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16 LPs Encompassing All 1963-1969 Mono Recordings from "The World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Available In Coloured Vinyl Set For First Time Ever.<br/> <br/>ABKCO Records is set to release The Rolling Stones in Mono (Limited Colour Edition) vinyl box set in early 2023. Originally issued on black vinyl, CD and digital in 2016, the updated version contains the entirety of the Rolling Stones' 1960s recorded output (186 tracks spread across 16 180-gram LPs), now presented in a plethora of vinyl colours - 14 total - chosen to match the original cover art of classic albums such as Aftermath and Beggars Banquet. <br/> <br/>Spanning the era between 1963 and 1969, The Rolling Stones in Mono (Limited Colour Edition) covers the formative years of the legendary London-based quintet, who were dubbed and acknowledged as "the world's greatest rock and roll band," as they were churning out era-defining hits such as "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Paint It, Black," "Ruby Tuesday" and "Honky Tonk Women." Packaged as 15 separate albums, The Rolling Stones In Mono contains key releases from the band's U.S. and U.K. discographies, organized to include every track from the era while minimizing catalog redundancies. Stray Cats, a 2-LP compilation exclusive within the vinyl box set, ties up all loose ends, incorporating every 1960s Rolling Stones track that isn't found on the other 14 albums, for a total of 24 tracks. It includes two versions of the aforementioned "Poison Ivy," Barrett Strong's 1959 hit "Money," as well as "Fortune Teller." Other rarities include "Con Le Mie Lacrime," a version of "As Tears Go By" sung in Italian, "Stoned" (the instrumental b-side of "I Wanna Be Your Man"), and the 1965 outtake of Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long," now freed of the fake applause to disguise its studio origin when the track appeared on the 1966 LP Got Live If You Want It. <br/> <br/>During this period, most rock and pop recordings were mixed in mono, with the stereo version often an afterthought, and only dealt with following the completion of the original (mono) version of a given track. In short, mono reigned and this was, indeed, the case for the Rolling Stones at that time. While typical playback systems of the '60s were less than sophisticated, the original mono recordings, especially as heard through quality components, were of the highest audio quality and had a powerful and very direct impact. "You felt you were in the room . . . listening to exactly what went down in the studio, no frills, no nothing," Keith Richards wrote in his autobiography, Life. "Rock was a completely new musical form," Mick Jagger explained in a 1995 Rolling Stone interview. "It hadn't been around for ten years when we started doing it . . . You felt like one of the chosen few, one of the only ones in the world who would get to play with this new toy. We had evangelical fervor." Late recording engineer Dave Hassinger explained how he mixed his '64-'66 works for the Stones in mono. "They always played together at the same time. They would run the parts down, work out the changes here and there, nail it down, then start recording."<br/> <br/>Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke, in his 5,000-word essay that accompanies the set, writes, "The Rolling Stones in Mono is the full studio account of that first decade of history and mayhem, newly remastered with unprecedented fidelity and revelatory detail." His commentaries are included with the box set as part of a 4-colour deluxe 48-page lie-flat book that features numerous rare photos by renowned photographer Terry O'Neill. The 16 LPs are housed in the original full colour album jackets that fit along with the book into a one piece specially crafted box.<br/> <br/>The Rolling Stones in Mono (Limited Colour Edition) was mastered by GRAMMY® award-winning engineer Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering. For the project he utilized Direct Stream Digital (DSD) transfers from the original master recordings, with a sampling rate of 2,822,400. Lacquer cutting for vinyl was performed at Abbey Road Studios by Sean Magee. The Rolling Stones in Mono (Limited Colour Edition) project has been overseen by Teri Landi, ABKCO's GRAMMY® award-winning Chief Audio Engineer.<br/><br/>1) The Rolling Stones (UK, 1964) - Cobalt Blue vinyl<br/>2) 12 X 5 (1964) - Yellow vinyl<br/>3) The Rolling Stones No. 2 (UK, 1965) - Steel Blue vinyl<br/>4) The Rolling Stones Now! (1965) - Gold vinyl<br/>5) Out of Our Heads (US, 1965) - Sky Blue vinyl<br/>6) Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965) - Green vinyl<br/>7) December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965) - Silver vinyl<br/>8) Aftermath (UK, 1966) - Purple vinyl<br/>9) Aftermath (US, 1966) - Grey vinyl<br/>10) Between the Buttons (UK, 1967) - Azure Blue vinyl<br/>11) Flowers (1967) - Pink vinyl<br/>12) Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) - White vinyl<br/>13) Beggars Banquet (1968) - Maroon vinyl<br/>14) Let It Bleed (1969) - Red vinyl<br/>15) Stray Cats (2-LP collection of single A & B sides plus E.P. tracks) - White vinyl

