Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (1978)
First Rate Boot

Excellent Stones boot from one of their last truly fertile periods, amidst the backdrop of the Some Girls Tour. Originally an FM broadcast, the sound is good (or, at least, typical of the period), while the performances are culled from shows in Detroit, Memphis and Houston, 1978. You wouldn’t know that to listen, however, as this gathering is well-paced and the performances are stripped and streamlined, thankfully missing much of the pomp and circumstance that would later infect the band’s live shows. I wouldn’t be surprised to see some of this stuff wind up as official releases from The Stones Archive (we’ve got four of those releases in our archives). Find much more Stones… (including Live In England ’65, L.A.Friday (Live 1975), Sticky Fingers, Stripped (Deluxe), Palais Royal Ballroom (2002), Ladies And Gentlemen… The Rolling Stones (1972), 2120 South Michigan Ave. and Singles 1963-1965, 1965-1967 & 1968-1971) HERE.

Let It Rock (2:43)
All Down The Line (4:13)
Honky Tonk Women (4:03)
Miss You (7:48)
Imagination (7:30)
Shattered (4:39)
Hound Dog (2:04)
Respectable (3:23)
Beast Of Burden (6:55)
When The Whip Comes Down (5:14)
Love In Vain (5:56)
Tumbling Dice (5:30)
Happy (3:17)
Brown Sugar (4:06)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (6:31)

Live In England ’65 (YEAR)
Exactly Why Were All Those Girls Screaming, Anyway?

Disc four from the Charlie Is My Darling box set captures The Rolling Stones touring England in 1965… complete with screaming girls, over-stressed microphones and out-of-tune guitars. It’s a cool document though, even if the sound is only a couple notches up from bootleg quality. But we’re used to that from The Stones. Consisting of old rockers and blues covers and only a couple of Stones hits. The box set is at Amazon. Stones in the archives.

Show Intro (0:21)
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (0:36)
Pain In My Heart (2:04)
Down The Road Apiece (1:43)
Time Is On My Side (2:51)
I’m Alright (2:15)
Off The Hook (2:27)
Charlie’s Intro (0:33)
Little Red Rooster (2:36)
Route 66 (2:44)
I’m Moving On (2:29)
The Last Time (3:10)
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (4:06)

“Doom And Gloom” (2012)
New Stones Single

The Stones have a new single out to promote their latest greatest hits release, GRRR!. Their first new music in 6 years. Give a listen below.

MORE STONES RELEASES…
GRRR! (2012)
2012 Greatest HIts

A 3CD Rolling Stones greatest hits collection is coming November 12. The import version is priced @ $41 @ Amazon. 50 tracks (with an expanded 80 track super deluxe version coming, too), including the two new recordings, “Doom And Gloom” and “One More Shot.” Good to see Mick putting his business school training to good use.

1
Come On
Not Fade Away
It’s All Over Now
Little Red Rooster
The Last Time
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Time Is on My Side
Get Off of My Cloud
Heart of Stone
19th Nervous Breakdown
As Tears Go By
Paint It, Black
Under My Thumb
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
Ruby Tuesday
Let’s Spend the Night Together
We Love You
2
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Honky Tonk Women
Sympathy for the Devil
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Gimme Shelter
Street Fighting Man
Wild Horses
She’s a Rainbow
Brown Sugar
Happy
Tumbling Dice
Angie
Rocks Off
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (But I Like It)
Fool to Cry
3
Miss You
Respectable
Beast of Burden
Emotional Rescue
Start Me Up
Waiting on a Friend
Undercover of the Night
She Was Hot
Streets of Love
Harlem Shuffle
Mixed Emotions
Highwire
Love Is Strong
Anybody Seen My Baby?
Don’t Stop
Doom and Gloom
One More Shot”

Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965 (2012)
DVD of Long Lost Early Stones Film

