The best Rolling Stones studio outtakes?

The "refurnished" outtakes on the Exile re-issue got me looking at old Stones studio boots. I'm thinking of putting together an 80 minute (1 cd-r) compilation of Stones studio outtakes from all eras. The only criteria is that it has to consist of unreleased songs (or very different versions of released songs) recorded in a studio. Any suggestions?

 

My fave Rolling Stones studio outtake is their version of 'Drift Away', the Dobie Gray song. It's from the It's Only Rock 'n' Roll sessions, I believe, and there's a version going around that's sped up a little and sounds great. I think Rod Stewart picked up on the track when Mick and the boys passed it over, and recorded it for his Atlantic Crossing album.

 

There are dozens. Here are a few favorites:

I Can See It (Get Yourself Together) (66)
Still a Fool (68)
Hillside Blues (68-9)
Highway Child (68-9)
Travelin' Man (70)
Potted Shrimp 70 ish)
Criss Cross Mind (72)
Living In the Heart of Love (74)
Claudine
We Had It All
Yellow Cab
I Need You
Fiji Jim
Misty Roads (all 78)
For Your Precious Love (89)
Honest Man (94)
Zip Mouth Angel (94)

With both Dirty Work and ER, the stuff left off was better than the albums.

 

Are there any great outtakes from the "Undercover" album?

 

'Angel Girl' - great outtake from Goats Head Soup; recorded in Jamaica.

 

Thanks for the feedback! Never heard of Angel Girl, must check that out.

 

I have studio outtakes of "Gimme Shelter" sung by Keith and "You Got The Silver" sung by Mick.

I think my holy grail is a remix of "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby" in good stereo.

 

Strictly Memphis - Dirty Work sessions

Sounds like a companion to Harlem Shuffle.

 

I Can See It aka Get Yourself Together
Looking Tired
Honky Tonk women with the Paris verse
Claudine
Criss Cross Man
Brown Sugar with Clapton

 

I heard that one but I don't think it's the Stones

 

Keith's "I Need You" is my fav.

 

I have a best of boots i made for myself...
3 discs, my criteria is very high, as far as song quality and recording quality...
i'm still have some room for a few of the voodoo era stuff to fill up disc 3....
alll songs i use are dif. mixes or alt. version or just enreleased tracks... a lot of the some girls through steel wheels stuff doesn't make the grade b/c of loud tape hiss.... not audiophile quality, but my hope is to have it sound as close as I would want an official release of these tracks to sound.

Andrew's Blues 1965 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Key To The Highway 1966 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Get Yourself Together 1966 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Paracute Woman 1968 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Prodigal Son 1968 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Factory Girl 1968 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
No Expectations 1968 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Still A Fool 1968 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Stray Cat Blues 1968 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Dear Doctor 1968 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Honky Tonk Woman 1968 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Pay Yer Dues 1968 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Gimme Shelter 1970 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
You Got The Silver 1970 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Sister Morphine 1970 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
You Gotta Move 1970 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Bitch 1970 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
Get a Line On You 1970 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1965/1970
********er Blues 1971 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Brown Sugar 1971 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
All Down The Line 1971 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Hip Shake 1971 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Silver Train 1973 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
!00 Years Ago 1973 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Hide Your Love 1973 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Criss Cross 1973 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Winter 1973 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Ain't To Proud To Beg 1975 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
If You Can't Rock Me 1975 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Dance Little Sister 1975 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Drift Away 1975 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Til The Next Time We Say Goodbye 1975 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Fingerprint File 1975 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Memory Motel 1976 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Fool To Cry 1976 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1971/1976
Let's Go Steady Again 1979 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995
We Had it All 1979 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995
Indian Girl (alt.) 1980 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995
Emotional Rescue 1980 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995
Claudine 1980 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995
I Think I'm Going Mad 1983 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995
Love Is Strong 1994 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995
Thru And Thru 1994 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995
Honest I Do 1995 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995
Let's Spend The Night Together 1995 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995
No Expectations 1995 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995
Beast Of Burden 1995 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995
Memory Motel 1995 The Rolling Stones Best of the Boots 1979/1995

 

Ooop, forgot the cover of For Your Precious Love

 

I think most of the Stones outtakes I've heard are excellent, and deserve an official release someday.

One that hasn't been mentioned yet is their version of "Down in the Bottom", recorded at Chess Studios.

 

Nice Mick Taylor guitar on it too.

 

Not quite an outtake per se, but I do enjoy "Exile on Main Street Blues." I wonder if there's a nice-sounding version of that somewhere in the vaults.

 

Some really great stuff from their early years, a real shame that these have never been officially released:

Bright Lights Big City
High Heel Sneakers
Stewed and Keefed
Diddley Daddy
Roadrunner
Down In The Bottom
How Many Times
Cops 'n Robbers
Roll Over Beethoven
Memphis Tennessee
Goodbye Girl

 

Great song. Too bad the lyrics are so potty mouthed.

 

Angel Girl is not the Stones!

 

Anything after Exile on Main Street!

JG

 

yes, look at Pdog's list. Also For Your Precious Love, which I listed, is a Steel Wheels outtake. There's a substantial load of Voodoo Lounge stuff.

 

Thing I love about the Stoenes outtakes is Mick sings full blown in a lot of different ways on most cuts. He never just gives a guide vocal.

 

Yeah, that's great fun. I'm wondering why it wasn't on the Exile Bonus disk just released...

 

I like the outtake's and alternative versions from the beggars Banquet and Let it Bleed sessions. I can never have too many versions for Memo From Turner. The sound quality is so good I almost think someone from the Stones camp has been behind these releases. I especially like a studio jam with Nicky Hopkins called And I was A Country Boy.

 

"Tried To Talk Her Into It" from the Undercover sessions is truly AWESOME.