Rolling Stones: 7" singles box vol 2 1966-71 [18 Vinyl 7"]

The limited-edition set includes reproductions of the first 18 7" vinyl singles and extended play records by "The World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band," as originally released by Decca and London Records. The tracks are all remastered by 12-time Grammy Award-winning engineer Bob Ludwig. The set, complete with period-correct picture sleeve art, will also come with a 32-page book with extensive liner notes by Stones authority Nigel Williamson, as well as rare photos and ephemera plus a set of five photo cards and a poster, all housed in a hard-shell box. A companion second vinyl box set in the series, The Rolling Stones Singles 1966-1971, will be released next year. <br/> <br/>Before they were thought of as one of the rock era's quintessential album bands, the Rolling Stones began their recording career in 1963 with a slew of singles that captured the energy and excitement created by the classic lineup of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman. Their version of Chuck Berry's "Come On" backed with a cover of Muddy Waters' "I Want To Be Loved" kicked it all off, and was quickly followed up with "I Wanna Be Your Man," a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney for the Stones to use, before being recorded by The Beatles themselves. London Records, their US label, quickly withdrew the single on "moral grounds" due to the illicit implications of the B-side "Stoned" (credited to Nanker Phelge - the songwriting pseudonym for the entire band). None of the songs from these first two singles appeared on any of their albums.<br/> <br/>The Rolling Stones Singles 1963-1966 follows the group's shift away from covers in favor of originals, due in large part to Jagger and Richards developing into one of the most accomplished powerhouse songwriting duos of their generation. Of the nine US Top 40 hits contained within the set, all but one are Jagger/Richards compositions. These include "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "Get Off Of My Cloud," which were number one hits on both sides of the Atlantic. This collection includes the US and UK versions of both these singles, which feature different sleeve art and B-sides. The sole Top 40 cover is "Time Is On My Side," (written by Jerry Ragovoy and notably recorded by Irma Thomas). The single in this collection is the lesser-known version which features an organ intro. Another rarity that never made it onto an album in any form is "Sad Day," the US B-side of the 1966 hit "19th Nervous Breakdown." <br/> <br/>Three extended-play (E.P.) 7" records are included in The Rolling Stones Singles 1963-1966, all of which were originally UK-only releases. These are The Rolling Stones (not to be confused with the album of the same name) and Five by Five (recorded at Chicago's famed Chess Studio at 2120 South Michigan Avenue), both released in 1964, as well as 1965's Got Live If You Want It! - the first of many live records by a band that to this very day is known as an explosive concert attraction.

Under två avspända dagar i en TV-studio i norra London i december 1968 samlade Rolling Stones ihop några av sina musikaliska vänner, däribland John Lennon och The Who, för en show som gick ut över det mesta: en sprudlande rockcirkus, som även hade jonglörer, clowner och eldslukare på programmet. "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" regisserades av Michael Lindsay-Hogg och spelades in för BBC men visades aldrig och förblev en helig gral för rockdiggare. För 20 år sedan gavs dock delar av föreställningen ut på CD. <br/><br/>Nu kommer remastrad version ut och har dessutom försetts med rejält med extramaterial, bland annat mer musik med John Lennons hobbyband The Dirty Mac, där även Keith Richards var med.<br/><br/>180 gram vinyl