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  1. In Minneapolis KQRS was our classic rock station, and they do play Led Zeppelin, but gone are the days when you could easily tune in and hear The Beatles, The Stones, Traffic, Cream or Hendrix. They insistently play Guns and Roses and AC/DC and a lot of the bands that, much to Robert Plants embarrassment,  were influenced by Zeppelin but missed the point.

  2. Massive Rolling Stones Mono Box Set for Release

    New ABKCO collection will include band's discography from early Sixties through 1969 alongside compilation of singles and non-album songs

    The Rolling Stones in Mono Contents

    The Rolling Stones (U.K., 1964)
    12 X 5 (1964)
    The Rolling Stones No. 2 (U.K., 1965)
    The Rolling Stones Now! (1965)
    Out of Our Heads (U.S., 1965)
    Out of Our Heads (U.K., 1965)
    December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)
    Aftermath (U.K., 1966)
    Aftermath (U.S., 1966)
    Between the Buttons (UK, 1967)
    Flowers (1967)
    Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
    Beggar's Banquet (1968)
    Let it Bleed (1969)
    Stray Cats (2016)

     

  3. The Stones are my all time favorite band, but in regards to the integrity of their later years, I have an idea for a cartoon much like the cartoons you see in the paper about politicians.  Mick and Keith would be sitting around a camp fire like Billy and Wyatt at the end of the movie Easy Rider.....

    Keith says; "We did it man, we're rich."

    Mick  says; "You know, Keith. We blew it."

    Keith says; "What do you mean?"

    Mick says: "We had it and we blew it."

  4. Huh, didn't see that part. Pretty dumb to dismiss an entire genre, one that he probably knows little about. I wonder if he's ever listened to ATLiens, Aquemini, Soul Food...

    There is good and bad rap, just like there's good and bad rock, classical, jazz, blues, pop, etc, etc...

    I probably hate rap as much as Keith, if not more, and so when making music I don't want to go anywhere near it. And if I hear something that reminds me of rap, it probably got to close to it.

  5. Keith Richards Trash-Talks Led Zeppelin, The Who in New Interview

    https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/news/keith-richards-trash-talks-led-zeppelin-interview-202523488.html

    :hunter:

    Well, at least he's right about the Who. :)

    You can't trash rap enough, but Keith seems to be getting too close to it as when I was listening to Crosseyed Heart I started think about rap because Keith seemed too close to talking instead of singing.

  6. I want to say the only afternoon tracks are "Brown Sugar" and "Midnight Rambler"- everything else on the official Brussels Affair is from the evening show- the complete opposite of what we've had on the boots all these years. So personally I can only look at the official Brussels as a companion piece...the old Brussels Affair bootleg LP, well, you can't improve on perfection. That's one of the greatest fuckin' live albums I've ever heard, and probably the Stones' best.

    I haven't heard all the Stones' archive releases but I did think Hampton '81, Fort Worth '78 and the '75 LA Friday (actually a Sunday) in some ways were an improvement on the bootleg recordings...Brussels, not so much.

    When comparing the legit Brussels Affair with the bootleg, the biggest disappointment is "Angie" because I always thought the version that was on the boot was the ultimate live version of the song. I remember reading, when Love You Live came out, Mick Jagger saying that he actually considered putting a version with Mick Taylor on from '73 on the album. I always wondered if that was the version.

    What I like about the '75 From The Vault is that the DVD and CD are two different shows so we get two in one and the Cd is the same concert I had on bootleg, but much better quality. The boot sounded like the guy recording it went to the bathroom during "Midnight Rambler" because the sound fades away and then comes back.

    If you haven't, pick up the Sticky Fingers Super Deluxe and the Marquee Club '71 From The Vault. Bob Clearmountains sound mix is great and you finally get "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Live With Me" on Get Yer Leeds Lungs Out. Clearmountaiin is so good, I wish they would have had him mix the original albums for the Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street, Some Girls, and even Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out Deluxe sets. They could include the original mixes but he's so good I wouldn't complain too much if they just used his.

