Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. box set with unreleased songs (Part 2)

It seems like U2 is pulling off the extended CD box type marketing the best?

 

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So many missed opportunities for a good Stones comp with rare (previously released) tracks ... Remember FLASHPOINT + COLLECTIBLES? Another terrible comp with some grade A stuff mixed in with total remix crap.

 

Yup. Sadly, I bought that one too. Pretty much all of the worthwhile material wound up on Rarities anyway, IIRC...

 

If you consider "Stripped" a comp, that one has a special place in my heart. One of my favorite Stones releases.

 

Just a question:

Has anyone in the US received/found a copy of the Uncut with Keef on the cover? I haven't been able to find it at B&N. Beginning to think it's not out in the US yet (?).

 

Cook Cook Blues and Fancyman Blues

I bought a six dollar used copy just to get a lossless Fancy Man Blues. My local used shop has a copy of Flashpoint+Collectables but I'm not paying $40 for Cook Cook Blues. I gues I should just spring for a copy of Another Side Of Steel Wheels. How do rthe rst of you feel about Cook Cook Blues and Fancyman Blues?

Cheers, Michael

 

While it definitely isn't a compilation, STRIPPED is the last great album from the Rolling Stones to date. Even Charlie Watts has singled STRIPPED out as a favorite.

 

They're okay ... nothing special.

 

I subscribe and received it last week.

 

oh man, that's just wrong...it's this sort of thing that makes me like that bunch just a bit less...

 

Turn it Up in Northampton, MA has it, as does A.J. Hastings in Amherst, MA

 

Nothing wrong with the concept of putting out a compilation of hard-to-find songs and material that wasnt available on CD - it was simply poorly executed.

One song was an outtake from 'Live Licks' (Thru & Thru), one song was a rarity which they then proceeded to EDIT rendering it's inclusion entirely pointless (ie, shaving a minute off the 8 and a half minute extended version of 'Miss You'), and almost half of the album consisted of songs which, far from being rarities, were available on currently in-print albums (how can a song from 'Stripped' be a 'rarity' when it was a currently available album which had sold 3.5 MILLION copies?).

'I think I'm Goin' Mad' (the vinyl only b-side of 'She Was Hot' and a song that would have been a shoe-in for inclusion) was apparently left off because whoever was assembling the material for this reelase couldnt locate the master of it.

'Sampler' would have been a more appropriate album title. Or maybe 'A Big F**king Mess' when you factor in the horribly researched liner notes and the shameful re-writing of history that's apparent on the front cover.

 

I have to say as even a casual Stones fan, that cover took some believing when I first saw it. A genuine 'WTF?' moment.

 

And not only on the cover. Bill Wyman isn't mentioned anywhere in the package. Never mind that he plays on 11 of the 16 tracks... Meanwhile, Mick Taylor is only on two tracks and gets credited both times.

 

Wow. That stinks.

 

Dance(instrumental) was also left off.

 

Three of the top four sellers on eil.com are variants of the Exile set, with the 135 pound deluxe edition topping the list:

http://eil.com/

Today's Best Sellers
1 Rolling Stones £135
Exile On Main Street
UK box set
2 Paul Weller £10
No Tears To Cry
UK box set
3 Rolling Stones £16.99
Exile On Main Street
UK 2-CD album set
4 Rolling Stones £16.99
Exile On Main Street
UK 2-LP vinyl set

 

The Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set is now down to $119.99 at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0039ZF89G...iveASIN=B0039ZF89G&adid=1S0Z485XC4J0JE7TWTEW&

 

I wish Amazon Canada would follow suit. Still $196 here!

 

I was able to get it at 102.99 Canadian on Amazon Canada on March 11. Can't believe they jacked the price up while Amazon US came down.

 

Is the box, book some post cards and DVD the only extras you get with the super deluxe package?

The Stones UK site has the super deluxe package for £99 and it looks nice but I can get the 2 cd set and vinyl for a total of £30. I could do without the DVD so unless the book is worth £70 I think it makes financial sense to buy the cd and vinyl set individually.

Eddie

 

Yep. That`s exactly what I posted earlier in the thread. If most or all of the DVD content is going to be released separately anyway, all that`s missing is the book, which will probably be a bit of a fluff piece anyway.

 

Ooops sorry for the duplicate post. It's late and I should be asleep!

On the RS.com website it says the book is 64 pages long which isn't that big of a book for all that extra cash.

I doubt it will be anything special anyway.

I think I'll get the 2cd set for the extra bonus tracks and wait to hear the verdict on the lp. I don't have this on lp and wouldn't mind picking it up at some point.

I'll probably spend the saved £70 on the Neil Young remastered lps

Eddie

 

We already know the book will not contain information. Just pictures...