From Amazon: “ABKCO Films presents a meticulously restored and fully realized version of this first-ever, legendary, but never released film. Shot during a quick tour of Ireland just weeks after “(I Can t Get No) Satisfaction” hit # 1 on the charts, The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965 is an intimate, behind-the-scenes diary of life on the road with the young Stones. It features the first professionally filmed concert performances of the band and documents the early frenzy of their fans and the riots the band s appearances inspired. The band is shown traveling through the Irish countryside by train; dashing from cabs to cramped, basement dressing rooms through screaming hordes of fans. Motel rooms host impromptu songwriting sessions and familiar classics are heard in their infancy as riff and lyric are united. The Super Deluxe Box Set includes both DVD and Blu-ray discs that incorporate the new 2012 version of the film as well as the director’s cut and producer’s cut, plus significant unseen additional performance and other footage shot in Dublin and Belfast in September of 1965, bonus content, two audio CDs, one of which is the film’s soundtrack album and the other a compilation of 13 live recordings the band made over the course of their 1965 UK tour. A 10 inch vinyl record of the live material is also part of the package, as well as a replica poster heralding the September 4, 1965 date they played in Belfast.” $71.99 @ Amazon for the Super Deluxe Box. There’s a standard $15.99 version, too.

L.A.Friday (Live 1975) (2012)
You Can Always Get What You Want

Another addition to the Rolling Stones’ reasonably priced online series of vintage live concerts. This one’s from 1975, recorded in Los Angeles and mixed by Bob Clearmountain. The band includes Ronnie Wood (replacing the recently departed Mick Taylor), Ian Stewart and Billy Preston, who gets a couple of songs for himself. Also available in the series is The Brussels Affair ’73 & Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981). The newest is titled either Tokyo (Live 1990), Tokyo 1990 or Live At The Tokyo Dome… it’s hard to tell. Google The Rolling Stones Archive for a link to their live downloads and expensive boxed product. As usual, you’re invited to visit our archives to find 2120 South Michigan Ave., Ladies & Gentlemen The Rolling Stones, Palais Royale Ballroom, Singles 1963-1965, Singles 1965-1967 + Singles 1968-1971, Sticky Fingers, Stripped (Deluxe Edition), “Fancy Man Blues”, “Plundered My Soul”/”All Down The Line” & “No Spare Parts”/”Before They Make Me Run”

1
Honky Tonk Women (5:29)
All Down The Line (4:05)
If You Can’t Rock Me (3:25)
Get Off Of My Cloud (4:03)
Star Star (4:46)
Gimme Shelter (6:12)
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (4:25)
You Gotta Move (4:33)
You Can’t Always Get What You Want (15:23)
Happy (3:59)
Tumbling Dice (5:24)
Band Intros (1:21)
It’s Only Rock N Roll (6:04)
Heartbreaker (5:03)
2
Fingerprint File (9:24)
Angie (5:18)
Wild Horses (7:25)
That’s Life (Billy Preston & The Rolling Stones) (3:17)
Outta Space (Billy Preston & The Rolling Stones) (4:05)
Brown Sugar (4:16)
Midnight Rambler (15:15)
Rip This Joint (2:06)
Street Fighting Man (4:06)
Jumping Jack Flash (6:58)
Sympathy For The Devil (10:22)

It’s a new era in catalog marketing and, of course, the business-minded Mick (and the ever-growing, EMI-buying mega-conglomerate, Universal) is there every step of the way. For the upgraded edition(s) of one of the band’s last “classic” albums, Some Girls, the marketing machine is going full throttle. Along with your basic 2CD Deluxe Edition ($20), you can now order Some Girls Super Deluxe Edition ($143, pictured), Some Girls Gift Case Set ($53), Some Girls Wig Box ($180. Yes… Mick’s selling cosmetics now), Some Girls – Live In Texas ’78 CD/DVD Combo ($22) and Some Girls Vinyl ($28… and I remember bitching when they went to $5). There’s probably lots more, but that’s what came up at Amazon during an “audio” search. I’ll let you click the links to see what all the marketing’s about. Notice how the 2CD set is moderately priced. Since it’s something that’s easily put online, it’s nice priced to attract everybody (fans and pirates alike). The real money comes in selling the era itself, t-shirts in spray cans, lipstick, buttons, pictures and assorted crap that won’t upload. All are available for pre-order. Release date: November 21. (CHECK COMMENTS)

“No Spare Parts” b/w
“Before They Make Me Run”

To let you know that all this stuff exists… here’s an advance vinyl single of the unreleased outtake “No Spare Parts” and Keith’s classic “Before They Make Me Run.” Download in comments.

