"The Rolling Stones" Thread

[Kristy]

Yeawwwwwwwwwwwwn

More limey theft.

[Kristy]

Gimmie the real deal not that unlistenable limey shit.

[Terry]

Da Stonez stopped being the Stonez in 1993 when Wyman left to band to pursue all the teenage girls he could find. Since then with ALL other of these shitty "classic rock" bands they have rebranded themselves as an ATM depository by milking their fans for every fucking dime they can get. Bridges to Bremen? Who asked for that shit? Moreover, who wanted to ever listen to that shit? And make no mistake. It is shit.

Jagger and his limey monkey boy Keith are fucking assholes. They sold out their own band and will never ever come close to making Taylor Swift money no matter how many times Jagger exploits her on stage for his bank account. Fucking disgusting and gross. Especially from Jagger a well-known misogynist.


New album?

No one remembers their last album.

Last album of theirs I could still listen to start-to-finish is 1981's Tattoo You, and THAT album was comprised in no small part of reworked tracks going back as far as 1972.

Last track of theirs I thought showed some real spark and creativity was the title track to 1983's Undercover album.

Post-Undercover, I listened to everything up to and including ...what ...A Bigger Bang. Couple of glimmers here and there.

In some ways it's probably unreasonable to have expected them (or any other band) to make consistently great music for a career as long as theirs.

They had that great 15 year or so period between 1968 and 1981 where they made, by and large, really good albums. Even ten years is a lot for any rock band in terms of putting out consistently good stuff.

When I think of the best they had to offer as a band and how they've basically spent the last 40 or so years coasting, fer sure it's a bit winceworthy. They just keep going because ...I dunno. Because why not, I guess. For me, the band hasn't had any real purpose for so long whatever they've been up to or whatever they're currently doing is just ...there.

[Mushroom]

Meanwhile, I’m going to work tomorrow to milk the cow. I shouldn’t, but I will because they still give me money. My product lacks luster, but I was amazing 40 years ago. I love milking the cow, it’s all I know how to do now.

[FORD]

Woody goes 50s retro?

[FORD]

Guitar stolen from the Rolling Stones in 1972 finally turns up – at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art

News By Fraser Lewry ( Classic Rock ) published 16 hours ago

The stolen guitar had been played by Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton

In May, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it had acquired a collection of 500 guitars, and it appears that one of the most high-profile donations may have been stolen decades ago.

• The collection included a 1959 sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard played by the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards during their historic Ed Sullivan Show appearance in 1964, a guitar that was amongst those stolen during the recording of the Stones' classic 1972 album Exile... On Main Street eight years later.
  The burglary, which took place at Villa Nellc?te, the C?te d'Azur mansion hired by the band for the album's recording, was reputedly carried out by local drug dealers owed money by Keith Richards. Nine of his guitars went missing, as well as a saxophone belonging to Bobby Keys and Bill Wyman's bass.
  Now Marlies Damming, the business manager of former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, has revealed that the guitar in the Met's collection actually belonged to Taylor, who purchased it from Richards in 1967 before joining John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers as a replacement for Peter Green. Taylor also played the guitar during the Rolling Stones' infamous Altamont Speedway show in late 1969.
  "There are numerous photos of Mick Taylor playing this Les Paul, as it was his main guitar until it disappeared," says Dramming. "The interesting thing about these vintage Les Pauls is that they are renowned for their flaming, which is unique, like a fingerprint."
  A source tells pagesix.com, "Taylor says he never received compensation for the theft and is mystified as to how his property found its way into the Met’s collection."
  The guitar was also played by Jimmy Page during his time as a session musician, while Eric Clapton used it at a Cream show in July 1966 after his own instrument was stolen during rehearsals.
  Classic Rock has reached out to the Met for comment.

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[FORD]

This song came out over 50 years ago, and I swear to God I never saw this video before now.....

[FORD]

Well, apparently yesterday, the Stones Instagram account put up a flashing tounge logo that had just two colors: black and blue.

Guess that's a hint as to what the archive release for the Xmas shopping market is going to be this year. Wouldn't be surprised if the "official" announcement happens later this week.

In the meantime, let's talk about Beast of Burden....

[FORD]

Well that was quick... I was expecting them to sit on the announcement until Friday.....

9/24/2025

Rolling Stones Prepping ‘Black and Blue’ Super Deluxe Box Set With Six Previously Unreleased Songs

The revamp of the band's 13th studio album will include a 100-page hardback book, replica tour poster and Blu-ray disc of 1976 live show.



Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones perform on stage on the opening night of their "Licks" world tour at Boston Fleetcentre on Sept. 3, 2002 in Boston. Dave Hogan/Getty Images

The Rolling Stones are going back to the vault for a refresh of their landmark 13th studio album, Black and Blue. The group will celebrate the 1976 LP with an upcoming definitive Super Deluxe box set due out on Nov. 14 through Interscope/UMe featuring six previously unreleased songs.

The set, remixed and expanded across multiple formats, will include a 5LP vinyl box set as well as a 4-CD box set, with both including a Blu-ray disc, replica tour poster and 100-page hardback book with a new essay by Stones expert Paul Sexton and exclusive photos from the album session and tour. A limited-edition vinyl version will be pressed on black and blue marbled vinyl, alongside streamlined two-disc and one-disc formats on CD and vinyl.

Black and Blue marked a turning point for the band following the departure of former guitarist Mick Taylor, who was eventually replaced by Ronnie Wood. As the band searched for Taylor’s replacement, they brought a series of guitar greats in to perform on the LP, including Canned Heat guitarist Harvey Mandel, songwriter and session great Wayne Perkins, as well as Yardbirds wiz Jeff Beck and Memphis blues guitarist Robert A. Johnson.

Wood would later join the band full-time, appearing on three tracks on the Billboard 200 album chart-topping LP, which mixes reggae, funk and soul into the Stones’ signature mix on songs including “Hot Stuff,” “Fool to Cry,” “Memory Motel” and “Melody.”

The box set will feature a six-track disc of previously unreleased songs, including Mick Jagger/Keith Richards composition “I Love Ladies,” a cover of Shirley & Company’s “Shame, Shame, Shame” and four instrumental jams from the 1975 sessions with the guest guitarists; a new video for “Shame, Shame, Shame” will debut on Thursday (Sept. 25) directed by Dutch filmmaker Camille Boumans. The box will include a full live concert from the band’s six-night residency at London’s Earls Court Exhibition Centre.

The accompanying Blu-ray disc adds a previously unreleased TV broadcast of the Stones’ 1976 show at Les Abattoirs in Paris, as well as Dolby Atmos surround sound mixes of the studio album and the live Earls Court concert.

Producer Andrew Watt recently told Rolling Stone magazine that he’s working with the Stones again on what could be the follow-up to their Grammy-winning 24th studio album, 2023’s Hackney Diamonds. Without revealing many details, Watt said, “I’ve said it before, but it’s like working for Batman…when the tongue is up in the air, you just go… I can say we did some recording together, but that’s all I can say.”

Listen to “Shame, Shame, Shame,” watch the Black and Blue remaster trailer and see the full track listing for the Super Deluxe 4CD + Blu-ray version below.


Disc 1: Steven Wilson Remix 2025

1. Hot Stuff
2. Hand Of Fate
3. Cherry Oh Baby
4. Memory Motel
5. Hey Negrita (Inspiration by Ron Wood)
6. Melody (Inspiration by Billy Preston)
7. Fool To Cry
8. Crazy Mama

Disc 2: Outtakes and Jams
1. I Love Ladies
2. Shame, Shame, Shame
3. Chuck Berry Style Jam (With Harvey Mandel)
4. Blues Jam (With Jeff Beck)
5. Rotterdam Jam (With Jeff Beck & Robert A. Johnson)
6. Freeway Jam (With Jeff Beck)

Disc 3: Live at Earls Court 1976
1. Honky Tonk Women
2. If You Can’t Rock Me/Get Off My Cloud
3. Hand Of Fate
4. Hey Negrita (Inspiration by Ron Wood)
5. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
6. Fool To Cry
7. Hot Stuff
8. Star Star (Starf–ker)
9. You Gotta Move
10. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
11. Band Intro
12. Happy
13. Tumbling Dice
14. Nothing From Nothing
15. Outa-Space

Disc 4: Live at Earls Court 1976
1. Midnight Rambler
2. It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)
3. Brown Sugar
4. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
5. Street Fighting Man
6. Sympathy For The Devil

Blu-Ray Disc
1. Black and Blue (Steven Wilson Remix 2025)
2. Les Rolling Stones Aux Abattoirs, Paris-Juin 1976

