Stunning collection! The BEST quality available...this reminds me of those exhaustive Beatles studio collections that reveal every detail, every alternate mix, etc. Very careful presentation, includes pretty much everything you'd want to hear and then some. RIP Charlie Watts
The Rolling Stones
The Collector Treasures 1968-1974
13CD 230 Tracks
Disc 1
1. Jigsaw Puzzle I – take 1
London, Olympic Sound Studios 23.3 1968
2. Jigsaw Puzzle I – take 2
3. Jigsaw Puzzle I – take 3-5
4. Jigsaw Puzzle I – take 6
5. Jigsaw Puzzle I – take 7-8
6. Jigsaw Puzzle I – take 9
7. Jigsaw Puzzle I – take 10
8. Jigsaw Puzzle I – take 11
9. Jigsaw Puzzle I – take 12
10. Jigsaw Puzzle I – take 13
11. Jigsaw Puzzle I – take 14 (all instr.)
12. Parachute Woman I – alternate mix
London, Olympic Sound Studios 25.3 1968
13. Parachute Woman – electric vers.
14. Child Of The Moon II – accoustic instr.
London, Olympic Sound Studios 29.3 1968
15. Child Of The Moon III – backing track
16. Pay Your Dues
London, Olympic Sound Studios 31.3 1968
17. Stray Cat Blues I
London, Olympic Sound Studios 3.4 1968
Disc 2
1. Jumping Jack Flash II – backing track
London, Olympic Sound Studios 20.4 1968
2. Jumping Jack Flash V – promo single
3. Jumping Jack Flash VI – promo film I
4. Street Fighting Man IV – longer outro
London, Olympic Sound Studios 13-23.5 1968
5. No Expectations I – acoustic
6. No Expectations (?) – acoustic
7. No Expectations – electric
8. Factory Girl I – alternate fiddle mix
9. Dear Doctor I
10. Dear Doctor II
11. Dear Doctor III
12. Family – electric
13. Blood Red Wine
14. Still A Fool (Morganfield)
15. Give Me A Hamburger To Go (aka Stuck Out All Alone)
16. Prodigal Son (Wilkins)
17. Jisaw Puzzle II – without vocal overdubs
Los Angeles, Sunset Sound Studios 8-25.7 1968
18. Highway Bound aka Highway Child
London, Olympic Sound Studios 17-31.3 1968
Disc 3
1. Sympathy For The Devil I – acoustic
London, Olympic Sound Studios 4-10.6 1968
2. Sympathy For The Devil II
3. Sympathy For The Devil III – guitar riffs
4. Sympathy For The Devil IV – part 1-3
5. Sympathy For The Devil V & IV
6. Sympathy For The Devil VII
7. Sympathy For The Devil VIII
8. Sympathy For The Devil IX
9. London Jam – part 1 & 2
10. Untitled Jam
11. Family II (acoustic)
London, Olympic Sound Studios 28.6 1968
12. Family III
13. Salt Of The Earth III – early mix
Los Angeles, Sunset Sound Studios 7-25.7 1968
14. Memo From Turner I – demo
London, unknown Studio Sept. 1968
15. Memo From Turner VI – movie vers.
16. Memo From Turner II – alternate vocals
London, Olympic Sound Studios 17.11 1968
17. Memo From Turner IV
18. Memo From Turner (not on cover)
Disc 4
1. You Got The Silver II (MJ vocals)
London, Olympic Sound Studios 16.2 1969
2. Gimme Shelter I (KR vocals)
London, Olympic Sound Studios 23-25.2 1969
3. Honky Tonk Women I
London, Olympic Sound Studios 9/16.3 1969
4. Gimme Shelter II
London, Olympic Sound Studios 15.3 1969