The Brussels Affair ’73 (2011)
Download Direct From The Stones

Thanks to Gerald for sending us the link to the Rolling Stones new download site, The Rolling Stones Archive. Their first bootleg release, The Brussels Affair ’73, is from one of the band’s most highly acclaimed unreleased series of shows. The site accurately points out that the files have been traded online for years, cobbled together from different sources. These files (which we weren’t able to hear yet) are from Andy Johns’ original master tapes. Excuse me… my pants are wet. Mick’s selling them for $7 (@256) & $9 (FLAC). Pretty amazing. UPDATE: Apparently, Stateside buyers are shut out for the time being, but our pal Pete found where to get it from Google for only $4.99. Thanks to all.

Stripped (Deluxe Edition) (1995)
The 2nd Best Live Stones Album?

If you’ve listened to The Stones long enough to know when they’re not up to their own standards, you’ve probably also had a love/hate affair with their live albums. One of them is essential, and side four of another is brilliant, but many of the rest are simply documents of The Rolling Stones being The Rolling Stones – characterized by sped-up arrangements, exaggerated vocals and zero intimacy. But The Stones did something unique for their 1995 tour and resulting live album, Stripped. Instead of just recording yet another live spectacle, this time the band taped their rehearsals instead, along with a few intimate concerts, and assembled a collection of beautifully rendered classics that must rank among the group’s finest live recordings. Skip the first 2 songs - they’re just loud, arena-styled versions of “Street Fighting Man” & “Like A Rolling Stone” (used for promotional purposes). After those typical attention-getters, you’ll find a lost treasure of richly-detailed, prime unplugged Stones that captures the essence of the original material, track after track after track. Imagine “Wild Horses,” “Sweet Virginia” and “Dead Flowers” performed with the proper conviction and speed, with none of the pomp & circumstance that usually accompanies a live Stones date. The band has always managed moments of intimacy, but hearing them pull it off like this, at this late date, is a total surprise, making Stripped the best live example of The Stones’ soft white underbelly you’ll likely ever hear. Possibly their last great live album. In addition to the oft-ignored original CD, there were B-sides, too. This faux Deluxe Edition gathers those together, along with some of the unreleased club material. It’s not all unplugged, but it’s all excellent. The original 1CD Stripped is at Amazon for under a buck (often as cheap as a penny).

STRIPPED
Street Fighting Man
Like A Rolling Stone
Not Fade Away
Shine A Light
The Spider And The Fly
I’m Free
Wild Horses
Let It Bleed
Dead Flowers
Slipping Away
Angie
Love In Vain
Sweet Virginia
Little Baby

STRIPPED DELUXE
Honest I Do
Let’s Spend The Night Together
No Expectations
Beast Of Burden
Memory Motel
Let It Bleed
Like A Rolling Stone (Single Version)
Black Limousine
All Down The Line
Live With Me
Tumbling Dice
Gimme Shelter
Dead Flowers
Shine A Light
Sweet Virginia
Rip This Joint

Palais Royale Ballroom (2002)
In A Club… They Are The Greatest Rock ‘n Roll Band In The World

Here’s a great live Stones bootleg from a tour warm-up club gig, recorded at the Palais Royale Ballroom in Toronto, August 16th, 2002. Don’t let the year of this recording put you off. In a club setting, the Stones are at their best and the intimate confines, excellent sound and largely pre-1975 set list make for a great, raw Stones experience. Jagger’s in fine form and the guitars are crisp and classic. Listen for yourself.

