Rolling Stones Listening Thread

Not a fan.

 

I am

 

US Out of Our Heads 2002 SACD.....
Mercy,Mercy!

 

The Rolling Stones - Singles Collection✽ The London Years

2OO2 DSD remastered box

 

Coincidently, I just uploaded a video of my top 20 favourite Stones songs on my YouTube Channel yesterday.
As a result I was on a Stones kick..Listened to Exile and Black and Blue..

 

I'll take the 2002 and raise you with the '89s . it sounds like crap in spots but the box is much better.

 

I have all the 2002s BTW. I just never felt it was a strong enough reason to buy a SCD player.

 

I think I'll tempt fate myself.

 

Inspired by the recent "weakest link" poll:

 

The version of London Years I have is not the SACD version. It is DSD remastered but there is no SACD layer, only redbook.
Also, it isn't the digipak version either - it is a jewel box like the '89, and it has the mono mixes. Other than that I am not sure if there are differences such as track listing /sequence variations. It is interesting how different regions got different versions of this remastered release though. The albums got split this way also, SACD, hybrids, and DSD-redbook editions.

 

Does that appear in the 12x12 box or just a fatboy jewelcase?

 

Mine is just a fatboy jewelcase.

 

I have most of my Stones in a separate carrying case. Quite a few of the DSDs I purchased had broken teeth on digipaks.

 

did they fit that book of Andrew's rambling in it?

 

I'm going to have to check and get back with you in a few moments ~ I have to wash my hands and open a box.
( I never read the book in all the time I've had this, believe it or not)

 

Black And Blue..thanks to those of you on this forum who recommended it.

.........BTW, "audiophile grade" sounding too.

 

My attempt at being a smart a**. This is the jewel case with the cover, not the box.

 

Which version? Do tell....

 

There is no BAD version (though the 2009 remaster is the least-great), but the original vinyl and the newer one in the box set are both REAL nice!

 

There's some differences between it and the original. Somewhere there is a webpage with all the differences. the only one that popped in my head is the versions of Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man. The 2002 has the single version of Street Fighting Man too.

 

Okay, so, @Crawdad ~ to answer your question, It is a 28-page booklet, the first six pages feature an essay by Anthony DeCurtis a senior writer for Rolling Stone magazine. The next 14 pages or so are track-by -track info, and then 6 pages of writing by Andrew. That last section has a title-heading what reads : " .. a way of life." I'm not going to read it (at least not now) because Oldham typically bores me to tears. I don't know why, really.

 

Because he is essentially a boring old fart.

 

89 has the guitar intro version of Time Is On My Side which although better is not the proper version. That is the organ intro which appears on the 2002.

 

My favorite Brian Jones era record, The Rolling Stones, Now!
Down Home Girl is in my top 10, maybe top 5 Stones cuts. Down The Road Apiece, You Can't Catch Me. They didn't write them but they made them their own. Fantastic R&B album!

 

1994 Virgin CD is the one I bought.