  7. I didn’t say anyone tried to deceive anyone. I just stated that it was different performances…..buyer beware. My guess is The Stones and those involved with their reissues don’t always know what exactly was issued in the past. That’s a guess.

    Until the From The Vault releases over the past year and the recent Sticky Fingers deluxe and Super Deluxe sets, the Stones reissues have had disappointing moments. When I heard the extra tracks from the Exile On Main Street and Some Girls Deluxe sets I dreaded the coming of a Sticky Fingers Deluxe set, but maybe the Stones learned something from those two earlier sets as the Sticky Fingers set has been as joy.

    As for old news, we are talking about the Stones. I don’t think we would be doing that so much without their past.

    As for the art of deception I just bought that Rolling Stone Magazine special on Keith. In it Buddy Guy talks about Keith giving him his Gibson. I may be mistaken but I think that guitar in Shine A Light was a similar guitar with the intent of fooling us into thinking it was Keith’s Gibson.

  8. I recently bought the Amazon exclusive of The Brussels Affair. The CDs were just thrown in the LP cover with no special holder. I caught them just in time before they went on the floor.

    Also, it is my understanding that this was recorded from two shows. This would explain why some of the songs are not the same performances that we have been listening to on our old bootlegs that were from the King Biscuit Flower Hour. For example on my bootleg,... Mick introduces (Heartbreaker) by saying “this one’s called Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo" while Keith has already started the intro……meanwhile on the legit (non-bootleg) version, Mick introduces it before the band starts playing. And “Angie” is also different because where Mick sings “Let me whisper in your ear Angie, Angie where will it lead us from here” he sings “where will it lead us from here” in a different language. Also, I’d say Taylor’s guitar solo isn’t quite as good on the legit version of "Angie". So hang on to your boots!

  9. I got the 2 cd deluxe.

    The bad news is, you don't get the original picture that was on the back of the cover-------they just give you a duplicate of the front. After noticing this, I checked my other double cd sets and they did the same thing with the second and fourth albums.

    The good news is, the material on the companion disc is well worth having as is the case with the other four sets. With these Led Zeppelin sets it is the first time I've been pleased with all extras in a deluxe set. The Rolling Stones Deluxe sets of Exile On Main Street and Some Girls were the biggest disappointments to date.

  10. The Rolling Stones to release 1981 and 1975 concert films From The Vault

    The Rolling Stones are once again opening the doors of their archives, with Eagle Rock Entertainment, this time releasing From The Vault – Hampton Coliseum – Live In 1981 and From The Vault - LA Forum – Live In 1975. This is a simultaneous release on SD Blu-ray, DVD, DVD+2CD and DVD+3LP.

    The first release will be on 3 November 2014, From The Vault – Hampton Coliseum – Live In 1981 by The Rolling Stones. This is the first salvo of From The Vault, a new series of live concerts from The Rolling Stones archive which are getting their first official releases. This is a simultaneous release on SD Blu-ray, DVD, DVD+2CD and DVD+3LP [Cat Nos ERSBD3016, EREDV1052, EAGDV037, ERDVLP083] and boasts a full length 2½ hour concert of The Rolling Stones performing at their very best. The set includes ‘Under My Thumb’, ‘Let’s Spend The Night Together’, ‘Shattered’, ‘Beast Of Burden’, ‘Tumbling Dice’, ‘Miss You’, ‘Brown Sugar’, ‘Jumping Jack Flash’, ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and many more.

    The Rolling Stones American Tour in 1981 was the most successful tour of that year taking a then record $50 million dollars in ticket sales. The tour was in support of the critically and commercially successful Tattoo You album. There were fifty dates on the tour which ran from Philadelphia at the end of September through to Hampton, Virginia on the 18th and 19th of December. The show on December 18th, which was also Keith Richards’ birthday, was the first ever music concert to be broadcast on television as a pay-per-view event. The footage has now been carefully restored and the sound has been newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain for this first official release of the show.

