So, what do you want... You got the best, with Brussels and Handsome Girls (Live In Texas)... Looks like we are supposed to get 4 more maybe 6 in 2012... Holy crap!!!
What if Leeds 71 was found intact, meaning including the first songs that were never bootlegged? Could be out there, we didn't know this Brussels release was coming... We don't know shit...
How about El Macambo 77... We know that is recorded on multi tracks. I gotta figure, they will out do the bootleggers, and go toe to toe...  I'm so excited, I'm puking...

Trying to be realistic - so obviously we can forget stuff like the 100 Club in '86 and those kind of elusive gigs. Warm up shows are unlikely too, as the band arent usually tour-ready.

Complete, unedited shows are the way to go, unquestionably. As we've got Brussels '73, Fort Worth '78 and last year the blu ray of Ladies & Gents, its unlikely that any of the releases next year will come from 1972-73 or 1978.

A complete show with Brian Jones.

A complete show from 1969 - ideally the one MSG show thats never even circulated as an audience recording.

A complete 1975 show. My preference is for New York over the much-bootlegged LA run.

El Mocambo 1977. Apparently the tapes from the first night (4th March) were unusable, so a recording of the 5th March show (some of which has been bootlegged and which has also appeared on LYL)

A full 1981 show. Ideally from the last month or so of the tour. Hampton 18/12/81 would be the obvious choice. A blu-ray/DVD release would be even better!

One (or more) of the club shows from the 1995 European Tour. Paradiso (two shows played there), Brixton or L'Olympia. There is also an (uncirculated) complete pro shot of the Brixton show in existence. No doubt all four shows are in their archives in full as they were all filmed (the 2nd Paradiso show was screened live -  in full - in a nearby public park)

Buenos Aires 1998. Although a properly mixed DVD/blu ray of one of these shows is a must. The 30th March show was broadcast live (just a couple of songs incomplete) and the shows were taped for No Security (two songs from the 4th night were used).

Nicaraguan Benefit concert 01/18/1973 will be sure a cool one  , or the complete "Welcome to new york MSG 72 ", or the gig in memory of Stu at 100 club in 1986.

Any or the best 1970 European tour?

Sir Morgans 81?

It's great to be a Stones fan!

And it's Friday!

steel driving hammer wrote on Nov 18^th, 2011 at 7:17am:



Bremen was a live TV broadcast shown across several dozen countries in Europe and Africa.

Excellent show, featuring a superb Mick and Keith duet on 'Memory Motel' - thankfully with Dave Matthews nowhere to be seen. They even managed to do a half decent version of 'Anybody Seen My Baby' for about the only time on the whole tour.

Gazza wrote on Nov 18^th, 2011 at 10:08am:


 

mojoman wrote on Nov 18^th, 2011 at 11:09am:


Don't know which one you'll get first but, they both WILL eventually come...

You might just gotta put a Mojo spell on them to hurry it up...

steel driving hammer wrote on Nov 18^th, 2011 at 11:19am:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4uq8jPZ4gs&feature=related

I'd vote for 1970... as most of boots are almost unlistenable.

Shit I forgot about Perth.

Good one.

Actually a great one.

Very close to the holy grail, next to Ya Ya's. Well, it could go either way.

Gazza wrote on Nov 18^th, 2011 at 6:58am:


I have era preference (68-73), but this is a good suggestion as to what should be released, giving credence to all lineups of the band.

I would like to see a cleaned up Marquee Club/1971 offering.

I'm going to make my prediction and wishlist...
after long consideration of what i want, and think is highly likely...

Leeds 71, complete... they have the full tapes and better quality than what was booted from the incomplete BBC tapes... if they released Let It Rock, that means the band had the full show multi tracks to work with...
LA 75 and the video as well... not sure how much footage they have or if they will combine the shows to make type of montage looking complete concert...
El Macombo 77 - nuff said
Hampton 81 - with a video release of the show as well or at least take the Hal Ashby movie and fix the audio/ video quality and make a great blu ray disc...
Oakland Halloween 1994 - great show, Keith was on fire and the video is fun and could be made into something really special.