It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (6:07)
Sad Sad Sad (4:31)
If You Can’t Rock Me (3:35)
Stray Cat Blues (3:40)
Hot Stuff (4:30)
Don’t Stop (4:19)
Honky Tonk Women (4:59)
Torn And Frayed (5:01)
Wild Horses (5:19)
Happy (4:30)
I Can’t Turn You Loose (5:01)
Heart Of Stone (4:18)
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (6:53)
Jumpin‘ Jack Flash (5:05)
Brown Sugar (5:16)

Ladies & Gentlemen… The Rolling Stones (1972)
Unofficial Film Soundtrack

Since certain areas of the country would never get anywhere near a Stones world tour, this “Quadrophonic Film Concert” (as it was billed) was about the next best thing. It’s from the Stones’ 1972 Exile On Main Street Tour, recorded in Texas over four nights, and the band line-up features Mick Taylor, along with auxiliary greats like Nicky Hopkins and Bobby Keys. So it’s hard to go wrong with this set, which sounds about as good as any other live material from the Stones during this period. Wiki has some detailed information about how unique the film was. This particular post is some variation of a soundboard version, as no official soundtrack has been released. A DVD was finally issued just last month after decades in storage. Amazon has it, and the standard, expensive box set. (@320)

Ladies & Gentlemen… The Rolling Stones (2:10)
Brown Sugar (3:13)
Bitch (4:45)
Gimme Shelter (4:49)
Dead Flowers (4:11)
Happy (3:07)
Tumbling Dice (5:21)
Love In Vain (6:36)
Sweet Virginia (4:33)
You Can’t Always Get What You Want (7:27)
All Down The Line (4:57)
Midnight Rambler (11:56)
Band Introduction (1:21)
Bye Bye Johnny (3:19)
Rip This Joint (2:26)
Jumping Jack Flash (3:38)
Street Fighting Man (4:35)
Closing (1:15)

“Fancy Man Blues” (1989)
Rare, Raw Blues B-Side

A wonderful, straight up blues tune that was originally recorded during the Steel Wheels sessions and released as a B-side to 1989′s “Mixed Emotions.” The song also surfaced on the various artists LP, After The Hurricane (Songs For Montserrat) and, as I’ve since learned, on The Stones’ so-called Rarities 1971-2003. Just one more reason why I pray The Stones record a full blues album before the end of days. We’ve got more Stones in the archives.

2120 South Michigan Ave.
(The Unreleased 1964 Blues LP)
Live At Chess Studios

I had originally scored these Chess Studio sessions via some of those awful Russian bootleg two-fers that once used them as filler bonus tracks. Someone repackaged them with better, studio quality files and a spiffy fake cover for this pleasing collection. I’m not the biggest fan of the early Stones – they were just a bit rudimentary and stiff for my tastes – especially the British Invasion stuff they would traffic in. But these early live recordings made at the famed Chess Studios in Chicago (the place they made a beeline for when they first toured the States) are a lively dose of loose rockin‘ British blues, from a band that wouldn’t even truly understand the stuff for another five years or so. Five of these tracks were released on the 1964 UK EP, 5 X 5. It’s not all root blues material, there’s a lot of Chuck, and why that live version of “Satisfaction” was even added to this set is odd, but this “unreleased album” makes a great case for the Stones’ blues authenticity… if only they had not followed so closely in the pop trail blazed by The Beatles’ success. They would finally come home again for Beggars Banquet & the Mick Taylor years.

