Should be Vinyl reissues

Why do they need to re-release them? I think they’re all available on CD already? Are they remastering them as well? Confusing…

Some of their older albums are already remastered and available on SACD, so that’s another reason that those don’t need to be reissued.

Only the ABKCO catalog has been remastered and issued on SACD – from “England’s Newest Hitmakers” thru “Let It Bleed” (and “Metamorphosis”) – and the disks were phenomenal; the release was limited and, along with the Dylan SACD remasters, disappeared from shelves along with the much maligned (yet still sonically superior) format. For whatever reason, prices range from $15 – $100+ per title on eBay (I bought them all when they were mispriced on a $9.99 table at Tower 4 years ago).

This remaster and release is welcome and overdue – but, no bonus tracks? Most of us already have the session outtakes from Sticky and Exile on bootleg, but wtf.

No remaster of “Love You Live”??

NEW label. NEW reissue. Yawn.

Those are SACD HYBRID Cds, which are playable on ALL CD/Dvd players…you gotta tell ‘em they’re HYBRIDS cos alotta folks get pissy about SACD requiring a special Cd Player to listen to them and there’s been lots of negativity directed at SACDS. I got all the [Hyrbrid SACD] STONES’ 1963-70 reissues w/the authenticity certificates which were included in the initial first generation release, plus a handful of Dylan’s/ plus Kinks, Carpenters, Elton John, Pink Floyd, among others. MICAWBER is absolutely correct -they do sparkle and add new dimensions of listening pleasure to the Rolling Stones 60’s catalogue.

we’ll probably get bonus tracks once the band actually breaks up or all dies one by one…..

Can understand re-releasing the older albums with improved sound quality, but why the recent ones? Bigger Bang! What for? Just $’s I suppose, but don’t think they’ll be too many takers for the recent ones.

are these needed?

Nope.

I think the Stones have a lot of good songs, but not a lot of good albums. They definitely have some mediocre material on a lot of these.

Couldn’t they have sweetened the deal with a few bonus tracks?

And why would anyone rush out for a remastered “Bigger Bang”?

I just bought Love You Live brand-new sealed for $5.99. I hope they don’t reissue it anytime soon. Mine is the remaster from a few years back and it sounds good. Charlie’s bass drum really kicks on most of the tracks on that version.

They WERE available, from Virgin, and prior to that CBS/Sony. Those were the original masters, CBS, and they sounded like shit. Virgin remastered them. Much better. UMG has remastered them. Since they aren’t out yet, no one knows if they are any better than the Virgin issues.

If the older albums are already out – Mike, you ain’t very bright.

They might as well not bother with Undercover, Dirty Work, Steel Wheels, Voodoo Lounge, Bridges To Babylon and A Bigger Bang because nobody is gonna buy them.

Will these be vinyl releases?

The Stones actually retained their talent marvelously. Listening to the first track on a bigger bang proves it.

The Stones had great albums coming out the wazoo. Out Of Our Heads, Aftermath, Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main St., Tattoo You, Some Girls, and Dirty Work. If you think otherwise, are you retarded?

How many times do albums need to be remastered? Stop the madness!

dont ever question the greatness-Mick Jagger!!!

The original CBS CD releases of the second era (1970-1989) sound horrible. They need to be replaced but we will see if the new reissue is any better then the Virgin Label’s re-release from 1994. Vlado Meller mastered the CBS releases back in 1986 and they sounded very bad. AABKCO’s first era re-release in 2002 were very good. I have several of them and they have very good defintion / dynamic range. Nobody has a legacy like the Stones–they produced massive volumes of work. Some good, some not so good. I still think Satanic Majesties and Dirty Work were excellent albums despite the negative reviews.

Sweet! Over a dozen collections of the group’s shittiest songs!

Bridges to Babylon might be the worst album of the 20th century. Seriously.

OMG I

Great news. But how about releasing some trackws that we haven’t heard before, or even a proper DVD anthology?

I think what they are going to do is bunch up the songs -like -all the sh!tty Keith sings songs on 1 record -all the would be Mick hits on another -Charle’s best wasted beats -ect

Why isn’t the Virgin remaster of 1994 sufficient? Did the remastering technology somehow improve? And seriously, why on earth does “A Bigger Bang” require remastering?

They’re reissuing the wrong 14.

1967-1981 is may favorite Stones era and their best albums. You can have the last 30 years Universal I’ll take those 14 instead.