IMO, they could do this easily, and really satisfy us die hard thirsty fans... there's not alot of money in this, but it will defintely help promote a tour, and reignite the passion...
this is what I'm hoping they are thinknig as well... they seem to be on the right track, finally getting it right...
and keep the fire going and get working on some more deluxe editions... we got great stuff to be dug out for SF, GHS, IORR, B&B, ER and even a few nuggets for Tattoo...

Atlanta 1981 Fox Theater. A brilliant show that Robert Palmer (Rolling Stone critic not the musician) stated, "after seeing the Stones on every tour since 1964, I can honestly say that the show at The Fabulous Fox Theater in Atlanta in October (1981) was the best show I have ever seen period!" This was the same show that I attended, and I can say unequivocally, was the greatest rock and roll show I have ever seen by any band ever. It is the show that galvanized me as a Stones' fan for life. It was also the reason that Keith decided to start his first ever solo (Winos-1988) tour at The Fox (I was at that show as well, and saw Little Feat the next night there too!). Hands down the greatest venue that I have ever seen any show at, and it's not even close. That includes all NYC venues!

Oh, and yes, El Mocambo!



Riffy

From keithrichards.com      http://www.keithrichards.com/news/kr_fullNews.aspx?PostID=85


Brussels '73 Now Available From Google Music

The Google Music store is now offering the Rolling Stones' long-bootlegged October 1973 Brussels show.

You can download the whole thing from the Android Marketplace, or get a free sample of a rare performance of the song "Dancing With Mr. D".


Great  5 shows  !

Thanks for the info Gazza.

I was streaming netflix the other night and came across a Australian documentary on the Stones.  In one of the clips Mick was talking about going through the live tapes to come up with the cuts on Love You Live.  The interviewer asked him how much tape did he have to go through.  Mick said, well 54 shows 2 hours a show, but he also said he didn't listen to all the shows because he knew which ones were badly played or poorly recorded.  So it sounds to me like all the shows, at least in the '75-'76 time frame, were recorded with the potential to be used on a live recording.  It was quite interesting listening to Mick complain about the engineers of that time, which in his opinion did not get how a live show should be recorded.  He then goes on about his ideas on how it should be done.

gimmekeef wrote on Nov 30^th, 2011 at 4:12pm:



Put me down for that, please.

gimmekeef wrote on Nov 30^th, 2011 at 4:12pm:

Leaves a lot more time for drinking.

Any idea when the next of these bootlegs is coming out? If they said another 5 in the next year I'm hoping the next one will come out within the next month or so.

It seems to me another show that could be put out there is the 1969 Hyde Park show, Mick Taylor's first show.

Like Gazza mentioned some of the No Security shows. I would love a DVD of any of the shows. Loved the entrance video of the Stones walking through like a factory and then getting in the elevator. Too cool.

The-Worst wrote on Dec 18^th, 2011 at 11:49pm:


I'd be surprised if thats one of them, to be honest. Most of the gig is officially available as a DVD, plus its a pretty ropey performance.

And yes, five in the next year would suggest that we might hear something about another release next month. Here's hoping.

BAD ASS!!!! Thanks for posting that Edith Grove.

Seems the second instalment of the archives is coming pretty soon :

https://twitter.com/#!/RollingStones/status/157219243480457216

gimmekeef wrote on Jan 11^th, 2012 at 6:34pm:



Fiendster is still around... or maybe they will drop it on Myface!!!

It could be the complete "welcome to new York 72"  july 26.

I wouldn't mind seeing Hampton or any show from the '81 tour. I am looking forward to what will be released next.

El Mocambo !

