Tuesday, August 16, 2016

More on the Rolling Stones Mono box

A few follow-ups to this post about the Rolling Stones in Mono boxed set.

The German compilation "The Rolling Stones Story, Part 2" features a number of the stray cuts that will likely end up on "Stray Cats."  The German box also features the following tunes, which never seemed to make their way into the 2002 SACD reissues:

-"Tell Me": there's actually two versions of this song, one without piano (2:52, briefly released by mistake) and one with (4:06, but edited down significantly on certain releases).  From Wikipedia, here's some information on which version is where...
Early pressings of the UK debut album mistakenly included the 2:52 version; all subsequent releases have featured the long version with piano. The long version appeared on the UK LP after the mistake was corrected. Most other LP and CD versions of the UK debut album -- as well as the US debut album -- contain an edit of the long version, which fades out around 3:48.
-"Natural Magic": the b-side to "Memo From Turner," it's a brief instrumental by Jack Nitzsche and was probably released only in stereo
-"Da Doo Ron Ron" and "Memphis Tennessee": These are outtakes that somehow were released on various foreign compilations
-"Con Le Mie Lacrime": Italian Version of "As Tears Go By," also released on foreign compilations

In addition, the consensus on "Let It Bleed" seems to be that the mono version -- whether a fold-down or an alternate mix -- is different enough from the stereo to be worthy of inclusion.  ABKCO may have also wanted to avoid the situation with the Beatles' Mono box in which their entire output is in one place EXCEPT for two albums ("Abbey Road" and "Let It Be") and three songs (the single "Ballad of John and Yoko"/"Old Brown Shoe," plus the single version of "Let It Be").  A discussion on the "Let It Bleed" mono version is here, and there are several other interesting threads on that same website (stevehoffman.tv).

As for "Beggar's Banquet," the consensus seems to be that the mono LP contains a dedicated mix of "Sympathy For the Devil," while the rest is a fold-down.  The 45 of "Street Fighting Man," however, also contains a dedicated mono mix (available on the 1971-2006 singles box).  Maybe the new boxed set will contain both dedicated mono mixes?

P.S. RIP Elvis.

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