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The Rolling Stones: Acetates [Midnight Beat, 1CD]
As fans delve deeper and deeper into the music of their favourite acts, it's not that infrequent that one comes across unofficial releases that sound way better than the official ones.
Take The
Rolling Stones' Acetates for instance. Released from Midnight Beat in 1995, this is a collection of unmixed versions of tracks from Goats Head Soup (1973) and It's Only Rock'n'Roll (1974) plus Save Me and Drift Away. They are reputed to be taken from acetates but without any crackles. But it is the excellent sound that got fans excited.
Here are some comments from
Rolling Stone fans who had heard the disc:
The sound quality is surprising considering the other 200-300 Stones boots I have sound like they were recorded in a silo while the Stones songs were playing on an old transistor radio.
- Daddy Rich
The top-drawer versions of Criss Cross Man and the old Dobie Gray song, Drift Away, alone make this title a keeper. Impeccable sound quality throughout the entire disc.
- Matt
Absolutely Fantastic - Dobie Grey's Drift Away, Keef's favorite song to shoot up with when it came out, will blow your mind. Criss Cross man is also great. What really makes the remixes worth having is that they are clearer, and nicer, than anything on the offical albums. You can hear Mick's vocals better, and Mick Taylor's guitar leads and runs. Sound quality is a 10.
- TraceElement
Sound quality is PERFECT. It's a real treat to hear the unreleased songs (a cover of Dobie Gray's Drift Away and two very similar versions of Criss Cross Man) and the alternate mixes of the already released songs are arguably superior, much punchier. And the extended take of Dance Little Sister will absolutely blow your doors off. True, it was a real throwaway song, but DAMN! How many bands can do THAT without really trying?! Must be heard to be believed.
- Necessitor
Saddled with the "rock band" moniker, the Stones' R&B roots are constantly overlooked and listening to the alternate mix of that Motown classic, Ain't Too Proud To Beg, it does show them covering the track with a pop-rock sheen that's decidedly their own. And even though there are two takes of Criss Cross Man, the songs never get boring. In fact the flow makes the disc very listenable - it's almost like an actual Stones album itself: from the pop-rock of 100 Years Ago to the R&B of Ain't Too Proud To Beg to the ballad of Till The Next Goodbye and the strut-yer-stuff of Drift Away, before returning to the funk of Fingerprint File.
Absolutely essential for the Stones fans, and especially for those into Goats Head Soup and It's Only Rock'n'Roll.
Track 01 Silver Train (Alternate Mix) (6.2MB)
Track 02 Criss Cross Man (Demo Unreleased) (6.2MB)
Track 03 Criss Cross Man (Demo Unreleased) (6.0MB)
Track 04 Hide Your Love (Alternate Mix) (5.8MB)
Track 05 100 Years Ago (Alternate Mix) (5.6MB)
Track 06 Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Alternate Mix - Promo) (5.2MB)
Track 07 If You Can't Rock Me (Alternate Mix) (5.2MB)
Track 08 Till The Next Goodbye (Alternate Mix) (6.4MB)
Track 09 Drift Away (Rehearsal) (5.7MB)
Track 10 Dance Little Sister (Alternate Mix Extended) (7.0MB)
Track 11 Fingerprint File (Alternate Mix) (9.7MB)
Brown Sugar - officially released
Bitch - officially released
Let It Rock (Live at Leeds 13 Mar 1971) - officially released
Track 15 Ain't Too Proud To Beg (alternate edit) (3.8MB)
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