Posted on IORR just now by "Live"

Anthology To Be Released By Universal new
Posted by: Live! ()
Date: July 29, 2009 13:51


December 2009 Universal Music will release a multi-CD anthology box set (1971-2009). Includes rare and unreleased live & studio recordings. Confirmed by semi-inner circle source. Universal Music will announce this forthcoming release in September. More news later.

I'm as giddy as a school girl!

"Includes rare and unreleased live and studio recordings"

^ My inside sources have leaked info that "Mannish Boy" live at El Mocombo will be included.

won't believe it until i hear it.....

Saint Sway wrote on Jul 29^th, 2009 at 10:13am:


Man, if they manage to get the Stripped-era version of Wild Horses, that would be just AWESOME.

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jul 29^th, 2009 at 7:59am:



Taking that statement word-for-word and at face value, it would suggest maybe :

1) Some new 2009 recordings (the article mentions 1971-2009). I'd interpret that as a sign that this would be the 'new' material they'd put out to 'tour behind' like they did with Licks, as opposed to a fresh studio album(maybe they feel that the latter isnt worth working on, as they wont play much off it anyway and their audience may not be that interested)

2) It wont all be unreleased material (the article mentions that it "includes" rare and unreleased studio and live material - not "consists of". )

Really hope that it isnt an excuse for another compilation of hits padded out with a few nuggets to entice us. A wasted opportunity if that was the case.

Still, what with the Exile deluxe reissue, extended Ya Yas release, expanded Gimme Shelter and now this, it appears that the Universal era could be heralding in a long overdue extended raid on the archives.

Bring it on.

Gazza wrote on Jul 29^th, 2009 at 3:12pm:




Rebastards

mojoman wrote on Jul 29^th, 2009 at 3:43pm:



Ladies & Gentlemen, I think we have a title!

Some Guy wrote on Jul 29^th, 2009 at 4:25pm:


funny!

New tunes like the Goddess outtakes + Keith's worst track ever they rammed down our throats on 40 Licks ? Dunno...

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You mean in the way that 40 Licks wasnt an 'anthology' ?

Maybe you're referring to it being specifically an 'anthology' of unreleased material. I guess it still would be. May as well bring the story up to date, I suppose.

A couple of new tunes after four years and one album in twelve years doesnt exactly scream 'functioning' to me, unfortunately.

One album in twelve years. Christ, that covers the exact same period as BOTH the Brian Jones and Mick Taylor eras COMBINED.

Some Guy wrote on Jul 29^th, 2009 at 4:25pm:



I just hope it's stuff you wrote in 1969 or 1971 and not 1985 or 2002.

I can not defend ABB

I rank it somewhere between Goddess and Primitive Cool

If they're not going to let us Rocks Off-ers cull the material, at least let Gazza write the liner notes!

Soldatti wrote on Jul 29^th, 2009 at 9:14pm:


Cheeky!

Soldatti wrote on Jul 29^th, 2009 at 9:14pm:


Either that or....;

Rarities I + jump back in a carton box together.

Soldatti wrote on Jul 29^th, 2009 at 9:14pm:


naw sorry Sol - this should be Tattoo You revisted    - i want my Golden Caddy IV, gangsters Moll and I Need You tidied up for mainstream consumption


we have the technology = and the tunes will prevail

but that's what i'm talking about - not re-recording

take original track and a la TY push it into some kind of shape - must keep original drum/bass/guitar/steel guitar tracks-its perfect

same thing with I nEEd You - keep drums/piano/keith vocal

just needs mick to complete lyrical gaps where they exist - a bit of a C21st digital polish and add fairy dust (i.e. percussion) to taste

very funny

Either way, it will be below our expectations until the band ceases to exist. Thats when the real gold will be delivered.

as jimi  once allegedly remarked,"once you're dead:you're made for life."

Bitch wrote on Aug 2^nd, 2009 at 6:09pm:



LOL..never heard that one but I do own a tape of him buying boots in a store in New York in 1975, with the seller advising him which ones are worth getting. The shop owner had a tape recorder under the counter, recording the whole thing.

Gazza wrote on Aug 2^nd, 2009 at 6:15pm:



I didn't beleive it til I saw it myself. I was with my friend in SF in April at amoeba, and he was buying bootlegs of his own band... kinda cool, and probably most succesful enough to be bootlegged musicians do it too...

Any news on that set ?

Well October is upon us and no news unless I've missed something so I guess we can chalk this down to another "Memory Motel" style rumour or cancelled project...

Assuming this wasn't just a rumor from the start, I wouldn't expect much from a rarities set sandwiched between the Deluxe Ya Ya's and Exile, a delay would seem perfectly logical to me and maybe that's all this is.  Not to mention all those "remasters" aren't exactly flying off the shelves so I don't think getting another product in time for the Christmas season is something they need to be too concerned with at this point.  Maybe they are taking their time with this archive set it and will release something good - that would be something they haven't tried in a while.

But who am I kidding? ...

A guy on IORR called HighWireC who seems to have a bit of insight into what Universal are doing is suggesting that an archives project is now more likely to be released AFTER the Stones go on the road next year (presumably after a new studio album)

Gazza wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2009 at 4:31pm:

AngieBlue wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2009 at 5:33pm:


I think you're pretty much right about everything - but just want to add that I was in Best Buy a couple weeks ago and they had just about the whole collection of Remasters on display (several of which for $8) that I happened to notice just walking by, wasn't even in the store to look at CD's.  I know its not the same as actually printing ads (btw I have seen a couple), but given the hype surrounding the Beatles right now I would think in-store advertising is the best sales tactic they've got, so I wouldn't say they're not trying at all.  But I'm sure we'll see more surrounding the Exile release.

As for the unreleased set, I think Gazza's info is probably right on.  Until the next album/tour happens people could care less about the Stones.  Anything that might get released at such a low point in their activity cycle wouldn't likely have any more thought put into it than Rarities.  I'm sure if they announced it tomorrow & gave a full tracklisting it would be a joke to us

Pdog wrote on Oct 4^th, 2009 at 7:47am:



Yes, yes, yes! I've been banging my drum about this for months. Their only use for a major label at this point is management of its archives and future reissues from same. Other than that, they need to reconsider how they've done business from '89 onward: the corporate-sponsored late-summer new album/tour package, with the dramatic, stunt-laden announcement. It's stale. They've wrung every dollar they can out of what is essentially a pre-meltdown model.

U2 is putting on a big show, yes -- but they're charging about an average of $55 a head while also opening up a swath of stadium-seating that's typically gobbled up by a stage. Lots of room for lots of warm bodies, in other words.

The Jagger/Cohl approach — gouge a decreasing number of well-heeled fans with ever-increasing severity — is done for.

If they release a standard new album next year, it will attract even fewer ears than did "A Bigger Bang."

If they want to release new material, great. Just give the damn thing away. Better yet, perhaps, sell it in stores, but give it away digitally with each ticket purchase. All things being equal, sales would probably end up the same, but the band could expect more concergoers to actually know the new material.

To expect the word "free" to be incorporated in so far as a new album after the new Universal deal is a stretch I would think.

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 7^th, 2009 at 8:11am:


It wouldn't technically be free; it could be integrated into the price of a ticket, like those notorious parking fees.