The-Worst wrote on Jan 14^th, 2012 at 12:43pm:



They had left little clues before, I went through, looking for new pics... but didn't see anything... They do have Ox 73 tour poster on the site... A day or two before the release date, which we don't know... they may add a pic or two as a clue....
I'm pretty sure we can narrow it down to 71, 75, 77 or 81...

riffkeither wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 9:11am:



What makes you think that?

It was posted on their official site. They've said there will be 6 archive releases over the next year and its now been two months since the last one.

very very soon, Ronnie Wood era.... o

RollingStones The Rolling Stones
BOOTLEG ALERT... Tongue&Lips can now reveal the album will be from the Ronnie Wood era. It's a cracker!

rogerriffin wrote on Jan 20^th, 2012 at 10:38am:

Hampton

Or... Crackin´Up... el Mocambo!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zAYcpUeVeo

or


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdfU4L6SCpo

jeff wrote on Jan 20^th, 2012 at 5:28pm:


riffy always says how amazing it was...would be a real treat to get that, hampton has been seen and heard but most of us already... fox sounds like a better show with probably the same setlist give or take a song...

Here's the latest tweet:

"RollingStones The Rolling Stones
BOOTLEG ALERT Charlie & @bill_wyman joined the Stones 49 yrs ago today. The very rhythm section on the upcoming http://StonesArchive.com bootleg"


So we now know that this boot is coming from somewhere between 1975-1990.

We're getting close!

Latest tweet says the new boot was recorded in North America. Could it be El Mocumbo?!?

           

rogerriffin wrote on Jan 25^th, 2012 at 8:29am:



Enough of the needy, infantile attention-seeking shite.

Just announce and release it, you bastards, before those of us with a mental age of over 12 lose interest altogether!

the world took a turn for the worse when Twitter was launched raising the levels of self importance to new levels of bullshit

Complete bullshit! we are waiting for something we all already have ! i guess we will not have  a surprise  in the next up coming archive , stones don't tour,   so they need money ! Fans will cash...

no news ?

What's the problem with that?

They're releasing classic bootlegs - and that fits the bill.

There's far more Stones fans who DONT have it than there are who do.

Its not ALL about those of us who are completists.

riffkeither wrote on Jan 31^st, 2012 at 6:59am:


Fair enough.

They've already said a week or two ago its from the Ron Wood era. Knowing that, why would anyone feel disappointed or bewildered when they announce details of a show from after 1973?

just remember, with whatever dissapointment you feel, with this and the next four releases... Most of us wanted Brussels, and we got it! If that was all we were to get, then that would've been alot...
Can We Get Satisfaction? I think most of us just never can get enough... and that they are even attempting this, and making it available in lossless downloads on the cheap, mastered great and getting the best mix, so everything sounds great, is an homage to us fans... Be Happy or or not... but I really think this is a great gesture by the band...

Hampton 81 is fine by me. That's one classic I don't have,look forward to getting it.

a version is on Wolfgangsvault and of course it has been traded for ages..three songs are already on still life......The version of Just my Imagination is outstanding.

the stereo simulcast is around

FINALLY!!!  Hampton '81 is up on Google Music now!!! It doesn't appear to be on the Stones Archive site yet but I can't download from that in the US anyway.  I'll be buying this tonight when I get home from work!!! 


           

ZZZZZ...sorry but the 81 tour sucked for me...saxaphone solos?..and not by Bobby Keyes....imho every song had the same tempo and sound. Enjoy it those that love 81!

The Second Disc

Expanded and Remastered Music News




http://theseconddisc.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/stones-hampton-coliseum1.jpgw=3...

When the Rolling Stones opened the Stones Archive for business late in 2011 with the first-ever legitimate release of The Brussels Affair, it was greeted as somewhat of a mixed blessing.  The Archive promised to be a place where fans of the World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band “can listen to unheard music, view unseen photographs and films, and look at rare merchandise. Fans have the opportunity to buy items such as signed lithographs, deluxe box sets, even personalised merchandise and tour gear in the shop.”  Of course, some lamented the lack of physical counterparts for the Archive’s releases.  Others were distressed by the lack of high-fidelity FLAC files for American customers; while purchasers abroad can choose between FLAC and MP3, the Archive’s American licensee (Google Music, via Android Market) offers only MP3.  So it’s “business as usual” for the just-announced second release from the Archives.  Whereas The Brussels Affair preserved a 1973 concert, the Archives jumps ahead to the waning days of 1981 for Hampton Coliseum: Live 1981.

