Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-1971
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Free Music Notes for Hot Rocks 1964-1971
Free Music Review: Even better than before!
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm not an expert on the sixties era Rolling Stonesbut I was very familiar with the Hot Rocks collections,
both this edition and the More Hot Rocks collection. I was
very impressed with the mastering job on this to say the least.
The '86 CD edition fell flat in a number of ways, this corrects the muddy and flat sound. This is probably over kill, but here's a number of thoughts on the tracks. Even if you don't own a SACD player, you hear a huge difference on a conventional CD player.
Time Is On My Side - This sort of represents the R n B side of this band. Great stereo mix of this track with a lot of clarity.
Huge difference over the mono version from the '86 CD print.
Heart Of Stone - Another stereo mix, the lead guitar alone is so much clearer. the lyric just shows how edgey with tounges in cheek this band was back then.
Play With Fire - Same mono mix as before but with better clarity,
check out the mix on that keyboard track!
Satisfaction - Of course their all time classic, great and welcomed stereo mix with the acoustic guitar filling the sound and clear.
As Tears Go By - A favorite, yet one of the reasons why people complained about why the Stones were imitating the Beatles too much during the early sixties. Even if it's a bit of a take off
on 'Yesterday', still a great song. Same mono mix.
Get Off Of My Cloud - Great tune, seems imitavtive of what The Kinks were doing around that time. Much better mono mix of this.
great lead guitar fill!
Mother's Little Helper - The Mono Mix of this, not that fake stereo mix from the '86 CD. Another classic.
19th Nervous Breakdown - Probably my all time favorite of their
sixties era, the bass line is so much clearer on this mix, fantastic!
Paint It Black - Of course another classic of that time, this stereo mix is just wonderful.
Under My Thumb - This songs is one of the reasons why anyone could never accuse the Stones of being politically correct. J/K Not much of a difference between this mix and the 86' edition, still a major improvement though.
Ruby Tuesday - Great ballad, brings back memories, again simply
reinforces why this remaster is such an improvement.
Let's Spend The Night Together - You can hear the left channel guitar so much better on this edition
The stereo mixes on the following tracks are just an major improvement, Jumpin' Jack Flash - Street fighting Man - Sympathy
For The Devil.
Honky Tonk Women - Welcome edition of the stereo mix of this, the horns don't feel as cluttered as they did in the 86' edition
which had the mono mix of this great song.
Again, different, yet not different are the remaining tracks -
Gimmie Shelter - Midnight Rambler (live) - You Can't Always Get
What You Want - Brown Sugar - Wild Horses
Everything has so much more presence and clarity, my only complaint is that I wish they had included lyrics with this
remaster. Oh Well, You Can't Always Get What You Want, indeed.
Free Music Review: Best of the Best-Ofs
Hit: 5 Stars
I first got this record about the time it first came out, in foot-wide flying-saucer vinyl, in 1972. (You know what I miss about vinyl? The huge, vivid jackets!) It was the first rock record I ever purchased; at the time I'd heard like three Stones cuts ("Ruby Tuesday"; "Satisfaction"; "The Last Time"...and maybe "I Wanna Be Your Man"...or was that the Beatles' version...?), had heard tons of Beatles music, and was more of a Beatles than a Stones fan. Hot Rocks changed that very, very quickly. It's still, and always will be, the best available introduction to the Rolling Stones.
I've heard a number of reviewers grouse, with cause, about the two-disc format. (In vinyl, necessary, plus it generated more cover art! But if you can get "Exile on Main Street" on one CD, you can do it here too.) I've heard others argue for a merger of "Hot Rocks" and "More Hot Rocks." A two-CD set of the two records? A blow for music fans everywhere. (Make the CD case bigger! Load up on that cover art!)
But please don't talk about merging these in the name of "dropping filler." For one thing, both of these records had incredible, well, cover art. None of it should be lost. More importantly: each of these holds together better not only than anyone else's Greatest Hits, but also better than most made-to-be-together studio collections. The sequencing is impeccable; and the records really do represent the band's best work. Most of it, anyway.
You will know whether or not you are a Stones Fan after a few good listens to "Hot Rocks" and "More Hot Rocks". I went on to buy pretty much every studio record they did between 1965 and 1990. But I didn't need and haven't bought any more hits collections. Thse two will do you. The Stones' post-"Exile" work really doesn't support any collections. (An occasional gem -- "Goats Head Soup," "Steel Wheels," one or two others -- surfaces from the murk. But the album must be bought. The best of post-"Exile" Stones can't be had on any collection.) I heard it suggested by an "Exile" reviewer that for the rock fan who just wants the best of the Stones, "Hot Rocks" and "Exile" would be sufficient. It would be hard to argue, if one insists on being casual. But beware. You are more likely to become hooked. And this is a good -- a very good -- thing.
I rarely listen to the hits collections now; I have the studio albums. But when I put them on, boy does it take me back, and make me feel good. It's like they were cut by the group itself in the studio, no middleman no marketing, meant to sound that way. On vinyl, CD, SACD, tin cans, whatever. Long live the Rolling Stones. And they'll always start here.
Free Music Review: Greatest Greatest Hits album ever!
Hit: 5 Stars
While this is as my title says, there could be a few improvements. This compilation neglected the Stone's psychedelic stage, and various other stages, so some minor improvements could be made. This is how it should be.