5. You Can’t Always Get What You Want IV with choir intro.
6. Sister Morhine II (Jagger-Richards-Faithfull)
London, Olympic Sound Studios 22-23 & 30.3 1969
7. And I Was A Country Boy (instr.)
London, Olympic Sound Studios 23.3 1969
8. Sister Morphine III (Jagger-Richards-Faithfull) – early mix
London, Olympic Sound Studios 31.3 1969
9. Downtown Suzie II (Wyman)
London, Olympic Sound Studios 23.4 1969
10. The Boudoir Stomp (Watts-Hopkins-Cooder)
11. It Hurts Me Too (Hudson Whittaker)
12. Edward’s Thrump Up (Watts-Hopkins-Cooder)
13. Blow With Ry (Watts-Hopkins-Cooder)
14. Interlude A La El Hopo (Watts-Hopkins-Cooder) - The Loveliest Night Of The Year (Juventino Rosas)
15. Highland Fling (Watts-Hopkins-Cooder)
16. Country Honk I -without fiddle
London, Olympic Sound Studios 12.5 1969
Disc 5
1. Loving Cup II
London, Olympic Sound Studios 17.4-2.7 1969
2. Jiving Sister Fanny I – early mix
3. Jiving Sister Fanny III
4. I Don’t Know Why I Love You I (Wonder-Riser-Hunter-Hardaway) – early edited mix without brass
5. I Don’t Know Why I Love You I (Wonder-Riser-Hunter-Hardaway)
6. All Down The Line I – accoustic
Los Angeles, Sunset Sound Studios 7-26.10 1969 & Elektra Studios 28.10-2.11 1969
7. I’m Going Down II
London, Olympic Sound Studios 16-30.6 & 14-27.7 1970
8. Hillside Blues
see 6
9. Gimme Shelter – first guitar,some percussion
10. Gimme Shelter – second guitar
11. Gimme Shelter – bass
12. Gimme Shelter – percussion
13. Gimme Shelter – piano, guitar, mouth organ
14. Gimme Shelter – vocal
15. Gimme Shelter – backing track
16. Sister Mprhine (Jagger-Richards-Faithfull)
Los Angeles, RCA Studios 7-25.7 1968
17. The Wild Colonial Boy
Middlesex, Twickenham Studios Sept. 1969
Disc 6
1. You Gotta Move II (McDowell-Rev. Gary Davis)
Florence, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio 2.12 1969
2. You Gotta Move III* (McDowell-Rev. Gary Davis) – alt.mix
3. Brown Sugar I – early vocals, no lead guitar
Florence, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio 3-4.12 1969
4. Brown Sugar II – without sax, alt.guitar
5. Brown Sugar III* – Hot Rocks 1st press
London, Olympic Sound Studios 9,10 & 18.12 1969
6. Brown Sugar Va* – later sax at 1’42
7. Brown Sugar Vb* – less guitar
8. Wild Horses I – demo Gram Parson
Florence, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio 4.12 1969
9. Wild Horses – instr.
10. Wild Horses II* – Hot Rocks 1st press
11. Wild Horses III* – no piano, alt. mox of II
12. Wild Horses IV*
overdubs Pedal steel – Pete Kleinow organ, L.Russell,early 1970
13. Wild Horses V* – short take
14. Brown Sugar IV w/Eric Clapton
London, Olympic Sound Studio 18.12 1969
15. Dancing In The Light
London, Olympic Sound Studios & Newbury, Stargroves March-May 1970
16. Dead Flowers II – alt.mix,less slide guitar & piano
see 5
17. Cocksucker Blues
see 15
18. Leather Jacket (Taylor)
London, Olympic Sound Studios 16-30.6 & 14-27.7 1970
19. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (not on cover)