It’s All Over Now*
I Can’t Be Satisfied*
Stewed And Keefed*
Around And Around*
Confessin‘ The Blues*
Down In The Bottom*
Empty Heart*
Hi- Heel Sneakers*
Down The Road Apiece*
If You Need Me*
Look What You’ve Done*
Tell Me Baby*
Time Is On My Side (Version 1)*
Reelin‘ And Rockin‘*
Don’t You Lie To Me*
2120 South Michigan Avenue*
What A Shame*
Fanny Mae**
Little Red Rooster**
Time Is On My Side (Version 2)**
Goodbye Girl**
Key To The Highway**
Mercy, Mercy (Version 1)**
Mercy, Mercy (Version 2)**
That’s How Strong My Love Is***
The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man***
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (from Shindig, May 1965)

Recorded *June 11-12, 1964 **November 8, 1964 ***May, 1965

Singles 1963-1965 (2004)
Singles 1965-1967 (2004)
Singles 1968-1971 (2004)
31 CDs Chronicling The Stones From 1963-1971

Thanks to V3122 for getting us these incredible Singles box sets from the Rolling Stones. All have high quality scans of the band’s 45s from 1963-1971, along with big booklet scans for each box. Each file is around 330 to 400MB. Click the covers to get hard copies at Amazon.

Singles 1963-1965
1
Come On (1:48)
I Want To Be Loved (1:52)
2
I Wanna Be Your Man (1:44)
Stoned (2:09)
3
Bye Bye Johnny (2:09)
Money (2:31)
Poison Ivy (2:06)
You Better Move On (2:40)
4
Little By Little (2:39)
Not Fade Away (1:47)
5
Good Times, Bad Times (2:30)
It’s All Over Now (3:28)
6
2120 South Michigan Avenue (2:07)
Around And Around (3:05)
Confessin’ The Blues (2:48)
Empty Heart (2:37)
If You Need Me (2:03)
7
I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:17)
Tell Me (2:37)
8
Congratulations (2:28)
Time Is On My Side (2:52)
9
Little Red Rooster (3:05)
Off The Hook (2:34)
10
Heart Of Stone (2:46)
What A Shame (3:03)
11
Play With Fire (2:14)
The Last Time (3:42)
12
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (0:36)
I’m Alright (2:22)
I’m Moving On (2:12)
Pain In My Heart (2:03)
Route 66 (2:36)
We Want The Stones (0:13)

Singles 1965-1967
1
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (3:43)
The Spider And The Fly (3:38)
The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man (3:07)
2
Get Off Of My Cloud (2:54)
I’m Free (2:24)
The Singer Not The Song (2:22)
3
As Tears Go By (2:45)
Gotta Get Away (2:07)
4
19th Nervous Breakdown (3:57)
Sad Day (3:02)
5
Long Long While (3:01)
Paint It, Black (3:44)
Stupid Girl (2:55)
6
Lady Jane (3:10)
Mother’s Little Helper (2:46)
7
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? (2:34)
Who’s Driving Your Plane? (3:14)
8
Let’s Spend The Night Together (3:26)
Ruby Tuesday (3:13)
9
Dandelion (3:48)
We Love You (4:36)
10
2000 Light Years From Home (4:45)
She’s A Rainbow (4:12)
In Another Land (2:53)
The Lantern (4:26)

Singles 1968-1971
1
Child Of The Moon (rmk) (3:12)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (3:38)
2
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (5:03)
No Expectations (3:55)
Street Fighting Man (3:08)
Surprise Surprise (2:30)
3
Honky Tonk Women (3:00)
You Can’t Always Get What You Want (4:50)
4
Memo From Turner (4:07)
Natural Magic (Ry Cooder Inst. From The Film Performance) (1:40)
5
Bitch (3:37)
Brown Sugar (3:49)
6
Sway (3:48)
Wild Horses (5:43)
7
I Don’t Know Why (3:01)
Try A Little Harder (2:17)
8
Jiving Sister Fanny (3:20)
Out Of Time (3:22)
9
Sympathy For The Devil (Fatboy Slim Remix) (8:23)
Sympathy For The Devil (Full Phatt Remix) (5:34)
Sympathy For The Devil (Original Recording) (6:17)
Sympathy For The Devil (The Neptunes Remix) (5:53)