The Very Best Of The Rolling Stones (1964-1971):
Disc 1: (around 40-45 minutes)
1. Not Fade Away
2. It's All Over Now
3. Time Is On My Side (guitar opening)
4. Heart Of Stone
5. The Last Time
6. Play With Fire
7. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
8. As Tears Go By
9. Get Off My Cloud
10. Mother's Little Helper
11. 19th Nervous Breakdown
12. Paint It Black
13. Under My Thumb
14. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
15. Ruby Tuesday
16. Let's Spend The Night Together
Disc: 2 (45-50 minutes)
1. She's A Rainbow
2. Jumping Jack Flash
3. Street Fighting Man
4. Sympathy For The Devil
5. Honky Tonk Women
6. Gimme Shelter
7. Midnight Rambler (Live)
8. You Can't Always Get What You Want
9. Brown Sugar
10. Wild Horses
So, the result is a set between 85 and 95 minutes, which should fit comfortably on two discs. The liner notes should include pictures of the group, a history of this time period, and maybe even the album covers. They should use the recent abkco remasters; they are wonderful, and they should put it on two hybrid SACDs, with a case either like the remasters (paper), or a standard jewel case (that holds two cds, like 40 licks). You may notice disc two is pretty much unchanged, except "She's A Rainbow." Well, the second half of Hot Rocks had almost every song you could think of from that time period; there really no notable omissions: there were fan-favorite album tracks, but if you included all of those (Like 'Monkey Man'), it wouldn't go with the flow, it would make the album much longer, and there are too many to put here. Certain albums are important for understanding to this group (Let It Bleed, notably), that have many great, non-greatest hits oriented tracks. This could still be called Hot Rocks (More Hot Rocks got several bonus tracks). The problem is that people have to choose between Hot rocks and 40 Licks, and while Hot Rocks is so much better, it is still missing some songs found on 40 Licks (Not Fade Away, The Last Time), so Hot Rocks is not enough just for the first seven years of the Stone's career. But Forty Licks is much worse as the compilation for their whole career. (By the way, there should be a 2-CD set just covering 1972-2002 Stones without any of those edits!) Vote a helpful feedback if you would like to see this compilation.
Free Music Review: Classic Stones
Hit: 5 Stars
The Rolling Stones were the original Bad Boys of rock. The Beatles and other groups of the early and mid-60's had a clean-cut image that The Rolling Stones deliberately flaunted with their facial expressions, appearance, and blues-influenced music that lyrically was more challenging than most other popular contemporary groups. The closest contemporary group to The Rolling Stones was Aerosmith, before they too became more commercial. Now so many groups attempt to affect a bad boy image that the image has been watered down and no longer has much meaning. But in the 60's, The Rolling Stones were the definition of rebellion and thinly veiled sexuality.
This collection of hits recalls The Rolling Stones at their most rebellious and cutting edge. In the still relatively proper (read Victorian-like) year of 1965 the song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" bordered on being scandalous. When the boys sang with their shirts open with movements that pushed beyond those of Elvis Presley, you knew that these lads were something different. Later songs such as "Let's Spend the Night Together" pretty much threw the remnant of a veil away.
As The Rolling Stones moved into the late 60s their music changed steadily, frequently anticipating the direction of music. The ubiquitous sitar of psychedelic 60s music makes an incredible appearance in "Paint It, Black." Their music became heavily blues influenced in songs like "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Wild Horse." The vocals on the last song particularly were heavy, plaintive and emotional, very different from The Stones' early music.
There is an on-going debate over the value of this CD versus "40 Licks." I do not have "40 Licks," which is also a fine CD. Many of the songs on this CD are represented on "40 Licks." However, "40 Licks" seems to me to belie the original Stones bad boy image because of the inclusion of so many commercial songs from the later decades of their career. "Hot Rocks" still provides the illusion of the original Bad Boy Stones at their 60s anti-establishment rebellious best. "40 Licks" is too commercial for the bad boy image to be other than a commercial facade. Understanding the flavor you get from each CD, pick the one that fits what you want to hear.
The Rolling Stones were heavily influential in the 60s. The music on this CD represents that influence, and shows The Rolling Stones during their most consistently creative and stylistically unique best. This CD is a valuable recording for any collector of Rolling Stones music or cutting edge music of the 60s.
Free Music Review: The Best Rolling Stones Greatest Hits Collection
Hit: 5 Stars
HOT ROCKS 1964-1971, in my opinion is the best Greatest Hits collection by the Stones. This 2CD set has all of their classic recordings from 64-71 which I feel was their most prolific period. If you're a Rolling Stones fan, this album should be in your music collection. All of the songs compiled on this special release are all gems but I do have some that I like more than others. This is an excellent collection and the music contained herein can be classified as timeless. No matter how many years go by these songs will always be part of a great musical style known as classic rock and will never be outdated.My favorites songs on this collection are:"Wild Horses", I really love this song I think its one of the best ballads ever written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. "Honky Tonk Women", a great song with some great blues riffs, this one is a classic.
"Gimme Shelter", awesome song with great guitar and background vocals, I love the song's intro. "Jumping Jack Flash" a real classic from beginning to end one of my favorites. "Under My Thumb", fantastic tune I love the music and the lyrics to this song. "Sympathy For The Devil", simply superb and very original. I love when Jagger starts shouting somewhat to "Hey baby ah, what's your name,. "Satisfaction" their first big hit and a great song. "Let's Spend The Night Together" love this one, this song puts me in the MOOD if you know what I mean. "Play With Fire" soft and mellow, really nice. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" one of my all time favorites, I really like this one and I don't mind that is a little over 7 minutes.
These are basically my favorites on this album. A song that I love and is actually my favorite Stones song is "Angie" but as you know this great classic was not release till 1973, two years after this great collection. However, I pointed it out because I feel that on this particular song is where I feel that Mick Jagger's voice has been the best. Excellent CD, I highy recommend it is a CLASSIC for all times.