• Band Intro
• Honky Tonk Women
• Hand of Fate
• Fool To Cry
• Hot Stuff
• Star Star
• You Gotta Move
• You Can’t Always Get What You Want
• Band Introductions
• Happy
• Outa Space
• Jumpin’ Jack Flash
• Street Fighting Man

3. Live at Earls Court Live 1976

• Band Intro
• Honky Tonk Women
• If You Can’t Rock Me/Get Off My Cloud
• Hand Of Fate
• Hey Negrita
• Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
• Fool To Cry
• Hot Stuff
• Star Star (Starf–ker)
• You Gotta Move
• You Can’t Always Get What You Want
• Happy
• Tumbling Dice
• Nothing From Nothing
• Outa-Space
• Midnight Rambler
• It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)
• Brown Sugar
• Jumpin’ Jack Flash
• Street Fighting Man
• Sympathy For The Devil

The Rolling Stones, “Black and Blue” Deluxe Box Set Courtesy of Interscope/UMe

[FORD]

Once again, Charlie Watts making disco listenable. God damn I miss that guy.

[Kristy]

There is a good reason as to why outtake should remain as outtakes.

No question slave FORD is going to spend all of his government check on this one. Their worst album since Undercover.

[FORD]

Ronnie Wood says The Rolling Stones’ new album is “done” and coming in 2026
By Liberty Dunworth
30th September 2025

Ronnie Wood has revealed that the new album from The Rolling Stones is “done” and set for release next year.

Rumours about the iconic rock band working on new material arose earlier this summer, and then got new momentum this month when producer Andrew Watt revealed that he had been working with the line-up again to help them make an upcoming album.

The producer – who is also recognised for his work with Elton John, Lady Gaga and Ed Sheeran – teamed up with the group on their last album, the Grammy-winning 24th studio LP ‘Hackney Diamonds’ in 2023.

Now, the band themselves have confirmed that album 25 is on the way, and expected to be released in 2026.

Guitarist Ronnie Wood seemingly confirmed news of the record in a new interview with The Sun‘s Bizarre column. When he was at the flagship RS No.9 shop in Carnaby Street, he told the outlet: “Yes you will be getting a new album next year. It is done.”

At the event on Carnaby Street, where the guitarist was signing copies of his new double anthology album ‘Fearless’, Wood also suggested that he, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were planning on hitting the road again.

When asked if the band will be heading out on tour in celebration of the forthcoming LP, the musician said: “Yes we are hoping to do some dates. Hopefully we will be back out there but I am still waiting to find out myself.”

As well as Watt hinting at a new Rolling Stones record in 2026, rumours were also sparked by Keith Richards’ son, Marlon, who also confirmed that the band had been working on a new album, and described it as being “nearly done”.

“They’re in town right now, recording,” he said in an interview with Record Collector back in May. “They’re in Chiswick [West London] or somewhere like that; I think they’re nearly done. They still maintain these ridiculous hours: after lunch until, like, two in the morning.”

When pressed on what the band were working on, he added: “I guess an album – they have enough left over from the last one.”

“They gave them a Grammy, so now they’re all hyped up on that: ‘Oh, yeah – we can do another one like that! We’ve got more like that if you want…’. I think they’re doing the follow-up.”

Marlon also added that he thought his dad’s band were “planning a tour of Europe”, although nothing has been confirmed around this yet.

While the Stones toured US stadiums last year, reports came out earlier this year that the band had abandoned plans to go on tour in the UK and Europe because of scheduling issues.

They last played the UK in 2022, when two huge BST Hyde Park gigs followed a stadium show at Liverpool’s Anfield.

[FORD]

[Kristy]

Fucking limey. Trying to polish a turd

[Terry]

Well that was quick... I was expecting them to sit on the announcement until Friday.....

9/24/2025

Rolling Stones Prepping ‘Black and Blue’ Super Deluxe Box Set With Six Previously Unreleased Songs

The revamp of the band's 13th studio album will include a 100-page hardback book, replica tour poster and Blu-ray disc of 1976 live show.



