Product Description
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Lavishly packaged and released both as a physical and digital
set, The Rolling Stones Singles (1971-2006) box set collects the
amazing run of forty-five 45s the group has issued over the last
four decades. Amongst many gems, it includes US chart-toppers
such as the irresistible 'Brown Sugar', the beautiful ballad
'Angie' and the floor-filler par excellence 'Miss You', as well
as the infectious rockers 'Mixed Emotions' and 'Don't Stop'.
The new box set also highlights the band's rock and roll and
rhythm'n'blues roots, and showcases their wonderful cover
versions of Chuck Berry's 'Let It Rock', the Temptations' 'Ain't
Too Proud To Beg', Smokey Robinson and The Miracles' 'Going to a
Go-Go', Bob & Earl's 'Harlem Shuffle' and Bob Dylan's 'Like A
Rolling Stone'. And it brings the group's compelling story up to
date with the soulful 'Streets Of Love', 'Rain Fall Down' and
'Biggest Mistake', their most recent studio s.
By 1971, The Rolling Stones had topped the UK singles charts
eight times and established themselves as the `enfants terribles'
of the rock generation. Leaving Britain that year, they became
the modern equivalent of wandering minstrels, free to record
wherever the fancy took them, from the French Riviera to
California via Jamaica, New York and Montserrat. Every single
time, the results were astonishing. The rolling groove of
'Tumbling Dice', the garage rock of 'Happy', the anthemic cry of
'It's Only Rock'n'Roll', the falsetto soul of 'Fool To Cry', the
sweaty funk of 'Hot Stuff', the heartfelt fluidity of 'Beast Of
Burden', the snarling urgency of 'Respectable' and 'Shattered'
sound-tracked the seventies.
The group grew ever more versatile in the eighties, changing mood
and tack and excelling in every genre with every single release.
'Emotional Rescue' bossed the dance-floors, 'Start Me Up'
exemplified Keith Richards' on-going mastery of the riff, and,
not for the first time, Mick Jagger came over all sensitive on
'Waiting On A Friend' and 'Almost Hear You Sigh'. The Glimmer
Twins pulled no punches on 'Undercover Of The Night', 'One Hit
(To The Body)' and 'Highwire', their 1991 single, and the
singer's most controversial lyric in two decades.
In the nineties, The Rolling Stones kept their sticky fingers on
the pulse of popular culture. They let remixers Teddy Riley, Deep
Dish and Todd Terry loose on the likes of 'Love Is Strong',
'Saint Of Me' and 'Out Of Control', and they featured rapper Biz
Markie on the incredibly catchy 'Anybody Seen My Baby?'.
And we haven't even mentioned the deep cuts that were singles in
the US or Continental Europe only, like the much covered 'Wild
Horses', 'Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)', 'She's So Cold',
'Hang Fire', 'Rock And A Hard Place', 'Terrifying' and 'Sex
Drive', or the live versions of their sixties hits 'Time Is On My
Side' and 'Ruby Tuesday', concert stes issued as A-sides in
the eighties and nineties.
The set comes in a striking pink box featuring the band's
trademark tongue design, styled on the original 7"
`house-sleeves'. It's overflowing with all-time classic hits,
collectable B-sides and hidden gems. Across 45 CDs, lovingly
recreating the original releases in miniature picture sleeves, it
contains 173 tracks, 80 of which are not currently available
officially.
The box also houses a 32-page hardback book packed with
memorabilia, period photos and a new essay by renowned
journalist, broadcaster and Rolling Stones expert Paul Sexton, as
well as an exclusive new interview with Bill Wyman, the band's
former bassist and on-going archivist.
Many people have specific memories attached to certain Rolling
Stones singles and will enjoy reliving them all over again. Many
music fans have been trying to replace dog-eared copies of the
original 7" and 12" vinyl singles and will love reconnecting with
old friends. Many collectors will relish the rtunity to have
every single mix and permutation of tracks released on various
formats throughout the heady days of the seventies, eighties,
nineties and noughties readily available in this sumptuous
package.
From the Artist
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Time and again, The Rolling Stones Singles (1971-2006)
demonstrates why they are the ultimate singles band. More than
any other act, The Rolling Stones understand the immediacy and
the potency of the format. Their timeless music has often been at
its most exhilarating blaring out of juke-boxes or car radios, or
booming out of nightclubs speakers, but it has also sound-tracked
many a slow dance or first kiss and still adds drama and layers
of meaning to a myriad films and TV programmes.
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About the Artist
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In every single way, The Rolling Stones are the Greatest
Rock'n'Roll Band In The World. They created the blueprint for
guitar groups. They took rock'n'roll rebellion to new heights.
They were the first band to master the art of playing arenas and
effortlessly move into stadiums, and have remained the world's
top concert attraction with every successive record-breaking
tour. They made some of the most influential albums of the late
sixties and early seventies.
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