Recent advances in technology have made it possible for these compositions to sound better. It would be appreciated if someone could invent some device to make the actual compositions better…

Seriously, you guys are forgetting that while a lot of these albums aren’t up to par for The Stones, you still have Sticky Fingers, Tattoo You, Dirty Work, Some Girls, It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll, and the legendary Exile On Main St. in this pack.

This is just another band aid to keep the record industry on Life Support. Who’s going to buy this? Fifty year old Rolling Stones fans. It’ll net the record companies a bit of money to keep the ship temporarily afloat. The industry can only do this so much before the music industry is just indie labels and small profits. Here’s hoping.

I’m 23 and I will be picking up all of them. Don’t know why people are loving on Dirty Work so much in this comments section – I think that’s easily their worst one. I’ll still be picking it up, though, as bad Stones are better than good (insert band here)

I love the Stones, but this is overkill. We already have a “deluxe” version of A Bigger Bang on the market and the album is a mere 2 and a half years old! Plus, we already have the Virgin remasters. The more the Stones do stuff like this, the more they seem like relics.

More music label death rattles…

keef pooted, and mick said he needed a bigger bang. meanwhile charlie bought some new hair gel, which ronnie refused to use. ho hum.

i hope for new material from mick and keith not just this

i hope for new material from mick and keith not just this

i hope for new material from mick and keith not just this

i hope for new material from mick and keith not just this

I’m a huge Stones fan and always will be at the age of 17. I’ve loved these guys since I was 10 and I own all of their studio albums. Reissuing these albums just fills in the gap between remastering the ABAKO albums I think. As I said, I own them all although my copies of Beggar’s Banquet and Let It Bleed are older. Let It Bleed is my favorite Stones album and next to it is Exile. Why re-release them on CD? They sound just fine the way they are. Why not put them on vinyl? I have Sticky Fingers, Black And Blue, and Tattoo You on vinyl and even Hot Rocks. Overall, they don’t need to reissue them although there is the slight chance of showing the younger generation how great they are.

Before I die, I would like to remix “Exile on Main Street”. Why can’t record labels take things to the next level: release songs (or albums) with all the individual instrument tracks on a DVD? Then, we could pop it into the computer, open up a mixing program (like Garage Band or Deck) and have fun!

Maybe next, the Who can remaster their stuff again!!!

need these like we need a 2nd arsehole

If you don’t like ‘em, don’t buy ‘em. This is a fantastic body of work, and deserves special treatment. Music fans with more than half a brain will, I’m sure, get a big kick.

“Bad” Stones albums are better than most bands good one. Mastering technology has improved since the Virgin reissues.

These better be REALLY good remaster jobs because I am getting a little sick of rebuying the enitre Stones catalogue. I think the UK remasters of 1994 sound fantastic. I have have all the LP packaging type, which is very cool also. I would really like to see something for my dollars man. The mini LP packaging woujld be very cool along with some real MASTER TAPE remastering.

I would like to see analogue remasters of the originals, released on record. Can’t see much point in a digitally remastered record, might as well live with the CD in that case. Sticky Fingers could really do with better mastering, I have the MFSL and a normal pressing and both could be better.

Just bought the remastered Some Girls. Much improved on the original Cd effort. However will be very much disappointed (if what I am led to believe is true)if any of the tracks have been censored such as “Star Star” on Goats Head Soup.That is not remastering, that is vandalism for the sake of political correctness. Next time you watch Goldfinger, what is Bond going to call Honour Blackman? “Wiskers?”
Are they going to put masking tape over “David’s” doodle?
Remaster the sound (Some of the earlier Cd,s need it), just be faithful to the content!
Mick “Let’s spend some TIME together” Jagger,please don’t wimp out again.

Or at least give the punters the choice. PLEASE!!!

The new remaster of Goats Head Soup has the censored version of Starf**ker. What a shame because the sound quality is great.

All of these remasters sound awful, bought sticky fingers and gave it away. They’ve cranked up the treble and bass, and compressed the tracks to hell. All the hit you get out of the loud bits in songs like ‘beast of burden’ or ‘only rock n roll’ is gone. It’s all one volume all the way through. Do yourself a favour, don’t buy these. It’s difficult, but find older masters of the albums, like the ones from the 90s. Or better yet, just buy a second hand record that’s at least 25 years old. Funny how no matter how much they try to improve things, it sounds nowhere near as good as it did on first release.

Any business is about moving forward and making things a little better. People who have a passion for music will easily shell out more to get more quality. However, these “remasters” better be good or it makes the music industry look more stupid than they already are. They raped us for years on an overpriced products, CDs in particular. Now I’m willing to spend more money on one of my all-time favorite albums of all time: Exile on Mainstreet.