Blu-Ray Disc
1. Black and Blue (Steven Wilson Remix 2025)
2. Les Rolling Stones Aux Abattoirs, Paris-Juin 1976

• Band Intro
• Honky Tonk Women
• Hand of Fate
• Fool To Cry
• Hot Stuff
• Star Star
• You Gotta Move
• You Can’t Always Get What You Want
• Band Introductions
• Happy
• Outa Space
• Jumpin’ Jack Flash
• Street Fighting Man

3. Live at Earls Court Live 1976[LIST][*]Band Intro[*]Honky Tonk Women[*]If You Can’t Rock Me/Get Off My Cloud[*]Hand Of Fate[*]Hey Negrita[*]Ain’t Too Proud To Beg[*]Fool To Cry[*]Hot Stuff[*]Star Star (Starf–ker)[*]You Gotta Move[*]You Can’t Always Get What You Want[*]Happy[*]Tumbling Dice[*]Nothing From Nothing[*]Outa-Space[*]Midnight Rambler[*]It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)[*]Brown Sugar[*]Jumpin’ Jack Flash[*]Street Fighting Man[*]Sympathy For The Devil

The thing about Black and Blue, for me anyway, was it definitely was evidence of that post-Exile string of albums that the late (and still dead) rock critic Lester Bangs at the time commented on as being yet another Stones record fobbed out after the band no longer really mattered. Basically, albums starting with 1973's Goats Head Soup, where you get a couple of decent up-tempo tracks that prove "the band has still got it, man!" along with a couple of decent ballads and the rest being disposable filler.

While I'd say Black and Blue was a step up from the It's Only Rock And Roll album, that's a low bar to hurdle. Honestly, these days, about the only tune on it that still resonates with me is Crazy Mama. THAT tune at least displays the band churning out a ballsy, archetypal Stones Riff Rock banger that didn't come off as if the band was consciously trying too much to conjure up that Stones sound. Like, circa 1975 the band hadn't quite slipped 100% into the slick, uninspired, corporate juggernaut they fully became by the time 1983's Undercover rolled around. Outside of Crazy Mama:

1.) Hot Stuff - funky groove over repeated while Mick babbles about ...I dunno, something about New Yorkers and Jamaicans being 'hot' ...a bit too much blow before the lead vocal recording session that day, I'm guessing.

2.) Hand of Fate - clumsy, a lesser derivative of what the band had been doing - and doing better - several years earlier.

3.) Cherry Oh Baby - yeah ...nope.

4.) Memory Motel - not the worst ballady-type Stones tune, but nothing exceptional.

5.) Hey Negrita - a good Stones rocker.

6.) Melody - it's okay, although a bit over-repetitive.

7.) Fool To Cry - pleasant enough, I suppose.

I mean, with Black and Blue, it was never the original audio mix that made me ho-hum about the album but that the tunes overall weren't particularly good. Some cool riffs on the rockers, but a lot of stuff that sounds half-realized far as the actual songs went. I dunno if that was due to Mick Taylor leaving shortly before recording began and the band using the subsequent recording sessions as a thing where they were simultaneously trying out multiple guitar players. Or if it was that Richards was in the midst of his worst period with dope. I give the album credit for trying out a variety of styles, but the end results ...suffice to say I don't count Black and Blue among the band's best stuff. Thus, a 'remastered remix' by whomever ain't - as Kristy says - gonna polish that turd.

I do have some interest in the blu rays. I've had low-grade live dvd boots of the 1976 Aux Abattoirs Paris 1976 show along with Knebworth 1976 for maybe twenty years or so. Have never seen the 1976 Earl's Court stuff. [1976 Earl's Court] might be of some interest since it was a string of dates in May of 1976, a month or so into the 1976 Tour of Europe. As such, the band by that point had a dozen or so dates on that leg under their belt, so assumedly they were as good as they were going to get.

The downside, from the Earl's Court track listing, being the inclusion of Billy 'Hey, I played keyboards with The Beatles!' Preston's Nothing From Nothing and Outa-Space. Granted, Preston in the 70's had several hits to his own credit. He was playing keyboards with the band on the tour. As to why those factors led to Preston getting a couple of his songs in the Stones set is anybody's guess, although I will say it's a jaw-dropping moment watching Jagger and Preston during those tunes prancing and dancing around the stage, butt bumping disco-style. No wonder Richards spent these years in the band smacked out of his gob. I'd say Preston and Jagger bumping and grinding represented something as close to epitomizing 1970's coked-out rock superstar excess as one could get, yet Preston went on from this to put in an appearance in that 1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band golden turkey of a musical movie disaster.

But, I suppose considering the bland fare the band have cranked out starting in the mid-1980's, by THAT comparison the Black and Blue period may well seem a bit better than it was in retrospect.