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Studio Quality 8.8-9.4 None of this is bad, however there is going to be some hiss on some tracks but it’s not annoying at all. Overall it’s all great, some very very interesting stuff going on here too. Various sources used throughout so sometimes uneven but a noble effort was made to remaster those bits so it flows better, and it does. I like this, it’s a pleasure to listen to because there’s a lot of varied material. Rolling Stones Black And Blue Sessions & More Various Sources 1974-1975 01 Hot Stuff 02 Hand Of Fate 03 Cherry Oh Baby 04 Memory Motel 05 Hey Negrita 06 Melody 1 07 Slave 1 08 Worried About You 09 Crazy Mama 1 10 I Got A Letter 1 11 Act Together 1 12 Fool To Cry 1 Munichland Melodies ( 05, 06 ) Outtakes `74 - `75 ( 02, 03, 04, 09, 12 ) Ship Dip Blues ( 01 ) Black And Blue - bootleg ( 07, 08, ) Static In The Attic ( 10, 11 ) -
Studio Quality 8.8-9.4 - None of this is bad, however there is going to be some hiss on some tracks but it’s not annoying at all. Overall it’s all great, some very very interesting stuff going on here too. Various sources used throughout so sometimes uneven but a noble effort was made to remaster those bits so it flows better, and it does. I like this, it’s a pleasure to listen to because there’s a lot of varied material. Rolling Stones Black And Blue Sessions & More Various Sources 1974-1975 01 Come On Sugar ( Let`s Do It Right ) 02 English Rose 03 Munich Reggae 04 Boogie Jam 05 I Love Ladies 06 Melody 2 07 Cellophane Trousers 08 Jam 2 09 Man Eating Woman 10 Freeway Jam (with Jeff Beck) 11 Jungle Man 12 Carnival To Rio (with Eric Clapton) Black And Blue - bootleg ( 01, 03, 05, 09 ) Outtakes `74 - `75 ( 07 ) Rotterdam Rehearsals ( 02, 04, 06, 10 ) Montauk Rehearsals ( 08, 11 ) Sympathy For Slowhand - ( 12 ) -
Studio Quality 8.8-9.4 - None of this is bad, however there is going to be some hiss on some tracks but it’s not annoying at all. Overall it’s all great, some very very interesting stuff going on here too. Various sources used throughout so sometimes uneven but a noble effort was made to remaster those bits so it flows better, and it does. I like this, it’s a pleasure to listen to because there’s a lot of varied material. Rolling Stones Black And Blue Sessions & More Various Sources 1974-1975 01 Act Together 2 02 Worried About You 2 03 Crazy Mama 2 04 Slave 2 05 Fool To Cry 2 06 Melody 3 07 I Got A Letter 2 08 Jam 1 09 Jenny Jenny 10 Shame Shame Shame 11 Get Off Of My Cloud (with Alexis Korner) Outtakes `74 - `75 ( 02, 04 ) Static In The Attic ( 05 ) Rotterdam Rehearsals ( 03, 10 ) Montauk Rehearsals ( 06, 08, 09 ) Unknown bootlegs (01, 11 ) -
Studio Quality 9.7 - Overall the quality is superb, a couple of songs maybe just a couple notches down but none here that is less than excellent. Obviously these versions are not what was on the album but some are pretty close, just some different mixes, maybe alternate guitar workouts and maybe Mick is trying some different vocalizations but it’s still another angle on a great album. Why do all these “modern” era Stones albums seem to age very well. Because they were and are good, fact! The Rolling Stones - Blessed Poison Sessions (working title of Bridges To Babylon) 01 Out Of Control 1 02 Dream About 03 Prairie Love 04 Desperate Man 05 Sanctuary 06 20 Nil 07 Too Tight 1 (KR) 08 Low Down 1 (KR) 09 Might As Well Get Juiced 1 10 Flip The Switch 1 (KR) 11 Saint of me 1 12 Lowdown 2 (KR) 13 Might as well get juiced 2 -
