Released in the summer of 1975, in the down period between Mick Taylor's departure and as the Stones were auditioning guitarists during the recording of 1976's Black and Blue (coincidentally, the '60s rarities comp Metamorphosis also came out in the summer of 1975), Made in the Shade offers a perfunctory summary of the Stones' records from the first half of the '70s…
Like most music lovers, during the years I amassed a large collection of Rolling Stones studio and concert albums. I bought audio tapes, CDs, VHS tapes and DVDs. One of the very first Blu-rays I added up to my collection was Jean-Luc Godard's Sympathy For The Devil (also containing One + One), featuring The Stones, which was released in France through local distributors Carlotta Films. I don't have a favorite album, though I prefer what The Stones did during late 60s and early 70s. Beggars Banquet (1968), Between the Buttons (1969), Get Her-Ya Ya's Out (1970), and Metamorphosis (1975) are amongst the albums that I always go back to when I am in a mood for some good old rock music. This said, despite the fact that in recent years The Stones have once again gathered momentum, I think that their time has passed.
There's a certain smarmy charm in the Rolling Stones titling a compilation of their work from the second half of the '70s Sucking in the Seventies – it seems a tacit admission that neither the decade nor the music they made in that decade was all that good, something that many critics and fans dismayed by the group's infatuation with glitzy disco and tabloid grime would no doubt argue…
Released in time for the 21st anniversary of the Rolling Stones' 1995 live album Stripped, Eagle Rock's Totally Stripped package focuses on the visual element. At its simplest, it's a CD/DVD set, with the DVD containing a documentary following the Stones through studio sessions and rehearsals for their club shows in London, Amsterdam, and Paris…
The Stones, or more accurately the relationship between Mick and Keith, imploded shortly after Dirty Work, resulting in Mick delivering a nearly unbearably mannered, ambitious solo effort that stiffed and Keith knocking out the greatest Stones album since Tattoo You, something that satisfied the cult but wasn't a hit…
Flashpoint is a live album by British rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released in 1991, having been recorded throughout 1989 and 1990 on the mammoth Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour…