This album needs to be totally re-mixed. The muddiness of Exile worked once, but i dont think it works on the album. I suppose they could include "drift away" as a bonus track. And hopefully "Starfucker" will be left intact.

Clean it up & add 5 or so songs, and i'll re-buy it.

Drift Awat came from IORR sessions... Criis Cross Man was from GHS... a very famous, and ready for commerical release type of bootlegged song. There's a very cool, though poor in quality song called Seperately, that really shows Taylor at his finest... no vocals on it, so it would be perfect for Jagger to mess with...
I have some other bootlegs, with different mixes from GHS, and I really like them. There's a great version of Silver Train where the mix has more slide guitar and the guitar sound isbn't muddy...
I can't think of other unreleased songs from these sessions of my head... but like was said, they could throw  5 or 6 interesting tracks as a bonus easilyl, without much effort from anyone but Jagger doing vocals and Taylor working some guitar dubs... there might a be a few Keith vocal tracks out there too...

I'm still ready for some Girls deluxe first and foremost.... for me, that is a must do... then a b-sides mixes release, the SF's... then the other stuff...

corgi37 wrote on May 31^st, 2010 at 6:18am:



I think there was a bit of a fall out between Preston and the band after the European Tour in 1976. I hear that it was down to money issues but he could have felt annoyed at being forced out as they tryed to get back to having a more stripped back and grittier soung going into the Some Girls era. So I don't think the Stones were on good terms with Preston.

Lost of god stuff available ! From : http://stones.servebeer.com/Trax/1970.htm

60        1972        Kingston        Criss Cross Man        Various        Y        Was used in a Japanese Metamorphosis animation !         
61      1972      Kingston      After Muddy & Charlie      No      x      .      ME
62      1972      Kingston      Brown Leaves      No      x      rerecorded in 1978 (same song ?)      JK
63      1972      Kingston      First Thing      No      x      .      JK
64      1972      Kingston      Four and In      No      x      .      ME
65      1972      Kingston      Give us a Break      No      x      .      ME
66      1972      Kingston      Jamaica I      No      x      .      ME
67      1972      Kingston      Miami      No      x      .      JK
68      1972      Kingston      Separately      Megatrax 1      Y      Instrumental      .
69      1972      Kingston      Waiting On My Friend      CYWOTW      Y      Rerecorded for Tattoo You w/S.Rollins      .
70      1972      Kingston      You Should Have Seen Her Ass      CYWOTW      Y      .      .
71      1972      Kingston      Zabadoo      No      x      .      JK

SoulPlunderer wrote on May 31^st, 2010 at 2:54pm:



Billy was still with them at the El Mocambo shows in March 1977.

If there were money issues, he was hardly the first or last keyboardist the Stones have treated shabbily!

SoulPlunderer wrote on May 29^th, 2010 at 8:50am:



Good point....I think these albums hold a special place in many Stones fans' hearts. GHS, IORR and B&B - they were different than the others and in a good way. These albums were so cool to discover because after wearing out Hot Rocks, then Fazed Cookies, then the early stuff, then the classics with all the hits (BB through SF (Exile is a thing all to itself), this trio of releases was so exotic to me. I would love for songs like Winter, If You Really Want to Be My Friend, Hide Your Love, Coming Down Again to be rediscovered. This was such a mellow time for the Stones and that was reflected in the music. Keith was struggling, but Mick was starting to live in America and it sounded like he was listening to the US charts, Ohio PLayers, Marvin Gaye, Stevie....etc. Musically, this is when the Stones adopted more of the influences of American soul and funk music, probably the best thing about music in the early to mid 70s.

buddhabone wrote on May 31^st, 2010 at 9:47pm:


Yes, especially "Coming Down Again" I always loved "Winter"
Angie Bowie has this to say about "Angie"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfUuEPQwgyY

the 3 albums after exile, show a band regaining financial stabilty, but losing the tightness of the relationships within the band. Taylor was unhappy, Keith was loaded and Jagger realized what mega-stardom and his ego were really all about... those forcess internally while tryinfg to remain a viable current band and sell records.... Best thing that could happen, did happen to The Stones... Taylor leaving, Keith's bust in Canada and these young brash rockers better known as punk rockers challenging the music establishment and these dinosaur bands, who, were in their 30's (haha, so old at the time). That hewlped light a creative fire under their asses, for a great era and a third rising of the phoenix from the fire.

Pdog wrote on Jun 1^st, 2010 at 10:39am:



True, but that's life, even for rock stars.....Mick, Keith, Charlie, Bill had been together for a long time and had lived that rock and roll life, they couldn't stay in that club house forever. I always thought it was unfair when people blamed Jagger for the direction of the band in the mid-70s...as Stu once said, 'Mick kept it together when Keith wasn't interested.' If it were not for Jagger, we might not have had these albums or tours with Keith in the state he was in. Junkies are not easy to live or deal with.
These three albums are what the Stones sounded like with Keith out of commission. Even the great Lester Bangs had a soft spot for GHS. Exile was epic because the era was epic. By the mid-70s, things had changed. It was transitionary and the Stones, led by Mick, made it through. It may have been a lull, but that was the mid-70s in a way. Everything, everybody was in a lull....which is why punk eventually exploded....and which made the Stones comeback with Some Girls, again, led by Mick, even sweeter.
I'm very protective of this period of Stones history because I like these albums....