Audience 7.9-8.3 - A tape that starts rough and ends rough but in the middle it is actually not bad. This is a taper that made this an event, the evening was captured with a genuine excitement which is epitomized by the introduction to the show by taper. I love that stuff. I like this tape because I understand now – it transcends the necessity for perfection because it happened in real time for the people who made this tape and there’s a twinkle of magic because you suddenly, for a split second, become them during the show. I can’t really explain it, but something happened while listening that made me understand what I was listening to beyond a rating. Make sense? THE ROLLING STONES Boston Garden Boston MA. November 29th 1969 1st Show THE BAND Ian Stewart keyboards Mick Jagger lead vocals harmonica Keith Richards guitar lead and backing vocals Charlie Watts drums Mick Taylor guitar Bill Wyman bass guitar 1 -Dianne Intro 2 -Terry Ried 3 -Stones Intro 4 -Jumpin' Jack Flash 5 -Oh Carol 6 -Sympathy For The Devil 7 -Stray Cat Blues 8 -Love In Vain 9 -Prodigal Son 10 -Under My Thumb 11 -Midnight Rambler 12 -Live With Me 13 -Little Queenie 14 -(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 15 -Honky Tonk Woman 16 -Street Fighting Man -
Audience 8.8 - Back in the cassette tape trading days, many tapes would be passed around containing the Mick Taylor period and those were the ones I most gravitated towards. A lot of those shows I have never listened to again since the cassette days for fear they would still sound so weak…but this one has blown me away, literally. It is not the old multi-gen, hissy and muddy clusterphuck like so many of those audience recordings were, this one is really pretty friggin’ good. Not perfect, but VERY damn good. THE ROLLING STONES Boston Garden Boston, MA July 18th 1972 THE BAND Mick Jagger vocals harmonica tambourine Keith Richards electric guitar vocals Bill Wyman bass Charlie Watts drums Mick Taylor lead guitar Nicky Hopkins Keyboards Bobby Keys saxophone Jim Price trumpet SETLIST 1 Announcement 2 Band Intro 3 Brown Sugar 4 Bitch 5 Rocks Off 6 Gimme Shelter 7 Happy 8 Tumbling Dice 9 Love In Vain 10 Sweet Virginia 11 You Can't Alway's Get What You Want 12 All Down The Line 13 Midnight Rambler 14 Band Introduction 15 Bye Bye Johnny 16 Rip This Joint 17 Jumpin' Jack Flash 18 Street Fighting Man 19 Honky Tonk Woman 20 Closing Announcement -
Audience 8.7 - This recording sounds like what I always imagined a Stones concert from 1975 would sound like…raw, dirty, and dangerous. How can anyone not like this kind of stuff? It’s just the coolest, really, sitting here and reliving these times. The Stones captured the times in their sound, and their energy is so damn cool, so funky, bluesy, the Stones are rock and roll. The Rolling Stones Rich Stadium, Buffalo, NY. August 8. 1975. CD 1: 1. Honky Tonk Women 2. All Down The Line 3. If You Can't Rock Me 3. Get Off Of My Cloud 4. Star Star 5. Gimme Shelter 6. Ain't Too Proud to Beg 7. You Gotta Move 8. Happy 9. Tumbling Dice 10. It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It) CD 2: 1. Fingerprint File 2. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) 3. Wild Horses 4. That's Life 5. Outa Space 6. Brown Sugar 7. Midnight Rambler 8. Rip This Joint 9. Street Fighting Man 10. Jumping Jack Flash -
Audience 8.0 – 8.5 This is one of those “right in the thick of it” tapes. Immersed into the crowd, you become part of the experience of the concert along with the tapers themselves. Is that good or bad? In this case it starts off a little shaky and gets better, and better, as the show progresses until at the end you realize you had a great time. Rich Stadium Buffalo, NY 1978-07-04 Disc One 1. Let It Rock 2. All Down The Line 3. Honky Tonk Women 4. Starfucker 5. When The Whip Comes Down 6. Lies 7. Miss You 8. Beast Of Burden Disc Two 1. Shattered 2. Just My Imagination 3. Respectable 4. Far Away Eyes 5. Love In Vain 6. Tumbling Dice 7. Happy 8. Sweet Little Sixteen 9. Brown Sugar 10. Jumpin' Jack Flash -
