band, like any other (let’s pretend) jamming away in rehearsal. It’s just the coolest thing. The Rolling Stones '1968 Surrey Rehearsals' R.G. Jones Studios Morden, Surrey, England Recorded In March 1968 01. Rock Me Baby 02. Stray Cat Blues 03. Untitled 04. Hold On I'm A Coming 05. Jumping Jack Flash 06. Untitled 07. Some Satisfaction 08. Rock Me Baby 09. I'll Coming Home 10. Untitled 11. Conversations -
Soundboard 9.7 - Terrific in every way this one will melt your brain. The engineer mixes this on the fly and works it out during Brown Sugar but there are some cool moments while he figures it out – like some stereo panning, and you’ll hear him juggle the bass a bit, but he gets the mix right and off we go! The band is flying high…probably literally. THE ROLLING STONES Rock'n Roll Stew Royal Ranwick Racecourse Sydney, Australia February 26, 1973 1. Brown Sugar 2. Bitch 3. Rock Off 4. Gimmie Shelter 5. Happy 6. Tumbling Dice 7. Love In Vain 8. Sweet Virginia 9. You Can't Always Get What You Want 10. Honky Tonk Women 11. All Down The Line 12. Midnight Rambler 13. Band introductions 14. Little Queenie 15. Rip This Joint 16. Jumping Jack Flash 17. Street Fighting Man -
Studio Quality 8.8 - Some tape hiss present, but the quality is there, makes for an interesting listen to hear a pre-final production version of these songs. When the gloss is removed it sounds like it could have been recorded in the mid ‘70’s. Rolling Stones Tattoo You Sessions Studio Outtakes Track List: Hang Fire (1) Black Limousine(1) Aint No Use In Crying Slave Waiting On A Friend Black Limousine(2) Neighbours Claudine Goin' Mad Worried About You/Heaven Tops Aint No Use In Crying(2) Start Me Up Hang Fire(2) Hang Fire(3)