Recorded in Hampton, Virginia on December 18, 1981, the digital album presents a lengthy concert from the final leg of the Tattoo You tour, and also one of six tour dates taped for radio’s King Biscuit Flower Hour.  That night in Virginia, the Stones tore through some of their latest hits from the critically and commercially successful album: “Start Me Up,” “Hang Fire,” “Little T&A,” “Black Limousine,” “Neighbours” and “Waiting on a Friend.”  Though Tattoo You was largely assembled from spruced-up outtakes (some dating back as far as a decade), the material felt fresh, and the Rolling Stones were rewarded with their final No. 1 album to date in America.  The album was still on audience members’ minds at the time of the December gig, having just been released in late August.

Hit the jump for more on Hampton Coliseum: Live 1981, including the full track listing!

Like The Brussels Affair, Hampton Coliseum is a much-bootlegged concert appearing for the first time in remastered sound, and early reports have indicated that the new release is a distinct remix from the booted versions.  Highlights include Mick Jagger leading an audience sing-along during “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” and joking with saxophone great Ernie Watts, who joined the Stones on the expansive tour.  (He took over the parts played by the uncredited saxophone colossus, Sonny Rollins, on Tattoo You.)  Jagger was deadpan as he informed the audience that Ernie is no relation to drummer Charlie Watts! The Stones paid homage to their Motown contemporaries with roaring takes on Smokey Robinson and the Miracles’ “Going to a Go Go” and The Temptations’ “Just My Imagination.”  And the hits just keep on coming in the concert’s final songs: “Honky Tonk Women,” “Brown Sugar,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Satisfaction.”

Wolfgang’s Vault has been offering this concert for sale, but the Stones Archive edition expands that version of the title with four additional tracks: “20 Flight Rock,” “Going to a Go Go,” the complete “Let Me Go” and the band introductions.   Hampton Coliseum Live 1981 is available now at Android Market as 320 kbps MP3s for the price of $4.99 for the entire concert.  As the title just went on sale today, the official Stones Archive site hasn’t yet been updated, but we’re confident that it soon will be.  The Android Market link can be found below!

The Rolling Stones, Hampton Coliseum: Live 1981 (Rolling Stones, digital-only, 2012)

Under My Thumb
When the Whip Comes Down
Let’s Spend the Night Together
Shattered
Neighbours
Black Limousine
Just My Imagination
20 Flight Rock
Going to a Go Go
Let Me Go
Time Is On My Side
Beast of Burden
Waiting on a Friend
Let It Bleed
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Band Intros
Little T&A
Tumbling Dice
She’s So Cold
Hang Fire
Miss You
Honky Tonk Women
Brown Sugar
Start Me Up
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Satisfaction
All tracks recorded December 18, 1981 at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia.

I'm so glad I'm busy, and also patient... I have to wait and am ok waiting to hear this...
I never liked the boots of the show, the mix was so messy, everything seemed meshed together and it was just loudly mastered... no seperation and if you turned it up, distorted.... I knew it was a great performace... now we will have a great document of it... the time trip back to the early eighties is going to be sweet... nice article, thanks G

I like it a lot.

"Limiting the choice of archive releases commemorating and celebrating their 50th anniversary as a band to a four year period between 1969 to 1973 sort of defeats the entire point of the exercise, no?"

Exactly.  One must view this from the business standpoint of the Rolling Stones.  Business moves product, the main product for the Stones being concert attendance, merchandise, etc.

