"The Rolling Stones" Thread

[FORD]

Finally some decent sound quality outtakes from the Undercover sessions...

And this song, though obviously not finished in the lyrical department, was better than most of the tracks that made the record. Not sure why it got abandoned......

[Nitro Express]

Actually that's true, considering two of his TV siblings have died. I'm sure even Danny didn't think he would outlive them. He's managed to stay sober for quite a while now, even while working at a radio station that brands it's own microbrew and sponsors whiskey tasting events.

Well it's always good to see a person who had a lot of problems get their shit together. Good to hear Danny found his niche and is doing well.

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Bought the Spanish version of Sticky Fingers a month ago in Soho. Funny how they thought this sleeve looked less shocking than the famous one they'd censored.
It's the Brown Sugar they played at Keith's Bday with Clapton on guitar, the rest is the actual album.

[FORD]

I knew the Spanish album had the alternate cover, but I didn't know it had the Clapton version of Brown Sugar. Didn't think that had an official release until the recent "Sticky Fingers" remaster w/the bonus disks. (and of course dozens of bootlegs)

[Terry]

And this song, though obviously not finished in the lyrical department, was better than most of the tracks that made the record. Not sure why it got abandoned......

The music and tempo sound like something that was battered about during the Emotional Rescue sessions, a la Where The Boys Go or Summer Romance, although the production sounds like it was recorded around the time of Undercover.

Honestly, it smacks of a jam the band were doing just to warm up, rather than an actual backing track. I mean, even knowing it was a backing track for a tune that never came to completion, even for the Stones it sounds a bit standard by the time 1982 rolled around (as in, I can't exactly agree that it comes across as much better than the other tracks on the Undercover record...if anything, it comes across like a slightly faster cousin to She Was Hot).

[FORD]

"She Was Hot" was actually a hybrid of two early tracks in the session. The early versions of that song were a bit slower tempo....

[FORD]

Meanwhile, they were working on a faster song around the same time, the working title was "Chainsaw Rocker"....

Seems to me like they kept the tempo & rhythm guitar here and morphed the two together.

[FORD]

[FORD]

Still no signs of progress on that supposed new studio album of original material from the Stones, but they are resuming the Vault releases....



Though it has the same title of a live album released in the late 90s, this will probably be a different or at least expanded format from that, as the 90s version was a single CD while this version will have one package with a DVD & 2 audio CD's and a 3 LP vinyl edition Not a lot of details about the contents on the Stones website, but here's what they have to say about it, so far...

No Security captures a stand-out Stones show, with the band on searing form during the closing leg of their American tour in San Jose.

Treating the crowd to an up-close and personal experience and leaving a frenzy in their wake.

The set list spans from the mid-sixties hit singles to the Bridges to Babylon album, including a bluesy, dramatic version of ‘Midnight Rambler’, a dark and swaggering ‘Out of Control’, and the rarely performed live, ‘Some Girls’ and ‘Saint of Me’. The show was an electrifying, anthem-packed, cross generational hot ticket, concluding yet another chapter from the band that wrote the book on rock ‘n’ roll.

[FORD]

And in other news, here's a little something for the 1%.....



planetrock.com
The Rolling Stones to release limited-edition 15-album vinyl box set
5-6 minutes

The Rolling Stones have announced a lavish box set called ‘The Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016’.

As the title suggests, the 15-album box set contains every Rolling Stones studio album from 1971’s ‘Sticky Fingers’ right up to 2016’s covers album ‘Blue & Lonesome’ on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl.

Each limited-edition box set is individually numbered and the albums are housed in faithful and intricate original packaging replications.

‘Some Girls’ comes housed in the replica design including 20 cut-outs on the cover, while the sleeve of ‘Sticky Fingers’ is presented as Andy Warhol’s original design, complete with a working zip with a hidden image underneath. Elsewhere, ‘Exile On Main Street’ comes with a set of 12 original postcard inserts.

All 15 albums across 20 LPs have been meticulously remastered and cut at ‘revelatory’ half-speed at Abbey Road Studios, from vinyl specific original tape transfers designed to get the very best possibly sound from the format.

As well as the records on vinyl, the box set includes a download card for HD digital redemption of the catalogue and includes a numbered certificate of authentication.