    TRACKLISTING:

    1) Under My Thumb 2) When The Whip Comes Down 3) Let’s Spend The Night Together 4) Shattered 5) Neighbours 6) Black Limousine 7) Just My Imagination 8) Twenty Flight Rock 9) Going To A Go Go 10) Let Me Go 11) Time Is On My Side 12) Beast Of Burden 13) Waiting On A Friend 14) Let It Bleed 15) You Can’t Always Get What You Want 16) Band Introductions 17) Happy Birthday Keith 18) Little T & A 19) Tumbling Dice 20) She’s So Cold 21) Hang Fire 22) Miss You 23) Honky Tonk Women 24) Brown Sugar 25) Start Me Up 26) Jumping Jack Flash 27) (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

    The Rolling Stones are a band like no other and with more amazing released on the series set to follow “From The Vault – Hampton Coliseum – Live In 1981” their fans are in for a treat.

    The Rolling Stones – Shattered (From The Vault – Hampton Coliseum – Live In 1981)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj96Tau44OA

    On 17 November 2014, Eagle Rock Entertainment release From The Vault - LA Forum – Live In 1975 by the Rolling Stones. This is the second release From The Vault, which is a new series of live concerts from the Rolling Stones’ archive which are getting their first official releases. This is a simultaneous release on DVD, DVD+2CD and DVD+3LP [Cat Nos EREDV1053, EAGDV038, ERDVLP084]. This is a full length 2½ hour concert of the Rolling Stones performing at their very best. The set list includes ‘Honky Tonk Women’, ‘Gimme Shelter’, ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’, ‘Tumbling Dice’, ‘Brown Sugar’, ‘Midnight Rambler’, ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’, ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ and many more.

    The Rolling Stones’ “Tour Of The Americas ‘75” was the band’s first tour with new guitarist Ronnie Wood. Even before the dates started there were dramatic scenes in New York City at the official tour announcement when the band unexpectedly turned up on a flatbed truck to play “Brown Sugar”.

    After a couple of low key warm-up shows in Louisiana the tour took in 44 dates between the 3rd June and the 8th August 1975. They settled into the L.A. Forum for a five night stint from July 9th to 13th and this concert film features the show from July 12th. The footage has now been carefully restored and the sound has been newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain for this first official release of the show.

    TRACKLISTING:

    1) Introduction* 2) Honky Tonk Women 3) All Down The Line 4) If You Can’t Rock Me / Get Off Of My Cloud 5) Star Star 6) Gimme Shelter 7) Ain’t Too Proud To Beg 8) You Gotta Move 9) You Can’t Always Get What You Want 10) Happy 11) Tumbling Dice 12) It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll 13) Band Intros* 14) Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)* 15) Fingerprint File 16) Angie 17) Wild Horses* 18) That’s Life* 19) Outta Space* 20) Brown Sugar 21) Midnight Rambler 22) Rip This Joint 23) Street Fighting Man 24) Jumpin’ Jack Flash 25) Sympathy For The Devil

    *Not available on LP

    The Rolling Stones are a band like no other and From The Vault – LA Forum – Live In 1975 shows just why; this is two and a half hours of the best musical entertainment available anywhere.

  11. There are a ton of guitarists who are technically better than Jimmy, BUT no one plays with his emotion or creativity. That's why he is superior to most players, imo. As for the ragging on Ron Wood, he crushes Keith. I've seen the Stones multiple times live and as much as I love the guy, Keith doesn't offer much in jamming. As a matter of fact, he kinda sucks at solos. He's much more of a riff master. When they are going off, it's Ron Wood who is laying down the sweet spots. Still love the both of them together though. Stones are pretty much always a great show live (except for the 2005 show I went to in Philly. Boring that night!)

    On a separate note, they have lowered the prices for lower section seats in Philly. They were $280 (with all the fees) and they are now $180 (with all the fees). Lots of seats are available too. Might grab a pair to one of the two shows there.

