Well, the Stones finally released a box set...

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...but it's not the one they promised us 10 years ago.....



* 45 singles packed with rarities, re-mixes and live versions across 173 tracks!
* Comes in a striking pink box featuring the band’s trademark tongue design.
* Overflowing with all-time classic hits, collectable B-sides and hidden gems.
* Over 80 tracks not currently available on official releases!
* Taken from the original British, US and European singles.
* Lovingly replicating the original 7”, 12” and CD singles in miniature picture sleeves and labels.
* Also houses a 32-page hardback book packed with memorabilia, period photos, essay by renowned journalist, broadcaster and Stones expert Paul Sexton.
* Also features an exclusive new interview with Bill Wyman, the band’s former bassist and on-going archivist.
* Limited numbered edition
* The set will also be available digitally

I'm hoping they re-release some of these CD singles individually, since there are a few things here that I don't have (at least in decent quality) but I really don't think I need to buy the rest of them yet again. I suppose it's a good thing that the "rarities" included here are available once again, but this still doesn't make up for the REAL box set that Mick told us they were working on back in 2001-02. Still say they should take the "Beatles Anthology" approach to that one, and roll out a three volume set (Volume 1 with Brian Jones, Volume 2 with Mick Taylor, and Volume 3 with Woody)

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Courtesy of Universal UK’s official site, the track list is:

Single 1
1. Brown Sugar
2. Bitch
3. Let It Rock

Single 2
1. Wild Horses
2. Sway

Single 3
1. Tumbling Dice
2. Sweet Black Angel

Single 4
1. Happy
2. All Down The Line

Single 5
1. Angie
2. Silver Train

Single 6
1. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
2. Dancing With Mr D

Single 7
1. It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll
2. Through The Lonely Nights

Single 8
1. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
2. Dance Little Sister

Single 9
1. Fool To Cry
2. Crazy Mama

Single 10
1. Hot Stuff
2. Fool To Cry

Single 11
1. Miss You
2. Far Away Eyes
3. Miss You (12″ Version)

Single 12
1. Beast Of Burden
2. When The Whip Comes Down

Single 13
1. Respectable
2. When The Whip Comes Down

Single 14
1. Shattered
2. Everything’s Turning To Gold (Previously Unreleased)

Single 15
1. Emotional Rescue
2. Down In the Hole

Single 16
1. She’s So Cold
2. Send It To Me

Single 17
1. Start Me Up
2. No Use In Crying

Single 18
1. Waiting On A Friend
2. Little T&A

Single 19
1. Hang Fire
2. Neighbours

Single 20
1. Going To A Go Go (Live)
2. Beast Of Burden (Live)

Single 21
1. Time Is On My Side (Live)
2. Twenty Flight Rock (Live)
3. Under My Thumb (Live)

Single 22
1. Undercover Of The Night
2. All The Way Down
3. Undercover Of The Night (Dub)
4. Feel On Baby (inst dub)

Single 23
1. She Was Hot
2. I Think I’m Going Mad

Single 24
1. Too Tough
2. Miss You

Single 25
1. Harlem Shuffle
2. Had It With You
3. Harlem Shuffle (NY Mix)
4. Harlem Shuffle (London Mix)

Single 26
1. One Hit (To The Body)
2. Fight
3. One Hit (To The Body) (London mix)

Single 27
1. Mixed Emotions
2. Fancyman Blues
3. Mixed Emotions (Chris Kimsey’s 12″)
4. Tumbling Dice
5. Miss You

Single 28
1. Rock And A Hard Place
2. Cook Cook Blues
3. It’s Only Rock n Roll
4. Rocks Off

Single 29
1. Almost Hear You Sigh
2. Break The Spell
3. Wish I’d Never Met You
4. Mixed Emotions
5. Beast Of Burden
6. Angie
7. Fool To Cry
8. Miss You
9. Waiting On a Friend

Single 30
1. Terrifying (7″ remix)
2. Rock And A Hard Place (7″ version)
3. Terrifying (12″ remix)
4. Rock And A Hard Place (dance mix)
5. Harlem Shuffle (London mix)
6. Wish I’d Never Met You
7. Harlem Shuffle (LP version)

Single 31
1. Highwire (7″ version)
2. Highwire (full length version)
3. Sympathy For The Devil (live)
4. I Just Want To Make Love To You (live)
5. Play With Fire (live)
6. Factory Girl (live)

Single 32
1. Ruby Tuesday (live)
2. Play With Fire (live)
3. Rock And A Hard Place (live)
4. Harlem Shuffle (live)
5. Winning Ugly VI (London Mix)
6. Undercover of The Night (live)

Single 33
1. Sex Drive
2. Undercover Of The Night (live)