In my view, releasing these shows is a clever way of creating demand for the next tour.  They can't possibly be making money on these releases.  Sort of a marketing loss leader to generate the big income a tour will provide.

If I were to guess, I would say each release will cover a tour later than the previous release and most likely be from a different part of the world.  Next up, maybe the '90 Urban Jungle from London, then possibly a '95 South American show or Japanese show.

The Stones are a worldwide affair, they've got a big area to cover.

I'm loving Hampton.  I had it blasting in the car on the way to work & as pdog said the nice thing about this versus the bootleg is that it doesn't get distorted when it is blasted really loud.  The mix is also great, like Brussels Affair, I have gained a greater appreciation for Bill Wyman bass playing.

So with 2 down & 4 to go the question is what could be left.  The Stones seem to be very in touch with what the hardcore fans want to see released since Brussels Affair, Handsome Girls, & Hampton '81, arguably the three most popular boots have been released right out the gate.  Therefore, unless they are going strickly in chronological order I have to believe that El Mocambo will be one of the next four released.

After that, I have to believe there will be at least one release from the 1989-2006 period.  Since they seem to be going with popular boots or telecasts which probably have the best possible sound source I'm guessing the top three candidates are Atlantic City '89, & Paradiso '95.  I'm hoping they don't just take the audio off the Voodoo Lounge DVD show in Miami (although I love that tour) or the 2003 MSG telecast as much of it is already on Live Licks.  I actually hope they pull out some show from the No Security tour with some really different setlists. 

Assuming they only took one from the 89-06 period (probably not the case) however- what other shows would be left?  There are so many but I'm trying to think of the real popular boots/live broadcasts.  I think Marquee from '71 would be great.  I'd love to see a Brian Jones one but I don't know how realistic that is-Did they tour Europe in '67? Was that Brian's final tour with them & are there any quality boots of that out there?

I tthink LA '75 or Aux Abbitors from Paris in '76 would be other candidates but those are pretty close to Love You Live.  Anyway you cut it I think this is great!!!   

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!

I paid 9usd for the .flac, but when i try to download all sucks....

i do preffer 1000 times to buy at amazon or ebay....

CONCERT IS GREAT ,BUT CHRLIE'S PLAYING TOOK A SERIOUS STEP BACK FROM 1978.

I'm really hoping we get one of the No Security shows as well.

The-Worst wrote on Feb 1^st, 2012 at 12:41pm:



They toured continental Europe in spring 1967 - the final tour with Brian. There's a radio broadcast in circulation of the Paris gig from 11th April and somewhat primitive audience recordings of a few other shows, but nothing that I would think would be releasable, unless they have something that we don't know about.

IF this Stones Archives thing is solely a 6-show deal to cover their 50 years as a band, then - taking personal taste out of the equation - logic dictates that there should be a show from the era with Brian Jones and a couple from 1989 onwards. That would leave one and a mid-70's show would be the most likely, I would think - either a 1975 ToTA concert or an El Mocambo release.

Of course, if its an ongoing project which will continue beyond their 50th anniversary, then its a bottomless pit and it doesnt really matter what's next or in what sequence - we'll get every era eventually.

The Marquee 71 show is not a good performance. They were so dissatisfied with it that they wouldnt even let it be shown in the UK. Leeds is a much better gig, and as it was a radio broadcast (in mono) would be a more likely candidate for a 1971 release - ideally if it's in stereo and includes the first two songs, which were not broadcast and which have never circulated.

I have a link to the FLAC version on a free file sharing service...it is working fine.....Gazza I wont post it here and let me know if there is a problem sharing it with others.

RUDE,RUDE,RUDE I WISH I WERE NUDE.
TO YER EALTH' ,KEEF!

The-Worst wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 12:16pm:


I have no problem sharing as it was given to me...just want to wait for mods here to make a call on this.....a lot of concern lately regarding file sharing and I don't want to get the entire site in hot water....

Just curiuos, is Hampton '81 the same show where Keith racked that stage-jumper with his guitar?