    It's not always as much as how well they play it as it is what they choose to play, such as what Ron plays on "Jumpin' Jack Flash", (the same thing over and over), give it a break. And in the case of his attempts at covering what Mick Taylor did in the past such as the solo on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", Ron got a great tone but couldn't seem to find all the notes. On "Monkey Man" Woody comes off as a legend in his own mind as his doesn't do the original justice. And who did the slide on the Let It Bleed version anyway....was it Ry Cooder or Keith? Ron Wood has impressed me as not being able to play some very simple things such as the riff on "Bitch" and could he even play the rhythm part of the '69 tour version of "Sympathy For The Devil"? As for Keith these days, he is no longer Mr Cool.

  12. And now for something completely different: Has anyone seen the film "Shine a Light" and if so, what did you think? I haven't seen it, and was wondering if it was as bad as some reviewers thought.

    I recently rented "Performance" on Netflix, and although it had kind of a stupid plot (especially the ending), parts of it were enjoyable, particularly Mick singing an original song in a fantasy sequence. I'd been meaning to see it since the 70s; Netflix has changed my life...

    One thing I don't like about "Shine a Light" is that whenever they show a close-up of one of the musicians the sound of that instrument is then brought up in the mix. There is a certain phony aspect about the movie such as when Keith gives Buddy Guy his guitar at the end of "Champagne and Reefer", it's not Keith's main guitar (Gibson ES 355) it's a look alike. But the movie isn't as phony as The Stones At The Max. In At The Max, in addition bringing up the sound in the mix of the musician in the close-up, the close-ups were shot later and synced in.

  13. Edit to say: Glad that you have that high of an opinion of yourself, seriously - not being sarcastic. Do you have any video of your playing skills?

    It's not so much having so high opinion as it is not having so low opinion that I'm offended when someone else does not have the same opinion. If I felt such a need as I've seen here to defend any of my favorite guitarist's, such as Keith Richards for example, I would be busier than the Rolling Stones legal team chasing down bootleg videos on YouTube, if you know what I mean.

  14. I have a friend who I make copies of Zeppelin shows for and he is a drummer. He is always all over Jimmy's playing, saying he has played with better guitarists than Page. They play small bars in Central Florida. Another example of the old adage about opinions, just like the earlier post your are referring to Tom. ;)

    I've played with better guitarist's than Page. What of it? Are you thin skins sitting down? I've come up with ways of doing "In The Evening" and "Nobody's Fault But Mine" with a slight variation to that of Led Zeppelin's versions but still in the same style that I think is a harder sound than Jimmy's wang bar on the former and whatever the effect is he uses on the latter. Part of my trick is using a slide.

    OK, bring on the personal insults!

  15. Fuck, based on this and some of yer other posts in this discussion you really are nothing but a troll, aren't you? I was not aware that Gospel Zone was the Final Authority on slide guitar playing...may we hear some of yer own slide playing, ma'am?

    Are you guys sitting down? I've got a real shocker for you! I've came across many Stones fans, some on this site, who do not like Ron Woods playing. And when someone compares his playing with Ry Cooder's......

    Since you brought it up, I can out play Woodrow on any Stones song. And I can do it without making any stupid faces. But then, why couldn't I?

  16. Ever heard Woody in The Faces? Or on his solo albums? Ron Wood can more than hold his own on slide...he's up there with Ry Cooder and Duane Allman as far as slide guitar goes IMO.

    What's next......comparing him with John Kennedy? Woody is no Ry Cooder. And The Faces sound is a lighter sound than the Stones, that is before Woody joined.

    If you're doing "Sway" and you have Mick Taylor on hand, let the man do his job.

  17. ^^^

    Don't forget about "Sway"...

    Where did Ron Wood ever get the idea that he was a good slide player? Don't encourage the boy.

    Mick Taylor was nice though. His best performance of that song is on Carla Olson's Too Hot For Snakes, a CD that I consider worth more than any recent Stone's concert.

  18. Because the DVD experience at home is so much better than the live CONCERT experience? I'd be quick to disagree.

    Oh yeah, I forgot about the joy of standing there in an uncomfortable position, straining to see between the heads of those ever so courteous fans in front of me........Been there, done that!

