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If you're in the market for just one Stones album this year, make it A Bigger Bang. But if you happen to be shopping for an additional stocking stuffer, you could do much worse than this odds-and-sods set. Most of the tracks on Rarities aren't very rare -- all of them have been previously released in some form. But this disc works as a discriminating collection of lesser-known gems. The live tracks are revelatory: They include a torrid "Wild Horses," from 1995's live album Stripped, and an achy rendition of "Beast of Burden," from Sucking in the Seventies. The stunner is a live version of "Tumbling Dice," inexplicably left off Stripped. The first two verses (recorded at a rehearsal, then spliced together with a full-on live performance) are backed only by Chuck Leavell's rollicking piano and some righteous hand claps. Then there's a track that captures the early spark of the Stones: a loving cover of Chuck Berry's "Let It Rock," recorded in Leeds, England, in 1971, at the height of the band's powers. Once a B side of "Brown Sugar," it's a keeper -- and it has finally found a loving home in a good neighborhood.
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Track List
- Fancy Man Blues
- Tumbling Dice (Live)
- Wild Horses
- Beast Of Burden (Live)
- Anyway You Look At It
- If I Was A Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)
- Miss You (Dance Version)
- Wish I'D Never Met You
- I Just Wanna Make Love To You (Live)
- Mixed Emotions (12'' Version)
- Through The Lonely Nights
- Live With Me (Live)
- Let It Rock
- Harlem Shuffle (NY Mix)
- Mannish Boy
- Thru And Thru (Live)
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hunkallgood writes:
man i loved this disc !! my favorites are 'Let it Rock' and tumbling dice. how did that get left off 'Stripped'? its awesome! the way the intro is spliced into the all out live performance made my hair stand on end! Stones roll like nobody's bidness!!
Mar 27, 2006 05:48:05
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