Single 34
1. Love Is Strong (album version)
2. The Storm
3. So Young
4. Love Is Strong (Bob Clearmountain remix)
5. Love Is Strong (Teddy Riley Radio Remix)
6. Love Is Strong (Teddy Riley Extended Remix)
7. Love Is Strong (Teddy Riley Extended Rock Remix)
8. Love Is Strong (Teddy Riley Dub Remix)
9. Love Is Strong (Joe The Butcher Club Mix)
10. Love Is Strong (Teddy Riley Instrumental)

Single 35
1. You Got Me Rocking
2. Jump On Top Of Me
3. You Got Me Rocking (Perfecto Mix)
4. You Got Me Rocking (Sexy Disco Dub Mix)
5. You Got Me Rocking (Trance Mix)

Single 36
1. Out Of Tears (Don Was edit)
2. I’m Gonna Drive
3. Out Of Tears (Bob Clearmountain Remix Edit)
4. So Young
5. Sparks Will Fly (radio clean version)

Single 37
1. I Go Wild (LP Version)
2. I Go Wild (Scott Litt Remix)
3. I Go Wild (live)
4. I Go Wild (Luis Resto Straight Vocal Mix)

Single 38
1. Like A Rolling Stone (album version)
2. Black Limousine
3. All Down The Line
4. Like A Rolling Stone (edit)

Single 39
1. Anybody Seen My Baby (LP edit)
2. Anybody Seen My Baby (Soul Solution Remix Edit)
3. Anybody Seen My Baby (Armand’s Rolling Steelo Mix)
4. Anybody Seen My Baby (Soul Solution Remix)
5. Anybody Seen My Baby (Bonus Roll)
6. Anybody Seen My Baby (album version)

Single 40
1. Saint Of Me (radio edit)
2. Anyway You Look At It
3. Gimme Shelter (live)
4. Saint Of Me (Deep Dish Grunge Garage Remix Parts 1&2)
5. Anybody Seen My Baby (Armand’s Rolling Steelo Mix)
6. Saint Of Me (Deep Dish Grunge Garage Dub)
7. Saint Of Me (Deep Dish Rolling Dub)
8. Anybody Seen My Baby (Bonus Roll)
9. Anybody Seen My Baby (Phil Jones remix)
10. Saint Of Me (Deep Dish Club Mix)
11. Saint Of Me (Deep Dish Grunge Dub)
12. Saint Of Me (Todd Terry Extended Remix)

Single 41
1. Out Of Control (album radio edit)
2. Out Of Control (In Hand With Fluke radio edit)
3. Out Of Control (Bi-Polar At The Controls)
4. Out Of Control (Bi-Polar Outer Version)
5. Out Of Control (In Hand With Fluke Inst)
6. Out Of Control (In Hand With Fluke (full version)
7. Out Of Control (Bi-Polar’s Fat Controller mix)
8. Out Of Control (Saber final mix)

Single 42
1. Don’t Stop (edit)
2. Don’t Stop (new rock mix)
3. Miss You (remix)

Single 43
1. Streets Of Love
2. Rough Justice

Single 44
1. Rain Fall Down (Will.I.am remix)
2. Rain Fall Down (radio edit)
3. Rain Fall Down (Ashley Beedle’s Heavy Disco Radio Edit)
4. Rain Fall Down (Ashley Beedle’s Heavy Disco Vocal Re-edit)

Single 45
1. Biggest Mistake
2. Dance Pt 1 (live from Paris Olympia 11/07/03)
3. Before They Make Me Run (live from Paris Olympia 11/07/03)
4. Hand Of Fate (live from Paris Olympia 11/07/03)

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And now for the actual "rarities" in this box......

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This ain't in the box, but I just fucking felt like listening to it anyway....

[ThrillsNSpills]

Everything’s Turning To Gold (Previously Unreleased)

How is a track that was released twice "previously unreleased" ?

b-side and a compiliation

[Mr. Vengeance]

I'm hard pressed to come up with many box sets that lived up to the hype. I thought the KISS set was good. Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper was a nice package. The original Bootleg series from Bob Dylan had a ton of good rare and unreleased stuff....BonFire had some nice rare Bon Scott material.

But for the most part I find that if you're a big fan you already have most of the stuff in these box sets. How many remixes of "Love is Strong" do I really need to hear?

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Over-rated !!

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Over-rated !!

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Over-rated !!

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Everything’s Turning To Gold (Previously Unreleased)

How is a track that was released twice "previously unreleased" ?

b-side and a compiliation

Yeah, whomever wrote up that track listing screwed up there. Though it is true that the song hasn't been officially available since the CBS release of the Stones catalog, since neither Virgin or Universal included "Sucking In The Seventies" in their remasters.