Retailing at £370 to £399.99, you can pre-order the album right here ahead of its release on Friday 15th June 2018 via Universal Music.

For all you tech aficionados out there, here’s some more information on the half-speed cutting process:

Abbey Road Studios’ engineers have been cutting grooves into discs since the studios first opened in 1931. In 2013, award-winning engineer Miles Showell joined their existing mastering team, bringing a wealth of disc-cutting experience with him.

One of the artisan techniques offered by Abbey Road Studios that results in the very highest quality sound reproduction is Half Speed Cutting. This process involves the master source being played back at precisely half its recorded speed while the cutting lathe is similarly turned at half the desired playback speed. This allows the cutting head twice the time to cut the intricate groove, allowing considerably more accuracy with important matters such as frequency extremes and micro-dynamic contrasts. The resulting cuts have excellent high frequency response (treble) and very solid and stable stereo images.

It’s not quite as simple as running everything at half rate. There is an EQ curve applied to all vinyl records and by running the lathe at half speed, all the frequencies are wrong. However, the technical staff at Abbey Road Studios have had new custom-built filters installed which allow Miles to practice half speed cutting to the full on a modified Neumann VMS-80 lathe.

‘The Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016’

Sticky Fingers (1971)
LP sleeve presented as Andy Warhol’s original design complete with working zip and hidden

Exile On Main St (1972) (2LP)
2LP in original style gatefold sleeve complete with inner-bags and set of 12 perforated postcards

Goats Head Soup (1973)
LP in gatefold sleeve with two inserts

It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (1974)
LP with original heavyweight inner sleeve

Black And Blue (1976)
LP in gatefold sleeve with original inner bag and lyric sheet

Some Girls (1978)
LP housed in replica design including 20 cut-outs on the cover

Emotional Rescue (1980)
LP with original sized poster

Tattoo You (1981)
LP with original heavyweight inner sleeve

Undercover (1983)
LP with original heavyweight inner sleeve and lyric sheet

Dirty Work (1986)
LP with original heavyweight inner sleeve, red shrink wrapping and bespoke sticker

Steel Wheels (1989)
LP complete with original inner sleeve and sales insert

Voodoo Lounge (1994) (2LP)
2LP gatefold sleeve with original lyric inners

Bridges To Babylon (1997) (2LP)
2LP with original lyric inners

A Bigger Bang (2005) (2LP)
2LP gatefold sleeve with original lyric inners

Blue & Lonesome (2016) (2LP)
2LP gatefold sleeve with original inners

[twonabomber]

Still no signs of progress on that supposed new studio album of original material from the Stones, but they are resuming the Vault releases....



Though it has the same title of a live album released in the late 90s, this will probably be a different or at least expanded format from that, as the 90s version was a single CD while this version will have one package with a DVD & 2 audio CD's and a 3 LP vinyl edition Not a lot of details about the contents on the Stones website, but here's what they have to say about it, so far...

No Security was the live album from the Bridges To Babylon stadium tour, then they toured arenas for the live album and it was the No Security tour.

The vinyl box set...I'll wait until the local wrecka sto has it for $30, like when I found GRRRR!

[FORD]

Yeah, I saw them in the Kingdome on "Black Friday" (day after Turkeysgiving) in 97. Then U2's PopMart tour was there about three weeks later. Last two big events at the Kingdome before they blew it up.

[twonabomber]

I saw Bridges outside at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, when Cleveland's new stadium was being built, and then No Security on April 1, '99 at Gund Arena. Got downtown early, parked in the garage across from the arena and saw the Stones motorcade arrive.

[Nitro Express]

Yeah, I saw them in the Kingdome on "Black Friday" (day after Turkeysgiving) in 97. Then U2's PopMart tour was there about three weeks later. Last two big events at the Kingdome before they blew it up.

I don't miss the Kingdome at all. What an ugly eyesore that thing was.

[FORD]

The truly ugly thing about it was the acoustics inside. It was a little better in the 90s after they added the ceiling tiles, but those earlier shows... you were never sure if it was a rock concert or a supercross show. And of course the Seahawks games that were so loud they made John Elway cry like a baby.