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Rolling Stones Unearth Material for 'Some Girls' Reissue

Band's 1978 classic will be available in Deluxe and Super-Deluxe editions

September 14, 2011 1:45 PM ET
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The Original Album Sleeve for the Rolling Stones' 'Some Girls'
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The Rolling Stones have announced plans to reissue their 1978 classic Some Girls in a variety of deluxe formats on November 21st. The record, which has been remastered, will be available in digital, Deluxe and Super-Deluxe editions, with new packaging featuring liner notes by Rolling Stone writer Anthony DeCurtis and previously unseen photographs of the band shot by Helmut Newton from around the time of the album's original release. The Super-Deluxe version will also include a 7-inch single of "Beast of Burden" featuring its original banned sleeve art.

Photos: Rare and Intimate Shots of the Rolling Stones
"I just finished off doing all the outtakes for the Some Girls album we're releasing at Thanksgiving," frontman Mick Jagger told Spinner. "We did Exile, we did a lot of different takes, a lot of different cuts that hadn't come out before, so we're doing the similar kind of thing with Some Girls, so I've just been doing them because a lot of them weren't complete, so I had to complete them, and then we're gonna mix those and put them out for Thanksgiving."

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