ABKCO Data is about to launch The Rolling Stones Singles 1966-1971 on February 2. The limited-edition set consists of reproductions of 18 7” vinyl singles and prolonged play information by “The World’s Best Rock ‘n’ Roll Band,” as initially launched by Decca, London Data and ABKCO Data. The gathering serves as a second quantity and companion to The Rolling Stones Singles 1963-1966, launched by ABKCO in 2022.
All tracks had been remastered by 13-time Grammy Award-winning engineer Bob Ludwig, and the discs are manufactured by Third Man Urgent in Detroit. The set, replete with period-correct image sleeve artwork, can even include a 32-page e book containing in depth liner notes by Stones authority Nigel Williamson, in addition to uncommon images and ephemera, plus a set of 5 photograph playing cards and a poster, all housed in a hard-shell field.
The Rolling Stones Singles 1966-1971 spans a vital interval within the band’s evolution, when their transfer in direction of the experimental and psychedelic sounds of “We Love You” and “She’s a Rainbow” gave solution to the roots-y, blues-based rock of “Honky Tonk Girls” and “Wild Horses.” Additionally throughout this time, guitarist/founding member Brian Jones was changed by Mick Taylor – the primary lineup change because the group’s founding. Amidst the stylistic shifts and tumult between ’66 and ’71, the Stones racked up seven Prime 10 singles on either side of the Atlantic, together with 4 Quantity Ones.
“Paint It, Black” topped the charts internationally in 1966. Its eerie tone and sitar line performed by Brian Jones sounded nothing like what the band had beforehand recorded. Singles 1966-1971 incorporates each the US and UK variations of the 45; the latter’s B-side “Lengthy Lengthy Whereas” is a uncommon non-LP observe. Different uncommon B-sides within the set embrace “Who’s Driving Your Airplane” from the US Prime 10 hit “Have You Seen Your Mom, Child, Standing In The Shadow?,” and “Youngster Of The Moon” from UK #1 “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” Stones collectors can even take satisfaction within the mono mixes of “We Love You” and its flipside “Dandelion” (1967), which each comprise a reprise on the finish with an ode to the opposite observe. These are each unique to the one launch.
Launched in August 1968, the image sleeve for the “Avenue Preventing Man”/”No Expectations” single depicts protestors being brutalized by police. After the Chicago Police Division ravaged anti-war protestors exterior the Democratic Nationwide Conference later that very same month, the Stones’ US label withdrew the one, making it one of the sought-after collector’s objects within the band’s canon. The Rolling Stones Singles 1966-1971 assortment faithfully reproduces that controversial file artwork, and in addition consists of the 1971 UK maxi-single model of “Avenue Preventing Man,” with “Shock Shock” and “All people Wants Any person To Love.” Whereas not technically a Rolling Stones track, Mick Jagger’s “Memo From Turner” from the acclaimed Efficiency soundtrack is included. Initially launched as a single in 1970, the track options slide guitar by Ry Cooder, and its B-side “Pure Magic” is a Cooder instrumental.
Whereas each observe on The Rolling Stones 1966-1971 field set was recorded in the timeframe urged by its title, among the information had been initially launched later. “I Don’t Know Why,” “Out Of Time” and the stereo mixture of the 1969 #1 hit “Honky Tonk Girls” had been 45s that got here out in 1975-76, across the time ABKCO issued the Stones rarities album Metamorphosis. “Sympathy For The Satan” was remixed individually by The Neptunes and Fats Boy Slim in 2003 and initially launched as a part of a Tremendous Audio CD on the time – it exists right here as a 7” vinyl file.
The Rolling Stones 1966-1971 is the observe as much as The Rolling Stones Singles 1963-1966 boxset, launched by ABKCO Data on June 10, 2022 to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the peerless rock giants. The restricted version set contained reproductions of the primary 18 vinyl 7” singles and EP releases by the Stones as they had been initially launched by Decca and London Data.
