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The Rolling Stones' 1972 double album, Exile On Main Street, will be reissued later this year in expanded format.
The new edition will feature 10 unearthed tracks. Titles are set to include Plundered My Soul, Dancing in the Light, Following the River and Pass The Wine. All were recorded during the album sessions at London's Olympic Studios and the band's debauched south of France mansion, Villa Nellcôte. Alternative versions of Soul Survivor and Loving Cup will also appear on the set.
To coincide with the release, a new documentary, Stones in Exile, is also being lined up for broadcast. Featuring unseen archival footage, photos and interviews, as well as new conversations with the band, the film is set to chart the making of the LP. Stones In Exile will premiere on US Network television and BBC Worldwide.
On its release in 1972, Exile... was lambasted for its loose, ragged feel. It has since been recognised as the Stones' greatest triumph; a breathtaking blitz of R&B, rock'n'roll and soulful, southern grooves played by the band and glittering array of guests (Dr John, Gram Parsons and Billy Preston among them) all fuelled by a super-strength cocktail of chemicals.
Exile on Main Street will be available in three formats: the original 18-track LP; a deluxe CD edition with the 10 bonus tracks and a super deluxe package that will also include a vinyl version, a 30-minute documentary DVD and a 50-page collector's photo book.
These new editions will will be released on May 17 in the UK and May 18 in the US.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 1:42 PM GMT 25/02/2010
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Da DA Da Daa, da da da da ! Oh yeahhh!
Posted by Robert F DuPont at 3:01 PM GMT 25/02/2010 Report Abuse
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"The sunshine bores the daylights out of me..."
"May every song you sing/be your favorite tune..."
I always hear something new and good when I listen to this album, 38 years later. A true classic.
Posted by Johnny Bacardi at 3:59 PM GMT 25/02/2010 Report Abuse
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Got To Scrape The Shit Right Off Your Shoes
Posted by Nick Griffin at 6:40 PM GMT 25/02/2010 Report Abuse
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Thank you for your whiiiine. California
Thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits
Posted by Andrew at 8:34 PM GMT 25/02/2010 Report Abuse
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I hope they remix it at last!
Posted by Meee at 5:06 AM GMT 26/02/2010 Report Abuse
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I hope they remix it at last! If i`m not wrong Mick said in
some interview he like to do some remixing for it.
Posted by JiiKoo at 5:11 AM GMT 26/02/2010 Report Abuse
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I hope they remix it at last. If i`m not wrong Mick said in
some interview he like to do some remixing for it.
Posted by Jarmo K at 5:15 AM GMT 26/02/2010 Report Abuse
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If ever an album needed fewer tracks rather than more, it's this one.
Like the White Album and Sign O' the Times, some judicious editing would've turned a good double into a killer single disc.
Posted by Psodal at 11:07 AM GMT 26/02/2010 Report Abuse
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Psodal the genius of double lps like exile; white; sign; london calling; electric ladyland et all is that adding the less essential tracks make the lps more worthy than sticky fingers; abbey rd; purple rain; combat rock & axis bold as love
Posted by Ziggy at 1:49 PM GMT 26/02/2010 Report Abuse
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RE: Psodal. If ya find it disturbing having tracks added to a classic album, here´s a good piece of advice to ya: "Leave it be, there´s an eject-button on yer device". Good Golly... If it swings... It swings...
Posted by Timo at 3:16 PM GMT 26/02/2010 Report Abuse
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Funny, we disagree but for the same reason (does that make sense?)
If pushed, I'd take Sticky Fingers, Abbey Road and Purple Rain over Exile, White and Sign.
I just can't think of any double-album that in retrospect is not symptomatlic of artistic over-indulgence and would not benefit from a ruthless editing.
Posted by Psodal at 4:33 PM GMT 26/02/2010 Report Abuse
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RE: Psodal
I can, its called Blonde on Blonde.
Posted by gruntfuttock at 6:21 PM GMT 26/02/2010 Report Abuse
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Re: Psodal
I'd also suggest Marjory Razorblade by Kevin Coyne, the glut of double albums released by Miles Davis in the early/mid 70s, Daydream Nation, Freak Out!, Trout Mask Replica...
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Re: Psodal
I'd also suggest Marjory Razorblade by Kevin Coyne, the glut of double albums released by Miles Davis in the early/mid 70s, Daydream Nation, Freak Out!, Trout Mask Replica...
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RE: gruntfuttock
I'd also suggest Marjory Razorblade by Kevin Coyne, Daydream Nation, the glut of doubles released by Miles Davis in the early/mid 70s, Trout Mask Replica, Freak Out!, Tago Mago...
Posted by Anonymous at 8:28 PM GMT 26/02/2010 Report Abuse
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Yes I'm stumblin', and I know I play a bad guitar.