  19. ^^^

    Read it and weep, Nutrocker...here is the setlist from last night's Staples Center show:

    1. Get Off of My Cloud

    2. It's Only Rock and Roll

    3. Paint It Black

    4. Gimme Shelter

    5. All Down the Line

    6. Far Away Eyes

    7. SWAY w/ Mick Taylor!

    8. Doom and Gloom

    9. One More Shot

    10. CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING W/ MT! (Worth the price of admission alone!)

    11. Honky Tonk Women

    Band introductions...

    12. Keef: You Got the Silver

    13. Keef: Before They Make Me Run

    14. Midnight Rambler w/ MT

    15. Miss You

    16. Start Me Up

    17. Tumbling Dice

    18. Brown Sugar

    19. Sympathy for the Devil(Mick Jagger wears an awesome black cape with red lining during this song)

    Encore:

    20. You Can't Always Get What You Want w/ USC Thornton School of Music Choir

    21. Jumping Jack Flash

    22. Satisfaction w/ MT

    It was worth the price of admission alone just to hear Can't You Hear Me Knocking with Mick Taylor!!! Throw in Mick Taylor on "Sway", "Midnight Rambler" and "Satisfaction" and it was a dream come true.

    Then you add in "Far Away Eyes", "You Got the Silver", "Paint It Black", and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" played with a choir in the studio arrangement for the first time, and you've got one special setlist. Greatest show ever? I don't know...I would still put the 1972 and 1975 shows I saw above tonight. But tonight was definitely in the top 10...maybe even top 5 considering MT played four songs.

    If you've been on the fence about spending the money for tickets, I'm here to tell you it's worth every penny. Just do it...GO!

    If you're patient enough at the box office the day of the show, you'll get pretty good seats for $150. Or just keep checking the Rolling Stones ticket website for your area's show...they've been slashing tix periodically.

    I got to the Staples Center box office yesterday at 4am and 14 and 1/2 hours later at 6:30pm, finally the box office released the tickets I wanted.

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    If you're even more patient, wait for the dvd.......

  20. I have found that the "PC" accusation is a convenient tag for rude people to hide behind. I have no problem with iconoclastic thinking and being different from the norm. I'm in the minority on many issues. Trying to label me as one of the 'PC sheep' is laughable. There is a difference, however, in individualistic thinking and in just saying outrageous stuff to get a rise out of people, which is how your post registered.

    You're the one who listed three black performers; one of whom, Jimi Hendrix, had a performing style dissimilar to the other two. I do think it is telling that given the fact that you could name any number of white performers who do the same thing, you chose to list three black guys. Three gentlemen who don't need our approval one way or the other. They already have the respect and love of the only people that matters in this regard: their peers in the music world. They are all LEGEND...and nothing you or I say will change that fact.

    As for your assumption that James Brown wasn't a great concert draw, the historical record shows he did all right in that regard. So what if he didn't tour endlessly in enormous football stadiums? Many great artists don't. Listen to any of the "Live at the Apollo" records, or one of my personal faves, "Love Power Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971" and the proof of his greatness as a live performer is there.

    Mick Jagger would be the first to tell you that, himself.

    I listed three performers. You listed three black performers. Do you think those three guys are so great, so perfect, that the only reason a person would not dig what they are doing is because that person is a racist? I'm not about to ponder the situation and come up with some white guys who fit in with this so I can be PC. That would be racist. I came up with three of the obvious performers who came to mind. The reason Jimi Hendrix came to mind was because I once read an interview with Jack Bruce who said the same thing about Jimi.

    I'll give you the benefit of the doubt about James Brown doing alright as a concert draw, but the Stones did alright as far as impressing the crowd at the T.A.M.I. show. The Stones, especially Mick and Keith looked very confident in their performance. I say this myth about the Stones being worried about following James Brown is just that, a myth....and the original post here on the subject was most exaggerated write up that I have ever seen on the subject.

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