Miami 2019 Audience 8.8 - Tremendous atmosphere while retaining good and clear sound. It’s understandable being that the band plays enormous stadiums that you may have problems getting a solid capture, but provided that you aren’t in the nose bleeds, and your gear is decent, you can really get something worthwhile on tape with PA systems being so good. This is one such job. Charlie’s last gig with The Stones, and thankfully a good capture of the event. St. Louis 2021 Audience 9.2 - This one is right in the pocket! Solid low end, with some genuine gut punching drums and bass without being boomy at all. Vocals, nicely positioned in the mix, and both guitars are clear. Really I have to say this is a joy to listen to and doesn’t have to be a soundboard to qualify. This is the first appearance of Steve Jordan as official replacement of the departed Chawlee Watts. Rolling Stones Charlie's Last, Steve's First DISC 1 Hard Rock Stadium Miami,FL August 30, 2019 01. Intro 02. Jumping Jack Flash 03. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll 04. Tumbling Dice 05. Out Of Control 06. Under My Thumb 07. YCAGWYW 08. Sweet Virginia 09. Dead Flowers 10. Sympathy For The Devil 11. Honky Tonk Women 12. You Got The Silver 13. Before They Make Me Run DISC 2 01. Miss You 02. Paint It Black 03. Midnight Rambler 04. Start Me Up 05. Brown Sugar 06. Gimme Shelter 07. Satisfaction Disc 3 The Dome At America's Center St Louis, Missouri 26th September 2021 01 Intro 02 Street Fighting Man 03 It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) 04 Here's To You Charlie 05 Tumbling Dice 06 Under My Thumb 07 19th Nervous Breakdown 08 Wild Horses 09 You Can't Always Get What You Want 10 Living In A Ghost Town 11 Start Me Up 12 Honky Tonk Women Disc 4 13 Band Introductions 14 Happy (Keith) 15 Slipping Away (Keith) 16 Miss You 17 Midnight Rambler 18 Paint It Black 19 Sympathy For The Devil 20 Jumping Jack Flash 21 Gimme Shelter 22 Satisfaction 23 Outro -
Audience 8.7 - This is definitely the best sounding version of this show. Not bad either – typical of the time period but tapers managed to capture the entire show in pretty good quality. You can easily forgive some of the minor flaws because that is what they are…minor. A keeper!
The Rolling Stones Soldier Field Chicago, IL 1978-07-08 Disc 1 1. -Let It Rock [03:25] 2. -All Down The Line [04:46] 3. -Honky Tonk Women [05:10] 4. -Star Star [04:28] 5. -When The Whip Comes Down [06:49] 6. -Lies [05:55] 7. -Miss You [10:42] 8. -Beast of Burden [06:09] 9. -Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) [08:34] Disc 2 1. -Shattered [05:50] 2. -Respectable [04:01] 3. -Far Away Eyes [05:53] 4. -Love In Vain [06:08] 5. -Tumbling Dice [06:07] 6. -Happy [03:40] 7. -Sweet Little Sixteen [03:49] 8. -Brown Sugar [04:41] 9. -Jumping Jack Flash [09:43] 10. -(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [05:47] -
Audience 9.0 - I have rated this highly because it transcends the boring sameness of most modern aud recordings and sounds more like a 70’s boot! I can’t explain it really. It’s just, to me, the Stones should always sound like the Cleveland 1978 bootleg LP which really sort of sums up the Stones for me. -
Soundboard 9.2 - What I like most about this board tape is that it emphasizes Bill Wyman, and I mean where you can hear individual notes that he is playing, while also laying down a strong, sonically speaking, low end (so it’s not just bass notes being plucked out). This is a new, and good way to listen to another ’81 Tour board tape without being bored…’cause we all know the set list didn’t change at all.
