Rolling Stones Prep ‘Exile’ Box, Studio CD

If Keith Richards has his way, the Rolling Stones will start working on a new record next year. “One way or another, I’ll get them back in line,” Richards says. In the meantime, the guitarist recently recorded songs with Jack White. “I enjoy working with Jack,” Richards says. “We’ve done a couple of tracks.” Might White produce the Stones record? “I couldn’t fuel that rumor any more than to say Jack and I are in touch,” says Richards. Meanwhile, Mick Jagger and Richards are sorting through outtakes from 1972’s Exile on Main Street for a forthcoming deluxe edition of the LP. “There’s new songs on there, stuff we’ve forgotten about,” Richards says. “Mick and I were looking at each other like, ‘Ah, did we do that?'”

This story is from the September 17, 2009 issue of Rolling Stone.