Posted by This album's heart grew three sizes that day at 10:52 PM GMT 27/02/2010 Report Abuse
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How many albums make you want to cry, fight, or ^*%^# all in one side? Watch Jack White struggle keeping his composure during loving cup on shine a light; that song always makes me feel that way! Its all heart.
Posted by Anonymous at 10:57 PM GMT 27/02/2010 Report Abuse
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wanna tell you 'bout a dance
that's goin' around,
everybody's doin' it
from the grownups down.
Don't move your head,
don't move your hands,
don't move your lips,
just shake your hips.
Do the hip shake, babe,
do the hip shake, babe,
shake your hip, babe,
shake your hip, babe,
What you don't know
don't be afraid
just listen to me
and do what I say.
Don't move your head,
don't move your hands,
don't move your lips,
just shake your hips.
Do the hip shake, babe,
do the hip shake, babe,
shake your hip, babe,
shake your hip, babe,
well ain't that easy
Well, I met a little girl
in a country town
she said, "What do you know
there's Slim Harpo!"
Didn't move her head,
didn't move her hands,
didn't move her lips,
just shook her hips.
Do the hip shake, babe,
Do the hip shake, babe,
shake your hip, babe,
shake your hip, babe,
well ain't that easy. Mama says yes, Papa says no,
make up you mind 'cause I gotta go.
I'm gonna raise hell at the Union Hall,
drive myself right over the wall.
Rip this joint, gonna save your soul,
so round and round and round we go.
Roll this joint, gonna get down low,
start my starter, gonna stop the show.
Oh, yeah!
Mister President, Mister Immigration Man,
let me in, sweetie, to your fair land.
I'm Tampa bound and Memphis too,
Short Fat Fanny is on the loose.
Dig that sound on the radio,
then slip it right across into Buffalo.
Dick and Pat in ole D.C.,
well they're gonna hold some grits for me.
Ying yang, you're my thing,
oh, now, baby, won't you hear me sing.
Flip Flop, fit to drop,
come on baby, won't you let it rock?
Oh, yeah!
From San Jose down to Santa Fe,
kiss me quick, baby, won'tcha make my day.
Down to New Orleans with the Dixie Queen,
'cross to Dallas, Texas with the Butter Queen.
Rip this joint, gonna rip yours too,
some brand new steps and some weight to lose.
Gonna roll this joint, gonna get down low,
so round and round and round we'll go.
Wham, Bham, Birmingham, Alabam' don't give a damn.
Little Rock fit to drop.
Hey let him follow you down,
way underground wind and he's bound.
Bound to follow you down,
just a dead beat right off the street.
Bound to follow you down.
Well the ballrooms and smelly bordellos
and dressing rooms filled with parasites.
On stage the band has got problems,
they're a bag of nerves on first nights.
He ain't tied down to no home town,
yeah, and he thought he was wreckless.
You think he's bad, he thinks you're mad,
yeah, and the guitar player gets restless.
Well his coat is torn and frayed,
it's seen much better days.
Just as long as the guitar plays
let it steal your heart away,
let it steal your heart away.
Joe's got a cough, sounds kind a rough,
yeah, and the codeine to fix it.
Doctor prescribes, drug store supplies,
who's gonna help him to kick it?
Well his coat is torn and frayed,
it`s seen much better days.
Just as long as the guitar plays
let it steal your heart away,
let it steal your heart awayGot a sweet black angel,
got a pin up girl,
got a sweet black angel,
up upon my wall.
Well, she ain't no singer
and she ain't no star,
but she sure talk good,
and she move so fast.
But the gal in danger,
yeah, de gal in chains,
but she keep on pushin',
would ya take her place?
She countin' up de minutes,
she countin' up de days,
She's a sweet black angel, woh,
not a sweet black slave.
Ten little niggers
sittin' on de wall,
her borthers been a fallin',
fallin' one by one.
For a judges murder
in a judges court,
now de judge he gonna judge her
for all dat he's worth.
Well de gal in danger,
de gal in chains,
but she keep on pushin'
would you do the same?
She countin' up de minutes,
she countin' up de days,
she's a sweet black angel,
not a gun toting teacher,
not a Red lovin' school mom,
ain't someone gonna free her,
free de sweet black slave,
free de sweet black slave.
Posted by JiggersRacherds at 3:53 AM GMT 01/03/2010 Report Abuse
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Does anyone know where that photo was taken? I'm wondering if the guy in the fedora second from the left is Mick Taylor or Gram Parsons.
Posted by Melanie at 7:57 AM GMT 01/03/2010 Report Abuse
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RE: Meee
fuck remixing it, that muddy sound is what make sthe album the classic it is
Posted by Anonymous at 2:14 PM GMT 16/03/2010 Report Abuse
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RE: Meee
no remixing it, that muddy sound is what makes the album the classic it is
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