Rolling Stones Rosemont Horizon Des Plaines, IL. 11-23-1981 Disc 1 1. -Take The A Train - Under My Thumb 2. -When The Whip Comes Down 3. -Let's Spend The Night Together 4. -Shattered 5. -Neighbours 6. -Black Limousine 7. -Just My Imagination 8. -Twenty Flight Rock 9. -Going To A Go Go 10. -Let Me Go 11. -Time Is On My Side 12. -Beast Of Burden 13. -Waiting On A Friend 14. -Let It Bleed Disc 2 1. -You Can't Always Get What You Want 2. -Band Intros 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 - School Day -
Audience 7.9/Soundboard 8.8 - A rough and tumble recording for a rough and tumble show. Quite frankly, it’s a perfect match, but obviously when the soundboard portions kick in it is a relief to the ears. The audience tape is one of the better sounding ones of the tour – we’ve all heard the dismal sounding ones and this is by far better. The video footage gives you more appreciation for the tapers efforts, because it just looks like it would have been a miracle to have produced anything remarkable in that venue. My hats off to the tapers! The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed Tour Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI, USA November 24th, 1969 Track List 01 Jumpin' Jack Flash 02 Carol 03 Sympathy For The Devil 04 Stray Cat Blues 05 Love In Vain 06 Prodigal Son 07 You Gotta Move 08 Under My Thumb 09 Midnight Rambler 10 Live With Me 11 Little Queenie 12 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 13 Honky Tonk Women 14 Street Fighting Man Includes Rare Video Footage! -
Audience 8.6 - A kind of bumpy ride at times, being immersed in the middle of a rowdy audience, but the music comes through surprisingly well for such a massive cataclysm it must have been! It’s kind of fun, it’s a time capsule, and as long as I can hear the music in a clear way, even if it is not “hi-fi”, it’s fine by me. This is a low gen tape and clear enough for its purpose, but yeah, you are in the middle of the action quite literally. ROLLING STONES Cobo Arena Detroit MI. July 27th, 1975 THE BAND Mick Jagger lead vocals harmonica Keith Richards guitar lead and backing vocals Charlie Watts drums Ronnie Wood guitar backing vocals Bill Wyman bass guitar Billy Preston keyboards backing vocals Ollie E. Brown percussion backing vocals Disc 1 1 -Honky Tonk Women 2 -All Down The Line 3 -If You Can't Rock Me 4 -Get Off Of My Cloud 5 -Star Star 6 -Gimme Shelter 7 -Ain't Too Proud To Beg 8 -You Gotta Move 9 -You Can't Always Get What You Want 10 -Happy 11 -Tumbling Dice 12 -It's Only Rock'n'roll Disc 2 13 -Fingerprint File 14 -Wild Horses 15 -That's Life 16 -Outta Space 17 -Brown Sugar 18 -Midnight Rambler 19 -Rip This Joint 20 -Street Fighting Man 21 -Jumping Jack Flash 22 -Thank you, Goodnight -
Studio quality 9.0 -9.4 - Amazing collection of rarities in excellent quality. Thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish! Disc One 1. -Introduction - We Want Stones 2. -I Ain't Got You 3. -Beautiful Delilah 4. -Down The Road Apiece 5. -Little Queenie 6. -Little Queenie - Beatiful Delilah - La Bamba - Wee Baby Blues (On Your Way To School) - Around And Around Dartford, Kent, late 1961 for early 1962 Little Blue Boy & The Blue Boys 7. -You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover ( Demo ) Curly Clayton Sound Studios, London, 27.10. 1962 8. -Baby What's Wrong 9. -Roadrunner 10. -Diddley Daddy 11. -Bright Lights, Big City 12. -I Want To Be Loved IBC Studios, London, 11.3.1963 13. -Come On 14. -Memphis, Tennesee 15. -Roll Over Beethoven BBC Sessions At Saturday Club, 26.10.1963 16. -Go Home Girl De Lane Lea Music Recording Studios, London, 14.11.1963 17. -It Should Be You 18. -Leave Me Alone 19. -That Girl Belongs To Yesterday Regent Sound Studios, London, 20. & 21.11.1963 20. -Tell Me ( Alternate Take ) Regent Sound Studios, London, 24. & 25.11.1963 21. -Not Fade Away ( Alternate Take ) 22. -I'm A King Bee Regent Sound Studios, London, 10.1.1964 23. -Andrew's Blues 24. -Mr.Spencer & Mr. Pitney Come Too Regent Sound Studios, London, 4.2.1964 25. -Wake Up In The Morning Pye Studios, London, 6.2.1964 26. -Route 66 27. -Cops And Robbers 28. -You Better Move On 29. -Mona BBC Sessions At Camden Theatre, London, 19.3.1964 30. -As Tears Go By ( Demo ) De Lane Lea Music Recording Studios, London, 11.3.1964 31. -Don't Lie To Me Regent Sound Studios, London, 12.5.1964 32. -Stewart And Keefed 33. -Hi-Heeled Sneakers Chess Studios, Chicago, 10. & 11.6.1964 Disc 2 1. -Reelin' & Rockin' 2. -Meet Me In The Bottom 3. -Tell Me Baby, How Many More Times Chess Studios, Chicago, 11.6.1964 4. -Da Doo Ron Ron 5. -Blue Turns To Grey Regent Sound Studios And Decca Studios, 31.8. - 4.9. 1964 6. -Around & Around 7. -If You Need Me 8. -I Can't Be Satisfied 9. -Crackin' Up BBC Sessions, 17.7.1964 10. -Try A Little Harder Regent Sound Studios And Decca Studios, 29.6. - 7.7. 1964 11. -We're Wasting Time 12. -Each And Every Day Of The Year 13. -Hear It Regent Sound Studios And Decca Studios, 31.8. - 4.9. 1964 14. -We Were Falling In Love Regent Sound Studios, London, 28. & 29.9.1964 15. -2120 Michigan Avenue BBC Sessions, 8.10.1964 16. -Mercy Mercy 17. -Goodbye Girl 18. -Key To The Highway Chess Studios, Chicago, 8.11.1964 19. -Everybody Needs Somebody To Love 20. -The Last Time 21. -Down The Road Apiece BBC Sessions, 1.3.1965 22. -Everybody Needs Somebody To Love 23. -Hey Crawdaddy Europe 1, French Radio At Olympia Theatre, Paris, 18.4.1965 24. -(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction RCA Studios, Los Angeles, 11. & 12.11.1965 25. -Oh Baby, We Got A Good Thing Goin' 26. -The Spider And The Fly 27. -Cry To Me 28. -Fanny Mae BBC Sessions At RCA Studios, Los Angeles, 11. & 12.5.1965 -
Studio quality 9.2 -9.6 - The follow up to the package of earlier tracks, this one offers even more outrageously good alternate takes and unreleased tracks from the 70’s era. A great collection that flows nicely in the car stereo. Disc Three 1. -19th Nervous Breakdown RCA Studios, Los Angeles, 3. - 8.12.1965 2. -Looking Tired RCA Studios, Los Angeles, 6.9.1965 3. -Paint It Black 4. -If You Let Me RCA Studios, Los Angeles, 6. - 9.3.12.1965 5. -Con Le Mie Lacrime IBC Studios, London, 15.3.1966 6. -Yesterday Papers 7. -Yesterday Papers 8. -Let's Spend The Night Together 9. -Get Yourself Together 10. -Please Go Home RCA Studios, Los Angeles, 3. - 11.8.1966 11. -Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow IBC Studios, London, 31.8. - 2.9.1966 12. -Ruby Tuesday 13. -Dandelion - Sometimes Happy, Sometimes 14. -Trouble Mind Olympic Sound Studios, London, 8. - 26.11.1966 15. -Let's Spend The Night Together Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS - TV, 15.1.1967 16. -She's A Rainbow 17. -We Love You 18. -Citadel 19. -2000 Light Years From Home 20. -Gold Painted Fingernails 21. -On With The Show Olympic Sound Studios, London, 17.5. - 9.6.1967 22. -Child Of The Moon 23. -Child Of The Moon Olympic Sound Studios, London, October 1967 24. -Jumpin' Jack Flash Olympic Sound Studios, London, 20.4.1968 Disc Four 1. -Did Everbody Pay Their Dues Olympic Sound Studios, London, 17.3. - 3.4.1968 2. -Stray Cat Blues 3. -Parachute Woman 4. -Prodigal Son 5. -Factory Girl 6. -Dear Doctor 7. -Hamburger To Go 8. -Blood Red Wine 9. -Still A Fool Olympic Sound Studios, London, 13. - 23.5.1968 10. -Family 11. -Memo From Turner Olympic Sound Studios, London, 28.6.1968 12. -Gimme Shelter 13. -You Gopt The Silver 14. -Sister Morphine 15. -I'm A Country Boy Olympic Sound Studios, London, 10.2. - 31.3.1969 16. -Jiving Sister Fanny 17. -Downtown Suzie Olympic Sound Studios, London, 17.4. - 2.7.1969 18. -Hillside Blues (I Don't Know The Reason Why) 19. -All Down The Line Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles, 17. - 26.10.1969 & Elektra Sound Studios, Los Angeles, 28.10. - 2.11.1969