20. Dead Flowers (not on cover)
*Final mixing London April/May 1970
Disc 7
1. All Down The Line II – electric
London, Olympic Sound Studios 14-27.7 1970
2. Who Am I?
3. I’m Going Down IV
4. Shine A Light II
5. Get A Line On You – with Leon Russell
6. Trident Jam
London, Olympic Sound Studios & Newbury, Stargroves 17-31.10 1970
7. Stop Breaking Down II (Johnson)
8. Good Time Women II
9. Shake YOur Hips (Moore)
10. Potted Shrimp
11. All Down The Line III – electric slow vers.
12. So Divine II
13. Bitch II – alt.mix
14. Travelling Man
15. Sway I – single version
16. Sweet Virginia II – without backing vocals
17. Silver Train I
18. Bitch
Disc 8
1. Rocks Off I – backing track
Villefranche-Sur-mer, Villa Nellcote 10-late July & 14-23.10 1971
2. Rip This Joint II – backing track with slide guitar
3. Happy – longer version
4. Ventilator Blues I instr. rehearsal
5. Let It Loose II – backing track
6. All Down The Line IV – backing track
7. Soul Survivor – early instr.
8. Ain’t Gonna Lie
9. I’m Not Signifying II – backing track
10. Instrumental
11. I’m Not Signifying II – early vers.with less vocals and horns at end
12. Sweet Black ANgel II – backing track
Los Angeles, Sunset Sound Studios 4-19.12 1971
13. Turd On The Run – alt.mix
14. All Down The Line VI – US single B-side
15. Exile On Main Street Blues
Los Angeles, Sunset Sound Studios 28.3 1972
16. I Don’t Care
17. Pass The Wine
18. Dancing In The Light
19. So Divine
20. Title 5
Disc 9
1. (Jungle Disease) Jam 1&2
Dallas, Sumet-Burnet Recording Studio 23.6 1972, rehearsals
2. Tar And Feathered Blues
3. Hats Off To Slim Harpo
4. Let It Loose I
5. Let It Loose II
6. Let It Loose III
7. Blues jam
8. Gimme Shelter
9. Jam
10. Ventilator Blues I
11. Ventilator Blues II
12. Delta Slide
13. Memphis Jam
14. Sweet Black Angel
15. Don’t You Lie To Me (Hudson Whittaker)
16. Tabasco Jam
17. Shake Your Hips I (James Moore)
18. Shake Your Hips II (James Moore)
Disc 10
1. Let It Loose IV
Dallas, Sumet-Burnet Recording Studio 23.6 1972, rehearsals
2. Let It Loose V
3. Taxarcana Jan
4. Shave ‘Em Dry (Trad.)
5. Key To The Highway (Broonzy-Segar)
6. 32-20 Blues (Robert Johnson)
7. When You Got A Good Friend (Robert Johnson)
8. Torn And Frayed I
9. Torn And Frayed II
10. Rock jam
11. The Last Time
12. Satisfaction I
13. Satisfaction II
14. Monkey Man
15. (Whip’s Crack) Jam
16. (Tiger Snarl) Jam
17. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Cocksucker Blues movie, Burbank-rehearsal, late May 1972
18. It’s Funny
Cocksucker Blues movie, MJ on piano,vocals 3.6-26.7 1972
Disc 11
1. Tumbling Dice I
Montreux, Rialto Theater 18.5 1972, rehearsals
2. Shake Your Hips (James Moore)
3. (Bluesberry) Jam
4. Loving Cup -playback with live vocals
5. Tumbling Dice II
6. (John’s) Jam
7. Criss Cross I -basic track, without sax
Kingston, Dynamic Sounds Studios 25-30.11 & 6-21.12 1972
8. Through The Lonely Nights -single-version
9. Tops I -instrumental
10. Fast Talking Slow Walking
11. You Should Have Seen Her Ass
12. Waiting On “My” Friend
13. Separately (Richards-Taylor) -instrumental
14. Windmill I -instrumental, aka Wind Call
Los Angeles, Village Recorders 27-30.1 1973
15. Windmill II -instrumental, aka Wind Call
16. Plundered My Soul
17. I’m Not Signifying
18. Loving Cup -alt.take
Disc 12
1. Dancing With Mr. D. III -early version
London, Island Recording Studios 28.5 1973 onwards
2. 100 Years Ago II -longer differently mixed acetate-version
3. Angie -alt.mix
4. Silver Train II -early version without harmonica, but with brass
5. Silver Train III -differently mixed acetate-version
6. Hide Your Love III -acetate-version
7. Winter II -slightly different mix of version III
8. Criss Cross II -first version with Bobby Keys on sax in the outro
9. Criss Cross III -with Bobby Keys on sax from early on, faded out
10. Criss Cross IV -edited version II with more (Bobby Keys on) sax and vocal overdubs; used as soundtrack for the Japanese movie Metamorphoses
11. Dancing With Mr. D. III -promofilm mix
London, unknown studio 17.7 1973
12. Silver Train II -promofilm mix
13. Angie -promofilm mix
14. Too Many Cooks Angelo Bond-Ronald Dunbar-Edith Wayne)
Los Angeles, The Record Plant late Dec. 1973
15. Drift Away (Mentor Williams)
Munich, Musicland Studios 8-13.2 & 20.2-3.3 1974
16. Living In The Heart Of Love
17. Slow Down And Stop
Munich, Musicland Studios 12-24.11 1973
18. Following The River
Disc 13
1. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg II (Whitfield-Holland) -acetate-version
Newbury, Stargroves & London, Island Recording Studios 20-25.5 1974
2. Fingerprint File II -acetate-version
3. If You Can’t Rock Me II -acetate-version
4. Dance Little Sister II -differently mixed and longer acetate-version
5. Till The Next Goodbye II -differently mixed acetate-version
6. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (Whitfield-Holland) -promofilm mono mix
UK TV, London 1.10 1974
7. Act Together II
Munich, Musicland Studios 5-9.12 1974
8. Act Together I
9. Cherry Og Baby (Donaldson) -early take
10. Fool To Cry -early take
11. Fool To Cry II -early take with finished lyrics
12. I Got A Letter I
13. I Got A Letter II
14. Till The Next Goodbye -promofilm mono mix